Traditional Thai massage is a massage technique around 2,500 years old, known in Thailand by the Thai term Nuad Phaen Boran, which roughly means „ancient healing touch“.

In recent years it has been gaining more and more followers in Europe, where it is also known as Thai yoga massage.

Traditional Thai massage consists of passive stretching positions and movements borrowed from yoga, joint mobilisation and pressure-point massage. Ten selected energy lines, which according to Ayurvedic teaching run through the body as an energetic network, are worked with gentle stretching and the rhythmic pressure of palms, thumbs, knees, elbows and feet. Thai massage takes place fully clothed on a floor mat (please bring comfortable long sportswear and a top).
This allows the practitioner to make optimal use of their body weight and, through the transfer of pressure, strength and energy, achieve a high therapeutic benefit. A session lasts up to 2½ hours and is characterised by its dynamic, powerful nature.
Traditional Thai massage is centred on health and prevention, but it is also very much about physical and mental wellbeing – ultimately, about quality of life.

The massage techniques are passed down mainly within families. In Thailand, Nuad Phaen Boran is a natural part of the culture – young and old alike are massaged as a matter of course.

Traditional Thai massage is centred on health and prevention, but it is also very much about physical and mental wellbeing – ultimately, about quality of life.

In addition to what she learned within her family, Tao gained her skills at the massage school of Wat Phra Chetuphon (Wat Po) – founded in 1955 at the temple established in 1782, and widely recognised as the most renowned address for traditional Thai massage.

Please note that the massage techniques I practise have nothing to do with the services offered in red-light districts! If you are looking for that kind of massage, you are in the wrong place!