Lomi Lomi Massage Certificate Course (2 CE)

Explore lomi massage as more than technique, weaving spiritual growth, aloha-inspired intention, breath-centered flow, and reverence for nature into flowing strokes.

Begin Lomi Lomi with pool aid (prayer) to cultivate mana and lifeforce energy from bones, through intention, channeling healing in the present moment.

Explore Aunty Margaret style and temple style Lomi Lomi in this course, rooted in the idea 'your hands reveal your heart' with a practical North America focus.

Push your Lomi Lomi practice by weaving Qigong, yoga, and Tai Chi to cultivate life force energy, breath, and grace. Practice nature meditation to translate calm and energy into treatments.

Explore how lomi lomi massage eases therapists' hands with varied forms, drains sluggish tissue, and promotes energized lightness, peace, stress relief, improved digestion, and joint mobility for client and practitioner.

Identify and respect contraindications for lomilomi, including burns, sun burns, skin rashes, fever, contagious diseases, blood clots, and acute injuries; when in doubt, Google pathology and use clinical intuition.

Explore Hawaiian holistic health values, linking harmony of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual states to illness prevention through local foods as medicine, herbs, massage, sweat lodges, and sauna.

Learn to palpate and assess tissue during lomi lomi massage, evaluating tension, mobility, congestion, heat, and inflammation to guide treatment, with abdominal palpation for digestion health assessment.

Assess skin dryness during palpation to determine oil amount, use a couple of pumps, avoid excess oil, and place oil on forearms for a smooth glide.

Perform lomi lomi massage with kneading, rubbing, and soothing strokes in multiple directions to relax the muscles and improve circulation.

Maintain good body posture, use leg lunges and body weight to press down into tissue, allow the client to breathe before sinking in, and do not push the tissue.

Press, squeeze, and stretch techniques drive continuous movement in Lomi Lomi massage, wringing the legs and arms with the sense of four hands to enhance flexibility.

Master the pounding technique (paona) in lomi lomi massage through rhythmic karate-chop motions with loose wrists to relax the body, aid breathing, and release mucus, suitable for pre-event or relaxation.

Light strokes in Lomi massage relax clients, activate the parasympathetic rest-and-digest system, drain toward the heart on arms or legs, and end any part of the body with scalp strokes.

Explore hot stone techniques in lomi massage, using basalt, jade, and Himalayan salt stones to perform myofascial release, trigger point work, and relaxing placements that enhance joint mobility.

Ground yourself before a session by breathing mana lifeforce energy and exhaling aloha loving intention. Visualize yourself as an empty vessel for loving intention, radiating acceptance, no judgment, and lightness.

Start the opening pule by connecting with the client through breath, mana lifeforce energy, and aloha loving intention. Slowly engage the tissue with silent intention to relax the nervous system.

Begin with intention and prayers, apply oil, and perform a free-flow Lomi pass on the back from the upper traps to the spine, using light pivots and flowing motion.

Learn to guide clients into a relaxed state as you work shoulders and arms with free-flow Lomi techniques, emphasizing intuition, tissue relaxation, gentle stretching, and carpal tunnel-focused practices.

Apply oil and drape for posterior leg access, then perform flowing forearm strokes, traction, and violin-style movements across the calves, hamstrings, glutes, and feet to improve joint flexibility.

Learn interior leg lomi techniques with proper draping and oil, using a flowing sequence to warm the leg and release abductors, adductors, and quads.

Lomi Lomi massage emphasizes abdominal work to improve digestion and overall health, using breath-guided techniques, sun and moon strokes, diaphragm release, and gentle myofascial stretching around the colon.

Master chest and arm massage techniques to open the pecs, mobilize the shoulder and clavicle, and apply traction and kneading to stretch the arm for thoracic outlet relief.

Learn a relaxing lomi lomi face and scalp sequence that uses forearm and thumb kneading, gentle traction, sinus drainage, and sub occipital release to ease neck, eyes, and shoulders.

Finish the treatment by placing one hand beneath the skull and one on the forehead, guiding breaths of mana lifeforce energy and aloha loving intention, then end with wide strokes.

Watch and learn a full body Lomi Lomi massage by reviewing techniques, sequence, and theory; practice flowy movements, meditation, and sensing nature's rhythm on a friend or loved one.