As a Lomi Lomi teacher and practitioner, I am always telling my clients and students that this beautiful massage practice has a heap of powerful benefits, helping to alleviate many different ailments, and increasing mana (spiritual energy and personal power) but few people understand the power using these techniques to help clients who feel disconnected from self, and want themselves back!
There are primarily two styles of Lomi Lomi that have become more well-known.
They are “Temple Style” and “Auntie Margaret’s Style or Big Island Massage”, at our massage training courses in Toowoomba, we teach these styles of lomi plus a few more of the lesson-known ones.
But it doesn’t matter which style you learn they all have one thing in common and Auntie Margaret Machalo said it the best.
“If your hands are gentle and loving, your patient will feel the sincerity of your heart, his soul will reach out to yours and God’s healing power will flow through you both”
Some people after the lomi lomi massage session say: wow! I wasn't expecting that!
So, what is "that"? I find it exciting to explain what lomi lomi massage is to a person who never experienced this massage or never even heard about it.
It is not just a massage, at least not in the sense of a modern Western meaning of this word.
Lomi Lomi massage is a ritual for the body, heart, and soul.
It is a conscious presence with another person, a presence that comes from the heart, not from the mind.
It is the loving touch that helps to heal, relax, to melt away tensions and energy blocks.
Basically, you’ll help clients remember who they truly are, and isn’t that the goal of all holistic treatments?
Your clients are more than a bag of bones that need to be fixed!
They are more than sore shoulders or hips.
Don’t get me wrong if you have a client who needs support with these issues then you can do that as well but it’s not all you do.
Through relaxation in the massage, we not only release muscle tension but also mental and emotional tension.
By relaxing your clients' bodies, we relax their minds.
By releasing tense muscles we provide healing on many levels, not only physical.
In lomi lomi massage we help them to heal their emotions, memories, beliefs, and patterns of behaviour.
This is the theory. The practice… is different for everybody.
When done right though, clients will experience quite a transformative experience, keep reading for some of the incredible benefits of this age-old ritual.
INCREASES RANGE OF MOTION AND EASES MUSCLE PAIN
Stiff joints can hinder a vibrant life. Lomi lomi, by enhancing blood circulation, effectively relieves joint stiffness and associated pain.
BOOSTS IMMUNITY
Lomi lomi stimulates lymph flow, contributing to the body's overall well-being. By flushing out toxins, increasing white blood cell count, and improving oxygen levels, it serves as a holistic approach to boosting immunity.
One of the primary reasons for indulging in massage is stress reduction. Human touch, an integral part of Lomi Lomi, has proven benefits. Studies show that massage can significantly reduce stress levels, promoting relaxation and happiness.
By alleviating stress and anxiety, lomi lomi massage facilitates muscle relaxation and a peaceful mind, promoting better sleep. While lomi lomi massage has many of the same benefits as Swedish massage, the difference is in how the client is approached.
"It is important to remember that the practitioner does not heal but is the facilitator for the healing."
I found this quote from Osho and I thought that it really connects witht the essence of lomi lomi massage!
"Massage is one of the most subtle arts – and it is not only a question of expertise. It is more a question of love…
Learn the technique – then forget it. Then just ‘feel’, and move by feeling.
When you learn deeply, ninety percent of the work is done by love, ten percent by technique.
By just the very touch – a loving, conscious touch, something relaxes in the body.
If you love and feel compassion for the other person, and feel the ultimate value of him; if you don’t treat him as if he is a mechanism to be put right, but an energy of tremendous value; if you are grateful that he trusts you and allows you to play with his energy – then by and by you will feel as if you are playing on an organ.
The whole body becomes the keys of the organ and you can feel that harmony is created inside the body.
Not only will the person be helped, but you also.”
Lomi Lomi massage teaches people how to create harmony within their bodies, allowing the body to heal itself holistically.
People who use holistic therapies believe that everything is connected in some way, including the mind and body. Therefore, if one part of a person's life is out of balance, whether due to stress at work or problems within a relationship, it can manifest as physical pain or illness somewhere else in the body.
Looking to receive a Lomi Lomi massage in Toowoomba from a professional practitioner, contact me to find out how you can schedule a session or perhaps you are interested in learning this technique to enhance your healing session.
Either way, I’m here to help you when you are feeling called to contact me.
If you would like to know more about our classes, then why not check out our range of short massage classes in Toowoomba?
AUTHOR
Debbie K Barker
Debbie's has a passion and interest in the holistic understanding of the Mind Body Connection. She has studied with 6 different Lomi Lomi/Kahuna schools (a Level 7 practitioner), a Heartworks Lomi Lomi instructor, Remedial Massage therapist and has 20 years of nursing experience to draw on combining her knowledge both with the therapeutic techniques with the lomi lomi flow.
Whether you want to learn how to give heart centred treatments or enhance what you already do, or maybe, you are looking for someone to show you how to build your business and attract amazing clients, then you have come to the right place.
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