Sunday, March 30, 2008

Thai Yoga Massage

I have to admit- I hate what I am doing right now for a living.

But I found my new love- Thai Massage stretching that, along with yoga and exercise, balances the ordeal I endure in my daily life.

With my credentials as a freelance yoga instructor, I think I will soon succeed in "transforming" myself into a thai-yoga massage practitioner, as I will go with a partner to attend a 4-days intensive course. I am so looking forward to it right now.

Thai yoga massage, or simply thai massage, is sometimes called a passive form of yoga stretching... of course, it is more than that. In the beginning I thought it was a gentle form of partner yoga. However, the more it is explored, the deeper my interest to know it better.

It incorpates many things, from theroies of chinese medication, yoga to acupressure... I especially like the give-and-take communication between the receiver and the giver, it is a very subtle yet meditative communication between the two, a human interaction of compassion...of course, like yoga or any other form of exerecise, it is bodywork also, that basic knowledge about human anatomy is necessary to excel...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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我是一个瑜伽练习者,正在上RYT200课程。
只想告诉你说,你的blog写的很好,请加油。

phyllischan said...

謝謝你!你打的是簡體中文,你是國內朋友吧?RYT200 是Yoga Alliance認可的課程吧?加油啊!(別忘了只顧練體位啊!)
我最近找到新愛,就是泰式按摩,它有不少地方與瑜伽相似,尤其是一些伸展的練習,彷彿像在做雙人瑜伽,十分好玩!放鬆的功效,甚至比瑜伽好!
無奈我生活太忙了,沒時間練瑜伽,也沒時間好好將新興趣寫下來……

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