Yesterday was Spa Day in Mumbai!

Before our treatment!

Before our treatment!

Sometimes you stumble upon something amazing! That happened to me yesterday. I had THE BEST Thai massage ever yesterday at the Four Seasons Mumbai. Today, when I woke up at 5am full of energy, just out of curiosity, I did a search on “Best Thai Massage in Mumbai” and guess what popped up number one on the list? Yes, you got it! The Thai Massage at the Four Seasons Mumbai! The woman who did my massage was Tenzing, a Tibetan Indian woman from Dharamsala. Interestingly, Karin, also with me at the Four Seasons (along with Tone, Jodi, Dee, and Cindi), had a Thai massage around the same time I did by a different massage therapist and her massage was also the best Thai massage she had ever experienced.

Tenzing pulled and twisted and stretched and pressed and prodded my body until it went limp, until all my muscles relaxed and my bones went into alignment! She walked on me, kneeled on me, put all her weight on me. It was intense at times, and the resulting release pleasant! She never used her elbows, just her hands, her feet, her body weight. The treatment was never cruel, just intense and very therapeutic.

And I have had a lot of Thai Massage, enough that I can make comparisons. Tenzing was able to sense when I could go further or when enough was enough without my having to say anything. And it was so intense that there was no space for TALKING or chitchat of any kind. At times, all I could do was focus, breathe, (grunt) and sweat….. She found pressure points I didn’t know existed! Pressure points in my calves, in my back, in my arms, in my neck, and in my head.

The result? I feel incredibly good. I thought I already felt good. In general, I live pain free and have lots of energy. Yeah, I feel little bits of discomfort here and there from time to time, like in my stressed elbows or in my overused shoulders, but with Tenzing, all these areas were addressed. I didn’t feel guarded at all as she worked on my weak points. I just let her do her magic and my elbows and shoulders feel amazing. Yes, this 54 year-old body feels like that of a lithe child! How could that be? I woke up this morning feeling on top of the world with the urge to write about this Thai Massage experience.

Honestly, a trip to Mumbai just to have a Thai massage with Tenzing at the Four Seasons Mumbai would be worth the long flight!

I exchanged notes with Karin afterwards and we both agreed on this being the best experience ever. Both of our therapists said they were trained by a professional Thai massage therapist from Thailand. They were trained together at the Four Seasons Spa Mumbai. On Facebook, Karin posted her selfie after the massage! She looked exactly how I felt:  disheveled, out of it, drugged, pummeled to a pure state of relaxation. Afterwards, we took taxis to an Indian restaurant. We all had treatments at the Four Seasons Spa and were feeling giddy, exhausted, relaxed. We had a nice dinner and then made our way back to our hotel.

So now, I am going to be in search of the perfect Thai Massage Therapist in Seattle. Now I know what I am looking for. I hope I will not spend the rest of my life searching for a Tenzing clone in my attempt to recapture the same experience in Seattle! If anyone reading this knows of a great place to get Thai Massage in Seattle, do let me know by commenting below!