• DVDs/Videos
• Books about the Massage Style
• Books for Context on Fiji
• Online Resources

DVDs/Videos

Lolita Knight's teaching DVD (83 min) - http://www.fijianmassage.com/fijian-massage-products.html

Books about the Massage Style

At the moment, there are no books dedicated to Fijian Massage.  Fijian Massage does rate a paragraph of content in Robert Noah Calvert's The History of Massage: An Illustrated Survey from Around the World.  On page 23, he writes:

"In the Fiji Islands massage is also performed on the naked skin using coconut oil.  It has been a family tradition for as long as anyone can remember.  In Fiji a kind of foot massage is used where the practitioner doesn't stand on the recipient but instead uses his or her feet while standing at the side of the recipient.  The practitioner also sits on the floor and uses his or her feet, especially the heel, to work the recipient's body from head to toe."

This passage isn't footnoted to a particular source.  The style Lolita teaches is without oil, and is clothed.  But the foot massage description above is exactly what she teaches.

Books for Context on Fiji

Ethnography and Anthropological Articles

The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji by Richard Katz (Table of Contents)

Healing Practices in the South Pacific edited by Claire D. Parsons (As can be seen in the Table of Contents, the articles in this book are from a number of island groups near Fiji, but not Fiji itself.  Given the paucity of sources, I am including it as a regional source.)

The above two sources mention massage quite a bit, though not at a "how to do it" level. I have also tracked down a long list of ethnographies of Fiji that I am presenting on a separate page.

Travel Writing

At Home on a Remote Island By JILL EISENSTADT (New York Times)

Online Resources

Fijituwawa - http://www.fijituwawa.com/ - A large site providing an overview of Fijian culture and heritage

Tuwawa Fijian Medicine - http://fijituwawafijianmedicine.blogspot.com/ - "This is an opportunity for fellow Fijians and their friends to learn and appreciate the many uses of Fijian plants as medicines thousands of years ago. Many of these plants still exist in Fiji today. This blog is only meant for learning about the plants ability to cure ailments."

WAINIMATE, the Women’s Association for Natural Medicinal Therapy - http://www.unesco.or.id/APGEST/pdf/fiji/08-bp-gh-fiji.pdf - "Since its formation in 1992 numerous workshops have been held for women healers, a traditional medicine handbook has been published, and traditional medicine gardens established at health centres with the cooperation of the Ministry of Health." WAINIMATE is spotlighted in this ezine - http://www.cosozo.com/newsletters/2008_CoSozo_June.pdf