Of course, those who know me from receiving teachings during retreats or trainings through Énergétique Tibétaine might say, “What’s happening to her? She only ever swore by the Tibetan system!”
Well, here’s the story. As some of you know, I have a few issues with my spine (retrolisthesis, herniated disc, stenosis, degeneration, etc. in several areas). While in Thailand, I received a few massages. Immediately, I could see there was something to explore, because the results were very satisfying in terms of pain relief.
A few months later, we returned to Thailand, this time for several months in order to train in traditional Thai techniques. For my part, I immersed myself in Nuad Bo’Rarn massage. One day, in a classroom, my eyes landed on a poster showing a series of drawings of yogis in postures that looked strikingly similar to Tibetan yoga. I couldn’t take my eyes off it, and my mind became captivated by this practice that seemed so close to what I already practiced in Tibetan yogas.
My research then led me to step into the universe of this practice known as Ruesi Dat Ton, the yoga at the very origin of Nuad Bo’Rarn massage.
Integrating Ruesi Dat Ton came naturally to me because of my long-standing practice of Tibetan Kum Nyé yoga, which works on releasing pain through muscular engagement in slowness while placing the mind in a specific meditative focus. The twists are similar to those found in Tibetan Lu Jong or Tsa Lung practices. One also finds many similarities in breathing methods, muscular holds, and mental positioning.
As David Wells states in his book: “Some techniques of Reusi Dat Ton are similar or almost identical to some techniques of Tibetan yoga systems such as Yantra Yoga or Kum Nyé yoga, and the postures are similar to those seen in the frescoes on the north wall of the Lukhang, a temple located at the foot of the Potala Palace in Lhasa.”
He adds, “Some techniques of Reusi Dat Ton are similar or almost identical to certain Tibetan yoga systems, which themselves include aspects of Indian Hatha Yoga as well as indigenous Tibetan Bön techniques that go back several thousand years. For example, some self-massage methods, exercises, poses, neuromuscular locks (bandhas in Sanskrit), breathing patterns, ratios, visualizations, and even the way male and female practitioners would practice the same technique differently are nearly identical.
It is possible that Reusi Dat Ton and certain Tibetan yoga systems derive from a common source, which practitioners carried down from the Himalayan foothills into Southeast Asia. There are also techniques in Reusi Dat Ton that are completely unique and may have originated in Southeast Asia, later being assimilated into what became the Reusi Dat Ton system in Thailand.”
This explains my immediate and wholehearted attraction to this little-known practice—almost unknown, in fact, as it was transmitted only within monasteries and families, and opened to foreigners only recently.
So now you know the whole story, and I warmly invite you to discover these wonderful techniques: traditional Thai massage Nuad Bo’Rarn and Thai yoga Ruesi Dat Ton.
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