Our articles about Ayurveda, India’s primary traditional medicine system, and a complete way of life for physical and emotional health and spiritual attainment.
In this article we’ll discuss Acupressure Point T2, which is displayed in the acupressure chart image above. It’s an acupoint treated in Thai Massage, Ayurvedic Marma Massage and Yoga, and in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) [ Read more … ]
In this article, we’ll look at the perineal acupressure point (T1 in the chart above), that is, at the techniques that can be used to manipulate it and the assumed health benefits in Thai Massage, [ Read more … ]
One of the questions that comes up with respect to acupressure points is how Thai Acupressure Points relate to Indian Acupressure Points (called Marma Points or Marmas in Ayurveda and Yoga) and Chinese Acupoints (also [ Read more … ]
In this article, we’ll explore the so-called “Third Eye” as both a spiritual concept and a physical acupressure point such as known in Yoga, Ayurveda, Tantra, Thai Massage, Taoism, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The [ Read more … ]
An Ayurvedic Doula is basically a regular Doula but then additionally trained in Ayurvedic principles, which means that they also use and incorporate Ayurvedic knowledge and practices in their services to support the needs of [ Read more … ]
In Ayurvedic Medicine, there’s a general recognition of 107 (or 108) Marma Points (Vital Prana Energy Points), but depending on the classical Ayurveda texts and more contemporary interpretations there are either three or seven Marmas [ Read more … ]
In Hinduism and Hindu Vedic philosophies, Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas are part of the three Gunas, also called the Triguna (or Trigunas). It’s thought that the interaction of the three Gunas transform and keep changing [ Read more … ]
Within the Thai Massage community, you’ll find that there’s a certain group of Thai Massage practitioners and teachers that persistently tries to connect Thai Massage with Ayurveda, and explicitly brings in a range of Ayurvedic [ Read more … ]
The word Bindu has its origin in the ancient Sanskrit language. It can mean a variety of things, such as point, midpoint, center, drop, drop of energy, drop of fluid, spot, dot, cipher, small particle, [ Read more … ]
Thai Massage and Ayurvedic Abhyanga Massage are actually quite different types of massage treatment modalities, although there are also a few similarities. In this post, we’ll take a look at what unites them, and at [ Read more … ]