I entered a Tibetan monastery for the first time in 1977, it was in the North of India, in Laddakh, a region then newly open to foreigners.
In 1997, after years of questions and missed appointments, I met my first master, while I was in Darwin, absolutely not looking for him. But as they say, "the master appears when the student is ready", and if we went into the details and circumstances of this meeting, we could really talk about an appearance... but that is not the subject. . let's stay down to earth.
Since 2015, I have had the joy of being able to teach Tibetan yoga. Of which a crumpled page with sketches was given to me by Anila, in 1997, saying to me, "hey, it's for you, maybe you can do something with it"... Except that I was stiff like a piece of wood, there were almost no explanations, I wasn't patient, I put the paper aside... until these famous Tibetan yogas fell on me at the same time , the same day, through the words friend that I now nickname "the messenger"... ;-))
Those who know me from having received teachings from me during retreats or training will say “but what happens to her when she only swears by the Tibetan system? ".
Because it is true, I am a fervent defender and protector of these precious practices, and sometimes even a little harsh with future teacher students so that they respect the integrity of the practices and lineages. Which doesn't stop me from being a rhyme of course, that is to say, a practitioner of several lineages.
To simplify, I like chocolate cake, I like raclette, but I don't melt my raclette on the cake. Just as I don't like "sweet and sour" cuisine... but I eat both sweet and savory foods...
So why Ruesi Dat'Ton Thai yoga and why traditional Thai massages?
As some people know, I have some problems diagnosed with my spine (retrolisthesis, herniated disc, stenosis, degeneration, etc. at the cervical level + almost the same at the lumbar level).
In recent years, it is by practicing Tibetan yoga that I have been able to continue to be ok.
In 2023, while we were spending the fall in Thailand, I received a few massages. Immediately, my very satisfactory results in terms of pain relief made me understand that there was an area to explore.
A few months later, we were back in Thailand, this time for several months to be trained in the Nuad Bo'Rarn massage technique, which I think is imperative to make known as its effectiveness is astounding. It is also this exceptional efficiency which means that this technique joined, in 2019, UNESCO’s intangible heritage…
During the lessons I received, one day I saw on the wall of the classroom, a poster presenting a set of drawings that I could no longer take my eyes off, barely hearing the teacher in the foreground. Each drawing depicted a yogi performing postures resembling Tibetan yoga…
I therefore looked further and quickly integrated the world of this practice, Ruesi Dat Ton yoga, which in fact is at the origin of the practice of Nuad Bo'Rarn.
Integrating Ruesi Dat Ton was easy because I am used to Tibetan yoga Kum Nyé, which works on the release of pain through slowness and inner opening.
As David Wells says in his book: " Some techniques of Reusi Dat Ton are similar or almost identical to certain techniques of Tibetan yoga systems such as "Yantra Yoga" or "Kum Nyé yoga", and the positions are similar to those that we can see on the frescoes of the northern wall of the Lukhang, temple located at the foot of the Potala Palace in Lhasa ”.
As he explains, " certain techniques of Reusi Dat Ton are similar or nearly identical to certain techniques of Tibetan yoga systems which themselves include aspects of Indian Hatha Yoga as well as indigenous Tibetan Bön techniques which date back several thousand years. of years.
For example, some self-massage techniques, exercises, poses, neuromuscular locks (bandhas in Sanskrit), breathing patterns, ratios, visualizations, and how male and female practitioners would practice the same technique differently are almost identical.
It is possible that Reusi Dat Ton and some Tibetan yoga systems derive from a common source, which they brought with them on their descent from the foothills of the Himalayas to Southeast Asia. There are also Reusi Dat Ton techniques that are quite unique and may have originated in Southeast Asia and were later assimilated into what became the Reusi Dat Ton system in Thailand. »
From Tibetan Yoga to Thai Yoga
Lu Jong comes from Bön. As we saw above, the postures resemble the frescoes on the north wall of the Lukhang, a temple at the foot of the Potala in Lhasa which I had the pleasure of discovering in 2018. And certain techniques arise from yoga systems Tibetan such as Kum Nyé which I also teach.
As you see, Ruesi Dat'Ton is very intertwined with these techniques of Lu Jong, Kum Nyé and certain Tsa Lung that I practice .
Opening my universe from Tibetan Yoga to Thai Yoga was therefore “ right, logical and obvious ”.
