Thai Yoga Massage Review (beautifulomyoga)

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Pros

* No need to strip down (clothes on)
* Don't need to know any yoga
* Relaxing
* Restorative yoga poses that open the body
* Passive
* Ideal for all ages

Cons

* Won't become flexible by doing this
* There's no certification required to be a thai massage therapist
* Not offered or recognized by many massage studios

Full Review

Thai Yoga Massage or Thai Massage is a type of yoga massage that originated in India. This practice was meant to embrace and appreciate love and kindness through Meta (Heal through touch).

Thai Yoga Massage has guiding principles just like Anusara Yoga has alignment principles- to work sen-lines all over the body.

In order to perform a Thai Yoga Massage, one must learn a few basic stances:

Thai-Chi Stand (stand with right leg facing inward and to the front of the body )
Open Diamond (sit with knees open to make a V)
Hero pose
Warrior pose
Namaskar

One must also learn to keep the arms and shoulders straight the whole time moving only the legs, swaying left to right or in whirlpool using core strength. For example a bamboo rock means swaying your body left and right keeping your arms straight the whole time. There is also palming, sweeping, kneeding and some chopping movements that are commonly used in all types of massages in Thai Yoga Massage.

A basic sequence I learned recently in Thai Yoga Massage goes:

Namaskar
Thai Chi Stand and rock
Rolling Pin
Cow Face
Prayer Pose
Palming In-step
Foot Fold
Massage Sen Lines
Milk the Cow
Helicopter
Tree
Knee to Shoulder
Helicopter Flip
Sole Walk
Palming and Thumbing Sen Lines on back
Classic Cobra
Abdomen
Face Massage
Namaskar

In Closing

Please ask your yoga instructor if they offer this style of massage. It's quite relaxing and best if you start with a yoga class and end with a thai yoga massage!