Lomi lomi

"It's as though you are a pebble on the beach with the waves washing over you, around you, curling, swishing, soothing, for a full hour-and-a-half. You're transported to Hawaii, there's coconut oil and fragrance of frangipani, there's swaying and warmth. Really, it's wonderful!"

Robyn Guyton on her lomi lomi massage from Sam Anderson, at Riverton's new Aloha Massage Therapy Centre in Palmerston Street.

"Lomi lomi is a beautiful healing art from the islands of Hawaii.
The Hawaiin Spirit of Aloha is spread using long flowing massage circular massage strokes. This continuous flow is like a dance of ocean waves across the body...relaxing the mind, inviting it to surrender, and let go..."