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Lomi Lomi is one of the most insightful forms of massage. It is the traditional Hawaiian massage also known as loving hands, lolomi and milimili. For many years this massage was taught with in the Hawaiian family. So the techniques varied by family, region and islands.
Lomi Lomi massage technique combines prayer and energy. This combination is used to relax the nervous system, increase blood circulation and relieve pain and illness.
The Lomi Lomi massage usually begins with a silence between the therapists and the client. In this silence the therapist will softly say a blessing or prayer asking for what all the healings required during the session. At the same time the clients may also be asked to make their intention for the remedy they would like to receive. The therapist is then able to work with the clients naturally.
The therapist uses their forearms as well as their hands to give fluid and rhythmic motion. The people who have received this massage have said that they feel like gentle waves moving over their body. The most interesting to note about this massage is that different parts of the body can be massaged at the same time. This helps the client to experience the total relaxing.
To free the energy, and to make the body soft under body and full body strokes help the most. Gentle body stretches and rotations of the joints are built-in to release tension and to help out the energy flow.
The therapist at some times hum, do dance work and hula movements combined with the breathe work. This type of action at the time of massaging is important to assist the energy flow both within the therapist and the client and helps to keep their energy level high.
In Lomi Lomi massage the client is made lie directly on the disc of the table and not on a towel or sheet. Rather than being covered by the towels completely, they are covered by a small sheet leaving most of the body exposed. This state helps a lot to perform the underbody and full body strokes without disturbing the flow of the massage. At the cold season the massage authorities use heater to maintain the room temperature warm. This is done to comfort their clients who are covered with a small sheet.
Since the therapist works spontaneously the massage may be slow and relaxing and at times when they go a bit faster it is also friskier to the body. At the same time the clients may undergo an emotional relief as the massage releases the negative emotions, beliefs and some other stuff that has been stored in the body cells.
Lomi Lomi massage can be done by one person or more working together to give deeper level of relaxation. When the massage is done by more than one person it is really an idyllic and stupefying experience. The therapist not just uses their hands they also use their forearms, palms, thumbs, knuckles, elbows, knees and feet. At times they place some specific stones at the strategic points on the back of the clients. As the stone helps in opening the blocked pathways and release the negative energy.
For healing purpose
To promote digestion and as luxury to life
Soothing massage within the family
Outlaw body and nerve pain
Improves circulation
Smooth breathing
Helps in digestion
Promotes spiritual healing
Facilitate free flow of energy
Recovery after surgery
Effectively used in neonatal care and in treating cancer
Helps to cure headaches, back pain and insomnia