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#1 What is lomilomi?
Lomilomi, sometimes called "lomi lomi" or simply "lomi", is the bodywork component of traditional Hawaiian healing arts. It has been used in the Hawaiian islands for centuries. Over time, when social and political situations in Hawaii prevented lomi from being openly practiced, Hawaiian families privately kept it alive. Being thus maintained underground, diverse lomi lomi styles developed within individual families who each preserved what they found relevant. As a result, lomilomi today can be very different, depending on who is doing it. There is no one “right” way to do lomilomi; rather there are many approaches and techniques used by different lomi practitioners. read more

#2 Hawaiian Healing Arts & Practice
... Hawaiian healers – whether they specialized in lomi lomi, herbal healing, cleansing, ho’oponopono or the other healing therapies – traditionally were an integral part of the community and were not business entities.... ...when a person was sick or injured, treatment involved using many healing therapies. A full family ho’oponopono session was frequently the initial step in treatment. This might be followed with colon cleansing and fasting, herbal healing, lomilomi bodywork which included both massage affecting the soft tissue and organs as well as joint mobilization, and more. Use of prayer in several forms was woven through out all healing work. read more

#3 The Ideal Natural Colon Cleanse,the Hawaiian Way
... Natural colon cleaning helps us keep our channels of elimination open and cleansed so they can perform their vital functions. The preventative practice of natural colon cleansing has existed for thousands of years, and has played a central role in the lives of millions of people worldwide. From an indigenous Hawaiian point of view, cleansing the body of built up toxins promotes health and prevents degenerative disease. read more

#4a My Lomi Story: part 1 - 1970s thru 2000, I studied with Shawn L.K.
I began learning massage as a teenager in the 1970s by exploring with my sister. I discovered lomilomi in 1996 after graduating from massage school. I studied "lomi pololei" with Shawn LaSalla Kimmell..... read more

#4b My Lomi Story: part 2 -- 2000-2009, I studied with Aupuni I., Kim H.
I continued my lomi studies first with Aupuni Iwi'ula and then with Kim and Jim Hartley...  read more

#4c My Lomi Story: part 3 -- 2003 thru 2010, I studied Maka'ala Yates
- 2003 thru 2010, I studied Maka'ala Yates read more

#5a Spoken Words can Nurture Life, Spoken Words can Destroy Life -
Part 1: Communication Stories from my Early Life
I began learning massage as a teenager in the 1970s by exploring with my sister. I discovered lomilomi in 1996 after graduating from massage school. I studied "lomi pololei" with Shawn LaSalla Kimmell.... read more ...

#5b Spoken Words can Nurture Life, Spoken Words can Destroy Life -
Part 2: Words that Heal
An important component of my life as a lomilomi massage therapist has been to learn new ways to speak and to listen in my healing massage sessions, in my classes, and in my private life. I now use many new-to-me listening, thinking and speaking patterns that open wide opportunities to support unlimited healing potential. I share with you here many of my favorite, most effective life affirming expressions. read more

#5c Spoken Words can Nurture Life, Spoken Words can Destroy Life -
Part 3: My Communication Training Resources
I have been helped to develop life affirming communication skills from many resources which are available to us all. I share with you here many of the fantastic resources which have helped me learn to use my words to sustain unlimited healing potential. read more

#6 Beneath the Surface of some Key Hawaiian Terms and Concepts used by Lomi lomi Practioners
Lomilomi taps into unlimited healing potential. Intentionally holistic and spiritual in its approach to healing, lomilomi can bring wholenss and alignment back into the individual in body, mind and spirit. This article explores some special Hawaiian terms and concepts that are frequently used by lomilomi practitioners and other Hawaiian cultural practitioners. I love these words! They feed my spirit. read more

#7    The Story of Haloa - A Hawaiian Creation Story
Whether whispered or shouted, the name Haloa tells a story of connection between all Hawaiians, a story of connection between people and nature. As Hawaiians we are one with Haloa, we are one with kalo (taro). May this ever be so. read more

