Most of the time in Traditional Thai massage, we are positioned in a dynamic and powerful attitude. Body...
With this powerful advantage of continuously having gravity ‘on our side’, a notable and very important caution arises: NEVER FALL – ALWAYS SINK!!
Always remember to control your application. There is a very strong tendency to surrender to the natural ‘convenience’ of gravity when all the bio-mechanical structures are ‘weighing’ so well in favor of the Giver. To succumb to this indicates inexperience, unprofessionalism, laziness, insensitivity, and ultimately is a discourtesy that could prove to be harmful.
Enjoy the delicious sensation of sinking very slowly into the compression and stretch! Remember constantly that you are always just assisting the receiver. We are being invited into the energy and sharing the discovery during the receiver’s experience.
Also, to enhance the quality of any treatment, here is another indispensable technique: before proceeding with theasana stretch or the compression, see in the mind’s eye the most perfect expression of the offering and then send this image VIA THE BREATH directly into the expression.
In order to bask in the radiance of pure therapeutic rapture and for achieving perfect expression and transcendent mystery during a procedure, it is also imperative to develop your abdominal potentials, i.e. relax and contract the mulabandha, soften the solar plexus and execute maximum capacity breathing!
Never fall upon the receiver, always sink slowly and with control and rhythm, similar to an elevator with evenness going in and down matched to going out and up, to create the ultimate meditative experience.