lomilomi

Treatment in a specially designed room learn to use a traditional lomilomi stick during the treatment to de-stress!

Eileen Ogintz: Spas Aren't Just For Grown Ups Anymore Eileen Ogintz 2011

She ate four times a day, and sometimes five, and at a normal meal consumed a pound or two of roast pig, part of a dog, some baked fish, a substantial helping of breadfruit and not less than a quart of poi and oftentimes two or three, after which the lomilomi women would knead her stomach to spur her faltering digestion.

Hawaii Michener, James 1959

I can hear her now, a huge motherly woman announcing, 'Me come lomilomi little man.'

Hawaii Michener, James 1959

To be more correct, I used to massage them, but lately a very plump Hawaiian woman who is known to be highly skilled in the lomilomi, the medicinal massage of the islands, insists upon doing the job for me.

Hawaii Michener, James 1959

Then women came in to lomilomi her, and she smiled proudly from the floor as Jerusha said, "I have never known a person to learn so fast as Malama."

Hawaii Michener, James 1959

Then he began to _lomilomi_, or rub and chafe the foot, working the spirit further and further up the limb.

Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

Let her stroke his skin, press his joints, and knead his back with the loving grip and touch of the lomilomi.

Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

Lo Aikanaka, the last of the man-eating chiefs. lomilomi, to rub or chafe the body.

Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

It's worth strolling the Hyatt's manicured gardens on this 22-hectare property, dipping in the lava-rock pools or melting away with a lomilomi massage.

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The three-day, three-night Summer Solstice Blessing Package includes accommodations in an ocean-view condo, rental car, your choice of pre-stocked food, lomilomi massage, solstice ceremony and Hawaiian blessing for two.

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