The uniqueness of the Lomi Lomi massage is associated with the energy flow, flowing to the rhythm of the music, and even the rhythm of the client’s body. The body has its own rhythm and needs, which are given a lot of attention in the Lomi Lomi massage.
The flow in Hawaiian massage is the energy flow in the masseur’s body, their attention and presence, and readiness in the massage session – embracing the client with these qualities is crucial to give a Lomi Lomi massage.
In the learning process during and after the course, we have various obstacles that often cause this flow not to be as we would like it to be.
And what is one of the elements that disrupts our flow?
First and foremost, technique. At the beginning of learning massage, we try to master all the movements so that this massage looks like a Lomi Lomi massage.
However, this is where the trap lies. Our body and mind, in a sense, stiffen because they try to keep up with this technique, and sometimes this stiffness remains for many years.
And so it was with me. I don’t remember how many years this stiffness lasted, but it lasted quite a long time before I realized that when I was giving massage sessions, I was stiff all the time. This resulted in, in a sense, giving a classic massage that looked like a Lomi massage. I recently had the opportunity to experience such massages, and I know very well how difficult it is.
To enter such a flow, full of relaxation and presence. The key is precisely relaxing your own body. The key is to surrender and forget about everything that we must necessarily do in the Lomi Lomi Nui massage.
The technique is there to be learned, and after the course, to be forgotten.
And so it is with the Lomi Lomi massage.
Freedom and flow are there when the body is relaxed. When our body is stiff, this flow is limited. In essence, we have no contact with our own body, let alone with the person who comes to us for this massage.
So if you want to give a Lomi Lomi massage, let go of your body.
Do not try hard to perform every movement you learned in the massage course. Do not try hard to perform leverage on the arm. Do not try hard to perform passive movements on the legs, on the head. Trust and flow, because everything you have after completing the course is already within you. The most important thing is for your body and mind to approach the person receiving this session in relaxation, in letting go, in accepting what flows through you and through this person.
When is there flow?
When you are relaxed, you give the best Lomi Lomi massage you can give to this person.
So try to be as relaxed as possible. Forget about the technique. Forget about what you must do. Just connect in this relaxation with the person who came to you for this massage and flow as your body guides you.
And the body of the person who came to you.
If you feel like reading more of my articles or listening to podcasts about bodywork and massage, I warmly invite you.
If you feel like coming and learning Lomi Lomi massage in my version, I invite you to the Lomi Lomi massage course.
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