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    Secrets Of A Kahuna Bodysurfer: A Spiritual Adventure Guide
    Secrets Of A Kahuna Bodysurfer: A Spiritual Adventure Guide
    Secrets Of A Kahuna Bodysurfer: A Spiritual Adventure Guide
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    Secrets Of A Kahuna Bodysurfer: A Spiritual Adventure Guide

    By Lani Lowell

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    Secrets of a Kahuna BodySurfer:A Spiritual Adventure Guide is an upbeat PsychoSpiritual Development book that illuminates 40 Ways and Days to Surf Your way to your Heart's Desire!! From Dawn Patrol to Sunset these 40 Bodysurfing Metaphors give the reader ways to access their inner power and higher states of consciousness through Hawaiian surf lore and ancient Hawaiian Healing practices. The author is a lifelong bodysurfer and practitioner of Hawaiian Spirituality, with an MS in Clinical Psychology.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMar 21, 1999
    ISBN9781609844585
    Secrets Of A Kahuna Bodysurfer: A Spiritual Adventure Guide

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      Secrets Of A Kahuna Bodysurfer - Lani Lowell

      SECRETS OF A KAHUNA BODYSURFER:

      A SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE GUIDE

      Lani Lowell

      ©1999 All Rights Reserved

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      40 Ways and Days to Surf to Your Hearts Desire

      A: The Basics

      I.       MANA – The Source

      WAVEREADING – Energy Moves In Patterns and Rhythms

      THE BODYSURFER – Knowing Your Own Water Level

      WAVECHANTING – Calling In Your Own Wave

      WAVERIDING – Staying In The Now

      STATE OF MAOLI/JOY – Maintaining Good Vibrations

      WAVEDANCING – The Zone

      The Approach – Beginnings

      Dawn Patrol

      Beach and Shifting Sands

      Rips, Tides and Currents

      Winds/Makani

      Kuko-Intense Desire

      Hanu – Divine Breath

      Protection

      Getting Wet

      Hui Wai – The Intention to Clear and Cleanse

      Timing – Where’s My Wave?

      Kinds of Waves

      Calling in Your Wave

      Nalu – Focus

      Waiting at the Line-Up

      Fun & Easy Rides

      Makahiki is Sacred Play Time

      Hopupu – Getting Stoked

      Mental Mastery

      Push Off/Take Off

      Duck Diving

      Floating

      Hulili – Mid-Day Break

      Advanced Techniques

      Spiritual Mana

      Fluid Surfing – Going with the Flow

      Wave-us Interruptus or Over the Falls

      Tube Riding – Feeling the Need for Speed

      The Deep

      Trouble in Paradise

      Getting Sucked Out

      The Mythic North Shore

      Surfing Through Turbulence

      Backwash

      Closeouts, Dumpers and Shorebreaks

      Interpersonal Conflicts - Keeping the Aloha Spirit

      Afternoon Delight

      Heiaus – Divine Temples

      Whales Tales and Playing on Porpoise

      The Buddy System

      Time Shift

      Training or Re-creating

      Ho’ailona – Reading Omens and Divine Patterns

      The Zone

      Rest

      Sunset

      EXERCISES AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER

      A.       Ike – The awareness I came to from reading this chapter is ______________.

      B.       Nalu/Meditation: The message, thought or word that occurs to me in response        to today’s lesson is ____________________.

      C.       Mele/the Chant: The song that first comes to mind is ___________________.

      D.       Aka/Divine Reflection: The image I see when I close my eyes is __________.

      E.       Sacred Lei/My heart message to myself is __________________________.

      F.       Wanana/The wave flow – The patterns of time: What wave set or pattern is in        motion in my life right now? Do I want to ride it out or wait for another wave?

      Introduction I

             The way of the bodysurfer entails approaching all of life like a day at the beach. There are ever changing ocean, sun, cloud, wind and sand conditions. Some bring bursts of energy and are to be ridden like high waves; some are lighter, mellower vibrations that have the power to calm, soothe and gently change us.

             A bodysurfer approaches the changing ocean naked – with no accoutrements or instruments to obstruct the flow of energy between herself and the ocean. Waves dance in their own changing rhythm, in concert with the other elements. The bodysurfer dances her own dance, in harmony with the movements of the ocean waves. The search for waves, nalu, then becomes the search for the self; the search for truth among the ever-changing ocean rides.

      INTRODUCTION TO THE WAY OF THE BODYSURFER

             These 40 bodysurfing metaphors offer you, the reader, a way to access your inner power and higher states of consciousness. They are lessons that you can apply to the adventure of daily life – a way for you to surf towards your goals or heart’s desire.

