Thai massagge was actually developed by Buddhist monks in Thailand as a healing modality 2,500 years ago.

The first who practised this kind of massage is belived to be  Jivaka Komarabhacca, a doctor, friend and contemporary to the Buddha. It uses passive stretching and gentle pressure along the body’s energy lines to increase flexibility, relieve muscle and joint tension and balance the body’s energy systems. It is both deeply relaxing and energizing.  

Ancient Medical texts were carved in stone in attempts to preserve the tradition of Thai massage; these stone inscriptions still sit within the walls of the Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok.  In this way Thai massage is passed down as an oral tradition.

Massage has a unique style in each area of Thailand. When people would gather together from different regions they would exchange their techniques of massage. In this same way influences came from other countries such as China, India, Burma and Tibet creating its evolution and development.  

Diagrams inscribed on the walls at the temple of Wat Po in Bangkok illustrate one of the fundamental principles of traditional Thai medicine: that energy flows through the body along ten major channels, or sen lines.