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Kahi Loa?

Can anyone explain the difference of Kahi Loa from Lomi Lomi? Is it simply one of the variations passed down within a family? I just read about it from a facebook page but search on the internet does not turn up anything that seems different from Lomi Lomi. Some sites seem to use it to seperate Temple Style as Lomi Lomi from other Lomi Lomi styles & technique.

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Permalink Reply by Barbara Helynn Heard on August 11, 2011 at 8:28am

Aloha Daniel,

Serge Kahili King of Aloha International teaches a very specific form of lomi called Kahi Loa. I have a video of him teaching this style which I can't put my hands on right now. See this webpage on the Aloha International website: http://www.huna.net/HBM/Academy/ihc.html I expect that the DVD called "Magic Touch Massage" is Kahi Loa. Check with Aloha International to confirm this.

aloha,

Barbara Helynn

www.lomilomi-massage.org

Permalink Reply by Susan Kimi McFadden on August 11, 2011 at 9:59am

I believe Kahi Loa is very different from Lomi Lomi. From my understanding on the training from Serge King, Kahi Loa involves the recipient in discussion and visualization of elements like water, fire, wind, etc... for clearing that correspond to the different movements the practitioner would be using on their body. Whereas my Temple Style Lomi Lomi training allows the recipient to zone out to their own visualization without any verbal cues from the practitioner. Kahi Loa can be done clothed in any position like even a chair and Lomi Lomi is oily so no clothes is best. With Kahi Loa the recipient may turn over multiple times and is aware and conscious of everything with moves typically starting from the head and down versus Lomi Lomi where they are turned once and there isn't any talking so the figure 8 and random moves allow the brain to not focus/control. Does that fit with what you've been reading?

Permalink Reply by Makana Risser Chai on August 12, 2011 at 12:14am

Aloha Daniel, I could not find a Facebook page but did find this one http://healinglightservices.blogspot.com/p/kahi-loa.html There are many concepts on this page that are not traditional Hawaiian. "Kahi loa" does not mean "Infinite Oneness." There is no such thing as a Hawaiian shaman. Hawaiians traditionally do not recognize 7 elements (7 is not a significant number in Hawaiian thought). Hawaiians traditionally do not recognize a Higher Self. Hawaiians certainly did not work with furs. Traditionally, Hawaiians do not speak of the heart. If you go further down the page it talks about lomilomi and again, many ideas that sound lovely but are not Hawaiian. There was no such thing as a rite of passage - coming of age ritual. The kahuna did not perform "magic." I could go on but you get the picture. It's a New Age invention passing itself off as an ancient Hawaiian tradition.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Cohen on August 12, 2011 at 3:20am

Mahalo, I am getting closer to an understanding of what this is but still not clear on the use of the 7 elements in the session.