Maui Greetings to each of of you!
E ola mau e nā kūpuna o Kahalawai — life to the ancestors of Kahalawai, are words in a song I wrote honoring the ancestors many years ago in sacred ʻĪao Valley. It was a time when the voices on the wind punctured my walls of self doubt and fear, ushering in waves of healing from the doorway to the light.
Crisscrossing sojourns across island terrains and human relationships, I found myself propelled by the force of what could not be seen with the naked eye. Only what was stripping away at intervals between the ticks & tocks of all I thought I was organized in surrendering to.
Pele burned and burned. From the ashes, sweet nectar flowing fierceness of grace in the womb of all I am, anointed my resurrection. Grace danced, laughed and rejoiced saying ‘aloha, welcome home!’ I split, fractured, spiraled up & down facing home without a place to stay. Who am I? What am I? Where am I? Why am I? Is this real?
Are we listening with all of our being?
In this moment of tremendous change, every movement reveals the truth of our collective greatness, in service to all life. The pathway leads us in many directions of hoʻolōkahi i ka puʻuwai, unity in the heart. As one of many invited to the Tribe, offering prayer, blessings, ceremony, sessions and other surprises, the intention is simply to kōkua/help each one desiring to take their next aloha step in the dance of life.
Me Ke aloha nui,
Leiʻohu Ryder
Lei’Ohu is a spiritual leader, visionary, healer, singer/songwriter. She is the recipient of several international awards offers her precious indigenous wisdom in Hawaii and throughout the world.
Lei’Ohu Rydear and Maydeen Iao wre founders of Aloha in Action. They both are on Fculty of OneDanceTribe R-Evolution and Dancers Awakening Love retreat in Kissleg in June 16-25, 2023.
