Intermediate Hula Kahiko – LIVE ONLINE, Interactive with Kumu Hula Mālia Helelā

Thursdays 5:30 – 6:30 pm (HST)

Sundays 2:15 – 3:15 pm (HST)

Started March 29, 2020

This traditional hula class is taught to the beat of the ipu and pahu drums. Emphasis is on understanding the underlying meaning behind the dances. Class begins with vigorous hula basics and progresses through various hula kahiko dances.

This class is part of Still & Moving Centerʻs resident hula halau, Na Hula Ola Aloha. If you are interested in joining, please contact Kumu Malia in advance.

Mālia Helelā

Kumu Malia Helela strives to live a life of grace. Having received and given massage since childhood, Mālia began her formal training in lomilomi as a teenager. She was licensed by the State of Hawaii as a massage therapist in 1998 and as an esthetician in 2002 and has spent the last twenty years giving massage professionally.  Mālia is an active member of Ka Pā o Lonopūhā, a school of lomilomi and Hawaiian healing practices founded by Keola Chan. In the last three years, Mālia has been training students herself in the art of giving lomilomi massage in 16 hour intensive trainings.

Mālia says her hula practice and lomilomi practice are the same in many ways. She continues to look to the beauty and grace of the Hawaiian environment for grounding and inspiration. Completing her uniki under Kumu Hula Puluelo Park in 2002, she now teaches hula and oli to a wide range of students, from infants and toddlers to kupuna. Malia studied oli (traditional Hawaiian chant) under Kumu Hula Keola Lake. Her halau (school of hula), named Na Hula Ola Aloha, meets at Still & Moving Center.

Directions for getting to the online Zoom class:

1. One hour in advance, kindly sign up for your live online class on in MindBody / on our website. Our desk staff will then email you a link to your class on Zoom.

2. Please use the link to sign into Zoom, 5-7 minutes before class, allowing extra time to download the the app if you are  new to Zoom.

3. Contact the desk staff at 808.397.7678 for troubleshooting.