One of the (so many) things I love most about Thai Massage is that it’s practical. You don’t need a special massage surface or sheets or oils or any fancy equipment to help someone feel better. All they need is you and all you need is them. Sometimes, you don’t even need them! You just need … Continue reading Keep it freshly squeezed
From the traditional medicine perspective, whenever the season changes, our health is at greater risk. There’s a number of reasons for this—some of which I will talk more about in a future post—ranging from the way we dress to the forces that make the wind blow. Right now, the transition from Winter to Spring, is … Continue reading Cold Management and Prevention
I’m not going to pretend that at first, I wasn’t freaked out by the idea of sinus irrigation. I didn’t understand why someone would want to pour water up the nose and I envisioned it to be a difficult process requiring struggle and discomfort, like getting water up their nose when swimming, which is uncomfortable … Continue reading Jala Neti
Staring into my plate of half-eaten breakfast, I wondered if I had the strength for what came next. Last time, I sweated, whined and writhed in discomfort as my Thai Massage Therapist sank his forearms into my anterior lower leg, which rested securely in his lap. “Can I go deeper?” he asked. “A little,” I … Continue reading Massaging the person who shows up
