As the sarong settles back onto the recipient, it is folded inward until it makes a narrow drape for the recipient. This, and the other ritual actiions help to bring the session out of Chronos and into vertical time, the Now. On the table, the practitioner reverently fans the sarong in wavelike motions, bringing it off the body and into the air. The recipient lies down with the sarong covering them. There is not bottom sheet on the table for this style of lomilomi. The sarong is re-draped over the shoulders and the recipient is guided to the table.
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As the recipient focusus on their own breath and releasing what no longer serves them they may drop their sarong as the anointing continues with full strokes over almost the entire body. Oils are then copiously applied to the practitioner's hands, and as the hands make full contact, the oil is applied to the exposed areas of the skin, acclimating the recipient to the practitioner's touch and the sensation of being richly bathed in nourishing oils. This process is repeated, moving closer and closer to the recipient, until the lightly oiled fingertips make contact, stroking downward, like raindrops. He then, without touching the physical body, begins the anointing process of the recipient by drawing his hands down, over and around the recipient from head to foot. The practitioner stands in front of the recipient, and begins by anointing his own hands with oils and praying. The recipient stands near the table, eyes closed, focusing on thier own breath. The practitioner is also clothed in a sarong. The recipient changes clothes and dons a sarong. The only goal is to create and maintain a place of complete safety where you can release anything and everything that no longer serves you. Emotional release is not a goal, but it is common. So allow plenty of time to process after your session ends. The physical sensations as the mana is raised and directed throughout the body, are intense and sometimes overwhelming, often more than we are accustomed to. This spirit of Aloha and focused intent for the good of the recipient becomes the immanent manifestation of the love and grace of God. Sacred space provides for opening and surrender to trust and receiving the complete unconditional love of the practitioner. These rituals, the prayers, music, chant and symbolism are all essential safeguards and help to maintain the creation of sacred space. They are integral and essential to the healing process. There is nothing more to do. In temple style lomilomi this is assisted by means of rituals before and after the hands-on massage portion of the work. Preparation for the recipient is simply being open to receive the work. I don’t know how it happens, and it is very humbling, but the work has allowed me to see tremendous and powerful changes happen on the table.Ī Hawaiian Temple Bodywork session begins, ends, and is infused with ritual and prayer, setting the space as sacred, and calling in the support of the lineage of teachers and healers. And if you allow yourself to fall through the openings in the walls of your emotional and mental states, to go to that source that is dark and hidden, and yet the glowing place inside us where we sometimes touch the divine, but which is largely walled off from our everyday existence, then Lomilomi can be transformational. The physical work is wonderful, one of the most blissful massages you can receive. The pace and flow varies, like waves on the beach, but the current of motion is continual, collecting and redistributing mana, or energy, over and over. The massage itself is very satisfying, intuitively moving to find and meet the cravings of the body.
Symbolically, it is a transformation or rebirth ritual. For a full description of the process please read the protocol at the bottom of the page. Temple Style LomiLomi $160 for approximately 90 minutesīeginning and ending in a prayerful state, infused with the grace of Hawaiian dance and music, this massage experience will provide a safe and sacred space for the recipient.