'Olohe Malu

Aloha is an energy that embraces all life. Aloha provides a knowing that authentically living each moment as Spirit creates joy, love and peace within and without. Aloha is seeing the Creator, the Breath of Spirit, the love and compassion in each one of us. It assists us by allowing us to be the heart, to live the heart, and to know that the heart is the compass that leads us.

The breath of the ancestors is alive in every one of us as we let go of the mind and move into the space of the heart.

We humans have struggled with the self-imposed illusion that we are less than or we lack something. It has been the stone that strangles our dreams. When we allow the heart to lead in a natural and gentle way, without expectations or judgments; it opens like a flower and allows us to be all that we are in the dance of freedom.

We heal by recognizing and living the experience that the land and the sea are sacred. We listen to their voices of aloha and authentic wisdom. They connect us to the source of all that is. We learn to honor all life.

The spirit of the land and the sea teaches us one universal truth; that we are the caretakers of the Earth. We belong to the Earth. It is our true Mother. When we offer our gratitude, respect and aloha through conscious choices and actions that honor Her and the life that she sustains, we heal ourselves.

We speak of the 'voice' of the wind, rain, sea and sky. These are our collective voices, echoing the song of all the songs from the very beginning. Water is life. The sacred river is all around us. We are the living waters of all that is. What is the river but a reflection of us? No mysteries, only wonderful surprises - great gifts that offer windows of understanding that deepen our ability to know our authentic self.

The waters that are gathered from around the world bring us into our cell’s living memories and experiences of the oneness within diversity. The breath of life weaves each one of us together in a lei of divine expression as the waters within mirror the waters without.

Music is an inseparable part of Hawaiian tradition. It is an invitation to remember our sacred stories, connections and wisdom, woven in harmony with all that is. Native music is an expression of who we are. We are vibrating the universal connections to all that is.

Music and words evoke an energetic vibration of harmony. They help us to open gateways or portals to the intelligence, wisdom and truth that are crystallized within our being. Each one who connects to the vibration of this native music is offered a primal path to the discovery of their own healing and wisdom.

The ancestral teachings of aloha, the Breath of Spirit, recognizing Creator in each one – these are a primal passageway that allows each one of us to experience unity and the divine presence of all that is life. This tradition stems from the knowing that what exists in the cosmos exists within us. And in this way, we of the Pacific are keepers of the aloha. We are keepers of the memory that we ourselves are the aloha; we are the compassionate love and acceptance of all that exists.

Hawaiian traditions teach us to honor all life and all traditions as sacred truths that embrace and unify us. It is important for us to respect our own traditions. They help us to understand that each one is a wise one, filled with the sacred streams of knowledge awakening within. Hawaiian traditions teach us to understand that what is you is me. And in this way we offer each one a beautiful rainbow of aloha.

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About Lei'ohu Ryder
Lei'ohu Ryder is a Native of Hawaii and a Kahuna. She is a keeper of the ancient wisdom and protocols, a gifted teacher, singer, songwriter and a powerful advocate for the indigenous peoples of the planet. Join Lei’ohu Ryder this August 13-16th, 2009 at the Blue Deer Center www.bluedeer.org in Margaretville, New York. This will be her third visit to this sacred land to share her tradition. For more info call 845.586.3225.