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The philosophical orientation on which is founded the Keralite Massage or Chavutti Thirummal is inextricably linked with the concept of disembodied lines or metasomatic ducts. These lines, known as Nadis, are pseudo-anatomical areas where appear of the subtle energies within the somatic structure.
IT WAS unadulterated holiday bliss: staying beneath coconut palms on an Indian Ocean beach, eating and doing whatever I fancied, travelling to a tiny village to be massaged every day. But, unlike most binges of sensual indulgence, my two-week massage trip to southern India worked miracles on my body – and the changes seem to last. Two months later, I am still standing taller and feel fantastic from the inside out.