HUNA HAPPENINGS
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updated on the first of January, March, May, July, September and November
Huna Happenings is a forum in which you can share your Huna-related activities. Please let us know what you've been up to! Email huna@huna.org
New Hula class with "Halau Hula Na Lei Kupua"- Specifically designed for entry-level students & visitors. Learn the basics of the dance, chant, language & legends under the direction of Alaka`i Fern Merle-Jones & Kumu Hula Susan Pa`iniu Floyd & under the guidance of Hula Loea Kawaikapuokalani Hewett.
Ongoing class starts on June 1st Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 7:30pm, at the Church of the Pacific in Princeville. $10/class or $25/month. For more information call Fern at 828-1342, 639-0964.
From Alakai Cristina Bar Sela: Very soon I will be able to send you the Hebrew and Arabic ALOHA booklets, which have gone to the printer yesterday. They will be lavender color, pink is the color for gays and lesbians in Israel. This project has taken an enormous amount of time, nearly 2 years since I first came up with the idea. It took us ages to find someone who would do the graphics in Arabic, without charging huge sums. The same happened trying to find someone who would be willing to do the editing. With the Hebrew we had technical problems of all kinds.
We had so many challenges that from time to time I wondered if it wouldn't be better just to forget the whole project... But then, I had made a promise to my KU that by spreading out these booklets in Hebrew and Arabic I would be doing my share towards peace in the Middle East, and that things would change.
Gideon and I discovered that we have a bigger amount of preserverance than we ever thought we did. Now we are waiting for the last step. And then, to start spreading them, and finding other people who will as well, specially in the Arabic sectors.
From Alakai Marcus Lindemann: I had a three-hour presentation-workshop on the principles of Huna on April 10th in front of about 75 people, which went over very well. A friend's son (in his 20s) now wants to become a Hawaiian shaman and started to read Serge's books since doing some "talk story" with me and has adopted me as his guide, friend, feeback for his journey, which is very humbling. A few short 15-minute healing sessions here and there, and that about sums up the month of April.
From Alakai Candidate Margrit Strauss: On May 8 I gave my first seminar related to Huna. I started with Kalana Loa, we sang the principles, and continued with the charging of an object, then a glass of water, and from this we worked with a symbol for distant healing with two objects, one charged with a healing quality and one the representation of the person who needs healing. I did casting stones and showed them how to lay patterns with many little sea shells, like you showed it to us, and showed them SusanÈs frigate-bird movement. We went into the inner garden from there to the garden of the others and later from the garden to Milu. This was very deep and nice. After a break I showed them in the afternoon Kahi Loa and they did it very obvious and good and liked it very much.
From Alakai Candidate Hildegard Keppels: Just one week after the Starnberg workshop the next meeting of my Urban Shaman Course took place. The topic was Dreaming , especially structured dreaming. We did a few short guided meditations to start with and then did a version of the inner garden. People were very moved by the results they got and we had a very intense and creative meeting. It was an honor to me to lead through this process. It was at the end of this meeting when two of the participants decided to join Willi, Monika and me to Vienna and take part in your workshop. We get enthusiastic with bright eyes and big smiles when we talk about you and your teachings and it is a pleasure when it spreads out and reaches the hearts and souls of other people.
From Alakai Gisela Glaser: I had a few seminars about Huna: Huna Basics, the Huna Way to Self-Confidence and still my monthly group Practicing Huna. And of course Dynamind and other Huna techniques when working with my patients.
The most amazing experiences I have are with children in the several kindergartens. Children react so directly to that what is going on inside me, especially one little girl. When I do blessings or complement them or work with colored clouds or something like that, they are so much better to handle! They are really like mirrors to me and helpers.
Your workshop at Starnberg in May was one of the most important for me. You didn t say anything new for me, but quite a few ideas I understand now in a deeper sense. Thank you so much! And thank you for your emails during your Europe trip!
