This is our fourth weekend in a seven month journey. This class stands alone if you're A Thai Massage enthusiast AND would like to study the energy lines. It also is an incredible enhancement for students who are already in the program.
We will learn the 10 Sen lines used by Lotus Palm and Sunshine Network .
In this weekend workshop we will be completely dedicating our time to locating each line, feeling the unique quality of each line, and visiting the pressure points located on them. We will draw on each other, sing songs about the lines and spend a beautiful weekend becoming more solid on the etherial aspects of Thai Massage. With out the awarensss of lines within the postures our work lacks depth. We are progressing on out paths as Thai Yogis by developing an even deeper awareness of our work. Learning Lines will also expand our capacity to see the body as a whole and work for different imbalances more specificly. Line Work is a jewel.
It is generally accepted in learned circles that the earth itself possesses energy lines. Likewise the human body is also comprised of pathways for various kinds of energy and information. Different disciplines and cultural traditions portray their location and means of access in alternate modalities and varying descriptions. The system we will be exploring during this class is a descendant of a synthesis of India’s Ayurvedic medical healing art and China’s meridian methodology. In Thai Massage we cultivate an awareness of the “sen” lines and practice various techniques with the intent of bringing them into balance with each other. When the energy lines are brought into balance, harmony, health and equilibrium are the result. Knowledge of the Thai energy line system was nearly lost to us.
Two of the greatest practitioners of our time (Asokananda, Kam Thye Chow) pieced together fragments found in various Buddhist temples around the world, and together have co-created a modern interpretation of this ancient knowledge. At this stage in the deepening of our skills and awareness of the present we will honor the continuation of the Thai Massage lineage through extending our conscious knowledge and encompassing a more subtle comprehension of the bodies energy pathways.
