HEALERS & INSTRUCTORS

Kahuna Pahia
Kahuna to the Kahuna's, Hawaiian Elder

Internationally revered Hawaiian Elder, Kahuna to other Kahunas, and KEEPER OF THE SPIRIT OF ALOHA, Kahuna Pahia’s Divine assignment is to teach the way of Aloha and bring more love, light, and happiness into the world. Invited by the United Nations, Kahuna Pahia, also known as the Kahuna of Love, recently performed Hawaiian Blessings and taught Ho’oponopono in four European countries, including Denmark, Scotland, England, and Sweden.

 

 

Kyahnasun
Ahonui Certified Facilitator
Kyahnasun shares her aloha spirit and her connection to the island by offering private sessions to many visitors for a guided fun, mystical, and healing journey. Spending time with her brings a new light into your experience with her sweet, nurturing connection. She also shares her spirit through her arts of music, DJ, film, tv, and dance.  

Sadaya
Ahonui Certified Facilitator
Ahonui Certified Facilitator Sadaya brings a vast background of Western and Alternative ideas for shining light into the darkness of the heart. She shares wisdom and compassion helping anyone in their growth of self. She is strong, compassionate, carrying and truly playful in the way in which she collaborates to bring people together as one in our ceremonial gatherings. Pumehana "heart" and Aloha "presence" with breath" is available to you with Sadaya. Her commitment to contribute her lifelong relationship to "mana" ( spirit) serves up empowerment for you or your group in Kauai's glorious sacred aina ( earth).

Sadaya brings a vast background of Western and Alternative ideas for shining light into the darkness of the heart. She shares wisdom and compassion helping anyone in their growth of self. She is strong, compassionate, carrying and truly playful in the way in which she collaborates to bring people together as one in our ceremonial gatherings.

Pumehana "heart" and Aloha "presence" with breath" is available to you with Sadaya. Her commitment to contribute her lifelong relationship to "mana" ( spirit) serves up empowerment for you or your group in Kauai's glorious sacred aina ( earth).

Jenn, a graduate in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, apprenticed with Wanda for many years and is also trained in Zheng Gu Tui Na and Reiki energy healing. Jenn runs New Moon Drum and Sound Meditation Circles and specializes in Heart healing. She is a gifted channel with the ability to strongly connect to transitioned love ones and more. Her healing sessions are filled with love and deep, insightful guidance from the spiritual realm.

Del
Tahitian Drummer, Musician, Adventure Guide

Del is a traditional Polynesian canoe builder, Surf and Ocean activity Instructor. His passions run deep as he connects with the energies of his home and spreads love through his own songs. In addition to coordinating traditional Hawaiian weddings and ceremony, he is also leads sailing canoe tours.

Pumehana "heart" and Aloha "presence" with breath" is available to you with Sadaya. Her commitment to contribute her lifelong relationship to "mana" ( spirit) serves up empowerment for you or your group in Kauai's glorious sacred aina ( earth).

Ka'imi
Kahuna, Konohiki, Hawaiian culture practitioner and authentic Hawaiian Musician

As a native Hawaiian traditional religious practitioner, Ka'imi performs many ceremonial events to honor his native Hawaiian ancestors. Skilled at celestial navigation and building traditional Hawaiian canoes, Ka'imi is finishing the Namahoe double hauled voyaging canoe of Kauai. He holds many more roles as a Taro farmer, fisherman, a spiritual leader and a light giver healer offering integrative quantum medicine.

Mark
Divine Intuitive Practitioner, Spiritual Life Journey Consultant, Clairvoyant, Energetic Clearing and Balancing

Mark’s gifts stem from his intimate relationship with God. Mark has been walking his journey of ever expanding love and growth since his first spiritual experience as a boy. Mark is an accomplished musician and has travelled the world performing. Born and raised in the city of San Francisco, Mark is a devoted family-man. Mark has four beautiful adult children and resides with his wife of 30 years. Mark’s ministry is to support your journey. If you are prepared to do the work, be prepared to be transformed.

Along with his wife, Sharon, couples are able to take part in a workshop focused on building healthy heart centered relationships as well as conscious conception practices.

Mahealani
Lomi Lomi Licensed Massage Therapist

Mahealani is trained in Traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage. She practices Hula and studies the medicinal healing properties of plants native to Hawaii. Mahealani goes into a deep meditative state while her hands magically bring the Lomi Lomi experience into the deep depths of one's being, allowing for one to relax, heal and gain deeper connection to their true divine spirit.

