Thai Massage Nuad Phaen Boran or Ancient Massage or Traditional Massage more widely known today as Thai Massage, many people love to get massage in Thailand because it is very good and very chaep!<

The beginning in India	Preserved in Thailand	Benefits
For the receiver	For the giver	Practitioner Rules
Hippocratic Oath	Technique

Ancient Massage or Thai Massage is an extraordinary method of aligning the energies of the body, and originates from the time of the Buddha.   Nuad Phaen Boran as is it called in Thailand, correctly translates only as Ancient Massage or Traditional Massage.  More widely known today as Thai Massage, it is also often called Traditional Thai Massage, Ancient Thai Massage and occasionally Yoga Massage or Thai Yoga Massage.

Since his arrival in Nepal, Rahul Bharti, the foremost pioneer of Ancient Massage / Thai Massage in Nepal, worked privately and in collaboration with the Hotel Vajra, the Yoga Studio, The Himalayan Yogic Institute and others as teacher, teacher trainer and therapist. In 1997, as The Himalayan Yogic Institute moved downtown, he decided to take over the building and establish his first school, The Kathmandu Center of Healing, which he founded and directed with his friend and student Nabin Thapa. In 2001 he gave The Kathmandu Center of Healing to his students Nabin Thapa and Rabin Thapa and founded his own center of learning named The Healing Hands Center.

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The beginning in India
In the beginning in India, medicine was part of an ascetically based religious movement, a portion of which became know as Buddhism. Medicine evolved with the Sangha and Buddhism monastery, became codified as part of the Buddhist scriptures, gave rise to the monk-healers and provided the basis for subsequent development of Buddhist monastic universities.

The traditional system of ayurvedic medicine owes much of its early systematization, preservation, and subsequent propagation to the ascetic Buddhists and their monastic institution.
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Preserved in Thailand
When Buddhism began to spread to other part of Asia, medical institution and practices of the monastery went along as integral parts of the religious system.  When Buddhism reached Thailand in the 3rd or 2nd century BC, temples were built with adjacent dispensaries and medical schools. Massage and other healing arts were taught and applied in the monasteries and within the family.  In families it has been mainly an oral tradition (as most people could not read) handed down from teacher to student.  The purpose of writing it down as done by the Sangha, was to preserve the medical tradition for the longest possible time and make it available to the maximum number of people of future generations.

It is easily understandable that compassionate monks and nuns would integrate any beneficial medical system to the one brought from India. It is also easy to understand that influence from China and other surrounding countries may have played a significant role in enriching the existing medical system. When one is sick or unwell no helpful method should be disregarded.  If it truly help, it is good. As to where and when Ancient Massage originated precisely, it is difficult to ascertain for sure.  A long time has past and many historical evidences have disappeared, for example at the time of the destructive Muslim invasion of Northern India and also at the time of the Burmese invasion of the capital of Ayutthaya in 1767.

Only fragments of the existing precious medical texts survived the Burmese invasion and destruction, which the kind King Rama III in 1832 used as a basis for the famous epigraphs at Phra Chetuphon (Wat Pho) in Bangkok (see photos above). One thing is for sure, all is the fruit of care, of people striving to alleviate suffering and make other truly comfortable and well.

First to offer materiel well being (cloth, food, shelter, medicine and so forth), second to protect the people from fear (the giving of fearlessness) and third to teach the precious Dharma (the giving of Dharma). These are the three generosity taught by the Buddha.
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Benefits
All what can be written or said is not to be believed but experienced. Then one will discover the real value of a teaching. If it is not your experience it is of no value what so ever. But for the ones who have not yet experienced the benefits of Ancient Massage, it should be clearly described as to give confidence in this art. You can help others tremendously by giving Ancient Massage, and it will  bring joy to yourself also.  Ease and comfort, a well aligned body and open chakras, a more peaceful mind and a relaxed heart are some of the benefits for both the receiver and the giver.
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For the receiver
The joy of receiving
Calmness and rest
The simplicity of accepting help
A refreshed spirit
A general increase of energy
An opening of the meridians and blocked areas of the body
Relief for pain and muscle tension
The body and mind (heart) are strengthened and rejuvenated
Blood and lymph circulation are improved
An increase in flexibility
The nervous system is balanced
Deep relaxation is facilitated
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For the giver
The joy of generosity
The joy of compassion
The joy of equanimity
The joy of oneness
Feeling of loving kindness
The adamantine pride of the healer

Even though the healer seemingly works on only the body, the achievement of interconnectedness between body, speech (energy), and mind (heart) make Ancient Massage a complete healing.
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Practitioner Rules

I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect.  Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy.  In purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art.

