Yesterday (Friday) morning, we walked to the Hawaii College of Oriental Medicine (HICOM) where our group met with Nerita Machado to learn about the art and practice of LomiLomi massage. Nerita is the daughter of Auntie Margaret Machado and carries on her tradition by sharing the story of her mother’s life and legacy, and her knowledge of Lomilomi with others. Nerita is also a nurse, so she was also able to talk to the students about her experiences in nursing school, and in practice as a home health nurse.
We will be going back to HICOM on Sunday for a lecture on acupuncture, but I want to give a “shout out” to William Pettis, the Dean at HICOM, who very kindly offered to give us space, and a loaner massage table for our meeting with Nerita!
Nerita “talking story” about her mother’s life, and work sharing LomiLomi…
Nerita treating Danielle R. She is very focused in assessment, and looking for areas of muscular stress/misalignment.
The students gather round Brittany S. to learn how Nerita identifies areas of stress to apply LomiLomi massage…
Nerita with all of the students