Thai Massage Prone Sequence To Release The Back Body

This tutorial guides you through a flowing prone sequence from ZenThai Shiatsu — a blend of Thai massage, Zen Shiatsu, and intuitive bodywork. Using feet, knees, and palms, you'll learn to release deep tension through the calves, hamstrings, glutes, spinal muscles, and trapezius with ease and presence.

Whether you're a partner wanting to offer more nourishing touch, a student exploring Thai massage, or a bodywork enthusiast deepening your practice — this sequence is a beautiful place to begin.
A few principles to carry into every session:

-Move with your client's breath
-Slow down more than you think you need to
-Stay in communication and welcome feedback

Touch is one of the oldest forms of healing. When offered with awareness and care, it can quiet the nervous system, deepen trust, and bring two people into genuine connection.

Transcript

Hi friends, Alok here. Wanted to share a prone sequence with you. Sentai Shiatsu. Just making sure that their head is comfortable sometimes people can use a pillow under the chest to make sure that the neck is comfortable And before you start, Always grounding, Invoking that spirit of loving kindness and metta. The feet are amazing position here to use some pressure. So you can use the fists, Of course, Starting with soft fists. And then you can get the knees in there. Coming on to all fours and just walking your knees. Side to side. I'll be moving a little faster in here than I would in a normal massage, Just showing you different options to work here. Then we can start to walk up the calf with straight arms using the palms. And just moving from side to side, Make this a dance. Nice and slow. Being careful as you get to the back of the knee is that can be really sensitive. Another option is to use the feet in the calves and then we'll also use the feet in the hamstring here. So as I step forward, I can hook their foot in front of my. Shin and just use that to hold the foot as I move up the hamstring. So I'm directing down and a little bit away to create some traction, Nice deep pressure into the hamstring, All the way up toward the glute. I'm doing a little sway. And then back down And you can move nice and slow here. I'm just moving a little faster. Nice. And then just shake. Let that go. Could do that on both sides and then we'll move into the glutes where we bring the knees just below the crest of the pelvis Come on to all fours. And then we can go from side to side here, Just moving your knees to different points in the glutes. Nice way to release. And I can sit back and use my palms. Into the lumbar back, Lumbar spine. Here I'm just moving up. Each time I lift and bring my shoulders overhead. Yeah. Nice to have the arms by the sides here. Sometimes you can even get a little. . . Crack or chiropractic adjustment. Nice. Probably about halfway. Don't go all the way up. And then from here, Come off. And just getting into the traps. So I find that I can do it in a lunge or I can do it standing here and just getting from side to side. Working out those traps Beautiful. And then so once you've done both sides, You'll ask your friend to place their hands on the floor next to their chest. And then just grab under the hip bones, Deep breath in, Pressing up to the hands and knees. You'll help pull them back. Into a child's pose. So from here you can also work into the low back a little bit, Just grounding the hips. And then ending with a tight chop. Chopping down both sides of the spine. And it can get into the glutes as well. And then just brushing the energy down. Try out that little sequence with a friend. Hope that helps. Have a beautiful day. Namaste.