spiritual tours hawaii

Our Mission

To showcase the beautiful and powerful energy of the Islands and to immerse you in an experience rooted in the inherent connection between all things

Our Core Values

• Carefully crafted tours to give you lifelong heart and soul memories • Aloha-filled attention and hospitality • Knowledgeable guides who embody the Spirit of Aloha

Our Kumu / Kumu Karen Leialoha Carroll

As the Hawaiian Director of Spiritual Tours Hawaii, Kumu Karen is the visionary and the voice behind the experience you will receive on your custom experience. Hers is a highly respected voice among Native Hawaiians, as Kumu Karen is recognized as master teacher and a spiritual leader, descended from a family of spiritual healers from Hawai`I Island and Oahu.

“Kumu” is the term used for a master teacher and it applies to Kumu Karen who is renowned as a master of Lomilomi massage.

Beyond being a master teacher, Kumu Karen is also a Kahu, or recognized spiritual healer who trains and ordains other Kahu. Because of her background and reputation as both a master teacher and healer, Kumu Karen designs what you experience where and for what reason and purpose. She oversees the curriculum for Spiritual Tours Hawaii and arranges for other Kahn whom she has trained to serve as tour guides when she is not available. As a kahu, she interned with Papa Kalua Kaiahua, the great Hawaiian healer from Maui.

Kumu Karen shares her gifts of insight, spiritual guidance and wisdom on the journey you take with Spiritual Tours Hawai`I — that will be like no other. As your tour leader and spiritual guide, Kumu Karen delivers an immersive, multi-dimensional experience that brings the history of places and people into your experiential learning. She will take you back in time to learn the ancient ways and how to “be” in sacred places -- including protocol, chants, and rituals you may perform.

As she says, “experience with sacred sites is a two-way street.” During each stop along your itinerary, you will learn how to “be” in the sacred places and feel the energy of the ‘aina (land) in addition to discovering the deeper historic and cultural significance of each location, for in the true spirit of the culture, you give and prepare in order to get. You ask permission to give and receive.

Kumu Karen shares protocols and legend and will teach you how Native Hawaiians approach and interact with nature, how they have been taught to listen to the environment.

Beyond guiding your site experience, Kumu Karen’s intuition and spiritual wisdom might bring forth for you your Hawaiian name, or your personal amakua (guardian). She may tell a story that will speak particularly to your soul.

Her gifts and guiding energy will infuse every moment of your experience, from the moment your group meets and steps into the Spiritual Tours Hawaii van until your journey is complete (pau). In this way, Kumu Karen makes your Spiritual Hawaii Tours experience extraordinary, sacred, unique, and very personal to you.

“Taking this tour is like giving yourself an invitation to open your heart and learn more about who you are as you travel to these significant sites in Hawai`i and learn about places, spiritual practice, and most importantly, about yourself,” she shares.

In addition to guiding tours for Spiritual Tours Hawaii, Kumu Karen teaches five-day spiritual healing seminars in Hawaii and the mainland. Founder of Kapuaokalani Academy of Hawaiian Soulisiic Healings — Kapuaokalani means the sacred enlightenment of the heavens—, kumu continues to train people in Lomilomi and has ordained over 50 kahu over the past 25 years. Her students range from doctors and massage professionals (who can receive Continuing Education Units (CEU's)) to housewives and teens. She provides Lomilomi seminars to Japanese-speaking students and readily shares her Hawaiian spiritual work with foreigners, which is somewhat uncommon.

Kumu Karen is also a practicing surgical nurse, a wife, mother of six, and grandmother (tutu) of 20 children.

“My life is so full,” she says, “I am truly blessed.”

www.kapuaokalani.com

Our Kahu / Kahu Ho'ala

Kahu Ho’ala brings his understanding and connection into Love and Light to the Spiritual Tours Hawai`i staff as a director, teacher, mentor and source of inspiration.

He is a gentle, honest, funny, and humble former minister, and is all about healing, spreading peace and joy, and connecting into Love. This is his life mission.

