As a dedicated practitioner and teacher, Rosalie Samet offers a unique blend of ancient wisdom, healing techniques, and spiritual connection.
Inspired by the Hawaiian philosophy of Aloha, Rosalie believes that Lomi Lomi is more than just a massage; it’s a way of being. Through their comprehensive training programs and personalized sessions, she invites you to experience the profound benefits of this healing art and embark on a journey of self-discovery and transformation.
When did you know that being a masseuse was your calling and how did it come about?
Thank you for asking these questions which lead me into very deep soul-searching.
In truth, I have never considered myself to be a masseuse or ever interpreted the practice of Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage to be the work of a masseuse.
The meaning of this word masseuse refers to a female who gives massages or manipulates flesh for various effects.
Authentic Lomi Lomi can never fit into this narrow description for its possibilities can be multi-dimensional, life-affirming and transformational.
Its effects can go beyond anything that could ever be anticipated even by the most sophisticated of massage clients.
Many reasons are given for these extraordinary beneficial possibilities.
They depend primarily upon the dynamic relationship that is built up by a skilful practitioner with the client’s intentions for self-healing and the associated vibrational resonances of Life Force contained in the breath, focus, awareness, movement, feelings, state of mind and the ever-loving purity of Aloha.
The simultaneous applications of these powerful energetic forces combine in the most magical and delightful way to provide deep nurturing, clarity and unexpected blessings unique to the individual receiving Lomi Lomi.
As a practitioner of this healing artform, my love for it became steadfast as I began to see and feel repeatedly the ever-increasing magnitude of its stunning effects on body, mind, spirit and energy fields of my clients and also myself.
Meaningful phrases such as ‘Anointing the Body with Aloha Blessings’, ‘Sculpting the Body into Beingness’, ‘Awakening the true Self’ and ‘Aligning Mind, Body and Spirit with Cosmic Consciousness’ danced through my heart and mind day and night.
Over the years my love for Hawaiian Lomi Lomi has evolved into a dedicated vocation and cherished way of living.
Its Principles and Practices now fill every action of my Being. Lomi Lomi is the all-encompassing living force that moves me through my daily life. No more a massage, it is a Way of Being.
Lomi Lomi has always been intended to be this all-consuming. Traditional Hawaiians know this. Inherent in their deep understanding of Aloha, Hawaiians value most highly
loving kindness, respectful care, compassion and non-violence to all sentient, feeling, conscious life forms that embody and fill existence. This includes everything freed from the constraints of animate or inanimate, Aloha offers a very gentle, gracious and comprehensive approach to living in a state of love with nature, self and others.
What services do you offer?
As a Practitioner of Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage I offer comprehensive Lomi Lomi Practitioner Trainings of 12 days and more, Advanced Practitioner Training and Introductory Workshops as well as Lomi Lomi massage sessions..
Over the years my style of work has shifted in emphasis from a masculine to a feminine expression. I am now firmly rooted in expressing the Principles of Feminine Spirituality through Lomi Lomi in both my teaching and sessions.
Training are held in small, relaxed and loving classes to ensure individual development into happy, wise, sensitive and competent practitioners who sincerely embody the Philosophy and Practices of the Feminine Heart of Lomi Lomi. This Training is a first step into a potentially lifelong self-discovery and joyful sharing of beautiful happenings.
What exactly is Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage?
It is difficult to describe Lomi Lomi in simple language because it contains so many individual yet interconnected aspects, confirming the adage “greater than the sum of all its parts”.
To capture a sense of its wholeness, it is best to receive a full Lomi Lomi massage session from an experienced practitioner. However, this will hardly reveal all its parts. Beyond awareness, Lomi Lomi speaks a message of loving good will and kindness to all levels of one’s being at the same time from the conscious, sub-conscious and higher minds to the physical and energetic bodies.
Most typically, Lomi Lom is recognized by its unique and long flowing strokes up and down the length of the body from shoulders to toes, from one side to the other side and all around the body.
With the addition of the body weight of the Practitioner, strokes are often worked with forearms as well as hands.
How a Lomi Lomi Practitioner uses their hands can also be surprising even to experienced therapists.
Notice more closely and you may see that one or both hands, including the full flat of the palm and each of the five fingers and fingertips, are sunk deep into the skin of the receiver.
Guiding ripples of skin, subcutaneous fat, muscle and myofascial over the bones beneath into a successive ebb and flow of kindly, caring, deep and therapeutically effective waves pacify as well as release pockets of tense, trapped, imbalanced and disharmonious energies.
These magnetised and connected strokes glide over both large and localised areas creating dynamic, unusual and delightfully unexpected effects not generally received from hands-on massage.
Beyond the manipulation of flesh, Lomi Lomi is a dynamic interplay of Life Force with conscious awareness, focus, movement, use of body, intention, thought, breath, feeling and state of mind.
In many ways, the practitioner takes the role of a conductor of a great orchestral symphony who is coordinating all the musicians playing their tunes to make heavenly healing music.
What can a person expect from this therapy and from the Therapist?
Before a client arrives for a Lomi Lomi session, Practitioners prepare the physical and energetic environment of the therapy space to ensure it is harmonious and clean.
They also engage in a process of self-preparation to be fit and ready to offer their best service.
This includes adjusting their postural alignment to release tensions, energizing the breath, settling the mind into Alpha State, engaging the heart and mind with Aloha, strengthening intentions, and priming the body/mind for the flowing movements that lead to the formation and application of all the massage strokes.
To have the best experience possible, Lomi Lomi clients deserve well trained and experienced therapists who thoroughly understand the practice and potential of this complex subject.
To become a Practitioner of Lomi Lomi, students require sufficient training time, experience and maturity to meet the basic requirements needed for independent practice. Rushing this process can leave out or sweeps over many essential learning phases that unfortunately diminish its power and credibility.
Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage has many manifestations and names depending upon its emphasis and style of work. It can address emotional, mental, physical, energetic and spiritual needs, it can have a masculine or feminine attitude, and it can be given with very fast-moving strokes or slower more precise strokes, deeper or lighter. Practitioners vary in their approach, and this usually depends upon how they are taught, how they interpret the work and wish to express it and how well the work blends in with their own temperaments.
What do I love most about my profession?
What I love most about Lomi Lomi is that it offers a powerful beacon of hope, good will, and encouragement to humanity in its endeavour to find meaning and purpose.
For the Practitioner it can become an amazingly beautiful journey of unimaginable spiritual depth and reward.
For the client, it can be a moment of time in which existence is perceived as ‘simply perfect’, free from doubt, limitations and insecurities. These precious moments are an unforgettable blessing to cherish and nurture.
At its best, Lomi Lomi is a joyful Celebration of Life.