Thai Massages
Kozue is also a highly trained Thai massage therapist with years of experience in both fields. Her unique approach blends traditional Thai massage techniques with yoga-inspired movement and awareness, creating a deeply therapeutic experience. Each session is thoughtfully tailored to your individual needs, incorporating dynamic stretching, mindful breathing, and firm, targeted pressure to improve circulation, release deep-seated tension, and restore physical and energetic balance.
New Moon to Full Moon
During the period of the moon's waxing, the body absorbs many things and tries to store energy. The key words are "replenishment" and "intake". It is a good time for "body building" such as muscle training. This is truly a time of "growth". Be careful just before the full moon as it is easy to gain weight no matter what you eat. Your mind will be open to the outside world, absorbing events as they occur. Relationships and love will also "grow" like the moon.
The lessons during this period will be a Power Yoga class that focuses on the actively moving core and physical body incorporating slightly challenging poses.
Full Moon to New Moon
During the period of the moon's waxing, the body absorbs many things and tries to store energy. The key words are "replenishment" and "intake". It is a good time for "body building" such as muscle training. This is truly a time of "growth". Be careful just before the full moon as it is easy to gain weight no matter what you eat. Your mind will be open to the outside world, absorbing events as they occur. Relationships and love will also "grow" like the moon.
Lessons during this period will be a Relaxing Yoga class that focuses on recovery and healing of the body and mind incorporating low-impact poses.
New Moon
A time of beginning, a time of purification. It is a good day to cleanse the mind and body of unwanted substances to detoxify and start a new day.
Lessons on this day will be a Healing Yoga class that focuses on deep breathing and holding poses more comfortably than usual as if to get rid of waste products within your body and mind.
Full Moon
A time of fulfillment. When events and emotions begun at the New Moon reach their zenith. It is easy to become emotional and impulsive as the thoughts in your chest overflow. For better or worse, this point is the culmination of this point.
Lessons on this day will be a Detox Yoga class that focuses onreleasing and loosening the tension in your body, identifying negative emotions and unwanted ones and posing with the intention of letting them go.
References:
Johanna Paungger & Thomas Poppe, The Healing of the Moon, translated by Shoko Ogawa, Asuka Shinsho
Maiko Shimamoto, Moon Yoga - The 28-Day Purification Method for Aligning the Mind and Body, Kodansya