Kahu Mel Ho’ala is a practicing spiritual and energy healer who trains the tour guides at Spiritual Tours Hawai’i. He has been studying and in practice for over 25 years; and today, he is a healer and a Kahu to whom many in the spiritual healing community come. He also accepts visits from celebrities who travel to Honolulu expressly to see him. Healing, as he has come to understand it, involves moving energy and consciousness from fear to Love and from Love to Light.

Ordained by the Academy of Hawaiian Soulistic Healing, Kahu Ho`ala teaches and practices the Hawaiian art of healing massage that includes working with the power within shells and applies traditional Hawaiian practices for the purpose of purifying, healing, and cleansing. He conducts blessings and cleansings for individual homes and local businesses. On a bigger stage, Kahu travels globally -- including Canada, the U.S. mainland, Russia, Japan -- conducting energy healing workshops and presenting on topics related to spiritual healing, spirituality, and the shift in global consciousness.

For Kahu Ho’ala, his wisdom has come along with his aging, and he embodies the notion that it is as we grow older that our true selves come out.

He works with Spiritual Tours Hawai`i to guide the experiences you will have at the select sites on the tours which have powerful energy. This aligns with his personal mission to heal the soul essence . . . and to assist individuals to expand their consciousness by moving from fear to Love. From Love to Light.

Because he has many projects, and in addition individuals, businesses, and organizations seek his time, you, as a visitor, may or may not have the chance to meet Kahu Ho’ala directly. But he is the master and director behind the practices you will experience and the things you will learn on your half-day tours with Spiritual Tours Hawai’i.

His wish for you is that you leave your tour feeling lighter, clearer, and more joyful so that you can experience in a deeper way the mana and beauty of the Hawaiian Islands

www.melmorishige.com

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Taking a Spiritual Tour; Find Peace in Hawaii

The islands of Hawaii are brimming with bountiful tours, whether you want to swim with dolphins, whizz across the skies in a helicopter, rappel down a waterfall or learn to surf – you can do it all in this picture-perfect paradise.

Yet, for those who want to step outside of the standard tours and tourist places, there is a chance to take a spiritual tour of Hawaii. Native Hawaiians are highly spiritual people with their aloha healing vibes, sacred sites, and strong connection to the natural world.

Taking a spiritual tour of Hawaii is a way of getting closer to the culture of the native Hawaiian people, to be a part of something that is completely original and unique, and to perhaps discover something deeper about your own spiritual journey.

On a spiritual journey of Hawaii, you will visit Oahu with its sacred sites. You can witness the wonders of its smoking volcanoes like Mauna Kea, waters brimming with dancing dolphins, and other such dramatic scenes that capture the spirit of the island. A place where myth and magic blend with real life.

The difference with a spiritual tour is the fact that the tour company are soaked in aloha spirit and want to show you their land in a way that nurtures your own spiritual journey. The company has a Kahu – otherwise known as an elder or a mentor. The Kahu is a natural healer and works closely with the spiritual tour guides to ensure that the sacred sites you visit can deliver the healing energy and experience you need.

Unlike standard cookie cutter tours and experiences of Hawaii, the spiritual tours are tailored to you. The spiritual tour leaders are interested to work with you and create a compelling itinerary that takes you where you want to go on the ancient Hawaiian Islands.

Visiting these sacred sites with a native Hawaiian adds to the splendor of the spiritual experience. You can hear tales of gods and goddesses, come to understand why this spot or that volcano is considered a sacred site, and tap into the healing force of nature through the guidance of those who want to nurture your spiritual journey.

There are tons of tourist experiences, but who wants to traipse around somewhere as sacred as the Hawaiian Islands and see it through the eyes as the millions who passed before you? Wouldn’t it be amazing to see ancient Hawaii and her rare and inspired culture?

Wouldn’t it be enchanting to hear the legends behind places like the Mauna Kea volcano, to understand why dolphins are sacred, and to know a different historical slant on the stunning island of Oahu ?

Wouldn’t it be illuminating to think about how your time in Hawaii could contribute to your own spiritual journey – to let the hands of nature deliver healing and to develop your own aloha spirit to take back home?

