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April 19, 2006
Amaholy Lomi (Massage + Dance + Martial Arts)
The South African newspaper, the Mail & Guardian, published a story on the "new age movement," and profiles a massage therapist who incorporates his bodywork with dance and martial arts.
Haroun Kola, a massage therapist of Islamic upbringing, practises a variation of the ancient Hawaiian ka huna massage form, which he sets to contemporary music. Kola has decided to operate outside the context of organised religion, learning to be a “free thinker and making up my beliefs for myself”.
Kola wants to take his hybrid method -- which fuses ka huna and nia (neuromuscular integrative action) and encompasses martial arts, healing and dance -- to the masses by rebranding it as Amaholy Lomi (derived from the Hawaiian term lomi, meaning to knead or rub).
Kola does does not believe in a new age, but in “galactic human consciousness”, which entails a gradual shift from a parochial world view.
tags: massage massagetherapy wellness massage+therapy bodywork health
Posted by linda at April 19, 2006 11:14 PM
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