At Peace Massage

Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage - Level One
with Tamara Mondragon and Julie Stowell

Welcome to the ancient healing massage of Hawaii . . . “Lomi Lomi” means to break up into small pieces, and one of the intentions of this technique is to find congested areas of the body and disperse them through rhythmic movements. This is the dance of massage, and it is as enjoyable for the person giving it as it is for the person receiving it.

This massage DVD teaches you the basic techniques of the art of Lomi Lomi massage, including the four basic strokes. You will learn a full body Hawaiian massage, with Julie Stowell instructing and Tamara Mondragon narrating. The lomilomi technique focuses on finding congested areas in the body and dispersing them, by moving the palms, thumbs, knuckles and forearms in rhythmic, dance-like motions.

DVD CHAPTERS

• Intro and Welcome
• Prayer (Pule) and breath connection
• Opening strokes - Greeting the back
• Left side wiggly - wiggly
• Four basic strokes -  back and left side
• Lomi Lomi and friction on scapula
• Palm strokes, teres muscles, side strokes
• Back of arm and hand
• Re-connect back strokes
• Double forearm, feather strokes
• Top of sheet gluteous, forearm presses down leg
• Left leg, all four strokes
• Left foot

LOMI LOMI History

In 1803 Archibald Menzies wrote, "A number of natives placed themselves around us to lomilomi and pinch our limbs, an operation which we found on these occasions, very lulling and pleasing when gently performed."

In 1819 a Mr. Frecient wrote, "Two females about 40 years old knelt down on each side of me and squeezed and rubbed my limbs with all their might. All the parts of the body were pressed between the hands, going from the arms to the legs and from the thighs to the shoulders. Here it is employed as a means of making people sleepy."