Thai Massage combines stretching, acupressure, and energy work, prioritizing flexibility and energy balance.
Thai Massage in the Thai language is Nuad Bo-Rarn, meaning “ancient massage” or “ancient healing way.”
It is a holistic approach to bodywork that has been in practice for over 2500 years. It combines influences from Indian Ayurvedic practices, Chinese medicine, and traditional Thai healing techniques. It's a unique blend that sets it apart from other massage styles around the world. The aim is to open and allow flow through the energy lines, know as Sen, and to balance the body system.
Thai Massage is classically a full body treatment. The practitioner uses their own Sen to interact with those of the client’s, including therapeutic touch with fingers, palms, forearms, knees, etc. by pressing, kneading, rubbing, traction and stretching, while the client remains in relaxed yoga-like postures.
There is a priority on flexibility and energy balance. It is a soft-tissue therapy including acupressure techniques, energy work, and is deeply meditative.
Advantages of Thai Massage
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Full or wider range of motion without pain.
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Ease, comfort, peace & joy for the client.
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Research has shown Thai massage to beneficial for pain relief and for easing symptoms of depression and anxiety.
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Fully clothed so more accessible to those who are new to bodywork or shy.
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Relief from chronic conditions.
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Supports athletes and increase performance levels.
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Prevent & recover from injuries.
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Improved mobility.
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Improved circulation.
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Reduce lymphedema.
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Alleviate pain from joint issues, osteoarthritis and menstrual cramps.
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Improve posture.
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Reduce headache intensity
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Stimulate organs, improve digestion,
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Sooth symptoms of neurological conditions such as Parkinsonsisms & MS.
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Improve sleep & remember dreams.
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Breathe easier.
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Regain sensations, especially normalcy from numbness and tingling to the extremities. More rarely, sight and hearing.
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Open “frozen shoulder.”
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Reduce jaw clenching or discomfort.
Meet your Therapist | Kris Young
Kris's education & explorations in relaxation and therapeutic treatment include the following:
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Thai Massage
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Abdominal Massage
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Auricular Therapy
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Chi Nei Tsang
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Cranial Manipulation
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Cupping
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Cyriax Frictions
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Gua Sha
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Head Massage
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Hot Stone therapy
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Hydrotherapy
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Hypnotherapy
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Lymphatic Drainage
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Myofascial Release Techniques
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Orthopaedic Assessment
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Reflexology (Hands & Feet)
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Shiatsu
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Swedish Massage
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Tok Sen
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Triggerpoint Therapy
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Tuina
"My career focus growing up was entirely geared towards Mechanical Engineering. One summer while travelling, I came across someone who would change my life forever. After getting to know me quite well, she told me one day that she had received a message:
“Spirit told me I am to teach you Thai Massage”
I thought to myself: “what on Earth is Thai Massage???” - I had never received professional bodywork of any kind, and was not from a touchy-feely family!
After completing my travels, I decided to follow my own intuition and continue to get outside of my comfort zone. I quit my job, my career path, collapsed my worldly possessions and moved across the country to apprentice in Thai Massage with June Round. It has been a magical spiritual journey of awakening ever since.
I went to study in Thailand - first tracing back my lineage, and then apprenticing with new teachers who inspired me.
They say that to begin, one must apprentice for 21 years.
Later I trained with Dr.Bob Walker & Dr.Kaye McArthur. Their approach to headaches and manual manipulations of the cranium for dentistry are revolutionary and highly effective.
I am compelled to share the medicine of massage and feel the responsibility of passing it on for future generations."