Tok Sen Tok Sen means "take off energy lines" in Thai, in other words it is a technique to clear blocked energy. It uses mechanical and sound vibration, working deeply through the fascia and muscles. This unique healing modality is found only in the Chiang Mai area of Northern Thailand (Lanna). Tok Sen is thought to date back over 5000 years, and developed in Lanna while acupuncture developed in China. It is an energetic healing modality, and is still practiced in the country areas, where farmers receive Tok Sen from family members after working in the fields all day. The tradition is completely oral, there are no books describing it, and it has been passed down through the farming families.

The you tube movie was made during a tok sen workshop I gave in San Francisco on 9 May 2009. I am available to teach classes worldwide, please email me for more details. If you want to learn tok sen, just get a group of your friends together to cover the cost of the class and my travel!

The photograph above shows me learning the technique at the massage school close to my home in Chiang Mai, in November 2006.

I have found the technique to be very powerful, particularly for releasing old injuries. In one case, a client released a fifteen year old injury from her shoulder in her first session, and gained full range of movement in the shoulder again. In another case, an eleven year old muscular spasm, along the left side of the client's spine, was released over the period of about five short sessions. The spasm was the result of a twisted ankle, and had caused back pain since the injury.

My clients like the technique. They report feeling more open and released in the shoulders, neck and back, with the muscles being much softer.

Tok Sen is a very effective technique, it does a lot of healing work in a short time. I typically use it on the back and legs at the end of a Thai Massage, although it can be the main focus of a session if needed.

please email (guyharriman@gmail.com) with convenient times and your phone number, to make an appointment in Chiang Mai, Thailand