FESTIVAL DES ARTS D'HAWAI'I
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Lomilomi

What is the difference between Lomilomi and other forms of massage? In most areas of the world and in many areas of Hawai’i the answer is: nothing.

Visiting Hawai’i one views amid the expanding civilization, verdant growth. But the percentage of that which is native is miniscule. Like anything or many things ancient, the health practices of Old Hawai’i have been overrun and diluted, arguably by ma'i or disease (cancer, diabetes, foreign, domestic, physical and spiritual) but to the trained eye also by expansive humanity.

Many want to learn lomilomi piecemeal, like they want to dance Hula, or paddle, or weave. To understand lomilomi, one is wise to understand the philosophy of the culture. Understand the difficulties learning in a diluted environment and if possible view things without an eye for profit: the questions that will arise in the definitions of anything Hawaiian are subject to severe scrutiny, exploitation, philosophy and thought.

Lomilomi is to some a descriptive verb. To others a native health practice. To others a homogeneous spa massage, a viable marketing point, a connection to culture, a complementary treatment to la’au lapa’au, or a key aspect to preventive medicine.


Interview Chris Kawika Brown


From my current point of view, the most important thing to understand about Hawaiian culture is the belief in genealogy: the belief in those you come from insuring you are not alone in what you do. Much of what you do at the core of your being — your « actions and reactions — is based on the actions of those who have come before you. What your ancestors did, you are capable of and also guilty of.

My work is based on the teachings of Karen Leialoha Carroll, Alva James Andrews and Keola Kawaiulailiahi Chan. And also on the observation of Hawaiian culture as a whole and from an admittedly contemporary viewpoint. As Hawaiians we are capable of many aspects of our antiquity, but we are also influenced by the moment. This is not a statement reserved for Hawaiians. At the core of my belief and what I share is this type of critical thought.

This class is not designed to retrain you. Rather to remind, to expand on what you already have inside. It will offer perspectives based on Hawaiian values and techniques which may seem similar to what you have seen elsewhere. In my opinion, the similarities throughout cultural bodywork are many and to claim one technique as strictly Hawaiian, or Maori, Thai or Chinese is arrogant. Though you will be taught techniques honed throughout Polynesia, it is the thought process that is the most important aspect of this training.

Conversation is a key component to healing, engaging in dialogue about what troubles us individually and as a global community, what problems we observe collectively.

E KOMO MAI: You are welcome here as a citizen of humanity sharing in one of the world’s many healing arts.


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  • Home
  • Association France-Hawai'i
    • Hālau Hula O Mānoa
    • Actualités
    • Adhérer à l'association
  • Hawai'i
    • Histoire
    • Le Hula
    • Cuisine hawaïenne
    • La musique
    • Le surf
  • Cours à l'année
    • Stage de Lomilomi
    • Cours de ukulélé
    • Hula en France
    • Hula en Italie
  • Festivals précédents
    • Festivals videos >
      • Programme festival 2021
      • Intervenants
    • Festival 2018 >
      • Artistes & Intervenants
      • Expositions / Exhibits >
        • Pavillon des Canaux
        • Galerie Orenda
        • Hanalei Marques Marzan
        • Thérèse Multz
        • Juli Morsella
      • Conférences >
        • Surf
        • Natures hawaïennes
      • Stages/Workshops >
        • Danse Hula
        • Lei
        • Ukulele
        • Marionnettes à tige
        • Massage Lomilomi
        • Stand-up paddle
        • Ho'olaule'a Hula I Palisa >
          • Māhealani Wong
          • Addresses
          • Bio / Nā hālau
          • Sign-up & Prices
      • Spectacles/Shows >
        • Danse traditionnelle >
          • Hālau Mele
        • Danse contemporaine
        • Contes dansés >
          • Kilohana Silve
        • Marionnettes géantes
      • Concerts >
        • Kukahi & Hālau Mele
        • Nā Mo'o Wāhine
        • Kukahi & Hovey Lambert
      • Presse >
        • Programmation / Communiqué de presse
    • Festival 2014 >
      • Programme
      • Presse & videos
      • Spectacles >
        • Danse traditionnelle
        • Danse moderne
        • Danse contemporaine
      • Stages >
        • Stages de musique
        • Stage de Hula
        • Initiation au Stand-up paddle
        • Stage lei de fleurs
        • Massages Lomilomi
        • Crée ta plante
      • Conférences >
        • Ho'oponopono et Lomilomi
        • Conférence-dansée
      • Artistes & intervenants >
        • Musiciens >
          • Taimane
          • Makana
        • Danseurs >
          • Hālau Hula O Mānoa
          • Halau Mele
          • Cie du Cincle Plongeur
        • Plasticiens
        • Autres / Others >
          • Kilohana Silve
          • Christopher Kawika Brown
          • Chef Eric D.Leterc
          • Sam Ohu Gon
    • Festival 2012 >
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      • Intervenants
      • Aloha from Kilohana Silve
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