Ke'oni Hanalei

Aloha! Ke’oni is a descendant of the Mu people, the inhabitants of Papahanaumokuakea (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) before the migration of the Polynesians, through the lines of Ka’o’u’ikalanikaleimaumau, Ololu on his maternal grandmothers line, and Mahat on his maternal grandfathers line.

His maternal grandfathers line spans 1,017 generations.

A vast majority of what Ke’oni knows regarding plant medicine and distillation comes from this direct lineage. His grandmother and female elders taught him the trade of plant extraction. Most of the methods he resources in medicine making remains loyal to these practices. Medicinals, including the oils, tinctures, hydrosols, and essences and essentials, are gathered and honored in ceremony and thus extracted in small batches over a period of time loyal to distinct moon phases which place a botanicals specific house of power. This is the old way and ensures a plant transfers its life-force (mana) into product form.

His maternal grandmother, Kau’ikeonalani, was a well known healer on the island of Maui. Ke’oni was fortunate to become hanaid (adopted) by Kau’ikeonalani upon birth and spent the first 5 years of his life immersed in ancient practice and mysticism. He is just one of only a handful of practitioners who have access and are willing to share this ancient archaic knowledge, or “pre- flood ‘ike,” (‘ike being the word for “knowledge”).

Pua’aehuehu, Fern Medicine, or emotional intelligence, is one aspect of this ‘ike, and dominates what he expresses today. This is the legacy of his lineage. Fern Medicine is the awareness of the movement of emotions, and the release from control fixation. Ke’oni is also versed in ancient primal, meditative, and movement practices, such as ‘Ulu, which incite cellular memory, DNA activation, and the comprehension of familial and lineal wisdom through the reading of the nervous system and DNA.

Ke’oni’s Website : www.pohala.net