Join Zen Priest Jaune Evans and Kumu Hula/Zen Priest June Kaililani Tanoue for a three day meditation and hula retreat in Wood Valley and Volcano, Hawaii. The three days are designed to help you get grounded, strengthen your mind/body connection, and reconnect to Nature.

Weʻll delve into the nature of compassion through Zen meditationʻs just sitting and bearing witness to our precious life. Weʻll explore hula, the cultural heartbeat of the Hawaiian people, in the place where it was born, and practice embodiment through this gentle dance form. Weʻll walk mindfully through the dynamic landscape sacred to the Fire Goddess Pele and learn that we are not separate from its flora and fauna.

Rev. & Kumu Hula June Ryushin Kaililani Tanoue is a fully empowered Zen Priest and Zen Teacher in the White Plum Lineage and co-founded the Zen Life & Meditation Center, Chicago. Born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii, June is a fully empowered Kumu Hula (master teacher of the Hula) and runs Halau i Ka Pono - The Hula School of Chicago.

Rev. Jaune Ando Evans is an ordained Soto Zen priest in the Everyday Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshiʻs Branching Stream Lineage. She serves as the Executive Director of Tamalpais Trust, a philanthropic foundation dedicated to supporting Indigenous-led organizations protecting sacred lands and waters, human rights, cultural life ways and gender empowerment.

We are happy to be joined this year by yoga instructor Carol Tanoue Ahuna who has studied Iyengar yoga since 1993 and certified as a teacher since 2013. Carol also has black belts in Aikido and Karate and has studied those forms for 31 years. She currently teaches at Iyengar Yoga Honolulu in Manoa.

Where: Wood Valley Temple, Pahala, Big Island of Hawaii

When: Thursday, Jan. 25th (4 pm) to Jan. 28th (12 noon)

Cost: Early Bird Rate of $245 through Deadline 12/1/17 then $295. Includes 7 delicious vegetarian meals.

The retreat begins Thursday afternoon with check-in and tea at the Wood Valley Temple in Pahala. Weʻll spend 2 full days and 3 nights at the temple doing meditation, talks, hula, nature walks, gentle restorative yoga, simple lei-making and rest. On Sunday morning we will journey to Volcano National Parks to complete the retreat. Breakfast that day will be together and not included in the tuition. Retreat ends on Sunday at 12:00 noon.

Lodging is on your own. 9 rooms available at the Wood Valley Temple. Click here to see rooms. Full payments for lodging by credit card accepted to reserve your room. Rooms are first come, first serve. Contact Marya at 808-928-8539 or email her at nechung@nechung.org to reserve your room. Full refunds up to 7 days before the start of the retreat.

Rates

Single Occupancy - $65/night (small room)
Single Occupancy - $85/night (large room)
Double Occupancy - $95/night (larger room)

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Local Airbnbʻs available for more lodging.

Fly into Kailua-Kona or Hilo Airport and rent a car to get to Pahala. Itʻs a 2 hour drive from the airport to the temple from Kailua-Kona and about an hour from Hilo to the temple.

For more info contact June Tanoue at june.tanoue@zlmc.org

*Photograph by Peter Cunningham

Sacred Fire: The Zen of Compassion, The Heart of Hula

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