Touchful Podcast with Aloha Magdalena

In this episode I am talking about death  - metaphorical and literal. Death in the context of lomi lomi as a rite of passage. Death as the end of the old, of the life as you know it - and start of the new. Death as a brave step to the Unknown. But also - a very literal death of physical body, end of a journey in this human form. I am sharing some powerful practices and personal insights.  This episode comes with a trigger warning. If you are dealing with the topic of death right now in your life, please decide for yourself if you want to listen to it now or not - for your own care and wellbeing ❤️ _____ ✨ If you would like to get in touch with me, send an email to hello[at]alohamagdalena.com ✨ To find more about me, lomi lomi sessions and trainings I offer, visit www.alohamagdalena.com ✨ To receive updates about new episodes as well as other inspiring content, subscribe to my newsletter. If you like this episode, please share it with the world! Thank you :) _____

I did not plan this episode at all, but... life happened. Couple of days ago I experienced a very transformative, intimate and healing deep dive into self kindness. I want to share this personal story in hope to inspire more kindness, compassion and love in your life.  If you would like to get in touch with me, send an email to hello[at]alohamagdalena.com To find more about me, lomi lomi sessions and trainings I offer, visit www.alohamagdalena.com To receive updates about new episodes as well as other inspiring content, subscribe to my newsletter.  If you like this episode, please share it!

I am diving deeper into gratitude, understood as a feeling of true appreciation for everything that brings meaning to our lives. But also, gratitude understood as a conscious, deliberate practice, a training that results in more meaningful connections with ourselves, others and the whole world. In order to do that, over the last few months I've been training my gratitude muscles and observing how attitude of gratitude has changed the way I experience life. I share my practices and observations in this episode. ___ A song that I mention in the episode: "Thank you". A book that I mention: "Atlas of the Heart" by Brene Brown. ___ Contact me: hello[at]alohamagdalena.com About me (lomi lomi sessions, trainings and more) here: www.alohamagdalena.com Subscribe to Aloha Newsletter! ___

What a historical moment for my tiny podcast! For the first time I am with a guest! And what a guest it is! I invited my dear student, friend and lomi lomi practitioner Ásgeir Baldursson from Mahalo Massage Therapy Reykjavik, to talk about lomi and life. From a stressed businessman in chronic pain to a massage practitioner helping his family and clients - Ásgeir's story of life in the Aloha Spirit has touched and inspired me deeply. I hope it will touch you as well. You can find more about Ásger and his lomi lomi practice here: https://www.facebook.com/mahaloasgeir ____ Contact me: hello[at]alohamagdalena.com Join my Newsletter Learn lomi lomi with me

Knowledge is power... or is it? How about: knowledge is useless unless you practice it, implement it, EMBODY IT? After all, we more-or-less KNOW how to be healthy, happy and at peace... So why are we not FEELING IT? Well, because the BODY doesn't care about theory - only about practice. This episode is all about knowing versus doing. When it comes to health, wellbeing and self-care, we might know much, but if we don't embody it... then all this knowledge is for nothing.  I look into four areas of my life (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual) and invite you to do the same. Together we look for all these little, everyday things that we can EMBODY TODAY to make a difference in how we live life.  This episode is a part of my #selfcareoctober (more about it in the episode!) _____ 💌 Let's be in touch! 📧 Contact me: hello@alohamagdalena.com ☕ Buy me a coffee ✨ Learn lomi lomi with me

My favorite Hawaiian word is PONO. On the surface level, you can translate it as goodness, uprightness, morality or excellence. But I like to dive deeper into even more profound meaning of pono. When something is pono, it is as it should be, naturally, gracefully. In perfect order. At ease. Reflecting the true nature of things.  In this episode I use the word pono as an inspiration and a doorway to speak about living life from deep embodiment of truth, righteousness and ease.  I hope you will enjoy listening to it! With love,  Magdalena ________ Join my Newsletter: www.alohamagdalena.com/newsletter Learn lomi lomi with me in Iceland: https://alohamagdalena.com/massage-trainings/ Send me a message: hello@alohamagdalena.com You loved this episode? Please rate it, share it on social media or send it to a friend! You can also buy me a coffee HERE. ________

In this episode I am sharing with you ten tips on how to deepen the time of receiving Hawaiian lomi lomi massage. You will learn simple, practical things that you, as a receiver of this massage (and, honestly, any bodywork in general), can do before, during and after the session to allow more relaxation, more letting go, more healing, more rest. Thank you for you and enjoy the episode! With love,  Magdalena ________ Join my Newsletter: www.alohamagdalena.com/newsletter Send me a message hello@alohamagdalena.com You loved this episode? Please rate it, share it on your Social Media or send it to a friend! You can also buy me a coffee HERE. ________

This episode features: road trip with my bestie around Iceland, Kurt Vonnegut, my sister and all the little moments when life is okay.  Enjoy! _____ More about me and lomi lomi in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena If you like this podcast, please share it with the world, review and like it. It matters. Thank you!

