Rituals and Shamanism

Stewart Blackburn has been a chef for over 30 years, working in boutique gourmet restaurants, catering, manufacturing gourmet specialty foods and food consulting. He holds a Masters Degree in Food Science from the University of Maine. He has also been practicing shamanism for over 20 years.

Stewart is a senior teacher with Aloha International and has been teaching the Huna Healing Circle at Kalani for the last four years. He often refers to himself as a Shaman of Pleasure and is currently finishing up a book called The Skills of Pleasure.

Wilbert Alix has earned international recognition as a contemporary healer and teacher of progressive psychology and neo-shamanism. A prominent figure in the emerging science of body-centered psychology his presentations are accentuated with intellectual depth and a unique insight into the relationships between traditional shamanic healing, progressive psychology and modern science.

For more than 30 years Wilbert has trained individuals on how to achieve greater self-esteem, to communicate more effectively, to transform stress and anxiety into positive energy and to transform goals into concrete results. In 1990 this program expanded into the mystical worlds of shamanism, organic healing and transformational music. CDs such as Shaman's Breath, Medicine Trance, Rites Of Passage and Spirit Animal were created to help facilitate Trance Dance as a viable tool for spiritual healing… and introduced thousands to the world of shamanic healing through movement.

Wilbert continues to explore the professional application of Trance Dance and other contemporary shamanic techniques as legitimate healing and therapeutic tools. He conducts annual trainings and retreats around the world. Wilbert frequently appears at professional conferences as well as teaching educational mind/body science programs to individuals and corporations.

Wilbert says of his workshops: “My intention is to bring into focus the enormously complex worlds of mysticism, psychology, shamanic spirituality, and science for the purpose of clear direction and achievement.”

Katalin Koda is the author of Fire of the Goddess: Nine Paths to Ignite the Sacred Feminine and Sacred Path of Reiki: Healing as Spiritual a Discipline. She is a passionate explorer of earth stories, women's mysteries and the mythic expression of our world. She is a visionary artist, poet and dreamer and has been leading workshops with an integrated and multidimensional approach for fifteen years. Katalin is an experienced Reiki Master having given hundreds of sessions and taught dozens of students around the world. Her current healing work incorporates indigenous wisdom, shamanic principles along with Reiki and chakra healing. Katalin lives with her family in Hawaii. Visit her website www.katalinkoda.com for more information.

Kelley Linn, is an inspiring and experienced yoga teacher. Her world travels led her to India, where deepened her interest in yoga and ayurvedic studies. Kelley was already an experienced yoga teacher when she was introduced to Anusara™ yoga. Since then she has studied directly under Anusara founder, John Friend as well as with other world-renowned yoga teachers including, Noah Maze and Jimmy and Ruthie Bernaert. Kelley is a certified Anusara-Inspired™ Yoga teacher with hundred of hours of Anusara™ training. Kelley leads devotional Kirtan chanting in Hawaii, where she resides with her family. She is a dedicated student and teacher of a non-dualistic Shiva~Shakti Tantric philosophy which recognizes each of us as a unique expression of Supreme Consciousness. With her heart-oriented teaching style, she inspires her students to connect with the Divine and celebrate the innate goodness within themselves.

Pono N. Stadler was born in Switzerland and came to the Big Island 8 years ago, feeling Hawaiian at heart almost immediately and very much at home.

Her passion is to share the richness of the Hawaiian culture and mythology, and the importance of ALOHA in our every day life with all people.