No, not to be like a rolling stone… hum… actually maybe.

How does it feel to try a real traditional Thai massage ?

You’re a little bit scarred after people told you how they try to crack every articulation in your body, how they can sometimes almost kneel on you to pull a part of your body. So you chose the best place to get a Thai massage, the official school of the official birthplace of the traditional Thai massage : you try a massage in Wat Pho.

Half an hour body massage for less than 10 euros : that sounds good !

So, what do you think it will look like here : a single bed in a private room ? white curtains between 2 guests ?

No, none of that ! You’re here to have an efficient massage, to take care of your body, not of your mind ! so you lie on a large single bed in a huge room full of customers and masseurs.

Will it spoil your massage ?

No, of course not. Although it’s busy, the room is really quiet and they change so many things in your body structure that you actually concentrate more on your own body and on what you are feeling than on what surrounds you. Not that they mistreat you in any way. The masseurs are strong and powerful but never violent. You can feel they really know their job because just after one go around your back they know where you need to relax the most and they concentrate on this part of your body.

So they begin with your back, to get a general idea of how stressed you are and what’s wrong. Just a firm palping of your back muscles. Then, they go along every limb of your body one side after the other : palping muscles and concentrating on some energy points. When they finished one side, they try to crack your fingers and toes articulations before they go on.

Once they’ve reviewed every part of your body (back, head, limbs), they concentrate on what was worst and only then they might try to crack other articulations than your fingers and toes. They cracked some of my vertebras almost as well as my chiropractor would have done.

You get out of there tired of so many changes in your body, thirsty (that’s why they offer you a fresh tea) and hopping you’ll soon feel at best in your own body and you will !