Her name was Mee and she worked wonders.

Upon a recommendation from an acquaintance back home, I visited the massage office of Lek Chaiya. Currently 70 years old, Lek has developed her own style of Thai massage unlike any other teachings in Thailand. She calls this form of massage "Nerve Touch" distinguished by its deep tissue approach to muscles, tendons and nerves for full body massage and specialized therapy. For many generations in Lek Chaiya’s family, the traditional Thai Healing Arts have been handed down from mother to daughter and Mama Lek began her training with her mother. 'Nerve-Touch' is a method of working which is deeper and more therapeutically oriented than typical, Northern-Style Thai Massage. My therapist's name was Mee (one of Mama Lek's desciples,) and she worked wonders.
Mee had a way of using different parts of her palms in order to generate completely different effects. This mays sound like a simple concept — and of course, this is something that I practice all the time — but she was exceptional. She accomplished the same thing by using her whole foot one aspect at a time (as if she was pressing a gas pedal,) on my hamstrings.
Between she and I, language was not a commonality yet we were communicating the entire time. She was 100% receptive to my needs. There were noises coming from my joints which I had never before heard coming from my body. My joints were singing her praises. My belly has been hurting since yesterday morning and she somehow had the intuition to conclude this. She used an herb-pack on the floor, with me lying face-down on top of it. She was massaging my low-back while the hot-herb pouch was massaging my little Thailand-Tummy.
She did some things of which — as a massage therapist — I never would have thought to do. She pronated my hand in order to work my palm in sidelying. She hooked her extended toes superior to my sacrum as I layer supine and interlocked my fingers around her back. These are moves that are not taught in school. She rotated my pelvis with such finesse as she suspended me by one leg and one arm. The way that she finished with a towel as a tool to rotate my head into various positions: it's techniques like this which I will never forget. I think I may know someone who will be studying with Lek Chaiya in February 2013.
Coming to Thailand, it was my intention to incorporate two of my passions: yoga & massage. To be able to incorporate yet another one of my passions (the heat … yes, it's somewhat absurd that heat is a passion for me but as you know, it's something that I take quite seriously,) would be incredible. I hope that you guys don't miss me too much because I think I may know where I'll be this time next year.
(OK … you got me. The above photos is the first that I've posted — either here or on FaceBook — that is not one of my originals. I ganked it from Mama Lek's website.)