The sky was gray and thick clouds rolled in the day before a large wedding was scheduled at He‘eia State Park.  Many guests were arriving from  Japan and the mainland.

Friends and family alike prayed and asked for the weather to clear and the sun to shine on this special day.  The morning of the wedding I awoke to blue skies and the sounds of birds singing.

I could feel the excitement in my na‘au (insides, gut) as I prepared for the sacred ceremony.  The couple expressed a great need for a  Ho‘oponopono ceremony (to make right, put things in their proper order) as both had been in previous relationships including marriages.  They shared with me that this was the most important part of the wedding ceremony for them as they felt the need to release the energetic connections from their past relationships in order to move forward with one another.

During the Hawaiian wedding ceremony, He‘eia State Park (located on the East shore of O‘ahu) filled with sunshine.  The wind gently caressed our skin as the white clouds above offered shade and a cool breeze washed over the park.

I began the Ho‘oponopono ceremony to cut the AKA cords (energetic connections) of past relationships for this couple.  This ceremony includes the use of the most sacred leaf to Hawaiians, the Ti leaf, pa‘akai (blessing salts) holy water, and prayer.  The ties of the past are severed and cleansed from the beginning of creation until the present time.

After the AKA cords of past relationships were cut you could feel a lightness of spirit and you could see the weight had been lifted from the couple as they were connected energetically to each other only.

Most often, couples about to be married want to release past relationships and the energy attached to these past relationships.  This is where a Ho‘oponopono ceremony is necessary.  After the ceremony is conducted these energetic connections no longer serve a purpose or remain.  The past is set free and it is time for new beginnings.

As the ceremony came to an end, He‘eia State Park was filled with ua mana (mystical rain), a sign that my work was completed and the ties from the past had been cleansed and purified.

I am so grateful to be able to offer this important part of the wedding ceremony as it is of great value to new couples, same sex couples or any couples renewing their vows who are searching for harmony and lokahi (balance).

Mahalo ke Akua, na Aumakua mau loa.

The Sacred Healing Pools Heiau

Hawaiian energy is very strong and intense in sacred places such as Heiau.  Heiau, or temples, usually consist of many pohaku (stones) placed in a certain arrangement, and often contain a pohaku block within, which is the ancient altar.

The first law of thermal dynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.  The Hawaiians must have known this as  they believed that while the sacredness of a place could perhaps be defiled, it could never be lost.

For example, on the island of Kauai there was a case concerning hotel toilets which consistently failed to flush.  Specialists were called in to fix them, but try as they might they were unable to  get the toilets to function.  Finally the hotel moved the pavilion to a different location.  Once this was done, the toilets worked just fine.

Energy extends to sacred places and the objects within them, such as pohaku.  Pohaku hold a lot of power and seek to be in their proper place at all times.  Many visitors have come to Hawaii and removed pohaku from sacred locations, only to experience a string of personal disasters upon returning to their home.  At the Bishop Museum you will find scores of letters from visitors who have sent the pohaku back, imploring that they be returned to their home.

Although Hawai’i is not Mecca, Lhasa or Lourdes, the islands deserve to be recognized as the land of the gods and goddesses.  The land is not just filled with sacred objects, the land itself is sacred and blessed.  According to Huna, when one makes a journey they must first chant to the place to which they are traveling, because  no one else will ever experience what they will experience there.  Every experience mixes our own personal consciousness with the sacred power of the particular place.  Here in Hawaii there are many powerful and mysterious experiences to be had.