It's happening!

I have been looking forward to coming HERE to expand my vocal skills for at least 6 months, so I am very excited and happy.

The day before yesterday I arrived on Hawai'i, the Big Island. It is very different here, every island apparently is. Also the vacation state-of-mind has stepped back a bit and made room for ambition and the urge to SING and make music. 

Arriving here mentally at Hale Kai took me a whole day. It is a peaceful yet strong vibe to settle into. A truly magical place. The whole complex was built from scratch from the remains of old tree-houses from Bali and everything runs completely on solar power. Food is mostly organic and very delicious. You can imagine: these people have well thought about what they wanted to create here. 




They just got wifi which I like. There is no internet-link to this place because Hale Kai doesn't advertise at all. People and groups that are welcome tend to find it, if I understood correctly. We sleep in little huts. There are no windows, the kitchen and the huts have mosquito net screens for windows. 

We are like 30 meters away from the ocean. The ocean is extremely wild right now and we are witnessing the biggest waves experienced here in a long time, some say even in a hundred years... so the sea is not really far away from us and keeps coming closer... hmmm... The splashes get up to about four times higher then this one you see here. I would have loved to take a pic of that, but it was like waiting for a toaster, you know, but this gives an impression I'm sure.
The beach consists mainly of lavastone and there are caves under it where the water comes out with such a strong force. So we see these huge waves coming towards us and then many big and small white explosions on the shore. 


So there goes my snorkling... maybe on Thursday or Friday I get a chance.

The workshop has been absolutly fantastic so far. 
Working with Rhiannon is a delightful and rich experience. And to be here with all these other fantastic singers with all of their wonderful voices and different skills adds so much inspiration - sometimes I am in vocal-heaven. Rhiannon and Bärchen get along really well. 
When we sang together first I almost cried because I felt that had arrived at a point of bliss and also no return. It made me feel melancholy and vulnerable, at the same time very grounded and strong. 
The joy and the depth of sounding and creating with voice is so naturally there for me, yet apparently I had to travel so far in mind, spirit and body to get there and to appreciate and fully recognize it. 
I want to become this undeniable vocalist, of course I get that's a developement from within. The work we do here is a significant milestone on my path to vocal freedom. 

We have had the great honour of meeting Kalani, one of the very few left that teaches the old Hawaiian knowledge. He told us a lot about Old Hawaiian Tradition, History and Thinking. Also we learned a chant, just like one of those I admired so much on the whale tour on Maui. Wow, Maui feels so long ago and far away right now...








I love the way Kalini teaches! He told us too much to write down here now, but I want to tell you about these four rules that apply to: Everything! 




Nr. 1: It begins when it begins.
Nr. 2. Whoever shows up is supposed to show up.
Nr. 3: Whatever happens is all that could have happend.
Nr. 4: When it's over it's over.


And there is a law: When it's over: dance away!


Kalani will be teaching us some more this week. Also we are going up to the Volcano and see lavastreams, learn some hula and visit a couple of very intriguing people I will tell more about in my next blogs.


Aloha 


- which means:
hello, goodbye, good wishes and good feelings and that sort of thing. 
The "ha" in the end is what unites us all, it represents the last breath everyone will take someday. Hawaiian words always mean at least four things, and it depends on your relationship with the person you speak with what they mean. 


Also: The basis here is a matriarchic society, I like it, hehe!
Hawaiians are traditionally serial monogamists, and it is always the woman choosing someone new. Old women are considered beautiful and wise teachers. 


ok Aloha for now, much love, feel free to comment, ask, leave any thoughts.


Much love 2 u