🇺🇸 Hawaiʻi · Contemporary
Lomilomi Nui (Temple Style)ロミロミ・ヌイ（テンプルスタイル）
A style of large forearm strokes performed while moving around the table like a dance; spread in Japan and Europe as 'temple style'.
This name is recorded with basic database information. An in-depth article will follow.
Fact sheet
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 Hawaiʻi · 🇺🇸 United States
- Era
- Contemporary
- Classification
- Modern bodywork / Spa treatment
- Techniques
- Oil / Breath
- Practitioner body parts
- Forearm
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Skin contact, draped
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Temple Style Lomilomi · Kahuna bodywork · Hawaiian temple bodywork · Ka Huna massage (Australia)
Cultural meaning
A name presented in contexts associated with Kahu Abraham Kawaiʻi’s bodywork. Ask the school how it uses labels such as temple style; this does not establish a universally ancient temple practice.
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World Massage Encyclopedia
Related forms and lineages
Related reference entry: Lomi Lomi (Hawaiian Massage)
Sources & references
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