Zsolt
Reflexologist, Herbal Nutritional Consultant

Zsolt is a firm believer in healing naturally through the herbs and foods provided to us by mother earth. Zsolt is trained in reflexology and enjoys combining reflexology with herbal consultation. Zsolt obtained his license from the European Healing and Massage Therapy School in Chicago and then went on to study Reflexology and Foot Massage in Bangkok Thailand. He later attended the Global Institute of Alternative Medicine to learn about health and nutrition. Zsolt is very passionate about health and healing, and is exited to help others through his reflexology treatments and nutritional consulting. With so many people entering the field of massage and reflexology these days, there are few that can match Zsolt’s deep desire to connect with, help and heal the person that sits before him. Zsolt brings all his knowledge about health, the human body, diet and nutrition to each session which is rare for a reflexology treatment only.

Somer
Licensed Massage Therapist, Lomi Lomi Massage, Rolphing

Inspired by the importance of touch that can be lacking in modern western medicine, Somer uses intuition and intention to convey love, compassion and peace through her work. She offers Swedish Massage, Shiatsu, Trigger Point Therapy, Hawaiian Lomi, deep tissue therapy and reflexology.

A graduate of Pacific Center for Bodywork and Awareness on the island of Kauai, Somer offers Rolfing which works to bring the body toward vertical alignment, where gravity can help support and nurture the body’s innate structure. Somer loves the work she does as a Massage Therapist and enjoys helping her clients move toward a more balanced physical, mental and spiritual state of being. When not performing healing touch massage, she enjoys surfing, yoga, exploring her home of Kauai and indulging in her fondness for the ocean and coconuts.

Alyse
Intuitive Healer of the Body, Mind and Spirit

Alyse is an Inuitive Healer from New Zealand. Alyse has been assisting others through many varied healing philosophies for over ten years now. She has created Inner Child Reparenting, Theta Healing (DNA Programming), Shamanistic Soul Retrieval work, de-possessions, Channeling Past Life, Lost Soul assistance, Pleiadian energy work, goal setting, visualization, Sound Healing Meditation, and Self Empowerment. Alyse is the author of Talk to Me and currently awaits those who are supposed to or, meant to work with her.

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Miguel
Professional Surfer / Coach, Adventure Tour Guide

Miguel, born and raised on Kauai, relishes offering exclusive custom tours catered to the needs and wants of those who wish to see the beautiful waters of Kauai from an ‘Island Boys’ eyes. With over thirty years of water experience and more than fifteen years as a Professional Surfer, Miguel thrives on being active and sharing his love of his beautiful home.

Miguel has worked with people from all walks of life, including those with affluent standing. In addition to offering custom tours, Miguel has also coached some of the world’s top professional surfers and continues to offer guidance to those looking to ramp up their surfing skills as well as teaching those who are interested in learning the basics of surfing, from a pro-surfer’s perspective. Come witness the Aloha spirit of Kauai firsthand, through the eyes of a Kauai native and experience the parts of Kauai that go unmentioned in guide books.

Danny
Adventure Guide, Photographer, Cacao Mousse Expert

Danny, a true native to Hawaii, enjoys sharing the pristine treasures and the magical beauty of his home, the Garden Island, Kauai. His insights and expertise into navigating hidden trails, calling in and swimming with the dolphins, taking those to the Sacred Places of the land, capturing every moment and detail along the way with his wonderful eye, and his passion for sharing his love through his tastefully ultimately sensory overloaded cacao mousse desserts puts Danny at the top! Photography is another passion of Danny’s. You will always see Danny with his camera, taking professional shots capturing your spectacular moments. Danny greets all newcomers to Kauai with an open heart and makes you feel at home immediately. When you plan your trip here, Danny will help to make it the most spectacular journey ever!

Jim
Adventure Guide Professional Videographer

Jim’s love for life is evident in his diverse background and expertise in adventure, multimedia and self-discovery. An expert waterman, Jim loves scuba diving, hiking, kayaking, paddle boarding, sailing, snorkeling, surfing, and swimming . Jim is an accomplished cameraman with interests in Documentary production and underwater Videography. Jim’s current focus in global outreach for positive change has driven him to offer more documentary filmmaking that merges science with spirituality. For those interested in having their retreat documented from start to finish, Jim is honored to help cature an individual or group’s journey.

