Thai Yoga Massage A Dynamic Therapy for Physical Well Being and Spiritual Energy
A paperback edition with DVD featuring a unique massage therapy that combines stretching, breath work, assisted yoga postures, and pressure point therapy
• Text includes more than 125 black-and-white photographs of instructional postures
• DVD features author demonstrating techniques for performing a one-hour massage
In the temples of Thailand many centuries ago, a dynamic bodywork therapy based on yoga, ayurveda, and the martial arts was born. In this unique healing system of Thai Yoga Massage, the practitioner guides the recipient through a series of yoga postures while palming and thumbing along the body’s energy lines and pressure points. Together these actions result in a treatment that relieves muscular tension, improves circulation, boosts the immune system, and balances the body energetically.
In this paperback edition of Thai Yoga Massage, Kam Thye Chow not only leads readers through every aspect of this ancient bodywork therapy using more than 125 detailed, step-by-step photographs, but he also demonstrates the techniques for performing a one-hour massage in the accompanying DVD. Kam Thye Chow is one of the world’s foremost practitioners and has taught massage in Thailand and throughout Europe and North America. With this text and DVD set, his personal training is now available for those who wish to see the techniques demonstrated live as a complement to the points discussed in the text.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Thai Yoga Massage: A Dynamic Therapy for Physical Well-Being and Spiritual Energy
An absolutely wonderful book. A complete step by step guide with full pictures and descriptions of the practitioner and client’s positions. History and diagrams are informative.
Kam Thai Chow is a Master of great Excellence!
I am signed up to study wherever he goes!
4 Stars Great except for one very key point
(I currently have the German version of this book, but I assume that the English one includes the same info.) I have just finished a course in Thai massage, and the traditional technique, as taught by Asokananda (aka Harald Brust), the man who brought Thai massage to the Western world, does NOT begin in the sitting position. Asokananda teaches the importance of beginning a massage at the feet, and then working upwards. From what I understand, this is important because Thai massage balances the energy in a body and the flow must go upwards through the chakras to the head. That said, this book includes some excellent photographs and the rest of its content is extremely helpful to anyone learning Thai massage. I think that Asokananda’s book should still be the starting point for everyone, though.
5 Stars perfect.
Finally a book that lives up to the title.
Nicely written, stays w/in the scope of the book - clear photographs included.
Good primer on the subject.
5 Stars easy to learn this massage techinique
thorough, user-friendly, and helpful.
5 Stars Excellent source
Kam Thye Chow’s book is fantastic. You will not be disappointed.