The maximum I do is 1 hour 30 minutes at the moment although I was thinking of offering a two hour but I think it would get quite tiring after that. I couldn't do it for 3 hours straight - my back would be killing me.
I'm 'bouncing' this thread, not because I have anything to add to what I wrote two years ago, but in response to the recent query by 'keenly'.
Alan
https://www.healthypages.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=71937
Ancient Hawaiian Healers apparently used to do massage treatments that lasted for days! 🙂 3 hours sounds like nothing in comparison to this.
The thing about these massages is that they are working not only on the physical level - it takes time for energy patterns around the client to change. It's also due to the intuitive, gentle style of Lomi Lomi- that it needs time.
For the Hawaiian Massage the rule is : longer, the better 🙂
Ive done 4 hour lasting massages myself- effects were amazing - they were told to be the best massages a client ever got. I guess it depends on personal preferences though - some people wouldn't be able to spend so much time on the table.
Bearing in mind that the Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage is a gentle yet dynamic treatment- you should't get too bored 🙂
Hi getsy
Have you had 3 or 4 hour long massages?
Don't your clients fall asleep?
🙂 x
Ancient Hawaiian Healers apparently used to do massage treatments that lasted for days! 🙂
Note the s in Healers, multiple people. It was not one on one, taken in shifts, though the shifts might be more than one healer.
When I did my lomi lomi training there was one overnight treatment, go as many hours as you could, then swap with the person on the table. I think it was about 12hours, 6pm - 6am, aome people went until 3am and were told to stop so the person on the table could at least do 3hrs. Some people didn't make it through the whole evening so people were joinging otehr tables for 2 on one etc. It was interesting 🙂
Hi getsy
Have you had 3 or 4 hour long massages?
Don't your clients fall asleep?
🙂 x
Hi Penny,
Yes, the longest masage i've had myself was 8 hours. It was wonderful. Very specific treatment, done by a specific healer... 🙂
My clients do fall asleep during treatments- sometimes if its only 1hour treatment, so in these terms the length doesn't really matter.
Also, clients are being turned over during the treatment, so they don't stay too long in one position on the table.
It depends of each treatment though. They are all different!
xxx
🙂
Bea
An 8 hour massage!
Wow - where did you get that? I would love to have one of them!
I have actually given a 5 hour massage and felt wonderful myself after it!
J