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Early visitors to the beautiful Hawaiian Islands were met by a happy, relaxed people greeting them with the now familiar “Aloha” and flower leis. This friendly culture was steeped in ancient spiritual traditions that had been preserved from generation to generation through Hawaiian chants and oral history, and the sacred dance of hula.
Most revered were the Kahuna, experts in their chosen profession. Kahuna specialized in areas ranging from stargazing to canoe building; skills chosen in childhood and mastered through training. The Kahuna lomilomi were masters of body manipulation and healing massage. They practiced their ancient art with a deep connection to nature, surrounded by ocean breezes, colorful sunsets and unpredictable volcanoes.
The Kahuna lomilomi were priests who practiced the healing arts with much reverence, love and spirituality. They believed that physical discomfort and disease were the results of suppressed emotions, mental disturbances or spiritual disharmony. The traditional lomilomi healing session began with a thorough investigation into the nature of the dysfunction, as well as prayer, fasting and several sessions in the steam hut. Once the malady was identified, the treatment would often begin with heated stones and herbal poultices.
Then the Kahuna would massage and use particular lomilomi strokes necessary for that individual.
One of the common similarities among lomilomi practitioners of old was the power and knowledge they had. That is, their ability to communicate deep to the bones of their patients via their touch through soft tissues, yet being noninvasive and connecting it all with spirit, says Maka’ala Yates, a Hawaiian medicine specialist.
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