Some say, "The world is what you think it is". In this episode I share with you a bit of MY world - what I think it is and what are four big things that I believe in - because they shape every aspect of my life. I hope they will be inspiring and thought-provoking! Enjoy :) Aloha, Magdalena ___ The book that I mention in this episode is "Humankind: A Hopeful History" by Rutger Bregman. ___ Contact me: hello@alohamagdalena.com Subscribe to the Newsletter to get notifications about new episodes: www.alohamagdalena.com/newsletter ___ Do you like what I do? Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena ___

I often (like, really, really often) hear from my Clients that lomi lomi is more than just a massage. I get it, because it is also much more than just a massage to me. So much so, that I actually feel the massage part of lomi lomi is almost... accidental ;)  This episode is co-created with my Clients, subscribers of Aloha Newsletter and fellow lomi practitioners. I asked them: what makes lomi more than just a massage for you? What is this "more"? I am sharing their answers and my personal stories and insights around lomi.  Thank you for you and enjoy this episode! ____ Join the Newsletter: www.alohamagdalena.com/newsletter Send me a message: hello@alohamagdalena.com Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena ____ Follow Touchful Podcast on  Spotify https://spoti.fi/3uEInuC Anchor https://anchor.fm/aloha-magdalena Google Podcasts https://bit.ly/3G1xXd8

Please check notes to this episode! ____ In today's episode I explain: what does it mean to live with open heart how can massage support this process on physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level what is one easy thing that you can do any time to feel more connected to your heart, to yourself and the world And in the intro to the episode I also explain that a massage is not always a solution to the problem. Sometimes what is needed is psychiatric consultation, psychotherapy, counselling, mediation, physical consultation, rehabilitation... but even in such cases, I believe with all my heart that a caring, respectful touch like lomi can be of great support. This episode was originally recorded as a Facebook livestream in June 2020. Do you prefer to watch instead of listen? You can do it here: https://alohamagdalena.com/can-lomi-lomi-massage-open-your-heart-facebook-live-with-aloha-magdalena/ PS. I know that I made a mistake at the beginning when I said that massage is "a recipe for the problem" while I meant that it is "the solution for the problem". I am sorry for my not-always-so-good English! Contact me: hello@alohamagdalena.com ___ ☕ If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena

At first, I wanted to name this episode "Offensively simple practices" - because what I am sharing with you today is very simple. But don't be deceived! Simple is powerful. Most of the practices and ideas I am talking about, you can try right away. Enjoy! ___ My Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/magdagrabowicz?si=9dc8d395726f4f90 Contact me: hello@alohamagdalena.com Lomi lomi therapy in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com ___ ☕ If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena

Hitchcock said that a good film should start with an earthquake and be followed by a rising tension, and this episode is a little bit like this. I start with a confession and then take you on an embodied journey into pleasure, understood as more LIVE flowing through you in every moment. I share my path of pleasure of life, what it means to me and how I practice it.  Enjoy! ______ Contact me: hello@alohamagdalena.com Lomi lomi massage trainings in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com ______ ☕ If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena

"Massage is a journey" – translated from metaphorical to literal, based on stories of my lomi lomi Clients and my own experience. "I felt like I didn’t have a body" "I was really far away" "I felt like I was flying" "I didn’t know where I was" "It was hard to come back" "I forgot myself" – these are words of my clients. So… what does this massage DO to you? Where does it take you? Why lomi lomi sometimes has effects similar to hypnosis? What can you do to journey during massage? Is it normal? Is it safe? Is it pleasant? Where do people "go" when they journey? THIS EPISODE WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED AS A FACEBOOK LIVESTREAM IN OCTOBER 2019 Watch the recording here: https://alohamagdalena.com/35028-2/ Contact me: hello@alohamagdalena.com _____ ☕ If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena

In this episode I am getting honest, raw and real about mu relationship with social media. From "love forever" to a really unhealthy one. How did this relationship started and grew, what "went wrong" along the way and how it is now? And, most importantly, why I don't want to be in this relationship anymore? Here's part one of a breakup story. Enjoy! Resources that I recommend: "The Social Dilemma" movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0 Cal Newport's TED Talk "Quit Social Media" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7hkPZ-HTk Leonie Dawson's blog post "Why me and my business don't do social media anymore" https://leoniedawson.com/nosocial/ The Minimalist' Podcast about digital clutter" (with Cal Newport) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxr85CKSZNQ Betsy and Iya about their business quitting social media: https://betsyandiya.com/pages/quit-social Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com ____ ☕ If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena

This episode was originally recorded as a Facebook live in April 2020, but I wholeheartedly believe that it stands the test of time. First, I will introduce you to a fun and easy breathwork called the ocean wave breath. Then, I will share my thoughts and insights about 5 pillars of Hawaiian healing, especially ho'oponopono, practice of making right more right. What is Bowl of Light? How to take care of it? How do I practice ho'oponopono daily?   Prefer to watch the video? It's here: https://alohamagdalena.com/hooponopono-and-self-care/ _________ Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com Lomi lomi massages and trainings in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com _________ ☕ If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena

Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation. - Rumi. So... what happens, when there is no noise? No external stimulation? Nowhere to run, nothing to hide behind? Just you, naked in the silence? How does it feel, how can it touch you and affect you? This episode is paradoxical - I break the silence to talk about the silence. I share my experiences of absolute silence, of silent retreats, of travelling alone. And, of course, of healing silence during lomi lomi sessions.  ____ Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com Lomi lomi sessions and trainings in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com Po polsku (in Polish): www.alohamagdalena.pl ____ ☕ If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena

Four levels, layers, elements in life and in massage. Physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. None of them more important than the other, all of them intertwined and connected. This topic of layers, levels, elements, components originally started as a purely "massage" topic. Talking about four elements of massage  was my way of explaining lomi lomi to my Clients and Students. But, since lomi is not just my job but my spiritual path and greatest teacher of life, soon enough I realized that "as within, so without" and that exactly the same layers that I see in massage, apply to every life situation.  In this episode I am deconstructing, decomposing reality into these four layers and I am giving you ideas and inspirations of how to balance these four elements in your life... and not just on the massage bench ;) ______ Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com Lomi lomi massage and massage trainings in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com

"Holding space" - yyyy what is it? And more importantly - how to do it? How to be truly supportive for yourself and others? How to show radical compassion? What are the dos and don'ts of truly showing up for others... and for you?  This episode is all about space holding. Because to me, holding space is an essential part of living a touchful life. When we as humans can show up for ourselves and each other in radical compassion, in truth, in vulnerability, when we can witness each other not only in our best moments, but also moments of despair, fear, grief - miracles happen. World changes. Hearts open.  ____________ Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com Massages and trainings in Iceland: https://alohamagdalena.com/ MASTERCLASS How to hold space for your Clients in massage: https://alohamagdalena.com/product/masterclass2/

"Be the change that you want to see in the world" is a famous quote attributed to Gandhi. And even though this is not exactly what Gandhi said, these words inspired me to talk about what it means to live in integrity, in truth and responsibility. I believe that nobody is going to save us - we ourselves need to birth the world that we want to live in. 

This episode is all about the divine and mundane. Can you be very spiritual and very down-to-earth at the same time? What it even means to be spiritual? Is lomi lomi some spiritual woo woo stuff or real physical therapy? What is ordinary magic and how to experience it? And why, as always, balance is the key?  Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com www.alohamagdalena.com

Fears thrive in the shadow. That's why I want to talk about them! By putting our fears on the table, in full light, we have a chance to take a good look at them... and maybe, to realize, that they are not so scary? Because... what if the scariest thing is the fear itself? In this episode I truthfully talk about things that I am afraid of in my biz and life. Things that bring up shame. But talking about them brings freedom and empowerment! Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com Lomi lomi massages and trainings in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com Newsletter: www.alohamagdalena.com/newsletter

Life is in the breath! Because conscious, free breathing makes you feel more present, more relaxed, more alive. So, in this episode I breathe a lot! I explain why massage is touch + breath and how they can't be separated. I share my first memory of conscious breathing and what in changed for me. Also: why I breathe so loudly during lomi? How to use breathing to feel and to heal? How to let go of physical and non-physical tensions? Why we don't want to breathe? And why is the exhale more important than the inhale? Breathe in, breathe out and enjoy. Thank you for you, thank you for listening to my Touchful Podcast! -------------------- Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com Massages & trainings in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com

I'm so sick of pretty, I want something true... don't you? In this episode I am talking about pressure of perfection and about being more than just your gift. What does it even mean in practice? Who are we when our "gifts" are taken away? And what is THE ONE THING to remember no matter what? This talk is personal, honest, raw, unscripted, totally imperfect, sometimes chaotic and always authentic. Also, in this episode I am singing, even though I can't :) And I tear up a bit, but I have every reason to. Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com Lomi lomi therapy and trainings in Iceland: www.alohamagdalena.com ___ ☕ If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena

In this episode I am talking about my life before and after Hawaiian lomi lomi. About all the changes and challenges that this practice brought to my life. About the prophetic dream that I had. About what it means to REALLY touch somebody. About what is standing between me and love. About why I am not so sweet anymore. And about how I changed a country... a little bit :) Enjoy! Contact: hello@alohamagdalena.com Lomi lomi massage in Iceland, individual massage trainings: www.alohamagdalena.com If you like what I do, you can buy me a coffee!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alohamagdalena