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THAI YOGA MASSAGE ✩

HISTORY:

The origins of this ancient therapeutic art called Thai Yoga Massage go back over 2,500 years, taking root not in Thailand but in the very heart of Indian Ayurvedic medicine. The founding father of Thai massage is represented by Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha, contemporary friend of the Buddha and physician (renowned in the Ayurvedic tradition) to King Magadha Bimbisara and the community of Buddhist monks.

In the 2nd-3rd centuries BC, Buddhist monks traveling early in Southeast Asia were accompanied by Ayurvedic doctors who developed what we know today as traditional Thai massage, or "Nuad Boran".

It's difficult to know whether there were any autonomous forms of Thai massage in the country before this, as the transmission of knowledge was mainly oral.

What's more, following the sacking of the former royal city of Ayuthaya by the Burmese, the few remaining ancient medical texts were destroyed.

What's more, we don't know how much influence the theoretical and practical approaches of Chinese medicine may have had.