Benefits of Massage and Web Links
Stress and Massage
Massage is a pleasurable experience. It increases your body self awareness and sensitivity, reduces your stress, tension and anxiety levels, calms the nervous system, relaxes, focuses and clears your mind, helps to improve and maintain your posture, helps to fulfill your need for a caring and nurturing touch, encourages self-esteem and a general feeling of well-being and improves your emotional awareness.
Health Benefits of Massage
The effects of a massage can vary according to the techniques employed. With most methods, the circulation of blood is enhanced throughout the body, the nervous system is calmed or activated and the muscles are stretched and relaxed.  Relieving physical pain and stress improves your mental health and your physical well-being.
Most people will feel very relaxed and experience relief from long-term aches and pains developed from tension, stress or a repetitive activity. Following an initial period of calmness, people often experience a surge of energy, heightened awareness and greater productivity that can last for many days. With Thai Massage, you can expect increased range of motion and improved flexability.
Web Links
Thai Massage information:
www.thaimassge.com
Web site for the International Thai Therapists Association. 
www.thaimassage.com/images/sample_thia/index.htm
This page in the ITTA web site shows an accurate representation of a Thai Massage sequence.
www.thaibodywork.com
School of Thai Massage north of Chicago.  
 
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