🇺🇸 Hawaiʻi · Traditional
Family Lineage Lomi家族の系譜のロミロミLomilomi ʻohana
Lomilomi passed on in Hawaiian families and communities. Explore the backgrounds of teachers and families without using this category to dismiss other schools collectively.
This name is recorded with basic database information. An in-depth article will follow.
Fact sheet
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 Hawaiʻi
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional healing system
- Techniques
- Oil / Breath
- Practitioner body parts
- Forearm / Palm
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Skin contact, draped
- Setting
- Table
Cultural meaning
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World Massage Encyclopedia
Related forms and lineages
Related reference entry: Lomi Lomi (Hawaiian Massage)
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