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Lomilomi is the word used today to mean "massage therapist" or "Hawaiian massage." In the Hawaiian language, the word used traditionally, called lomi, means "to knead, to rub, or soothe; to work in and out, as the paws of a contented cat."〔 ==Traditional practice== Lomilomi practitioners use the palms, forearms, fingers, knuckles, elbows, knees, feet, even sticks and stones. It may be performed with or without lubrication. Lomilomi practices varied by family, Ahupuaʻa (traditional region) and island.〔 Traditionally in ancient Hawaii lomilomi was practiced in four contexts: # As a healing practice of native healers -- ''kahuna lāau lapaau'' (healers) and ''kahuna hāhā'' (diagnosticians) # As a luxury and an aid to digestion, especially by the ruling chiefs (alii) # As restorative massage within the family # By ōlohe lua (masters of the Hawaiian martial arts) Although the term ''kahuna lomilomi'' is widely used in contemporary writings, traditionally the people who performed lomilomi were called ''ka poe lomilomi'' (the massage people) or ''kanaka lomi'' (massage person). A related term, ''kauka lomilomi'', was coined in 1920 to describe osteopathic physicians. The word ''kauka'' is the Hawaiianized version of ''doctor''. Future practitioners were selected in childhood, around age 5, based on birth signs such as weather events, birthmarks (especially on the head), and kind behavior. After a decade or more of study, they would begin to practice but mastery was believed to take a lifetime. Like all endeavors in old Hawaii, lomilomi was conducted with prayer and intention. Hawaiian kupuna (elder) Auntie Margaret Machado describes lomilomi as "praying" work. Emma Akana Olmstead, a kupuna of Hana, Maui, in the 1930s, said, "When a treatment is to be given, the one who gives the treatment first plucks the herbs to be used. He prays as he picks the herbs. No one should call him back or distract his attention, all should be as still as possible for they do not want the vibration broken. They knew the laws of vibration. They knew the power of the spoken word. They knew Nature. They gathered the vibration of the plentiful." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lomilomi massage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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