"Thai massage (also called Thai yoga therapy) will give you an experience of your total body. You can think of it as acupressure and shiatsu combined with stretches and yoga asanas. It will strengthen you physically and harmonize your energy, allowing you to open to new life experiences.
"Thai massage works on the major meridians, also called energy lines or nadis, which run throughout the human body. It reconciles the body to and within itself, loosens energy blockages, and re-vitalizes deficiencies along the energy lines. Thai massage stimulates the acupuncture points of traditional Chinese medicine with healing touch. Pain and stress are reduced, and life energy, or prana, can freely and joyfully circulate.
"During the session I will move, loosen and stretch your body: feet, legs, hands, arms, torso, head; all at once and one section at a time. You can relax completely into the experience and allow your body to be moved.
"I will also practice metta meditation throughout the session, sending you the gentle and calm energy of lovingkindness, which you may draw into your body and your Self. You can be nourished on many levels.
"To receive a Thai massage you will lie fully dressed on a pad on the floor. (I recommend that you wear loose, non-binding clothing.) Every technique of Thai massage is designed to support me as well as you, so that my movements flow without effort and you are carried in that flow."
Tom has completed Level I and Level II of Thai Yoga Massage Intensive Training with Kam Thye Chow of Lotus Palm School in Montreal. He has also completed Level I and Level II of Ayurveda and Thai Yoga Therapy, also at Lotus Palm, learning the applications of ayurveda to Thai massage.
He continues to study in the Chicago area with Chuck Duff at the Thai Massage School in Evanston.
Current pricing for Thai massage sessions: $65 for one hour $90 for one and one-half hours
These rates apply to Thai massage sessions in my treatment space in Forest Park. House calls can be arranged for a higher fee which is determined by the length of my travel time to your location.
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