Thai massage

Known in Thailand as นวดแผนโบราณ (Nuat phaen boran, IPA [nuɑt pʰɛn boraːn]), which correctly translates only as ancient massage or traditional massage, this form of massage is also known as Thai ancient massage, traditional Thai massage, Thai yoga massage, yoga massage, Thai classical massage, Thai bodywork, passive yoga or assisted yoga. It is usually soothing because of its emphasis on stretching and loosening the body. Its roots go back far into history, originating in India based on the Ayurveda, and then becoming popular in ancient Siam, now known as Thailand.
Originating in India and drawing from Ayurveda, it has inevitably incorporated modalities like yoga. The receiver is put into many yoga like positions during the course of the massage. In the northeren style there are a lot of stretching movements unlike the southern style where pressure is emphasised. It was believed that the massage art was brought over to Thailand by Shivago Komarpaj (Jivaka Kumarabhacca), a contemporary of Lord Buddha over 2500 years ago.
The massage recipient changes into loose, comfortable clothes and lies on a mat or firm mattress on the floor. (It can be done solo or in a group of a dozen or so patients in the same large room). The massage practitioner leans on the recipient's body using hands and forearms to apply firm rhythmic pressure to almost every part of the recipient's body. The massage generally follows the Sen lines on the body-somewhat analogous to Chinese Meridians and Indian nadis. In some gestures, legs and feet of the giver are used to fixate the body or limbs of the recipient. In other gestures, hands fixate the body, while the feet do the massaging action. Oil is not used in traditional Thai Massage. A full Thai massage session typically lasts two hours or more, and includes rhythmic pressing and stretching of the entire body; this may include pulling fingers, toes, ears etc., cracking the knuckles, walking on the recipient's back, arching the recipient's back in a rolling action etc. There is a standard procedure and rhythm to the massage.
Note: The traditional therapeutic practice of Thai massage should not be confused with the sexual service of the same name that is available in some hotels and brothels. Sometimes the traditional therapeutic Thai Massage, or ancient massage, is referred to as "old lady massage," while the sexual practice, which has nothing to do with therapeutic traditional massage is called "young lady massage."

Trager Approach
For more details on this topic, see Trager Approach.
A mind-body integration technique which aims to improve body functioning by inducing gentle, pleasurable movements which facilitate deep relaxation combined with education to encourage the development of stress-free patterns of movement.

Trigger point therapy
For more details on this topic, see trigger point.
A trigger point is an area of a muscle (about 50 cells) that may refer pain sensations to other parts of the body. Trigger Point Therapy applies manual pressure, or CO2 injections, to these points. With the proper pressure, duration and location, immediate release of tension and improved muscular functioning may occur. This therapy has been known to diminish migraine pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome and other pain syndromes, and other symptoms that may have been misdiagnosed. This work is based upon the trigger point research and manuals of Dr. Janet G. Travell, President Kennedy's physician.
Sometimes this work is incorporated into other styles of massage therapy such as neuromuscular therapy (NMT) or even Swedish.

Watsu
Is the combination of Water and Shiatsu developed by Harold Dull in his time spent at Harbin Hot Springs near Middletown, California, USA. The work is done in skin temperature water with both the therapist and practitioner in the water, usually a pool which is between 3.5 ft to 4 ft. (100–120 cm) deep. The work entails much movement in the water and incorporates the activation of the energy lines derived from Shiatsu.

Harbin Hot Springs is a non-profit hot spring retreat center in Middletown, California, USA that has been a healing and gathering place from the early days of Native American occupation to the present.
The baths were commercially developed by settlers when buildings were erected on the site in the 1860s, with successive lodges being rebuilt as they burned down over the years. Harbin Hot Springs issued several postcards advertising the resort in the 1920's and 1930's[1].
After a decline in the 1950s, Harbin was largely abandoned until the late 1960s, when a group of hippies under the patronage of a charismatic scientist-cum-cult-leader briefly inhabited it and changed its name to Harbinger Hot Springs. During this time it housed a cultural experiment where nudity, group sex, continual drug use, and the mass chanting of "Om" were encouraged. Far from idyllic, the commune was known for its sexual exploitation of young women (often runaways) and for the filth that accumulated in the warm pools, presenting a health hazard to anyone who entered them. Harbinger was eventually shut down by the police due to health concerns. With the guru and the free supply of drugs removed, it reverted to quietude again.
In the early 1970s, after the Harbinger venture failed, the property again was known by the name Harbin Hot Springs and it then came under the care of the present owners, the Heart Consciousness Church.
Currently maintained by 150+ residents, Harbin offers rustic facilities for retreats, lodging, massage, watsu and five mineral water pools at various temperatures. It is operated on a clothing optional basis, which means that nudity is permitted but not enforced. Many Bay Area New Age, Neopagan, Buddhist, yoga, art[2], and other organizations or teachers hold weekend retreats and week-long festivals at the faciltiy, which is also open to day-guests who simply come to enjoy the warm and hot pools.