Shang wu farms, Taoist health and longevity / Thai massage workshop

[shang wu]

Sat / Sunday, April, 2nd & 3rd Register 10:00 am Sat. $125.00

Shang wu farm is located on 11 acres of picturesque land with ponds majestic oaks and grazing horses, located just east of Tampa in plant city. Our goal is to provide a place of natural beauty to immerse your self in the practice of Taiji, kung fu & Zen meditation.

This two-day workshop will indulge us in meditation, therapeutic movement, Taiji and qigong. Vegetarian food will be available as well as camping with indoor showers and bathrooms.

[GeneChing]

Calendar for April 2005

[GeneChing]

I'm posting this on the Silat thread even though it's a passing reference, and hijacking the Shang wu farms, Taoist health and longevity / Thai massage workshop thread because it's the only one that we have that mentions Thai Massage and the workshop that was trying to promote was nearly a decade and a half ago.

Also copying this to our UNESCO thread.

Unesco heritage: Traditional Thai massage added to 'cultural heritage' list
13 December 2019

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The massages involve a lot of movement and typically see people assuming a series of different positions

The back-cracking traditional Thai massage has been added to a prestigious Unesco heritage list.

Nuad Thai is now part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which features traditions and practices passed across the generations.

By being part of the list, Thai massage has been recognised as something to be preserved for future generations.

Unesco is the United Nations' agency for education, culture, and science.

The intangible cultural heritage list is separate from the world heritage list, which recognises buildings and sites of prominence.

There are 550 items on the cultural heritage list - split into three categories - from 127 countries.

Items are added every year, with this year's committee meeting in Bogota, Colombia.

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People in Moscow receiving a Thai massage

Unlike conventional massages, Thai massages involve a lot of movement and typically sees people assuming a series of different positions.

Therapists use not only their hands but sometimes their forearms and knees to apply pressure. There is also no oil involved in Nuad Thai massage.

According to Unesco, the practice has its "roots in self-care in Thai peasant society of the past, [where] every village had massage healers whom villagers would turn to when they had muscle aches from working the field".

Other practices added to this year's list include:

Irish harping

Celestinian forgiveness in Italy

The Carnival of Podence in Portugal

Silat self-defence in Malaysia

According to Unesco, the intangible culture heritage list seeks to recognise things that are "important to preserve for future generations... [like] songs sung and stories told".

It adds that these things "form part of a heritage and this requires active effort to safeguard it".

[GeneChing]

Young Thai Singer Allegedly Dies After Getting Neck-Twisting Massage
By Spooky on December 9th, 2024 Category: News


The whole of Thailand was shaken by the death of a young singer as a result of getting a neck-twisting massage that left her with a herniated spine disk in her neck.



Doctors in Thailand started issuing warnings against getting neck-twisting massages after the tragic death of Phing Chyada, a young woman from Udon Thani who reportedly died from complications related to neck massage sessions she underwent at a studio in her home city. According to Chyada’s mother, she started experiencing shoulder pain a couple of months ago, and instead of going to a hospital, she opted to visit a local massage studio. She had always loved massages, so she thought it would be a good way to relieve pain. Only two days after the neck-twisting massage session, the young woman started feeling pain in her neck as well, and things only got worse from there.



“I don’t know where to start. Many people have asked me what happened. I went for a massage at a place in Udon Thani,” Phing Chyada wrote on Facebook on November 6. “Before the massage, my symptoms were that only my shoulders were sore. When I first got a massage, my symptoms were normal. Two days later, I started to have pain in the back of my neck. I thought it was just normal pain from the massage.”

Phing Chyada’s pain didn’t subside at all. If anything, it only got worse, so she started taking painkillers. A week later, her right arm started going numb, but she made the mistake of going back to the massage studio for another session, instead of going to the hospital. After another two weeks, the pain in her neck became so unbearable that she couldn’t even lie on her back in bed. Still, she didn’t worry too much, thinking the pain was only a side effect of the massage.

The young Thai woman returned to the massage studio for a third time, and this time she got such a rough massage that she was bruised for a week. Soon she started getting a tingling sensation in her fingertips that got so bad that she felt like cutting off her palm. Then the numbness in her hand spread to her chest and right leg, and before long, she had lost feeling in her entire right side.



“Right now, I can’t use half my body,” Phing wrote on Facebook. “I’m telling you this because many people have asked me. I want to leave this as a lesson for anyone who really likes massage. I will recover. I’m in so much pain. I want to work now, but right now I’m just waiting for the right time. Thank you for reading to the end. I want to reply to chats, I want to reply to everyone’s comments, but I can’t. I move with cramps all the time. I’m bedridden and can’t help myself. Thank you for all the encouragement.”

Yesterday, the popular Thai Facebook page Drama Addict announced that Phing Chyada had passed away after falling into a coma as a result of complications related to her neck injuries. By the time doctors realized she had a severely herniated disk in her neck, there was nothing they could do to help the young singer.

Chyada’s grieving mother told Thai TV station PPTV that her daughter had tried seeing a doctor about her neck pain at some point, but the physician did not believe her symptoms could be caused by a simple neck massage. When seeing her trembling hand, the doctor asked the singer if she was on drugs, instead of investigating further. So she was left with no other option than to take pain medication.

Phing Chyada’s tragic end was a wake-up call for many physicians in Thailand who are now issuing warnings about the potentially deadly risks of getting neck twisting massages for pain relief.

Some of those Thai massage moves have always made me nervous because of this.

[YinOrYan]

Some of those Thai massage moves have always made me nervous because of this.

I once got a free Thai massage after a yoga class. Never met such a strong woman in my life. My first reaction was to root my horse to resist and she almost up ended me with hundreds of pounds pressure, but it felt gooood!