M-W-F and Saturday mornings With Jonathan Gaines and friends
Donation basis - Email or call (808) 443-3021
Mission
Preserving
and promoting traditional healing arts of Asia, especially Meditation,
Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung and traditional Tibetan medicine.
Vision
Kohala Natural Healing Arts is a new
vision of a residential environment for advanced education and healing
retreats based on traditional medical arts and therapeutic exercises.
Goals
The goals of Kohala Natural Healing Arts
(KNHA) are to:
Develop
and produce instructional class's in the islands and media ( Books,
DVD's) on our areas of expertise, such as meditation, chi kung and T'ai
Chi Ch'uan for the market place.
Establish
in Kohala, Hawaii a rural and organic 'Wellness center and school' for
in depth healing and professional level training in the healing arts.
Establish
within the center a spiritual retreat community with Hospice for people
of advancing age who desire to concentrate on meditation as well as
serving as mentors to the younger generations.
Assist
people to assume a proactive role in their healthcare, adopting
attitudes and habits for prevention and wellness.
Objectives
The
objectives of KNHA are to:
Gather
the core group of people who will work well together to manifest the
vision and the Goals, etc. and become the core community of the center.
Generate
the necessary startup capital to implement the center.
Make
the Center and the programs financially self sufficient and able to
produce for the long term from a sound foundation.
Have
fun! Although the center has operate as a successful business, it also
needs to be a highly enjoyable and creative experience for everyone
involved.
Natural
Medicine Today
The world is reawakening to
the profound insights and expertise of the ancient medical arts and
practices in relieving suffering and restoring wellness. These
traditions see illness and healing as a natural process with natural
solutions. By understanding the physical and spiritual condition of a
patient, physicians discover ways to assist in restoring health through
balance. Proven to be efficient, effective and affordable, natural
medicine can be of real value to people seeking health.
Tibetan
Medicine in America
The Tibetan medical system is one of the world's
oldest medical traditions. It is an integral part of Tibetan culture
and has been developed through many centuries. Tibetans believe that
the origin of the Tibetan medical tradition is as old as civilization
itself. For centuries at home in the Land of the Snows, Tibetan
medicine is now becoming available around the world.
Men-Tsee-Khang-Hawaii
KNHA
supports the Mission of Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astro
Institute in Dharamsala, India, with the long term aim of developing a
branch operated by their physicians here in Hawaii. Our first project
was to bring two senior doctors here in 2002 when they delivered to
over 30 students a five day course as an overview of Tibetan medicine.
We assisted the doctors during their 12 day visit in offering personal
consultations and herbal supplements and were pleased to note the high
degree of interest in Tibetan medicine.
If you are interested in learning more about Tibetan medicine,
scheduling a personal consultation from the doctors when they are here
or becoming a student of Tibetan medicine please contact us.
You may
also contact our friends at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center in
Spring Green, Wisconsin as they have a Tibetan doctor in residence. For
more information visit;
http://www.medicinebuddhahealing.org/
For
instruction in Tibetan medicine we are pleased to refer you Shang Shung
Institute of America in Massachusetts. For more information visit; http://www.shangshung.org/
Kohala
College of Energy Medicine
Energy
medicine refers to the therapeutic arts and exercises known to be
beneficial for health and wellness. These disciplines work mainly with
the energetic system ( Chi or Prana ) to enhance the immune system,
calm the mind and center the spirit.
Classes
and workshops will be offered in a variety of exercises such as Chi
Kung, Tai Chi Chuan and Yoga, Asian methods of therapeutics such as
Hawaiian Lomi Lomi and Asian Massage and meditation practices of Asia
and Oceania. These courses will be offered on a personal and
professional basis.
A
Hawaiian style steam house with cold plunge will provide people a
relaxing hydro-therapy experience. The steam house hydrotherapy is
based on the one used for many years by the Hawaiian Lomi Lomi master,
Auntie Margaret Machado.
Accomplishments
of KNHA to date
Applied for and received Non profit 501 (C) 3
designation from the IRS.
Developed, submitted and received a grant of $260,000.000 from the Ford
Foundation to preserve Hawaiian medicine. The project supported Ka Leo
'O Na Kahuna Lapa'au-Hale 'O Lono in creating a comprehensive video
oral history of their Hawaiian elders of Hawaiian medicine to archive
their tradition, and to educate the next generation in the rich
heritage of Hawaiian healing arts
Board
of Directors
Jonathan Gaines, President
Katherine G. Bolman, Ed. D., Vice president
Jim Channon, Secretary
Duane Elliot, Treasurer
David Coleman
Chris Cackley
Senior
Advisors
Frank Zablewski, Sorig Institute, Darmstadt
Terra Sutton, LMT
Kiki Corbin, ND
Gail Byrne
Sponsor
assistance opportunities
Kohala Natural Healing Arts (501-C) 3) is a non
profit organization dedicated to providing effective and affordable
natural medicine to all interested persons. KNHA is truly breaking new
ground here. Individuals or organizations interested in contributing
financially or otherwise to our effort are invited to contact us for
more information. A sponsor request information package is available.
Resources
For
more information on Kohala Natural Healing Arts, Men-Tsee-Khang-Hawaii
and related programs:
Email: knha@aloha.net
Tel: (808)
889-0839 Men-Tsee-Khang
Online The
official web site for Tibetan medicine and Astro. Inst. of H. H. the
Dalai Lama
NBC
Dateline News
Report on
Tibetan medicine and the treatment of cancer.
