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There have been many highlights throughout our travels for this course, but I think if you asked the students (or me and Kumu Lisa), we had our most impressive excursion yesterday (our last full day in the islands). We loaded into two, 4-wheel drive mini-buses for the drive up to the summit Mauna Kea (“White … Continue reading »

For their last academic session, students visited a unique hospital in Waimea: North Hawai’i Community Hospital. The hospital not only integrates many complementary healing practices with traditional medicine, the building was designed to enhance the healing environment.     The hospital includes aromatherapy in their patient care, and also offers aromatherapy to all their staff. Oshibori is … Continue reading »

Early in the morning on Tuesday, May 27th, we loaded our bags onto our Roberts coach and started off for the “dry” side of the Big Island… and our last setting for the course.  We had a full-day of site-seeing before arriving in our destination – the city of Kona (coffee anyone?!). First stop: The … Continue reading »

We met for our last class session on Monday morning, with each pair of students sharing information about the complementary or alternative modality (CAM) they researched and observed for the class. The session went beyond the planned time due to many questions and great discussion. A fantastic way to end our class sessions!       … Continue reading »

Due to its size, the video cannot be viewed on the blog. Follow the link below to see it on youtube. The transcript of the chant is below, and also in youtube. Hana Chant, May Term 2014 Hana Chant Ha‘aheo ‘O Hana la, Ha‘aheo ‘O Hana la Pride of Hana, Pride of Hana Ea ea … Continue reading »

On Sunday, May 25th we walked back to the Hawaii College of Oriental Medicine (HICOM) for a lecture on acupuncture from Ruthie Moss, LAc (Dean of Academics).  The students learned about the history and evolution of the practice of acupuncture and oriental medicine, and a bit about the curriculum and training offered to students at … Continue reading »

Kumu Lisa and I are still trying to get caught up with the blog… On Saturday, May 24th we walked about 30-minutes to the other end of Hilo town to the Lilikuokalani Gardens where we had a class in ancient Hawaiian chant, and hula from Kumu Hula Ehulani Stephani.  I’ve  posted some still shots from … Continue reading »

Sarah, Laura, and Jessica led the class presentation and discussion on Filipino culture on Friday afternoon. We had the class in the shared space in the hostel; we were all quite warm in the space and probably won’t do that again. One of the class readings was about discrimination and stereotypes, so the leaders started … Continue reading »

Yesterday (Friday) morning, we walked to the Hawaii College of Oriental Medicine (HICOM) where our group met with Nerita Machado to learn about the art and practice of LomiLomi massage. Nerita is the daughter of Auntie Margaret Machado and carries on her tradition by sharing the story of her mother’s life and legacy, and her … Continue reading »

Our Roberts bus picked us up bright and early (very bright and early) this morning to take us back to Kahalui Airport, where we boarded our Hawaiian Airlines flight for the Hilo, on the Big Island.  We reached the Hilo Bay Hostel, where we will be for the next four days by 10:00 a.m.  The … Continue reading »