In A.D.1985, the special task force named “Thai Massage Revival Project” was founded by twelve organizations of various fields namely alternative medicine, public health, Thai Massage associations, Thai traditional medicine organizations, health office, medical doctor foundation and temples known in therapeutic massage. The project started by setting up the first meeting aiming to revive Thai massage at the Thai Public Relation Department in Bangkok on 15 November 1985. This was the first time that the most respected Thai massage practitioners and teachers of the country met and discussed the techniques of Thai Massage. The result of the meeting was to pursue with the revival of Thai massage with everyone’s cooperation.

Objective of the project

1. To educate the public to utilize Thai massage for self-help and for people in the family to relieve ache and stress, to promote health, and to reduce the use of pain pills which has side effect to health.
   
   
2. To enhance the ability to perform, to preserve morale and to encourage the function of Thai massage practitioner and local Thai massage practitioner in sharing, exchanging knowledge and bond together to continue improving development of Thai massage to be acceptable both in society and in legal format.
   
   
3. To develop Thai massage education to reach professional level and meet the educational requirement with well format structure and the ability to integrate with modern medicine in order to help improve public health system of the country.

First period: A.D.1985 – 1987


1. Set up annual meeting for national level of Thai massage practitioners.
2. Set up the model of Thai massage for people in community.
3. Develop teaching tools such as books, VDO, poster, projector charts.
4. Provide workshop for Thai massage instructors.
5. Teach Thai massage to people in community.
6. Publish Thai massage newsletter for members.
7. Set up professional ethic for Thai massage profession
8. Arrange Thai massage teacher prayer day
9. Research about Thai massage in community hospitals
10. Submit to government agency to include Thai massage with traditional Thai medicine professional licensing.


Second period: A.D.1988- 1990


11. Expand Thai massage training for practitioners in community to become instructors
12. Provide knowledge of Thai massage to the public via mass media.
13. Set up seminar to provide more knowledge in Thai massage for massage practitioners in community.
14. Gather old text of Thai massage.
15. Provide Thai massage seminar.
16. Meeting to exchange experience and knowledge with Chinese massage.
17. Research to set standard of Thai massage for general public health system.
18. Prepare to establish “Thai Massage School” and Thai Massage curriculum.
    
    Third period: A.D.1992 – present
    
    
19. Set up seminar in traditional Thai medicine and folk medicine doctors.
20. Study development of Chinese Medicine and “Tai Sib Song Panna” region.
21. Submit to Ministry of Public Health to set up Institute of Traditional Thai Medicine.
22. Coordinate with other agencies to set up “Traditional Thai Medicine Union of Thailand”
23. Join the committee to revise the law of professional licensing in the House of Representative.
24. Set up “Information Center for improvement of Traditional Thai Medicine”.
25. Study Tibetan Medicine and Ayudhverdic of India
26. Implement curriculum for intermediate level of Thai massage.
27. Educate massage practitioners for intermediate level of Thai massage to work in community, hospital and some Public Health centers.
28. Set up herbs garden and yogi exercise center at Wat Nong Ya Nang.
29. Set up network of Thai massage for health.
30. Pressure related agencies to set the standard of Thai massage practice and therapeutic Thai massage practice for curriculum, teaching and learning system, registration for licensing and services provide to the public.

1. To provide safe hands-on skills in Thai massage
2. To implement better understanding of Thai massage
3. To preserve the original Thai massage
4. To maintain wellness of body, mind and spirit
5. To provide relaxation massage for health benefit
6. To promote international acceptance of Thai massage as an academic field

1. Follow standard of lines and massage positions set by the Thai Massage Revival Project during A.D. 1985-1987
2. Emphasize breathing technique for effective massage
3. Apply professional application according to nursing approach
4. Adding some positions and adapting movement for smoother transitions
5. Comply with the Thai Ministry of Education Department for implementation of curriculum.
6. In consultation and under continue training with the teaching of our monk teacher from his top disciple –our teacher was one of the great twelve teachers in the Thai Massage Revival Project
7. Continue research from old texts on the ancient path of Thai massage.

1. Commoner Thai Massage
   
   
   • The type of massage that most taught, especially to foreigners.
     
   • Use thumbs, fingers, hand, heel of hand, elbow, arm, knee, foot
     
   • Closer contact with receiver
     
   • Apply all five main positions
   
   
2. Royal Thai Massage
   
   Characteristics:
   
   • Giver does knee walking toward receiver from the distance of four feet away
     
   • Giver keeps distance of one foot away from the receiver’s body at all time
     
   • Receiver will not be in a face down position
     
   • Giver uses only hand, mostly thumb, sometimes heel of the hand
     
   • Giver keep the least contact with receiver, touch with massage hand(s) only
     
   • Start massage at knee and upward. Then massage leg and foot last
     
   • No stretching positions