Availability of appointments is limited. Inverness sessions are every Tuesday. Link for appointments > Inverness Stonehaven sessions are just one day per month. Link for appointments > Stonehaven Daoyin and massage have a long combined history, as therapeutic massage is considered one of the yangsheng practices. During the Sui dynasty (581-618) Emperor Yangdi employed numerous daoyin practitioners—who were also massage teachers—at the imperial court, with the objective of establishing daoyin as a major component of state medicine. And during the following Tang dynasty (618-907), daoyin continued to be an official part of the Imperial Court Medicine and was generally in the hands of the massage specialist. Daoyin Scotland has continued to uphold this tradition. Chinese Therapeutic Massage (CTM) is one of the four main branches of Classical Chinese Medicine. CTM is different from other forms of massage in as much as it is a Psycho-Physical Therapy CTM can aid musculoskeletal problems nervous system disorders stress related disorders chronic fatigue intestinal blockages sciatica abdominal masses improve digestion reduce scar tissue headache poor circulation lower back pain impotence gynaecological disorders emotional balace accelerate healing