# 8 Love the Body
Part 1: Spirit, Nature & Prayer in Lomi Lomi
Being aware of my relationship with both Spirit and nature makes me feel alive. Feeling fresh air on my face makes me feel alive. Moving makes me feel alive. Dancing makes me feel alive. I feel most alive and particularly connected with Spirit when I am outdoors. When I pray I feel alive and of course when I connect with people via lomilomi I feel alive! read more

# 9 Love the Body
Part 2: Embracing Love & Beauty in Lomi Lomi
Beauty, love, God and prayer for me ARE all related to massage. Massage has helped me feel both my inner and external beauty. It’s even helped me simply to feel pretty. And, massage also helps me feel love! read more

# 10 Love the Body
Part 3: Posture & Body Awareness in Lomi Lomi
Beauty, love, God and prayer for me ARE all related to massage. Massage has helped me feel both my inner and external beauty. It’s even helped me simply to feel pretty. And, massage also helps me feel love! read more

# 11 Healthy Posture
.... Skillfully done bodywork can help us develop healthy posture and can give us a dramatic and immediate break from pain, tension and restriction. It can allow our bodies to experience their full potential for wellbeing in the present moment. read more

# 12a Ho'oponopono part 1 - What is Ho'oponopono?
....   Practicing ho'oponopono is a vital part of my lomilomi training which helps me to develop peace, ease and health in my own body, mind and spirit and thereby clears the way for me to be an open healing channel when I share lomilomi with others. Every lomilomi teacher I've studied with over the years has integrated ho'oponopono teachings into the lomilomi classes they teach.   read more

# 12b Ho'oponopono part 2 - Ho'oponopono Concepts Embedded in Greetings
Words contain mana - creative, energetic, spiritual power. Ho'ponopono concepts and tools are built into language, and especially into the Hawaiian language.    read more

# 12c Ho'oponopono part 3 - Traditional Family Style Ho'oponopono
...... Traditionally in Hawaii when a person was ill or injured and the family sought the help of a healer, the first step in the healing process was to hold a ceremonial, prayful,  family hooponopono session led by a respected family elder. Some hooponopono sessions  were done quickly and others may have gone on for days. read more

# 12d Ho'oponopono part 4 - Contemporary Ho'oponopono ~ Cutting Cords & Transmuting Energy
...... In the 1970s native Hawaiian healer and lomilomi practitioner Mornah Simeona created a potent hooponopono process which is done individually. She combined Hawaiian traditions, praying to the Divine Creator, and connecting problems with reincarnation and karma to create a unique self-help problem solving hooponopono process. She was influenced by her Christian education and her philosophical studies about India,

China

and Edgar Cayce. read more

# 12e Ho'oponopono part 5 - On Being Hawaiian
...... There are two ways of being 'Hawaiian'. Both ways are based upon 'reality by agreement' -- not natural reality. The first way is because of being born with Hawaiian blood. The second way a person is Hawaiian is by practicing the following hooponopono code of being and doing. read more

# 12f Ho'oponopono part 6 - Making Amends
I learned the hooponopono practice of making amends from Shawn LaSala Kimmel, my first lomilomi teacher. Sometimes I make mistakes. I sometimes do things that harm or cause trouble for other people. When I do so, I sometimes feel embarrassed...... read more

# 12g Ho'oponopono part 7 - Radiating Light
Radiating Light is another hooponopono practice I learned from Shawn LaSala Kimmel, my first lomilomi teacher, and further developed in my studies with others. In Shawn's lomilomi class many years ago we did a hooponopono exercise that helped me wake up....... read more

# 12g Ho'oponopono part 8 - We live in an Auspicious Time
The time has come for us all to heal our emotions and to live in grace. When we relate in aloha with others - with wisdom, harmony, gentle strength, humility and patience – our aloha will return to us magnified many times over. Ho'oponopono practices offer us many healing tools to use. ..... read more

# 12h Ho'oponopono part 9 - Appendix ~ SITH®
I mention SITH® here because although it has not been a particularly significant influence in my own life, an immense number of people worldwide have learned of ho'oponopono via this vehicle. SITH® is a specific set of powerful ho'oponopono practices. ..... read more

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