Thai travel diary 14

it’s been a long time since the last episode of the diary, those who enjoyed reading my adventure please forgive me…

meanwhile I had some difficult and demanding trainings with Mr. Poo; his method supposes a great physical force, both on the client’s side and the one who gives the massage;

I started to like Buddhist hymns I read in the morning and at the end of the classes; the most difficult part was the position, after finishing the singing, I had to move the sole with my hand, that terrible the pain was in the toes

at this time, I believe that this is the best method to get an efficient initial unlocking, at physical and energetic level; I say initial because at a first stage, the body of a client with many tensions is almost like a stone and a more appropriate approach is necessary…; later on, the treatment can be continued with other easier and more gentle methods

essentially, the work on energetic lines

Mr. Poo teaches about 17 such lines, the movements being very similar to those in the classic Nuad; in his conception (perfectly checked in reality, on me for example), along the life, in the body, there appear all kinds of displacements of the tendons and nerves from their ideal, initial positions; these displacements generate tensions, pains, spasms etc in the body; moreover, above them, the fasces with their protective role get more rigid, becoming very tough.

you simply act intensively on the fasces for “breaking” them and making them flexible again, and after that you pass to replacing the tendons and the nerves in their initial positions; in reality, this means a pain which many time is beyond the limits of endurance …

I didn’t manage to finish the whole lecture with Mr. Poo because of lack of time, but I’m looking forward to continuing it as soon as possible; it’s the style which convinced me most in terms of effectiveness and I’ll go deeper into it till the end…

meanwhile, I got home, in Iasi, for a couple of weeks…lot of work, a cold determined by the sudden change of the climate ….

now I am on my way to Nepal ………

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Thai travel diary

so, nobody wants to ask me about my smiling declaration of love …; that’s fine, I keep on saying it early in the morning, with excellent results – peace of mind, good mood, trust in life and in the destiny’s decisions …

on the other hand, one more school I went to, the class for beginners at Sunshine massage school, the only school managed by a Westerner. It is here that one of the few Westerners (maybe the only one) considered to be a master in Nuad, known on his Buddhist name Asokananda, taught. Unfortunately, a few years ago he passed in another dimensions.

the school is nice, more appropriate for Westerners, with a 10 days schedule for beginners. Concerning the movements, these are very close to ITM, with a few characteristics. My instructor was brought up in Bangkok, in an official school, under the patronage of the government. At an official level, according to my instructor’s sayings, they try a synthesizing of knowledge in the field of Nuad and its harmonization with the accomplishments in the Western world. It’s hard to say if it’s good or not, time will decide.

and, not to waste time, today I started to train with Mr. Poo, the guy who “tortured” me most during a massage class. As the saying goes, you have to know the movements of the “enemy” to be able to win… The first day was fine, I sat on my knees directly on the wooden floor, half an hour in the morning and another half in the afternoon, sang Buddhist hymns, learnt how to prepare the lotus flowers for the homage devoted to the Master and other divinities; the thing with the flowers is very scrupulous and takes more than half an hour to fold the lotus petals circularly, in three movements until you get in the middle of the flower…

the idea is that, by analyzing the conformation of the fingers and the toes, you can say quite precisely, what are the problems the respective person is suffering with and how old they are – pains in the back, legs, neck, head, etc.

in the near future I’ll try to summarize some of my conclusions and the feelings related to Nuad, resulted from my experience until now……

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