Here are a few ways I see these traditional practices are connected ... both grew from traditional systems of medicine; both practices have innate intelligence; both involve passive postures situated over props - be it yoga props or the Thai practitioner; both help build proprioception, awareness, presence in the moment. And with practice, both draw the participant toward deep conscious rest helping increase one's capacity for calm. As well, they are both about creating space within - space that allows life force energy (prana or lom pran) to flow more freely.