Thai massage has been around for over 2,500 years, originating in India. Modern Thai Massage in Goa, originally known as a healing practice, contains influences from both Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine. It doesn’t require sitting on a massage bed, unlike traditional Western-type massages, when a massage therapist applies oil to your body and kneads your muscles and pressure points. When a practitioner uses stretching, pulling, and rocking exercises to alleviate tension, encourage relaxation, and enhance flexibility and circulation, you lie fully clothed on a mat on the ground. It not only relaxes the body, but the mind as well. It actually began in India, Thai Massage in Goa. The Buddhist monks practised both massage and other healing arts. This spread to families and as Buddhism spread to Asia, the traditional Thai massage became a part of both the religious and healing part of the religion.