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While the names are similar, Lomi bodywork is not to be confused
with the Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massage.
If you are interested in the Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massage,
please search the web using “Hawaiian Lomi Lomi”.
Briefly, Lomi bodywork uses a somatic approach to massage and bodywork.
Somatic comes from the Greek word "Soma"
meaning the living body in its wholeness: the body, the mind and the spirit.
What you do with and to your body; think with your mind; and believe with your heart (spirit)
has an impact on your wellbeing or wellness.
Your state of wellness shows up in your body or in other words,
your biography becomes your biology.
Lomi bodywork creates a safe place for clients to discover their chronic holding patterns
(areas of constriction and armoring) in their bodies
that correlate to unresolved emotional issues which hinder their wellness.
The bodyworker then utilizes various bodywork techniques of touch, breath and awareness
to allow the client to release the holding patterns,
thus facilitating their clients in their own healing journey.
The intention of Lomi bodywork is to assist clients in their re-education and healing,
not to make them dependent on the bodyworkers’ skills.
Lomi bodywork provides a unified experience
where the principles of therapy, education and awareness become one.
The inter-play and connections between
the physical body, emotions, feelings/intuitions, and energetic states are used in this process.
Lomi bodywork is not something that is done to you, but rather with you.
Emphasis is on awareness rather than cure or goal.
There is no "right" way of being, only a vitality to contact,
a process or flow to become aware of and to trust.
Lomi bodywork requires the bodyworker to work from a place
of being grounded, centered and clear-intentioned in order to hold a safe place for clients.
Therefore, Lomi workers are usually experienced and comfortable working with both
the physical and the emotional releases that often occur
as a result of clear, safe, well-intentioned, nurturing awareness and touch.
Breath is a powerful tool used to shift moods and increase the client’s awareness
of sensations, moods, emotions and feelings.
Touch includes polarity points and deep tissue work
to reduce the constrictions and increase the flow of energy through the whole body.
By bringing our awareness to our sensations,
we can integrate our internal thoughts and our outward expression.
This will increase our ability to be personally authentic and trustworthy,
which allows us to live with integrity.
As a result, we have more choices about how we live our lives.