by Lani Kamauu Yamasaki | Jul 20, 2018 | Hawaiian Healing, Hawaiian Spirituality
I was honored to served as an invited presenter at the 2018 Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDOC) this Summer. Over 300 indigenous doctors from around the Pacific (and throughout the world) gathered in Hilo, Hawaii July 11-17 to share innovations and...
by Lani Kamauu Yamasaki | Jun 23, 2018 | Hawaiian Healing, Hawaiian Spirituality
Whenever possible, I escape to the sea for healing. The salt permeates spirit, mind and body and releases what is extraneous to my well-being. If I can’t get there, I call the sea to me by visualizing a favorite haunt and chant, “La’i lua ke kai …...
by Lani Kamauu Yamasaki | Jun 10, 2018 | Environmental stewardship, Hawaiian Healing
To honor June 8th World Oceans Day, 18 plus federal, state, county, not-for-profits and social businesses gathered at lovely Hāpuna Beach (Hawaiʻi Island) to mālama ʻāina. Mālama ʻāina means to take care of nature mālama = to take care ʻāina = nature, land/earth In...
by Lani Kamauu Yamasaki | May 20, 2018 | Hawaiian Healing, Hawaiian Spirituality
When was the last time that you followed your spirit and intuition into adventure? Ignored time and logic, and simply followed an inner knowing… a call to the unknown? In Hawaiʻi, we call this practice holoholo. Holoholo literally means to go for a walk, ride or sail...
by Lani Kamauu Yamasaki | Apr 30, 2018 | Hawaiian Healing, Hawaiian Spirituality
Watching the leaves of the Hala or Pandanus tree dance in the gentle trades of Kawaihae, I was inspired to shoot this quick video sharing a Hawaiian ancestral mindset for success. Our kūpuna (elders) demonstrated this winning mindset many ways, including through...
