Kahuna Pule Ke Kumu'ola Leina'ala Kaahuhailikaukoalaaika'alaneo is a Kahuna high priestess in the Laka Order, the brother of TuTu Pele & Hi'iakaikapole'opele.
Mahalo Na Aumakua Mai, a me Ke Alo'Ha Mai i ka mana'o io 'o talani mai. E ha'awi mai ola i ta mo'okuauhau i na tupuna 'O Ha'wai'i me ka ha'a ha'a mai me ke Alo'ha mai.
E Ola Mau I Ta Honua Mau Loa. May I introduce to you, to my Ohana, treasured Tupuna elders of La'au Kahea, Pule Alo'ha, La'au, Lapa'au, La'au Maiola, Hawaiian LomiLomi Lapa'au, Kahuna Haha.
Kumu's training came from two sides of the Ohana, both father & and mother's Kanaka Maoli (Native Indigenous Hawaiian), as we look into the window back in time of my beloved Ohana and a way of keeping the Kanaka Maoli Hawaiian culture alive.
Before Kumu was born, her Great-Grandmother, TuTu Ono, had predicted her destiny. From the time Kumu'ola Leina'ala was born, through childhood, she was kept hidden. Her grandmother on her father's Keliioopii side, TuTu Ida Kalua was a Kahuna High Priestess (La'au Kahea). On Kauai, when baby was only a few weeks old, TuTu Lady Kalua began taking her first born granddaughter for morning walks on the golden sands and sparkling ocean front of Waimea Kekaha. TuTu Lady Kalua would guard over this infant child, protecting her in white tapa swaddling cloth. As people would ask to take a glimpse of this child she would cover the infants face with the tapa cloth. Before she turned 40 years of age, TuTu Ida Kalua had white hair and red gleaming eyes and was the one who trained Kumu'ola Leina'ala from childhood, along with her TuTu Emma.
Through her Mo'okuauhau (ancestral roots), Kumu'ola Leina'ala's great-grandmother, TuTu Ono, was a Kahuna High Priestess Kalua (La'au Kahea) and thus trained by her great-great grandmother.
The La'au Kahea is the Kawakahiko (ancient) Kahuna Lapa'au Wisdom of the healing arts; working with the aumakua (ancestral) knowledge, assisting the family member to heal (for we believe the medicine is within). Working with the family member or patient, the ancestors are working with you and on the person. The Direct Connect is Unconditional Love and the Light is unconditional Love. This is when "Ke Akua 'O Talani" (the heavens open) and Divine Mana's presence is always felt and Always before you in the healing tradition of Hawaiian Lapa'au Wisdom and Medicine.
TuTu Emma Kaahuhailikaukoalaa trained Kumu in the Power of the Pule Alo'Ha. My TuTu Emma raised me and as I was given to her in my early years to learn the gracious wisdom of the Alii, who walked in grace, TuTu Emma is my heartbeat "E Ho'ola A Lahui I Ta Pu'uwai 'Ola 'O Hawai'i." I wrote this mana'o'io (truthful thought) for her. TuTu Emma came from 13 brothers and sisters, and her Mother was Makaleka Broad, my great-grandmother. TuTu Emma also trained me as a young girl in Pule Alo'Ha.
STORY OF MY LIFE
As I write this story of my life, it feels so much like a fairy tale, and yet in the early morning, starting at about 3:00am, I was asked to awaken and write this down now; "E Ala e imua mai i ka mana'o io i ta mo'okuauhau, e ho'omakaukau ia oe me ke Alo'Ha Mai 'O 'Ala E 'Ala E..."
For All Wisdom is not held in one Halau, nor Hale; that nature's elements call to you and the answers thus lie within your Being; receive well this Breath of Knowledge; go forth now, reach out and touch the world for the planet is in danger and mother earth is crying for what may come to pass.
The question is; can we make the change within ourselves and share in time the Mana ka oia'io to save this planet called earth before it is too late?
WE ARE ALOHA
We are Alo'ha, the breath of life. As a child I watched TuTu Lady set a broken bone, heal a broken heart, call back a lost soul, rebuke an evil spirit, receive a loved one and unite mana'o io ola (true love). I watched my TuTu Emma on Oahu, through the power of Pule Alo'ha, in humility, unite her Ohana, strengthening their foundation, breathing upon my manawa (crown of my head), her life force and pule (pray) for this little child; to bring forth all her hearts desire in humble joy, happiness, peace, love... by calling upon our ancestors. Returning to Kauai, I gazed at a distance and watch my TuTu Lady Kalua embraced by the four directions; Pa Halau 'O Te Akua (nature's elements).
Ke Akua 'O Talani mai, grant me the wisdom to continue to share, heal, and teach the once forgotten and forbidden sacred knowledge of my Ancestral (tupuna elders), wisdom thus protect, "E Nana I ke Kumu," (To Look to the Source), "E Nana I ke Kumu Hana i na Ohana" (To Look to the Source in our Family & Work), "E Nana I Ke Kumu Lipo (To Look to the Source in all with a Spiritual Halo).
Thus I Kahea (call) for great guidance in this precious Papa Hana (work), direct and guard well this knowledge that one day this wisdom, this knowledge will guard you well to heal the Na mana'o (minds), Na kino (bodies) and Na uhane (spirit-souls).
LA'AU KAHEA
The La'au Kahea wisdom and knowledge passed on to Kumu from her ancestors was to heal through unconditional love & light, and the ultimate wisdom was to learn to heal at a distance thus has this come to pass indeed.
Through spiritual wisdom and assisting of the Ohana (family) during those times of my grandmothers, Kumu'ola Leina'ala continues to practice the Kawakahiko arts of La'au Kahea. Kumu is known for her Hawaiian LomiLomi Lapa'au Opu Huli (traditional art of massage medicine), however not until recently has she shared that she was trained by and using the La'au Kahea with the Hawaiian LomiLomi Lapa'au, La'au Lapa'au, and Kahuna HaHa.
La'au Kahea means to "Call upon the Medicine" or to call forth the medicine and reveal the true nature of the problem, resolving and healing by Oli (chant) or by just your voice; to command through ha'a ha'a maiola (humble breath of healing). Through the "Voices of the Kahuna Lapa'au 'O Hawai'i" only, this once forbidden wisdom is revealed to be the healing vessel of the universal light of love.
Written By: Kumu’Ola Kahuna Pule Leina’ala Kaahuhailikaukoalaaika’alaneo
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