Comments on: Can Thai Massage be painful? http://shamakern.com/can-thai-massage-be-painful/ Resources for Thai Massage and Living and Traveling in Thailand Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shama http://shamakern.com/can-thai-massage-be-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Shama Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:52:14 +0000 http://shamakern.com/?p=1207#comment-500 Thank you Steve for your thoughtful response. I really value comments from practitioners who have a background in both massage and yoga. Your observation "In my experience, the body/mind/spirit likes to go slow, and will resist any forcing." is exactly my experience as well. Thank you Steve for your thoughtful response. I really value comments from practitioners who have a background in both massage and yoga. Your observation “In my experience, the body/mind/spirit likes to go slow, and will resist any forcing.” is exactly my experience as well.

]]> By: Steve J Davis, RYT, LMT, NCTMB http://shamakern.com/can-thai-massage-be-painful/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Steve J Davis, RYT, LMT, NCTMB Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:28:10 +0000 http://shamakern.com/?p=1207#comment-498 Shama, You have made excellent points with this article. I will add that it is counter-productive to force the body too quickly and/or with too much force. Pain is a definite red flag to the therapist and the client that the massage session is going too fast/too hard. In my experience, the body/mind/spirit likes to go slow, and will resist any forcing. Great article you have written. Keep up the excellent work! Namaste, Steve Registered Yoga Teacher with over 30 years experience, over 4 years experience as a Licensed Massage Therapist. Shama,
You have made excellent points with this article.

I will add that it is counter-productive to force the body too quickly and/or with too much force. Pain is a definite red flag to the therapist and the client that the massage session is going too fast/too hard.

In my experience, the body/mind/spirit likes to go slow, and will resist any forcing.

Great article you have written. Keep up the excellent work!

Namaste,
Steve

Registered Yoga Teacher with over 30 years experience, over 4 years experience as a Licensed Massage Therapist.

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