Touchful Podcast

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 ses...

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...

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...

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...

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 door...

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,&...

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 Bregm...

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 make...

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 Icela...

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:...

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"...

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 ret...

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 lo...

"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 a...

"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...

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...

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 authen...

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...