Thursday, November 19, 2009

Tok-Sen...Day 3

My third evening of this unique and special form of bodywork. I am really excited about it for many reasons. I would say the chief thing is that it feels so natural for me. It requires a certain level of rhythm and flow. I believe it has been easier for me to pick up and learn than both Thai Massage and Foot Massage. I do enjoy it all and with Tok-Sen we do use Thai Massage to warm up the body and the same with the Thai Foot Massage so both do solidify my Thai work. I really like the way that my instructor teaches me. She first has one of the Teacher trainees to model and some have not even received the work before. Then she does it on me and then I practice on her for the immediate feedback. It is awesome to have this one on one training of this very special work. The first evening she explained some things to me about the ritual of it with the symbolism of the color of flowers and where the wood comes from which I found very interesting. I did realized that it is very specific for this region and even then many people don't even know about it. The reason that I know this and it was confirmed because on my way home tonight I stopped for a quick 1hour Thai Massage at a place I've been wanting to go for sometime and I had a little chat with the practitioner and she had no clue. A few of her colleagues were giving sessions and was wondering about the tools and the techniques. I used the tools on them for a brief moment and they thought I was a teacher of this. When I went downstairs where they were doing foot massage I asked them if they ever heard of it and out of the 3 people working only one older lady had heard about it. I was really surprised.
I am extremely honored to be taught this and to connect with it on a deeper level. I am moved!!!

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