             Bodysurfing and surfing are sports that originated in Polynesia. The spiritual teaching of that area, known as the Huna, have been presented to you in this book to bring forth the essence of the Soulsurfer. A Soulsurfer is one who surfs to fulfill the deepest desires of their soul. Like the Zen of martial arts, my intent here is to present to you the Huna of Bodysurfing.

             Waves are a source of power and bodysurfing is a fun and inventive way to access that power. No equipment, little training, just your body, your soul, and a willingness to merge with the ocean. Little has been written about the Sacredness of the beach and the Sacredness of the sport of bodysurfing, though it is a traditional Hawaiian sport. When done properly it is also a kahuna’s path to power. Bodysurfing is mentioned so infrequently even in surfing books, yet it takes as much skill to navigate the waves without a board as with one, and communication with the ocean is direct when you are bodysurfing – nothing is between you and the sea. Your body is the board, the ocean is the ride.

             Bodysurfing is also a state of mind. The Way of the Bodysurfer is an expression I use to describe a sacred path one one’s own self. A path to developing one’s awareness and intuitive skills through the development of the sport of bodysurfing, and the interaction with the ocean’s environment. The elements that affect us; the waves, the winds, the clouds, the beach, otters and dolphins. And the unseen elements; they assist us or challenge us in our process. Becoming conscious of how to read and ride the waves can actually assist us in our process of change and development away from the beach. If you’re lucky enough to be near an ocean, and master the craft of bodysurfing, your skill can not only supply you with a lifelong ticket to joy and self-mastery in the ocean but away from it as well.

             Waves describe the ebb and flow of life’s movements. They give us clues to help us decide when to wait, when to act, how fast one needs to be to catch a wave or opportunity, or what kind of ride you want. Should you be more directive and go for the big one, or should you take what comes and go with the flow? Sometimes, there’s a high ride, sometimes a long one. You may even get pummeled into the sand without much control over your fate at all. Always though, with the metaphor of waves, one can imagine the picture changing. Bodysurfing is an especially helpful image, a way of seeing the world when you’re stuck and can’t find your way out of a mess. Eventually, a new set of waves will come in and you will have more options.

             In the modern industrial world, it’s sometimes hard to see the natural world at work. It’s difficult to feel like one is master of one’s own fate when confronted with the monoliths of skyscrapers, buildings, factories, and manmade houses, other people and their opinions! While you can observe seasonal changes it’s nice to be aware of more subtle and quicker changes. If we are to understand and master our personal movements, the ocean helps us with a great symbology, a great coding paradigm for that subtle process of change.

             As bodysurfers in the green sea of transformation, we can have an effect on our environment while enjoying ourselves along the way. That is what I offer you here, the joy of bodysurfing and a new way of looking at the world. Kaha nalu is one of several Hawaiian words used to denote bodysurfing. The root word, nalu, has many meanings. Nalu means waves, surf, full of waves and to form waves. Nalu also means to ponder, to speak to one’s self, to thing within one’s self, and to search after any truth or fact. So you see, bodysurfing is more than just bodysurfing. It is a sport in which one searches for one’s self, it is a path through the waves in which one searches for the truth. It is a moving meditation to help one learn to measure one’s own fate. Here’s hoping you catch many good, long, and enjoyable waves and that the ocean carries you onto the shore of your many dreams, Here’s hoping that the Way of the Bodysurfer empowers you!! Kahae walu’ia’akalani –

      May the life-force of the sacred be brought down to you from the heavens above.

      Love and Aloha,

      Lani E. Hughes

      I.

      MANA: The Source

             Mana is the Hawaiian name for Divine or Miraculous power. Mana is the energy or life force that courses through the universe. It is the sense of a higher power, the warmth of the sun flowing through all life. It crackles like electricity, attracts like magnetism and pulls like gravity. It dances around us all the time and is available for our use, once we know where and how to find it. Until we learn to harness Mana, it pretty well controls us. We are pushed around by the weather, the will of others, and acts of God. When we learn to respect and work with Mana, we come to direct our own lives. The easiest way to find Mana is to start with locating natural sources of Mana in the world. Lucky for our purposes, we are talking about the ocean sports of bodysurfing, so naturally we look to the ocean for our first Mana connection.

             Mana as present in the ocean affects us in several ways: First, the negative ion effect of the water; Second, the movement or energy of the waves; and Third, the sound or roar of the ocean.

             We have the source of all life coursing through

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