As you can see there are many reasons to think outside the box and opt for a spiritual tour of the Hawaiian Islands. Along with taking the time to truly respect and understand native Hawaiian culture you are making true connections with people and places on this retreat from everyday thought patterns.

It’s about making ethical choices to tour and garner a deeper understanding of the places you choose to visit in your life.

For those interested in a spiritual tour, the first step is to make a reservation. We are sure spiritual people but still use the the internet, no need to send smoke signals or carrier pigeons.

After that you can be sure that one of our native Hawaiian people will be in touch and together you can tailor your journey. Think about what you want to see on the islands or where your interests lie. Perhaps you dream of standing below gushing waterfalls, climbing volcanoes, listening to chants beneath the rumblings of Mauna Kea, or meeting with a healer.

Maybe you would prefer to take a historical tour and learn about the natural and cultural history of ancient Hawaii. You could visit the museums and settler sites to hear about how Hawaiian culture adapted and how the spiritual experiences of the local people have been shaped by the modern world.

Then of course, you could opt for a VIP adventure around the shores of Oahu. Climb inside a private minivan and be whisked away on a whirlwind tour of Oahu’s many cultural and spiritual sites. From pineapple farms to coffee plantations, the dazzling heights of Diamond Head Crater, to the famous North Shore points to watch for dolphins, and beyond. You can explore your aloha spirit on the island with a special guide to help show you the way to inner healing through adventure.

For those visiting Hawaii, you will have heard the term Aloha a hundred times. You could be mistaken into thinking it simply means hello or good day or farewell. Yet aloha is so much more – in fact it refers to a way of life. The Aloha spirit refers to peace, patience and understanding. It also means accepting that you are a part of all and all is a part of you. When you send out the aloha spirit – love, compassion and understanding – it is sure to come back around to you.

Over the years, the word aloha has been used as a greeting or farewell and this has made it feel a little more like a throwaway word, but it is far from that. Using the word Aloha in its spiritual and honest context is such appreciated by the native Hawaiian people, as it shows spiritual understanding of their culture. Native Hawaiians will appreciate those who use the word Aloha with absolute healing truth and sincerity on their journey through the islands.

The best way to find out about the Aloha spirit is to ask someone from the culture. You can also bet that there will be an unraveling of the meaning behind Aloha when you take a spiritual tour of Hawaii.

The islands of Hawaii are powerful enough to turn everybody’s mind to mesmerizing spirituality. There is something about the soft aloha spirit, the energy of the volcanoes, the native Hawaiian stories, and masses of sacred sites that pulls at your curiosity.

That’s not to say that everyone who takes a spiritual tour must be in touch with their crown chakra or able to mediate for fifty days straight in silence. Sometimes spiritual journeys are about seeing a place and its people through a slightly altered perception or a mind that is open and aware. Sometimes it takes someone, like a native Hawaiian, to explain why a certain place or volcano is sacred and what that means to the people.

Even if you aren’t a spiritual person or you are wary of the idea of taking a spiritual journey, you can still take a culturally rich, evocative, and incredibly beautiful tour around the Hawaiian Islands with a native who can tailor the experience to truly meet your needs.

Nowadays travelers are turning more towards cultural and spiritual travel experiences. Sure, it’s a lot of fun to swim with dolphins , kayak across clear blue waters, go parasailing , surf giant waves, and relax on sun kissed beaches, yet Hawaii has so much more to offer spiritual visitors.

The spiritual tour gives travelers the chance to truly connect with the islands heritage, to form a unique bond with people and place, and to discover the aloha side of Hawaii. This is a journey that few will have been privileged enough to witness, especially alongside the native Hawaiian people who can help guide you.

Aloha! I’m Katalina M. I’m a PADI Certified Scuba Instructor and I’m responsible for writing about scuba & snorkeling trips based on my experience as a scuba diving expert in Hawaii. I grew up in a small town on the east coast, but I’ve called Hawaii home for the past five years. It’s an amazing place to live – there’s always something new to explore, and the people are incredibly friendly and welcoming. When I’m not swimming or diving, you can usually find me enjoying Hawaiian nightlife and culture. Mahalo for reading!

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