Hawai’ian Temple Bodywork Retreat
(Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola)
September 1 – 12, 2024
Villetrun, France
Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola is the original form of Shamanic Ritual Bodywork taught by the great Kahuna Abraham Kawai’i to Dharma Bodhi in the 1980’s. This original sacred Lomi-Lomi bears no resemblance in variety of techniques or spiritual power to the much diluted and commercialized “Lomi-Lomi” massages offered at high end spas, or new age Lomi-Lomi workshops.
This is a video of Dharma Bodhi’s teacher, Hawai’ian Kahuna, Abraham Kawai`i, describing the Kahuna principle of Family. It also includes a demonstration of his Temple Bodywork.
Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola is not merely a massage, but a sacred gift to humanity, a profound technology of healing honed to perfection over thousands of years by the shamans of Polynesia. Originally conceived as a ritual for the royalty of Hawai’i (Ali’i) conferring sacred revelation and transformation, the ritual is embedded within a highly stylized type of sacred bodywork. During a session of Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola, which can last for hours, the practitioner generates a high energy environment through the use of specific breath patterns, dance movements, drumming, music, massage “runs”, “lifts”, prayers, offerings, heightened awareness...and through this process the healer transcends the limited self to become a conduit for the unlimited healing power of Universal Love and Compassion (Aloha) and the blessing power of the recipient’s ancestors (Aumakua).
After completing the 10-day retreat you will immediately be able to practice Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola in a professional manner to share the amazing physical, emotional and spiritual healing accessed through this method. This is the first training offered in the Body of Light Healing Program. Dharma Bodhi wanted to give the new trainee healers a way to ground your spiritual healing training in your body, and to give you an opportunity to earn a very good wage while practicing and refining your healing arts. This would then enable you to support yourself financially if you wished to continue to study in the Body of Light Healing Program.
Every Lomi session has four benefits:
Delivers powerful healing to your client & their ancestral lines
Gives you the opportunity to further refine your Lomi skills
Creates an income for you that refines your spirit instead of sells your soul
And is a very powerful form of spiritual practice
The Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola retreat is part of Phase 1 of the Body of Light Healing program. Phase 1 focuses on teaching select Shamanic Healing Systems.
Each day of the retreat you will practice the healing bodywork of Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola embedded within the supportive practices of Hawai’ian Chanting (Oli), Prayer (Pule), Dance (Hula Kahiko), Energy Meditations, Awareness Meditations, Breath Practices, and Shamanic Movement exercises (based on sacred Polynesian animals such as the frigatebird or ’Iwa and the mythological dragon or kuamo’o).
By the end of the retreat your body will feel 10 – 20 years younger from receiving hours of massage each day, your mind will be more relaxed, and your heart will be full of sacred feeling. You will be able to embark on a new career as a professional healer using Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola as your main mode or as an addition to your pre-existing practice as a healer.
La Picotière
Retreat Details:
Hawai’ian Temple Bodywork Retreat (Lomi Ha’a Mauli Ola)
September 1 – 12, 2024
La Picotière - Villetrun, France
starting at $2370
*Training, meals, drinks and accommodations are all included.
General Schedule:
September 1st (after 12pm): Arrival Day (Dinner provided)
September 2-11: Training days
September 12th (before 12pm): Leaving Day (Breakfast provided)
Daily Schedule:
7:00am – 8.30am Practices (meditation, yoga, breathing)
8:30am Breakfast
10:00am-1:00pm Theory / Massage practice
1:00pm-2:30pm Lunch
2:30pm-7:00pm Theory & Practices
7:00pm Dinner
*After dinner all is optional: rest/free time/back to practice etc.
Where is the Lomi Lomi Retreat held?
The venue La Picotière is an historical French Mansion.
La Picotière is located in the small village of Villetrun, near Vendôme in Loir-et-Cher, 42 minutes by TGV from Paris Montparnasse station.
The venue has comfortable bedrooms, two living rooms, a veranda, a library, a large meeting room and a 2-hectare park, all at the edge of a picturesque village. The venue offers rooms with one, two or three beds. Spacious and comfortable, with rustic charm, they are all equipped with a complete bathroom including a bathtub or shower cubicle, sink and toilet.
Fresh farm-to-table meals are provided for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Transportation Options:
By train: TGV from Paris Montparnasse station to Vendome TGV Station. Cheaper option is taking the train from Austerlitz Paris Station to Vendome Ville Station (2h15 journey but half the price of the TGV). Connection from the Vendôme - Villiers TGV station (departure from Paris Montparnasse) to La Picotière is by taxi (who offers a negotiated rate of approximately €40 per trip. It has 8-seater vehicles, reducing the cost per person); 20 min by taxi to La Picotiere.
By car: 2 hours drive from Paris
Address:
11 rue de la Picotière, 41110 Villetrun France
GPS position: N: 47.78302. E: 1.16168
Once you arrive in Villetrun, at the crossroads in the center, take the direction of Selommes (on the left when you come from Oucques).
At 450 m, at the height of "20 rue de Berry", just after the last house in Villetrun on the right and before the sign indicating the exit from the village, take a path on the right which will take you, at 350 m, to Picotière.
What is provided ?
3 meals per day
In the rooms are sheets, blankets and towels
Drinks for during the training and meals
One white lungi for covering after/before the massage
Oils for the training
What to bring ?
Clothes for hot and cold weather (it can be very changeable) for outside the training sessions.
For during the sessions: bring old clothes that can be stained with oils, bikini, shorts, speedo, etc.
Kimono or something similar for after receiving massage
1 single white top bed sheet, pure cotton (this will be used as part of a ceremony)
Elektrolytes (you will loose a lot of fluids)
If you can bring your own sturdy massage table (with a hole for the head separate): 100 euro discount!
Price
All-Inclusive Price
Trainings, Meals, Drinks, & Accommodation ALL included.
Room Options:
Complete the payment process below to officially secure your spot in the training! Once your payment is received— you will receive a welcome email and all future correspondence, in preparation for the retreat.
