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Lomilomi Mauli Ola is a journey of your soul experienced in the physical. It is ceremonial, prayerful, and loving bodywork that honors your entire being. Through this nurturing experience, in a safe space, you will release stress, tension and worries. You will reconnect with the divine within you and remember who you are. In this sacred opening, you are invited to heal yourself and be free. Come into Peace In the fast pace of the world today we can easily forget to slow down and nurture ourselves. Mentally we become over-stressed and spiritually we forget who we are and disconnect. Our physical bodies accumulate aches, pain, tension and dis-ease. Your Hawaiian Temple Bodywork sessions are an opportunity to stop the fast pace and enter the moment. Here you may let go, feel what is in your heart and harmonize yourself into wholeness.
We live in a powerful age. Now is the time to access and know your spirit, your inner guidance and rejuvenate your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. It is time to clear away the old, open to the many new opportunities before you and manifest the desires of your heart. Each of your Hawaiian Temple Bodywork sessions will be unique and assist you in all of this. This sacred and magical dance of bodywork is also offered in today’s world as a rite of passage. In a day and age where rites of passage have been forgotten it is our intention to serve others, honoring transitions and life changes in a beautiful and sacred way. A Lomilomi Mauli Ola session is a beautiful gift to give yourself or another, honoring birthdays, loss of a loved one, matrimony, or other life transitions. Many people choose to receive this work on a regular basis to empower and support them in being all that they are.
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| Contact ‘Iolani to arrange for your personal Hawaiian Temple Bodywork (Lomilomi Mauli Ola) session.
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| Hawaiian Temple Bodywork was originated in ancient Hawai‘i by kahunas (Hawaiian shamans) as a rite of passage, as well as to nurture babies and children. Its Hawaiian name is Lomilomi Mauli Ola (‘massage journey to the stars’ or ‘the journey that carries you home’). This healing experience is also known on the Hawaiian Islands as the ‘dance of angels’ and the ‘massage of flight.’ It is a dance blending graceful continuous movements on the body, from light to deep, with ceremonial music and energized breathing. Hawaiian Temple Bodywork includes the use of oil to transmit the mana (life force energy) and is performed primarily with the forearms. Lomilomi Mauli Ola has only recently been shared outside of the Hawaiian Islands. Its lineage is carried on today through intensive trainings and sessions. |
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| The sacred mist offered her blessing as doorways to the Great Mystery began to reveal themselves. Time was no longer. The moment, in its fullest expression, was alive with the imprinting of infinity. Wisdom was available, precious, vast and sweet, as its nectar danced fruitfully through my being. Peace was permeating the totality of who I am, was, and ever shall be. The ceremony had begun. Pule and oli of the kahunas carried me through the doorways into expanded landscapes of my being. The crackling fire in all of its amber warmth and power purified me in its melting heat. Each cackle the snap of Spirits fingers. A call to let go, shift, awaken, remember all that I am. Surrendering control. Traveling in/out/through/below/above. The breath and dance of the kahunas, my canoe. My spirit, our navigator. The cells of my body vibrated higher and freer as the kahunas danced through the layers of my being with incredible mana and grace. Connecting with all that I am, reaching out in fluid ripples to my gene pool. A call to higher consciousness. Raindrops from heaven blessed me as they poured from the soft dark skin of the kahunas. Imbued with great mana, each drop fragrant as pikake merged with the ocean of movement that freed me in my body. I swam in the spaces where past and future cease to exist. Surrendering to the power of the moment, manawa. May this peace, expansion and knowingness run through the blood and bones of all my relations. May we be pono in truth and may we reclaim our inherent aloha, Love beyond description, and mana, Divine Power my prayer continued to call out. The lights of heaven reflected me like an intricate map in the starry night. Remembering, remembering. Deeper, further. The veils between the worlds dissolved as I found the bridge within my own being. The heart of the Mother entering mine with a love and compassion so great as to open my floodgates with an ocean of sobs, the longing now fulfilled. Breaking down any residue left from walls of fear and protection I once felt I needed. Divine Mother revealing my true heart, one in Hers. A golden pink sunburst of light was freed from within in an instant. Connected to the Heart of Infinity, I was absorbed into Her radiant bliss beyond words. The never ending harmonic sound of my vibration caressed and guided me. In trusted abandon, I was no more. At last, One with all Creation. There are no more words. © 2001 'Iolani Grace Emmanuel
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| “…The waves faded out to tribal drums overlaid with Hawaiian chants as Rev. ‘Iolani’s forearms kneaded and rolled across the landscape of my body. She lifted and cradled me, rocking me in the arms of the mother, sweeping me into her grace. I became wide open and receptive. In the spirit of Aloha, unconditional love, I felt like a newborn babe, soft and silky.” ~from Sweat Your Prayers by Gabrielle Roth, Internationally renowned movement/theater artist, author and music artist/producer “I have been the beneficiary for well over three years of Rev. ‘Iolani’s expertise in Hawaiian Temple Bodywork. I find that Rev. ‘Iolani’s work is extremely nourishing and refreshing. Out of a tired frame, she makes a serene and focused spirit. She is able to relieve physical and emotional stress in a very loving and creative fashion. She helps to restore confidence and buoyancy and energy. As a result of my experience with Rev. ‘Iolani, I have referred many friends and relatives to her, and they would corroborate with these positive views” ~ David Rockefeller, Jr., Chairman, Rockefeller & Co. “I was able to achieve a state of rapture that felt like I was dancing in the heavens. Rev. ‘Iolani creates the vehicle to be transported and nurtured in a way that puts you into a total trust of the moment and allows you to free yourself.” ~ Peter Roth, Healer, Founder of the Heart River Healing School. “I had long envied those who had described spiritual experiences, where they leave their bodies, meet their guides, feel completely surrounded by love, and that's what Rev. ‘Iolani gave me. When I sat up on the table my first question was, ‘Is it still Tuesday?’ I felt like I had traveled through time and space and had been gone for days. It was magic, like the magic seen in movies and read about in books. “When her hands touch you, it is the touch of peace. When her arms hold you, it is more love than a mother's embrace. Your spirit expands and takes in more light and energy. I had always wanted to know my spirit and myself; I was given the keys and shown how to open the door. “The experience lasts for weeks after, and the strength to reach for your heart’s desire never ebbs. It was an experience I couldn’t wait to tell people and encourage them to seek out.” ~ Crissy Richmond, Wardrobe, Broadway shows |
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You
can also contact
the Sanctuary for a Lomilomi Mauli Ola / Hawaiian Temple
Bodywork Practitioner trained by 'Iolani in your area.