Day spas and resort spas often offer dozens of different services from traditional massages like deep tissue massage to exotic massages like hot sea shell; from classic relaxation facials to buttocks facials; from lip waxing, to Brazilian waxing; and much, much more. While a $50, $100, or other dollar amount spa or massage gift is a great choice for the holidays; it can be more personal if you choose a specific service and purchase a gift certificate for a particular treatment. When you choose the treatment it adds a personal touch beyond a dollar amount certificate. Over the next few weeks we will highlight some different spa treatments to give you some ideas of what you might find around. The perfect gift may be at your local day spa.
Exotic Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage
Don’t just go to your local massage clinic and get a gift certificate for a regular massage this year – give her something exotic instead like a Hawaiian lomi lomi massage. Lomi lomi is the traditional massage of the Hawaiian people. It was performed for centuries in ancient Hawaii by Kahuna and Shaman as part of an entire healing ritual - lomi lomi is a very sacred and exotic massage.
Unlike a regular massage where your massage therapist will work on one section of your body at a time, lomi lomi is performed on the entire body at once. Your therapist will use long flowing strokes that can go from head to toe in one run. He will also use many underbody strokes where he slides his hands under your back, legs, etc. This is possible because traditional lomi lomi is performed without a bottom sheet on the massage table. This enables the massage therapist to gracefully slide his hands and arms under your body providing an experience unlike any other type of massage.
Lomi lomi is also very therapeutic. The pressure can be deep or light depending on your preferences and the long flowing strokes are excellent for circulation. The entire massage can be both extremely relaxing and invigorating at the same time. It is truly an experience unlike any other.
If you are too modest, however, a lomi lomi massage may not be for you. You are only covered in a small towel or sarong during the massage so your entire body can be massaged at the same time. Often, where allowed by law, women will be given the option of not even using any breast covering. Hawaiian women in ancient times did not normally cover their breasts so the massage was developed without the use of breast draping. While you are modestly draped, you are covered – lomi lomi is not a nude massage, and not a sex massage. It is a very professional and therapeutic massage.
To find a day spa that provides lomi lomi massage, simply search the Internet. Hawaiian Experience Spa in Arizona is well known for its traditional lomi lomi massages. Rapunzel’s Spa in Lansdale, Pa also provides lomi lomi massages along with hundreds of other spas nationwide.
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