05/11/2025
If you know me, you know I’m a history nerd!
So it won’t come as any surprise that when I learn new massage techniques I like to know the history of it.
So Thai Yoga Massage - what’s the history?!
Thai Yoga Massage, also known as Nuad Boran, is ancient. It goes way back… spanning 2,500 years.
It blends influences from India, China and South East Asia incorporating acupressure, assisted yoga postures and meditation.
It has a legendary founding father - Dr Shivago Komarpaj a physician, said to be the personal doctor of the Buddha.
Thai Yoga Massage traced its origins to India, evolving from Ayurvedic medicine and yogic healing traditions. The traditions arrived alongside Buddhism in South East Asia in the 3rd Century BCE.
It was monks who then integrated these techniques into their own temple healing traditions - combining them with local herbal medicine and Chinese acupressure. It became linked with the Theravada Buddhist temples and monks used it as a form of physical and spiritual therapy.
You know what I love about massage is how ancient the art is. By being a practitioner it makes me feel like a part of history, a part of a long lineage of healers. I hope I do my ancestors proud.
