Spa & Wellness Awards 2022

1) What motivated you to open a Thai
Massage Spa in Constance?
Buppha: I love being by the water. Here in
Konstanz you can live and work directly on
the lake. Here I can best pursue my greatest
passion, Thai massage.
Frank: In addition, the people of Constance
and the region appreciate Thai massage
very much.
3) What are the different types of Thai massage and which would you
recommend for beginners?
Buppha: First is the classic Thai massage,
and then continue the Thai reflexology
massage of the feet and Thai massage
with herbal stamp.
Frank: for people who can enjoy a
Thai massage for the first time I would
recommend the classic Thai massage
with oil. The massage can be performed in
various intensities.
Buppha: whereby the masseuse can
immediately respond to the customer’s
reaction. The other two massages are
intense massages that go into the depths
of the body.
6) Which wheel would you give someone who wants to open their
own massage center?
Frank: first I would say he should respond to customers. He should try to
meet customer requirements and exceed expectations. He should see the
customer as a personal guest with absolute passion.
Buppha: We try to make our guest’s stay as pleasant as possible and always
help them.
7) How did Covid affect business and how did they deal with it?
2) What are the advantages of Thai
massage?
Buppha: In my home country, Thai massage
is part of the daily ritual and has already
saved many people so many courses to the
doctor due to their preventive effect.
Thai massage can prevent many diseases
and sufferings – while being a pleasant and
beneficial method to get rid of everyday
stress and relax properly.
Frank: Thai massage with its healthpromoting
effects on nature, body, mind,
and soul of man makes it a particularly
valuable and unique treatment. After all,
Aristotle already knew: “The whole thing is
more than the sum of its parts.
4) How to compare Thai massage
techniques with, for example, Swedish
massage or shiatsu massage.
Buppha: If the rubbing and kneading of
the skin are essential elements, traditional
Thai massages can also positively influence
internal or distant organs by means of the
remote effect.
A Swedish massage is a form of massage in
which, as with connective tissue massage,
gentle striking and circular movements are
combined with deeply effective kneading.
Unlike other massage techniques such as Thai
massage, the masseur practicesShiatsualways
very gentle pressure. Pressure pain does not
arise.
5) in Thailand wellness is a valued
‘’tradition. Why do they think that
is so and they believe that the
rest of the world can learn from it.
Buppha: Traditional Thai massage is
also associated with Buddhism in its
current practice. It is used with Metta
(the usual term for loving goodness).
Masters are usually deeply religious
people who perform the massage in
a state of mindfulness, uniformity,
compassion, and joy. This can be
taken as a model of how to deal with
each other in general.
In today’s world, an indispensable
point.
Frank: Of course, customer
frequency has been reduced by the
measures of the Covid regulations,
and we both had to think about
how we could draw attention even
more and respond even more to the
wishes of our guests.
We deal very openly with cleanliness
and hygiene, i.e. for example, our
guests can disinfect their hands
automatically and without touching
the device when entering our
practice.
Our guests immediately get a
positive impression of all the senses
when entering our rooms.
Our guests should notice that we
are preparing our massage rooms
exclusively for them.
Buppha: We make sure that we
employ very well-trained staff and
always train them to withstand
everyone on the same knowledge.
We all always want to be at our
service.
Frank : But we also want to point
out that we want to expand and
strengthen our presence on the
Internet.
8) Your favorite place to travel and why?
Our favorite destination is of course Thailand
Why? It is home to Buppha and people are very
hospitable.
We always go directly to the sea - we love the water.
We enjoy every moment we can spend by the sea.
The sea decelerates us and brings us to rest.
It is a wonderful moment we were able to experience
in Thailand.
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