Lomi lomi massage styles

[confused]

I am a man in my fifties. I had a lomi lomi massage on Maui during my vacation last month and found it to be life altering. Now back in California, I cannot find anyone who can give me the same experience.

I learned about lomi lomi online before my trip and decided to try it while on vacation on Maui. The session lasted about 2 hours, although we only agreed to 90 minutes. At the beginning she recited a Hawaiian prayer and repeated it in English for me. During the massage I felt as if I were free floating and I had fantastic visions or dreams. The sensations were totally relaxing and soothing. Sort of maternal and loving. I have never felt anything like it in my life. I have had only two other massages. The strokes sometimes extended from my neck to my toes. It was as if I were hypnotized or in a trance, completley relaxed, and blissful for over two hours!

After trying a lomi lomi massage in California and being disappointed, I called the therapist on Maui to find out what to ask for here. She told me that she has been giving lomi lomi for thirty years. She described her style as being after a native Hawaiian kahuna named Abraham Kawai'i. She said I should ask for Temple Style or "Ke Ala Hoku". It consists of long flowing strokes and use of the forearms. She said I could also ask whether the therapist knew of or was trained by a teacher named Maka'ala Yates. Jokingly, she said, "Honey, unfortunately you had me first and now you're spoiled" She was very nice really tried to help me.

My question is whether this kind of experience is common with lomi lomi. I have read a little about Huna online. I am not a "free spirit" or crystal wearing flower child. I am a very conservative person and not religious. The experience was, however, very addictive. Is this kind of hypnotic or trance like sensation common with lomi lomi?

Secondly, other than the suggestions by my Maui therapist, what should I ask a therapist who advertises he or she gives lomi lomi massage. Will I ever be able to get the same experience? (Maybe it was just being on vacation for eight days before the massage and having it where I could hear the ocean and feel the warm breezes) I would be embarrassed to ask a lomi lomi therapist I have never met whether he or she gives "long full body strokes that will put me in a trance." Surely, he or she would think I was deranged.

How can I get that same massage experience here in California?

Thanks for your help,

Dan, a client

 

[Jade S]

Yes "temple style" lomi lomi would be what to ask for. Anyone who does this form will relate to that name.
Many other practitioners have a lomi lomi style based on the trainings of Aunty Margaret and whilst this may be wonderful too is not what you are looking for.
I do the temple style but here in Australia cant suggest anyone in California, but keep looking and you will find.

 

[Tom J [IS LOSTED]]

I agree, temple style it is. Your experience is not unusual It can be a life changing massage It is not your average massage. The trance like sensation is not unusual with a good practitioner

http://www.hawaiiantemplebodywork.com run courses. If you contact them, they may be able to direct you to someone they trained near you. (they don't have a list of therapists on their website, though there are a few quotes from past students, you may find one of those near you, there are quite a few in California) There are a few other temple style schools you may be able to conatact about people that did trainign with them.

Do ask if they do long flowing strokes and use of the forearms, some long flowing strokes from neck to feet (try and avoid asking about "long full body strokes" because that can often mean someone is looking for something more than a massage).

I'm sure you'll manage to find the right therapist now you know what you are looking for

 

[Carton Size]

thanks for posting that melb. you got me thinking about taking the course.

 

[J0J]

Thanks for the help.

I found someone here locally who says she gives "Hawaiian Temple Sacred LomiLomi". Her ad says, "Experience Paradise". I think this is what you have suggested.

I remember that the first therapist in California was a lomi lomi student of Auntie Margaret Machado. This must be the other style because it was quite different from the lomi lomi massage I got on Maui. Obviously, "lomi lomi" by itself is not a sufficient term to use to describe what you will get.

I hope I have it right. I would love to have a similar experience to my Maui massage again. It is very addictive and exactly what I would think "paradise" is like. It is very fascinating. I wonder why it has that effect.

Thanks,
Dan, a client

 

[Kuwaiti_Jutt]

Here is a California contact for a Hawaiian woman who does Temple Style Lomi Lomi: Pam (Pohai) Dougherty, phone (760) 944-6249, email [email protected]. You can say you got her name from Ruth from the Ho'oponopono workshop. Aloha!

 

[Judy.May.]

I had the "Temple Style" lomi lomi session on Friday. It was, in fact, "paradise" -- just as advertised! I experienced "visions" (dreams?) and a trance-like state again as I did on Maui. The practitioner was wonderful and even prepared a small meal (snack) for me during the integration time at the end.

Thank you for the referal to Pam. Unfortunately, she is located 275 miles from me and that would not work. The practitioner I found near me told me she was trained by Tom Cochran and Donna Jason, and she sometimes acts as a trainer together with them. The experience is very addictive.

I would think this forum should have a separate Lomi Lomi section. It is so different from any other type of massage. It is in fact "life altering". I have never felt so refreshed (reborn?). I feel like a "new person" ready to determine what path my life will take from here.

Thanks for the help,
Dan