Danny
Adventure Guide, Chef, Surf Instructor

Danny grew up surfing at an early age and was competing in ESA (Eastern Surfing Association) contests in his early teen years. He was a young lifeguard by the time he was 15 and taught basics of ocean safety, lifesaving, and surfing lessons. By age 20, Danny moved to Costa Rica where he was exposed to heavier beach and rocky point-breaks and surfed daily which led him to begin teaching surf lessons for tourists to afford a good lifestyle. Danny's special knack of being able to break down the mechanics and communicate the intricacies of the sport of surfing helped make him a well sought after instructor. While in Costa Rica, Danny started a healthy café providing great nutritious meals. Danny was attuned to Reiki, which helped him observe his intuition rise dramatically. In 2009 Danny completed Reiki Master Teacher training in Santa Cruz, CA. After being a lead surf instructor for four years with the first all-women's surf camp, Pura Vida Adventures, Danny was urged to write a surf manual to give to each client. The manual has over 500 copies in print. In 2011, Danny moved to the island of Kauai where he continues to improve as a surfer, writer, and teacher.

Matt
Adventure Guide, Professional Photographer, Photographer for Ahonui Tribal Events

A gypsy at heart, Matt spent several years traveling the world, soaking in different cultures, ways of life, and building strong relationships with people from many backgrounds. After moving to Kaua'i from Israel, he fell in love with the Island's raw, untamed nature, and has spent the last five years avidly exploring every nook and cranny he can hike, climb, or swim himself into. A photographer by trade, Matt put his skills to use capturing the unseen beauty of the island while being the first to capture transformational moments of those taking part in Ahonui Tribal events. Hiking and photography are Matt's greatest passions. If you are interested in documenting your journey, Matt is available to assist you.

Anjali
Professional Dancer, YogAlign Instructor

Anjali enjoys working with those interested in connecting to their own body’s natural structural alignment through breath, movement and dance. Through her many years of asana yoga practice and her training as a professional dancer, Anjali has been closely connected to the human form since she was a young girl. Her unique style of teaching coupled with her innate ability to connect with her clients allows her to enable students to develop strength and flexibility while simultaneously encouraging them to rediscover their own body’s natural spinal alignment. Anjali consistently helps her clients to rid their bodies of stored chronic pain by teaching a unique form of breath work as well as the use of proprioception and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation. She incorporates postural movement from dance as well as Hatha, Vinyasa flow. In addition, she utilizes YogAlign concepts which are on the cutting edge of the latest movement in yoga communities around the world. If you are looking to discover an asana flow that works in accordance with your own body’s natural structural alignment, Anjali is ready to help you piece together a flow unique to your own body, breath and movement capabilities..

Amorosa
Wedding Celebrant, Massage Therapist

Amorosa has been officiating weddings on Kauai since 2009. She was ordained by Universal Life Church and is licensed by the State of the Kauai. She is honored to participate in celebrating weddings and sacred partnerships as well as vow renewals. Her ceremonies are custom tailored to the couple’s desires to assist them in having the ceremony of their dreams. In addition to being a wedding celebrant, Amorosa is an experienced, compassionate and gifted massage therapist who has been practicing for over twenty years. If you are journeying to Kauai for your special wedding ceremony or vow renewal, Amorosa is available to help.

Penny
Wedding Photographer
Penny is one of Kauai’s most prominent wedding and lifestyle photographers. She feels blessed to be able to shoot weddings in such a magical environment. Born and raised in Southern California, Penny found herself surfing silky waves and living in a tree-house in Kauai, at the age of 19. Eventually, she journeyed back west to study one of her greatest loves: Photography. Graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Commercial Photography, from Brooks’ Institute in Santa Barbara – Penny followed a tenacious calling to New York City. There she found influence and inspiration from the great photographers she assisted. Their teachings prepared her for her own travel projects to South East Asia, Latin America and to Fiji, where she shot Weddings for a remote island resort. Today, as a contributing photographer for numerous companies and magazines, Penny finds herself blissfully based back where her heart has always belonged, Kauai. If you are looking for a wedding photographer to capture your magical day, with passion and creativity at heart, Penny will be happy to be there for you.

