LannaLou

Cycle home safe… you know the rest 😉
See you next time 🫶

It’s a massage, not a meeting 😉

Life’s already stressful enough, just relax for this part 😌

Everyone: That looks painful 😳

Me: It’s literally just ✨vibration✨

Tok Sen is a traditional Northern Thai technique using rhythmic tapping to send vibrations through the muscle
→ helping release tension without digging in.

It actually follows a heartbeat rhythm, which is why it feels oddly relaxing instead of painful.

I use it when your body needs something different than just more pressure.

But go on then…tell me a sound that’s better than this 😜

Not gonna lie… at the start I was thinking
how am I ever going to remember all this? 😅

Sen lines, sequences, techniques… my brain was buffering.

I started this journey back in 2022, and last month I graduated as a teacher.

But somewhere between the confusion, the practice, and a LOT of
“use your body weight!!”
it started to click.

And now I’m the one teaching it… which still feels a bit surreal, if I’m honest.

From student → teacher, but always a student first.

So much respect and gratitude to my teachers 🙏 Thank you!

Special shoutout to Teacher Paul for keeping me on my toes (and keeping it fun 😂) and to Master John for sharing this incredible healing art with the world.

Very grateful to be part of it ❤️
Looking forward to sharing this with others soon.

“These are my ladies…” 😏

Every Thai massage therapist has their favourites. Here are a few from my toolkit:

#1 Tok Sen 🔨
A traditional Northern Thai technique using wooden tools to create rhythmic tapping along the sen lines. Amazing for deep tension and stubborn muscle knots.

#2 Reflexology 👣
Using a reflex stick to stimulate pressure points on the feet (and soon hands!). Each point corresponds to organs and systems in the body.

#3 Pha Khao Ma 🧣
The famous Thai scarf. Used for assisted stretches, traction, and getting deeper into muscles without forcing the body.

#4–5 Elbow & Knee 💪
The therapist’s built-in power tools. Perfect for deeper pressure when thumbs just won’t cut it.

Ancient Thai tools… and a couple that came included with the therapist 😜

2025 💚

This year starts with my dad, and that feels right.
I haven’t shared this here yet, but I lost him in October. Starting this reel with us feels like carrying him forward with me.

2025 held so much: learning and laughing in Thailand, new skills, old friends, deep connections, sunrises and sunsets, dancing, silliness…
It also held some real challenges - coming home to then be injured, slowing down when I didn’t want to, and saying goodbye to someone I love beyond words.

Highs and lows. Growth and grief. Life, really.

To everyone who supported me this year - in the massage room and outside of it - thank you. Your trust, kindness and energy mean more than you know 🫶
And to my family: your support and love made so much of this possible. I’m endlessly grateful 🥹

Here’s to everything that shaped this year and to stepping into 2026 with open hands and an open heart 🤲

Taking what matters and moving into what’s next 💚✨

Just a wee Christmas thank you 💚

Feeling very grateful for every one of you 🙏

Merry Christmas 🎄✨

Be honest… is this what I look like? 😂