Yoga therapy is an interactive manipulation of the body, using passive stretching and gentle pressure along energy lines.

These movements help to:

Adjust the skeletal structure
Increase Flexibility
Relieve muscular and joint tension
Stimulate internal organs
Balance the body's energy system

What to expect:

The effect is uniquely relaxing as well as energizing.  Receiving a Thai Yoga session is a bit like doing yoga without putting forth any effort while also getting acupressure treatments!  Sessions typically last two hours, and are performed on a floor mat with the client dressed in comfortable, loose clothing.  Thai Yoga Therapy uses two primary procedures - applying gentle pressure with hands and feet, in a wide variety of passive stretching movements.

These techniques are applied in a quietly meditative atmosphere.  Space is created in muscoskeletal structure and the body begins to open and regain flexibility and ease of movement while the mind gently returns to calm alertness.  The energy body, as well as the internal organs, are stimulated by pressures on peripheral reflex points.

The work displays an inherent knowledge of the inner workings of the body, a knowledge that developed over centuries of practice.  There is something in the essence of this work that appeals to a wide range of people on a core level and also assists on the physical, emotional, and perhaps spiritual level as well.

This unique body work is effective because it treats the recipient with respect while encouraging them to let go of physical and emotional restrictions and to go beyond their present limitations.

This ancient therapy is beneficial for young or old, active or inactive, healthy or not so healthy.  While each person will respond to this work in terms of their own experience and present state of health, it is well to remember that Asian Bodywork has been used for countless generations to treat degenerative conditions and promote wellness.

Thai Yoga Therapy facilitates a sense of unity, wholeness, and balance.  It creates a dynamic physical experience, which integrates the body, mind, emotions and spirit.

A Little Background
"When a person is sick in Siam, he begins by causing his whole body to be molded by one who is a skillful herein, who gets upon the body of the sick person and tramples him under his feet".

The observations above were recorded in 1960 by Simon de la Loubere, the French liaison to the Thai court in the capital of Ayutthaya.  The "molding" and "trampling" to which he refers are the basic techniques of traditional Asian Bodywork, "one of the world's most effective forms of physical therapy says Daniel Reid, author of The Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing, The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity, and the Shambhala Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Ancient Asian Bodywork, or nuad bo-rarn, a term which clearly distinguishes the traditional healing therapy from contemporary pretenders, as a long and venerable history dating back 2,500 years to the time of the Buddha.  The technique is attributed to Shivago Komarpaj, a north Indian doctor who served as personal physician to King Bimbisara, one of the Buddha's greatest patrons.  He was also good friend of the Buddha and treated his disciples.  Venerated throughout Thailand as the "Father of Medicine", Shivago Komarpaj also discovered the healing powers of many herbs and minerals, which he used in conjunction with Thai therapy.  When the Burmese sacked and burned Ayutthaya in 1767, most of the ancient medical texts originally brought from India were destroyed.  It is due entirely to the grand Oriental tradition of oral transmission from master to disciple that the ancient art of Asian Bodywork was preserved and continues to flourish.

In Asian Bodywork, the therapist manipulates the client's limbs into various yoga postures (asanas), while at the same time stimulating the flow of vital energy (prana or qi) by applying deep pressure to vital points and channels.  Traditional Asian Bodywork is one of the greatest living treasures of Thai culture, yet it remained virtually unknown outside of Thailand until recently.

In Thai yoga therapy, it's not so much the muscles and physical body that are manipulated as the invisible channels and "energy body", also known as the "auric body."  By applying pressure to vital points along these channels, the client's internal energy boosts, and the actual healing is performed by the energy itself.  The concept of "healing and energy" is foreign to Western medical tradition, but it lies at the very heart of Chinese, Indian, Thai and other Oriental medical therapies.  Energy is released, nourishing organs and glands while driving toxins from body tissue.

Please call 815-355-0010 with questions or to arrange a Northern Style session.

1 hour - $60
2 hour - $100 (preferred for deeper benefits)

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