Halau Holiday Kanikapila Party

46 Lake Street,Oak Park IL 60302

06 December, 2021

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Join our Halau Holiday Kanikapila (lets play music and dance!). Family and Friends invited to this Hybrid (zoom and in-person) Party! Enjoy a warm relaxing evening of Hula, Hawaiian Music and Aloha in this hybrid (zoom and in-person)Halau Holiday Party. Wear Hawaiian attire, bring your ukulele and something to nibble on if you're in-person or on Zoom. Vaccinations and masks are required for in-person attendance. Free for Halau members We ask you to contribute as you're able to benefit Halau i Ka Pono's Scholarship Fund. No student is ever turned away for lack of money. Whatever you can give is gladly appreciated! And if you can't afford it, please be our Guest! Suggested Donations Hula Devotee $20Friend of HIKP $50Hula Patron $100 Super Patron $250Halau i Ka Pono - The Hula School of Chicago is a program of the Zen Life & Meditation Center, Chicago. Halau i Ka Pono means “place that cultivates the goodness.” We are dedicated to growing aloha by sharing Hawaiian culture and stories through the joy of Hula. Hula is the art of Hawaiian dance expressing all that we see, hear, taste, touch, and feel. It is the main practice at Halau i Ka Pono, our hula school. Halau translates as “meeting house or place of learning,” and i Ka Pono means “of goodness, well-being, righteousness.”  Another way to say this is “place to cultivate the goodness.”  The purpose is to teach indigenous Hawaiian culture and stories through the joy of dance. Hula and healing go hand in hand.  The dance is a wonderful way to strengthen and get energy moving in the core muscles of the body.  It connects us to the grounding energy of the earth and opens us to the warm spirit of Aloha.  There are elements of mindful centering, flowing and breath-work involved in this Native Hawaiian dance form.   All ages can benefit. June Kaililani Ryushin Tanoue, MPH is the Kumu Hula.  Kumu June went through traditional ʻuniki ritual and graduated as ‘Olapa (Dancer) in 1994, ‘Olapa/Ho’opa’a (Dancer/Keeper of the Chants) in 1996 and Kumu Hula (Master Teacher) in June 2000 with her Kumu Hula Michael Pili Pang. She started teaching hula in 2003 in New York City and Chicago.  She formally began her Halau i Ka Pono – The Hula School of Chicago™ in 2009 out of her home in Oak Park, Illinois. www.halauikapono.org June is a fully empowered Zen Priest and Zen Teacher in the White Plum Lineage. She co-founded the Zen Life & Meditation Center of Chicago in 2004 and Zen Center of Hawaii in 1993 with her husband, Robert Joshin Althouse, Roshi.