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Mana is a word like aloha you may frequently hear. What does Mana mean?

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Aloha...perhaps the most well known Hawaiian word around the world. When I ask most classes as the start what \"Aloha means\" usually I hear hello or love, whether its kids or adults. There is much more to Aloha then a gr...

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This fourth principle, Manawa relates to time, a turning, a season, a date, and a period of time (short period) if used as a noun and can also relate to affections and the seat of emotions. Manawa is about being here and...

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This is where hula as a jealous mistress shows herself. If your thoughts go to dinner plans, a disagreement you had earlier in the day, or to the excitement of something you are expecting in the future, she's going to tr...

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In today's blog I'm focusing on the word kala (kah-lah) as it relates to \"free\"...not the no cost idea of free, but being free in the dance of hula and life. Other meanings of kala include: to untie, loosen, free, let go...

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Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing some principles and their relationship to hula from my perspective. First up: 'Ike (Ekay).

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Last spring, I honestly thought I'd never return to hula. It had been 8 months since I'd even danced at that point. Hula had brought me so much joy for the last decade and I couldn't imagine doing it again. I even though...

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Looking through pictures the other day I found my first on stage hula performance with my first hula teacher Anela (on the left). I can remember her always telling me to move my hips more, eventually they did move more :...

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During my second trip to Hawai'i in 2013, I watched this beautiful hula dancer move her hands so slowly and gracefully while barely moving her feet around in a living room at a friend’s house. It was captivating. She con...

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*Picture from Volcano National Park Festival Island of Hawai'i 2013.

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After dancing hula now for almost a decade and teaching other ladies how to hula I really enjoy seeing the progress everyone makes in moving their hips. Especially here on the mainland, women just have been programmed no...

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A few years ago while with my Kumu she mentioned that many new dancers just wanted to learn choreographies and did not want to fine tune/drill their steps. She equated that mindset to our fast food world and how everyone...

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Recently I've had a hula student and friend mention several times how her balance has improved since starting hula. She is in her early 60's and really flexible and fit but she felt her balance was not her strength and s...

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*Picture is of my first hula group I danced with. Teacher Anela is second from the right. (Aloha Island Hula Girls in Charlotte, NC)

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A while ago, I went to check out a space to rent for hula classes in a nearby town. The space was gorgeous with a water view. After talking to the owner a few things became apparent that it wasn't going to be a good spac...

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There is something special about women (wahines) that dance hula together. A magical thread is weaved between them across space and time. Dancers share frustrations, tears, and more during class together. Just as the cla...

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I  have been a dancer for most of my life and discovered Hawaiian Hula in 2013 while visiting some friends on the Big Island. I had already spent ten years prior to that studying Huna, an energy work practice called Kahi...

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Also shared on Ancient Journeys Modern Times.

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