Blue Deer Center
P.O. Box 905 • 1155 County Route 6
margaretville, NY 12455
845.586.3225
[email protected] • www.bluedeer.org
The Blue Deer Center provides an important setting for teachings and
practices that promote balanced relationship with the natural world. We
particularly welcome ancestral approaches to healing, ritual, and retreat.
The Center's origins are rooted in the Huichol shamanic tradition and
our connection to the universal and sacred spirit of Fire.
‘Olohe Malu
April 25-27, 2008
Blue Deer Center
Margaretville, NY
Cost: $570
To register or for more information,
contact [email protected]
or phone 845.586.3225
Ancestral Teachings of Aloha
With Lei’ohu Ryder
E komo mai! Welcome! You are invited to experience
the journey of aloha from the voice of the Pacific that is
calling us together in the oneness of the ancestral portal.
E komo mai, come into the realm of oneness as we explore
our many expressions of life as humanity on this planet
of love. E komo mai, come in to the garden of life that
speaks the language of oneness from the doorway of
the ancestors.
‘Olohe means to listen. It is also a messenger of spirit
that comes through guardians of sacred knowledge and
wisdom, keepers of wisdom that are offered specific
teachings from the land, sea, sky and universes beyond.
Malu means calm, peaceful, splendid in unity with all.
Malu is also a fragrance of gentleness that caresses the
senses with softness and sensitivity.
‘Olohe Malu means to listen to the quivering of the ancestors. If you look at a coconut leaf gently moving, this
is the quivering of the ancestors. They are ever present but not always heard.‘Olohe Malu means to listen to the
quivering of the ancestors with the senses of the heart. ‘Olohe Malu offers to participants a way of connecting
to the portal of innocence, light and remembrance in the ancestral ways of embracing the spirit of oneness
in diversity.
Through the traditions of the Pacific and the teachings of Kukuipuka Heiau, a sacred temple of healing - chant,
protocols, prayers, music and dance are woven in a lei of aloha that celebrates our oneness as diversity, and
wholeness as humanity and divinity. Talk story, music, movement, meditation, play and hands-on experiences
will bring us in to the breath of the ancestors and the wisdom that is offered to each one.
For more information about the Blue Deer Center, visit us at www.bluedeer.org
P.O. Box 905 County Route 6, Margaretville, NY 12455 v 845.586.3225 v [email protected]
Lei'ohu Ryder is a Native of Hawaii, a keeper of the ancient wisdom and protocols, a gifted teacher, singer, songwriter
and a powerful advocate for the indigenous peoples of the planet as well as a powerful role model to our next generation.
She weaves the wisdom of the Pacific in channeling the voices of the wind, rain, sea and sky.
As kahu/priestess of Kukuipuka Heiau, an ancient temple of healing on the island of Maui, the wisdom of the breath of
aloha and the spirit of ohana/family is shared through prayer, protocols, chants, music and activities that connect the
heart with the universe.