Sharing traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage

Throughout my time in Hawaii I was very fortunate to study and train with many of the Hawaiian elders who by 1999 felt it was time to share the gift of lomi to a wider audience. Since 1975 on the Big Island of Hawaii, I recorded many of my lomi lomi workshops and interviews with many of the Hawaiian elders responsible for my knowledge and passion with lomi. If your interested in learning more about this beautiful, spiritual healing art, I encourage you to read more about the lomi eBook here and the Lomi Lomi DVD series here. 

We have two upcoming lomi retreats planned for 2012: 18-20 April in Aotearoa NZ and the first week of July in Hawaii. Only $275 (includes lomi book). Email for details: info@howtolomi.com 

Lomi Lomi Massage – Practical Techniques

Traditional Hawaiian Lomilomi includes many practical massage techniques that have helped people relax, detoxify, recover and maintain natural health holistically for hundreds of years. One example of a popular, traditional technique that is very beneficial to everybody in overcoming indigestion and cleansing the digestive system, a condition called 'opu huli, is a deep but gentle abdominal massage to gently but firmly assist movement, as shown above. 

Below, Aunty Mary works on a sore back while sitting on a mat on the floor.

I was fortunate in learning many lomi lomi massage strokes and techniques directly from Hawaiian elders over several decades. Just some of the elders that I counted as my teachers and friends included;

• Aunty Mary Fragas (above)
• Aunty Margaret Machado
• Uncle Kalua
• Papa Kepelino
• Uncle Robert Keliihoomalu
• Papa Auwae
• Doctor Maka'ala Yates
• Kumu Leina'ala Brown
• Aunty Mahealani (below)

Regardless of if you are just starting out as a massage practitioner or indeed have many years of practical experience, it will give you fresh insights and inspiration into the joy of practicing lomilomi massage. For more information about the Lomi Lomi Massage ebook, click here. For more information about the Lomi lomi DVD Series, click here.

Free Lomi Lomi Videos

We have a YouTube lomi channel for your viewing here: http://www.youtube.com/user/howtolomi/videos 

Aunty Pali Jae Lee's Classic eBook – Ho'opono

If you are interested in Hawaiian culture and the roots of Hawaiian spirituality, Aunty Pali’s book – Ho'opono consists of charming and yet powerful stories from the island of Molokai, renowned for its legends and chants of old Hawaii. The drawing above denotes the legend of The Boy and The Bowl which denotes the Hawaiian principal of forgiveness and our innate pure nature. The late Aunty Pali Jae Lee's classic work "Ho'opono – The Hawaiian Way to Put Things Back Into Balance" is available in paperback, eBook and DVD.  For more information on any of Island Moonlight's publications, visit our Hawaii site: www.BigIslandMassage.com 

Malama pono, Nancy Kahalewai

About The Author

My name is Nancy Kahalewai and I've been teaching and training others in professional massage therapy since 1977, when I received my Hawaii LMT license. I've been blessed with meeting and working with many of the Hawaiian lomi elders over this time and founded two massage therapy schools in Hawaii (1984 and 1992). In 2000 was inspired and guided to write a book about lomi called Hawaiian Lomi Lomi – Big Island Massage. This paperback was updated in 2005 (2nd Edition). At the end of 2010, I updated that publication with color photos and released it in eBook format.  For the past four years I've been living and teaching in New Zealand learning Maori healing arts and completing my new book entitled How to Massage with your Heart and Soul to share the practical elements of how to use the beautiful art of lomi lomi to heal and help others.