Continent
Oceania & Pacific
14 techniques
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Hawaiʻi
Lomi Lomi (Hawaiian Massage)
ロミロミ（ハワイ伝統マッサージ）Lomilomi
A name for manual practices carried forward through families and communities in Hawaiʻi. Some use hands and forearms, with accounts emphasising aloha, place and relationships. Practice, including prayer and sequence, varies; a single spa form cannot stand for the whole tradition.
Oil · Breath · Stone · Abdomen
Traditional healing systemTraditional massageView →Aotearoa New Zealand
Mirimiri and Romiromi (Māori Bodywork)
ミリミリとロミロミ（マオリ伝統手技）Mirimiri / Romiromi
Mirimiri and romiromi are manual practices discussed within rongoā Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. Accounts may emphasise concepts such as mauri and wairua and relationships with community. They should not be reduced to fixed light-versus-deep categories; practitioners’ own explanations matter.
Pressure · Wood · Tool · Herbal · Stretch
Traditional healing systemView →Tahiti
Taurumi
タウルミ（タヒチのマッサージ）
Oil
Traditional healing systemTraditional massageView →Samoa
Fofō
フォフォ（サモアの伝統手技）
Oil · Pressure
Traditional healing systemView →
🇺🇸 Hawaiʻi
Polynesia
🇳🇿 Aotearoa New Zealand
Polynesia
🇵🇫 Tahiti
Polynesia
🇼🇸 Samoa
Polynesia
🇹🇴 Tonga
Polynesia
🇫🇯 Fiji
Melanesia
🇦🇺 Australia
Australasia