I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art.

Whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of my patients, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons, be they free or slaves.

What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal.

If I fulfill this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot.

Here below is an other translation of the Hippocratic Oath made by Heinrich Von Staden, "In a pure and holy way:" Personal and Professional Conduct in the Hippocratic Oath," Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 51 (1996) 406-408.

1.
i. I swear
ii. by Apollo the Physician and by Asclepius and by Health and Panacea and by all the gods as well as goddesses, making them judges [witnesses],
iii. to bring the following oath and written covenant to fulfillment, in accordance with my power and my judgment;

2.
i. to regard him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents, and
ii. to share, in partnership, my livelihood with him and to give him a share when he is in need of necessities, and
iii. to judge the offspring [coming] from him equal to [my] male siblings, and
iv. to teach them this art, should they desire to learn [it], without fee and written covenant, and to give a share both of rules and of lectures, and of all the rest of learning, to my sons and to the [sons] of him who has taught me and to the pupils who have both make a written contract and sworn by a medical convention but by no other.

3.
i. And I will use regimens for the benefit of the ill in accordance with my ability and my judgment, but from [what is] to their harm or injustice I will keep [them].

4.
i. And I will not give a drug that is deadly to anyone if asked [for it],
ii. nor will I suggest the way to such a counsel. And likewise I will not give a woman a destructive pessary.

5.
i. And in a pure and holy way
ii. I will guard my life and my art.

6.
i. I will not cut, and certainly not those suffering from stone, but I will cede [this] to men [who are] practitioners of this activity.

7.
i. Into as many houses as I may enter, I will go for the benefit of the ill,
ii. while being far from all voluntary and destructive injustice, especially from sexual acts both upon women's bodies and upon men's, both of the free and of the slaves.

8.
i. And about whatever I may see or hear in treatment, or even without treatment, in the life of human beings -- things that should not ever be blurted out outside --I will remain silent, holding such things to be unutterable [sacred, not to be divulged],

& #8212;i.
a. If I render this oath fulfilled, and if I do not blur and confound it [making it to no effect]
b. may it be [granted] to me to enjoy the benefits both of life and of art,
c. being held in good repute among all human beings for time eternal.

& #8212;ii.
a. If, however, I transgress and perjure myself,
b. the opposite of these
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Technique
Ancient Massage, like most Asian methods, is a technique used to give mankind an experience of the total body.  It is similar to acupressure and Shiatsu combined with stretches and yogic Asanas.  Its nickname has become, "yoga for the lazy".  Ancient Massage will strengthen the client physically and harmonize their energy so a new life experience can arise.

Ancient Massage works on the major meridians, also called energy lines or Nadis, which run throughout the human body.  It aims to harmonize the body, to loosen blocks, and to recoup deficiencies along the energy lines.  In contrast to traditional Chinese medicine, which uses acupuncture to manipulate the pressure points, Ancient Massage stimulates these same points with healing touch. Therefore, the points suffer less stress, and life energy, or Prana, is allowed to freely circulate.

Along with influencing the energetic side, Ancient Massage also works on the physical body. Starting at the feet and progressing up to the head, the client’s body will be moved, loosened and stretched.  Ancient Massage combines techniques usually found isolated in the western physiotherapies including Trigger Point Treatments, Myofascial Techniques, Manual Therapy and others.  The combination of energetic and physical aspects is unique to Ancient Massage, and so are its effects. Ancient Massage is a gift for the body, speech (energy) and mind (heart).

Ancient Massage is a way to prevent sickness.  It helps to dissolve blocks before they manifest psychologically or physically, and it also improves flexibility. Injured athletes, as well as those suffering from handicaps or stress are another target group.  Essentially, anyone will benefit from this powerful technique.
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