Thai Massage & Shiatsu

 

TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE

Thai Massage involves yoga-inspired stretches and rhythmic pressure applied with the hands, thumbs, elbows, knees, and feet along the body’s sen, the energetic pathways of Traditional Thai Medicine. This Northern Style of Thai Massage is meditative and flowing. It promotes relaxation, flexibility, tension relief, and mobility.

Traditional Thai Massage is performed fully clothed on a floor mat.

SHIATSU

Shiatsu is a Japanese style of acupressure bodywork. Shiatsu involves precise thumb, finger, and rhythmic palm pressure at specific points along the body’s meridians, the energetic pathways of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and gentle stretches. Shiatsu is calming, balancing, releases tension, and supports mobility.

Shiatsu is performed fully clothed on a floor mat.

THAI MASSAGE or SHIATSU?


Sessions with me may include elements of both bodywork traditions, or lean more towards one style based on what you’re looking for and how you are feeling.

Both:

  • Are performed fully clothed.

  • Are performed on a floor mat (some practitioners use a table; I use a mat for these styles).

  • Involve pressure points.

  • Involve changing positions (you may lie face down, face up, be seated, or side-lying).

  • Include passive, dynamic stretching.

With either modality, people often leave feeling deeply relaxed, yet refreshed and more mobile.

How they differ:

  • Shiatsu is more still and emphasizes deep, focal pressure on the points, whereas Thai massage emphasizes stretches and flow, and I will move you around more.

  • The energetics of Shiatsu are based on the Chinese meridians, while the energetics of Thai massage are based on the Thai sen lines, which are similar, but different.




 

Book a session for THAI & SHIATSU BODYWORK ON THE MAT with me at Moon Rehab & Wellness in Center City Philadelphia.

SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AT MOON REHAB AND WELLNESS