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My First Kava Experience

January 9, 2013

Aloha everyone! Happy New Year! I hope that you enjoyed peaceful holidays, and a gentle transition into the New Year. I came down with a cold last week, so I’ve been enjoying a few peaceful, restful days at home, bundled up in my slippers and sweater and drinking lots of tea (and ‘awa!). Many of [...]

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Kava and Family – Creating Unity through Ceremony

July 9, 2012

Aloha everyone! Recently, one of our customers, Joel, asked me a very interesting question. He was curious which kava product I would recommend as an addition to a tradition that his family took part in several times a year. His family gathers at a specific spot on a river, where they sit around a campfire [...]

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Kava Chocolate and Kava in the News!

March 1, 2011

Aloha everyone! I feel like its been awhile since I posted a blog article.  Things have been so completely busy here at the farm, and I’ve barely had the chance to read the news, much less write a new post.  I hope everyone had an amazing Valentines Day and was able to share some delicacies [...]

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Ceremonial Plant Medicines

November 14, 2010

I just wanted to write about a little something that has been on my mind for the past few weeks.  It seems to me like indigenous cultures have very different ideas and methods of using plants and medicines than people in many Western countries.  For us here in Hawaii, as well as for people in [...]

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Songs of Kava

May 9, 2010

Aloha! Today a good friend of mine sent me a link to a short radio piece that aired on public radio a few years ago.  It was so beautiful that I had to share it with all of you.  This piece really made me think about all of the amazing kava ceremonies I’ve participated in, [...]

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Spin The Kava!

February 18, 2009

Aloha! I hope that everyone out there had a happy Valentine’s Day. Forgive the belated nature of my well wishes to you. I’ve been so busy traveling and also with the farm, I am surprised that I have any time to write, much less a social life. Over the years, I never celebrated Valentine’s Day [...]

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Kava – It’s Not Just For Drinking Anymore!

February 5, 2009

Aloha! I recently went to a friend’s dinner party that had an all-kava theme. As you can imagine, it was an amazing evening filled with relaxed conversation, good company, laughter; and kava, of course! For most people, using kava for anything other than drinking is unimaginable. My friend who hosted the party is a chef [...]

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Kava Creates Community

January 12, 2009

Aloha everyone! Over the weekend, the ‘Awa Development Council of Hawaii hosted the Hawai’i Pacific Islands Kava Festival with the theme of “I Maluhia ka Honua,” when translated to English means “So the world may be at peace.” ‘Amen to that. The festival celebrated ‘Awa – or kava – as the sacred plant of Hawaii [...]

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Kava Ceremony Etiquette

January 5, 2009

Aloha! Happy new year, my cyber-friends! 2008 was a very difficult year for many people across the globe. 2009 is so full of hope and new beginnings.  I wish all of you nothing but the very best in this newest of new years! I’m consistently inundated with requests on how to conduct one’s self in [...]

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“GROG” vs. “FIRE WATER”

November 3, 2008

Aloha! I love reading, as I’m sure many of you have already discovered by now. Recently I stumbled across writer Joel Gibson’s very vivid and entertaining account of a trip he took to the South Pacific entitled “Just One More Cup of Kava” in the travel section of The Age, a news website out of [...]

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Kava Reintegration of Fiji Inmates

September 22, 2008

Aloha! I was reading the Fiji Times this morning and came across an interesting article on the Archbishop of the Catholic Church of Fiji who conducted a kava ceremony in a prison, as part of reintegrating prisoners back into society. In the article, Archbishop Petero Mataca reminded inmates of “the importance of educating themselves more [...]

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Coffee Jitters and Traditional Kava Ceremonies

August 11, 2008

Aloha! So, this morning I woke up and had one too many cups of coffee. Oh, how I love my morning coffee! Usually I only have one cup, but occasionally I will have more than one. I admit that this morning I savored a total of three cups of coffee and within half an hour [...]

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