Damon
Wedding and Portrait Photographer

When it comes to photography, Damon is passionate! Talented. Friendly. Experienced. Creative. Internationally published. Damon cares about his clients and their ideas. He easily helps people relax before the camera. Love inspires him, and beauty energizes him, so in his eyes, your Kauai wedding is a fantastic, magical event. And if all that’s not enough, he’s also kind to animals and recycles!

Jaime
Hairdresser and Designer, Make-up Artist

Jaime has been a hairdresser for over ten years and specializes in weddings. She is well sought after for her creativity and her Hawaiian, zen- like ways. Her creativity shines through when she is in the midst of doing up-dos and hair color as her artiste mentality is evident in her hair sculptures. Jaime is known for her ability to allow a bride to feel calm on her wedding day as their trial meeting assists in bringing out all the details so things run smoothly the day of. Jaime is very comfortable working with any type of hair texture or length and has done make-up artistry from natural to glamorous; in a way that matches a person’s personality and color palate. In addition to weddings, Jaime has worked on numerous photo-shoots for models, families, and artists. Jaime is open to working on just about any type of event as she loves meeting new people and learning about their lives.

Kumu Kalena
Traditional Lei Weaver, Hawaiian La’au Lapa Au (herbal medicine), Hula Instructor, Hula Dancer, Hawaiian Musician, Hawaiian Language

Kumu Kalena began studying hula and Hawaiian herbal medicine, lei making and language as a young child. He learned from his grandparents as well as well-known Kumu’s such as Vern Kauanui of Kauai and Uncle George Na’ope from the Big Island, and John Kiamikaua of Moloka’i. Kumu Kalena has performed traditional Hula Dance for Wedding Ceremonies as well as Luau’s and special events all over the world. Kumu is well sought after for his expertise in traditional lei making, hula dancing and music for traditional ceremonies, including Hawaiian weddings. If you are planning to host your special wedding day, on the island of Kauai, Kumu Kalena is proud to assist you in creating your traditional Hawaiian Wedding.

Tom Bisio
Wanda's teacher and mentor, Founder of New York Internal Arts, Co-founder of Zheng Gu Tui Na and Author of several books

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Tom began his study of the martial arts and Oriental medicine studying karate at age 14. A Black Belt in Isshin Kempo at 17, he continued his study of the martial arts while completing a BA in East Asian studies at Columbia University. During this period, Tom studied Filipino martial arts: Pekiti-Tirsia Kali under Leo T. Gaje and Old-Style Doce Pares Eskrima under the late Filemon "Momoy" Canete. He competed in full-contact tournaments in New York's Chinatown and tied for first place as Co-Champion in the Senior Instructor Division at the 1st National Arnis Championships in Cebu, Philippines, in 1979.

In 1984 Tom began to study Chinese medicine and Xing Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang and Tai Ji Quan with Vince Black. Mr. Black is the founder of the North American Tang Shou Tao Association (NATSTA), a national organization whose goal is to promote and research traditional Chinese martial arts and Chinese medicine. Tom also studied Kajukenbo with Vince Black and had the opportunity to train directly under the art’s founder, Adriano Emperado. As a representative, and later as President of the NATSTA, Tom took numerous trips to China and South East Asia where he studied both medicine and martial arts with many different masters including: Zhang Hua Sen, Wong Shu Tong (Liang Chen Pu Ba Gua Zhang); Gao Ji Wu (Beijing Gao Gamily Ba Gua); Li Gui Chong and Song Zi Yong (Song Shi Rong Xing-Yi); Wong Shu Sheng, Ge Guo Liang, Liu Shu Hang and Li Xue Yi (Gao Yi Sheng Ba Gua Zhang). Tom also studied Xing Yi and Ba Gua with Liao Wan Fu (Tian Jin) and Fu Shu Yen (Taiwan).

Tom has taught martial arts since 1978. During that time he apprenticed with Chinese herbalists and experts in acupuncture, Qi Gong, Chinese massage (tui na) and bonesetting. He went on to become a licensed practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. Tom has been a guest lecturer at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture and the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine, as well the graduate program of Oriental Medicine at Touro College. Today Tom has taken a sabbatical from running a busy clinic in NYC that specializes in trauma and sports injuries. This is where he trained other acupuncturists and a constant stream of students from various acupuncture schools in the Tri-State area who come to observe and assist in the treatments. Tom and his associate Frank Butler are the creators of Zheng Gu Tui Na, a system of orthopedic medicine, which they teach all over the country. See www.tombisio.com for more info.