Sacred Journey

A Prada hippie's travels, obsessions and boundless search for MORE JOY!

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Auntie Fran

A HEALER IN MY BACKYARD

Since I can remember, I have been fascinated by the mystical and the magical. I gravitated to see my first psychic, Lan Vo, when I was in my early teens. Over the past 35 years, I have experienced some jaw-dropping, mind-blowing seers and healers from all over the world. Today, wherever I go, I try to tap into the underground network of hidden healers and healing methods.
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Interview: Kumu Hula Leimomi

Interview: Beloved Kumu Hula Leimomi Maldonado

I started dancing at the age of four with Aunty Kuulei Punua on Kauai. A few years later, after my family had moved to Oahu, I began taking lessons from Kanani Bell. But then I stopped dancing hula for a few years, and it was not until the seventh grade that hula resurfaced in my life. I started taking hula lessons at Punahou School from Kumu Hula Leimomi Maldonado. I learned much about hula from her, but the deeper, more meaningful lesson that I absorbed was the elegant concept of grace.Continue reading

Janene & Mandy

Aloha Inspiration

ALOHA INSPIRATION was co-created by Janene Willener and me, Mandy Horst.

Our paths were always crossing beginning in small kid days with hula lessons in Hawaii Kai, with Aunty Punua to reconnecting at Punahou High School and again 30 years later coming full circle with dancing hula with a group of high school friends.Continue reading