Question: Treatments

 SilverHand more than 1 year ago

Lomi Lomi has always been my preferred modality when on the receiving end of a great massage. It is a deeply working and a very opening “Body Prayer” that combine traditional Polynesian energy work and bodywork. The nature of the style allows for multiple practioners to work simultaneously on a client during a session. The most commonly known lineage comes from the Hawaiian Kupuna’s and continues to gain popularity as a massage modality in the United States as well as around the world.

Lomi Lomi practitioners primarily use the palms, forearms, and elbows in their massage sessions. Other Lomi-esk techniques include rigorous range-of-motion techniques in the shoulders and hips, the implementation of hot stones or hot stick methods, and a deeply calming “breathing” during an appointment. For patrons who feel overly self-conscious about their bodies and being touched, multiple practioners can work on a client in harmony, the experience compels the client to stop in persisting to monitor where they are being touched and just relax and enjoy.


A Lomi Lomi session has been the only time I have touched my elbow to my nose, had my body twisted like a pretzel, and been pounded by waves upon waves of deep forearm pressure until I felt like the ocean had milled me into the nothingness of a mound of beach sand and wanting it never to stop.

Sources: http://www.huna.org/html/lomilomi.html