Aloha Nui Loa Ka Kou!

My name is James Keali’ipi’lani Kawainui. My ancestors can be traced back in Old Hawaii over 20 generations. They were the wisdom keepers, healers, and mystics of my culture. That energy flows through me in every aspect of my life. I share their knowledge in a modern context to help people overcome the obstacles and challenges of being a human in our constantly moving and changing society.

As far back as my early 20’s, I had an unconscious desire to help people through healing. For reasons I didn’t understand at the time, I was able to look at someone and know where their pain was and how to help it go away. One evening over 22 years ago, I was literally “tapped in the back of my head” and a loud, clear voice said, “It’s time to go home!” It was a life defining moment that I’ve never looked back from. I had been living on the “mainland” for over 20 years and was married with two grown children. I was an executive in a multi-million dollar corporation where I’d been working for over 17 years. I had what many people would consider a successful and good life. Nevertheless, I walked into my boss’ office the very next day and quit my job.

I sold everything and moved back to Hawaii. I lived in a shack on the beach for over 4 years. I went to sleep with sound of the waves and the song of the whales. Everything I thought I knew began to crumble away. The very fabric of my life was being ripped apart. Old relationships ended, (some painfully) as new friendships blossomed. Things that I had valued in the past lost their importance. I was being asked to let go. Who would I be without the things that had defined me as a person?

I had lived a pretty unconscious life, up to that point. I was beginning to learn how to connect to, and listen to my inner knowingness. What it showed me at times was so incredible I had a hard time believing it. I was being taught to surrender, even though at the time I wasn’t sure what that meant.

I began to practice deep listening and learning to connect to my inner knowingness. Listening that told me when to go over and talk to someone. When to sit and be quiet. When to move. By listening, I surrendered to the call to leave Hawaii and go to New Zealand. It was there I found my teacher and the healing practices of the Maori elders. Through my mentor and the teachings, and the deepening of my listening, I began to hear the voices of my Kūpuna (my ancestors). They told me they had been waiting to talk to me for a long time. I surrendered to the process and found that the more I listened, the more they talked to me and the more I learned to trust and follow their guidance.

When I work with someone, my Kūpuna often tell me what that person is feeling, where their pain is, and how the energy is running through their body. They show me what kind of “story” that person is holding on to and the pain and suffering that are holding that story in place. They guide me to the places on a person’s body that are in pain or where the energy is blocked, and show me how to help release it.

I feel blessed by the gift of the love and guidance of my Kūpuna. In every aspect of my life, they show me how to love everyone and everything. They are the reason I am here and why I have dedicated my life to helping people.

“I have been fortunate to work with many incredibly gifted practitioners over the years, yet few have James’ ability to listen and act with the precision he does. James is a true master of his art and a gift to humanity at this incredible time of change on our planet.”

— Lea | Founder, Eathwalk Project, Aotearoa, New Zealand

What Does Hawaiian Healing Mean to me?

For me it means living my life by the 4 main concepts of Aloha, Lokahi, Haˋahaˋa, and Pono. These are ideals that have been taught and passed down for countless generations in Hawaii. It is the cornerstone for my life, how I’ve chosen to live it, and the basis of the work I do with the people that come to me for help and guidance.

Aloha

Aloha is about treating myself and everyone around me with kindness, compassion, and love.

Aloha is:

love for self, (first and foremost)
love for Ohana, (Family)
love for community, (friends as well as strangers),
love of nature and the natural world, (all animals and plants as well as the land, the ocean, the sky.

Lokahi

Lokahi is about living in unity and harmony with self, family, community, and nature. It is also about acceptance.

Lokahi, in its simplest form, is to live in a way to obtain oneness.
Lo - To obtain
Kahi- A form of ekahi which is one.

“As we create and find oneness in ourselves we will begin to see oneness in our connection with the people and the world around us.”

Haˋahaˋa

Haˋahaˋa is to live with humility and humbleness. Not from a place of weakness but from a place of assertiveness and self-assurance with respect for others as well as the natural world. Haˋahaˋa asks us to be open minded to the idea of life as our teacher and living without having to be boastful or conceited. In Haˋahaˋa we can be proud of our deeds and accomplishments but do so without conceit or arrogance.

Pono

Pono is to live with righteousness and integrity in a balanced and harmonious way with ourselves, with nature, with other people. It points us to the internal moral compass that is within all of us. Pono helps us stay on the path and stand up for what’s right, even if it is unpopular. In our modern society that moral compass has gotten skewed or completely forgotten and it is time for us to find our way back to center again.

We all carry stories, habits, and patterns
that have helped shape the person we are and the strategies we developed in order to survive. Those stories and patterns are the reason why you are experiencing the pain, discomfort, and suffering in your life.

Together we look for the “core” issue(s)
of the pain, habituated pattern or thought form, and shift it in such a profound way that most people feel almost immediate relief. The frequency and vibration of your body shifts, which helps to facilitate emotional, physical, and mental transformation.

We work to reset and re-establish the flow of energy in your body
This flow is the key. Your body is designed for energy to move through it in a very specific way and when that flow is compromised pain, emotional distress and upheaval, and disease will manifest.

I share the tools, techniques, and processes
I was taught (things I use everyday myself) by the many teachers I’ve had the grace to sit with and learn from including old Hawaiian and Māori Master Healers. I also connect with, as I listen to my Kūpuna (my ancestors) who have shown me a way to look at a person holistically through the mind, body, spirit connection. They help me see how energy is moving through a person’s body and where the energy is “interrupted” or stuck.

The pillars of the work I do with my clients

The events from our childhood become the model for our life that we will default back to, especially in times of stress and pressure.

Your body holds all the stories and events that have happened to you not only in this lifetime, but also events and situations experienced in past lives.

The trauma and stories restrict and cut off the body’s Natural Energetic Flow. This prevents energy from flowing through your body like it was designed to do. When that Divine Flow is reset your body can heal and restore itself back to full health and vitality.

We inherit more than just the physical aspects of our genetic lineage through our DNA. We also inherit the emotions, behaviors, and sometimes even the addictions of past generations.

Physical pain is the tip of the iceberg. It is one of the ways that the body tells us that something is out of sync. We tend to ignore it until the pain becomes so overbearing that it forces us to look at what is causing the discomfort.