Holistic Honu Wellness Center

Holistic Honu Wellness Center Perpetuating the Hawaiian culture through education and healing.

Jonny Canhos will be back in the SF Bay Area and taking massage clients May 23, 24, 27, and 28. Send us an email or DM t...
03/04/2025

Jonny Canhos will be back in the SF Bay Area and taking massage clients May 23, 24, 27, and 28. Send us an email or DM to book a session! 💆‍♂️📅

Kumu Michael, Kumu , and will be traveling to in June to teach a few workshops. 🙏🏽🌺✈️ We are seeking donations of Del...
01/13/2025

Kumu Michael, Kumu , and will be traveling to in June to teach a few workshops. 🙏🏽🌺✈️ We are seeking donations of Delta Airlines miles to enable them to upgrade their seats so Maka has the space he needs to move a little on their flights 😇🙌🏽👍

November 24, 2024, marked the Holistic Honu Wellness Center’s 20th Anniversary. Our open house highlighted the activitie...
12/03/2024

November 24, 2024, marked the Holistic Honu Wellness Center’s 20th Anniversary. Our open house highlighted the activities we do that are not massage related. We pounded kapa, printed canvas, made coconut drums and rattles, and explored Hawaiian poetry and wise sayings.

As the last living founder of the Holistic Honu Wellness Center, I want to extend my deepest thanks and heartfelt gratit...
11/24/2024

As the last living founder of the Holistic Honu Wellness Center, I want to extend my deepest thanks and heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has tirelessly supported our organization over the past twenty years. From the generous organizations that provided us with spaces to grow, to the dedicated student volunteers and the esteemed Hawaiian masters who shared their profound knowledge—each of you has played an integral role in our journey.

If the past two decades have taught me anything, it is that we can not thrive without the kindness and consideration of others. Your presence, patronage, friendship, and wisdom have been the pillars supporting the Holistic Honu Wellness Center. We could not have persevered without your unwavering support.

It has been a true honor and blessing to serve you throughout these many years. Through your contributions, the vision and intent of our founders continue to be realized and fulfilled.

With deepest humility and respect,

ʻO wau nō me ke haʻahaʻa,

Leslie "Suzi" Kawaioni'okekai Kaiona'okalani Ko

11/21/2024
11/21/2024
This was completely unexpected! Thank you to everyone who voted for us!
09/28/2024

This was completely unexpected! Thank you to everyone who voted for us!

He's coming back! 🎉For a limited time, Jonny Canhos will offer massage services at the Holistic Honu Wellness Center! 💆‍...
08/22/2024

He's coming back! 🎉
For a limited time, Jonny Canhos will offer massage services at the Holistic Honu Wellness Center! 💆‍♂️
Book now to experience his energetic touch!
September 1st to 5th https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/HHWW9Q
Click "Services," then select the 50 or 80-Minute Massage with Jonny.

So excited to share kapa arts with The Designing Chica!!Kapa Hawaii, LLC
04/15/2024

So excited to share kapa arts with The Designing Chica!!

Kapa Hawaii, LLC

Hawaiian Kapa Week
04/13/2024

Hawaiian Kapa Week

Kapa Supervisor Humvee
04/10/2024

Kapa Supervisor Humvee

"Taste of Kapa"
04/10/2024

"Taste of Kapa"

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Berkeley, CA

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Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 8pm
Sunday 10am - 8pm

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Established November 24, 2004, in California, and approved for 501(c)3 status February 2006, the Holistic Honu Wellness Center is a not-for-profit dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the Hawaiian culture through education and healing. Our focus is to provide access and education of traditional Hawaiian cultural health practices to Native Hawaiians and the community as a whole. A goal extended in the spirit of compassion to all community members, regardless of ethnic or national origin, who seek opportunities to restore balance and harmony in their life.

Created from the vision of fifteen highly respected elders in Hilo, Hawaii as a way to assist Hawaiians away from home by providing a place knowledge and resources to connect, or in some cases, reconnect them to the richness of a culture that had become fragmented and traumatized with the advent of colonization and conquest. These elders were unique in that they lived during the time of the recognized Hawaiian Kingdom, spoke their mother tongue and lived a Hawaiian life. As such, this group represented the last living link to an enormously significant period for Hawaiians and Hawaii. Their upbringing coupled with their lives as healing practitioners during a century of tremendous change offered unique insight into what it was like to be a Hawaiian practitioner in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Over the next eight years, our founders and other native Hawaiian traditional healing elders in California and Hawaii shared personal histories including stories about what they lived through and what and how they were taught. Their accounts augmented and challenged our suppositions of healing, language, and history, and offered unique and valuable perspectives on what they saw happening in the world around them. Through their accounts, we were able to create a rough historical, educational model and develop introductory curricula for interested parties today.

Some of the cultural healing services and classes offered include, and are not limited to, ho'oponopono, lāʻau kāhea, lāʻau lapaʻau and lomilomi. Although our program focus targets Native Hawaiians, it is our long-standing policy that our services are made available to all in pursuit of education and healing.