TESTIMONIALS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED US
Aloha Everyone, it is I, Rev. Keala Vai Alohakeahua Noel... you can call me Keala (pronounced Kay ala), Kay, Rev, the Revenator, Lady K or Mama K or even hey you! Just call..
Here I am just entering one of the great places we tour at the Volcanoes National Park- Thurston lava tube. We show you parts of the East Side of Hawaii so you can realize the beauty that is around you everywhere you go. Since 1999 we have been helping people from all over the world to understand how they can heal themselves through the power of self love and acceptance. Here are a few of the things some of them have to say about how their lives were changed forever through the Kalana Foundation and Aloha Healing Retreats. This page is a never ending project but you can begin now by getting on that plane, and we'll take a journey together that will elevate and illuminate both our lives.
Here I am just entering one of the great places we tour at the Volcanoes National Park- Thurston lava tube. We show you parts of the East Side of Hawaii so you can realize the beauty that is around you everywhere you go. Since 1999 we have been helping people from all over the world to understand how they can heal themselves through the power of self love and acceptance. Here are a few of the things some of them have to say about how their lives were changed forever through the Kalana Foundation and Aloha Healing Retreats. This page is a never ending project but you can begin now by getting on that plane, and we'll take a journey together that will elevate and illuminate both our lives.
My introduction to Eating Issues and a very long term friendship...
Beth and I in October 2011 when she visited
Aloha Mama K, So here goes my shot at a testimonial. Scarey crap to talk about. . . I have tissues its all good.So the year was 1999, I had escaped death but wasn't experienceing life. I was in a circumstance where home life was not good nor was my health. I dealt with my situations initially by not eating. it started slow, just normal dieting and exercising. After awhile your chemicals change, your balance of hormones and mindset became offset and food becomes a demon. It was no longer eating to be healthy and have energy, it became not eating to feel satisfied. So easily you stop getting hungry, you stop caring how many days or weeks its been til you last ate. Anorexia became my friend. My identity. I felt in control and defined by her. Soon its not just a weight loss thing. You discover the power numbers can have over you.. What 110, just 5 more lbs to lose. Five becomes 10, 10 becomes 15 and then enough is never enough. My lowest weight was 63lbs and I am 5'7" You could practically see right through me. I had one cardiac arrest but still was fearless. Years go by and it takes on a new form.. Hmm sure would be nice to eat something but not gain weight.. I learned about bulimia. Oh I was in love. I can eat anything I want as much as I want and I knew how to keep weight off. It became almost fun bingeing and purging to the point I'd near black out my electrolytes and blood sugar were so off. Now I had two best friends. It took a toll on my body, my teeth, my jobs, my family, friends - every part of life suffered. I knew I needed help. I didn't deny that but not where I am locked up and my clothes need to be earned back and they're going to shove a plate of food in front of me and expect me to eat it all. No I needed something bigger, something more spiritual that dealt with the mind body and soul. They are all connected so without fixing one, the likelyhood of relapse is three-fold. I searched the interenet for weeks until I decided to email this Keala.. I knew immediately this was going to be my only attempt and I some way was going to find my way to her. I sold peanut butter eggs locally for easter and a few friends chipped in. IT was done. The ticket was bought and I was on my way.. Immediately after landing and walking into the warm sunshine and breathing in the air of the aloha spirit I was where I belonged. Keala no doubt had a challenge on her hands with me. Panic attacks, anxiety.. serious food fears.. And my mom was just diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. The cards were stacked for sure. Keala's unique, nuturing approach, her warmth and non pushy attitude, the energy that flowed from this woman, finally I've gotten help. The transformation I made from her hollistic approach was shocking. Oh, it was not with out hard, hard work. But I felt in control of the food not the food controlling me. For someone so far away to teach me to see the light, instead of living in the dark and fearful of even a piece of lettuce.. Miracles happened at Keala's healing center. it was my first real time away from home and the only thing I regret is I came back to PA at all. I still call Hawaii my home. This amazing state just gives off energy that is healing and I feel more at peace there. With my mind body and soul. And of course Mama K!! Thanks Mama for everything and opening your arms to this bundle of disaster after disaster, I am certain without your help for sure I would have met the demise like so many others. Death.. I love you Mama K! xoxo
Keala here, Beth was my introduction to food issues and we had only eight precious days together then. Women with eating issues just kept coming after her and for some reason this crazy universe has decided this is part of my path, which I accept. If you can not come here, I now can do Skype and phone sessions so you can have personal counseling and hypnotherapy now at home at only $95 per session.
Keala here, Beth was my introduction to food issues and we had only eight precious days together then. Women with eating issues just kept coming after her and for some reason this crazy universe has decided this is part of my path, which I accept. If you can not come here, I now can do Skype and phone sessions so you can have personal counseling and hypnotherapy now at home at only $95 per session.
Such nice things Grace has to say about
her recent two week stay who has been highly educated elsewhere but still had some things to learn from Aloha Healing Retreats.
Below is a Testimony
from a short six day stay that worked wonders....
Just across the waters on Oahu...
I have had the privilege of 'treatment' with Keala on 2 occasions. I have suffered with Major Depression for my whole life. After Keala took me on Soul Journeys, and gave me Reiki and Complete Body Alignment treatments, I felt an unbelieveable sense peace and happiness. Keala helped me to deal with deep and serious issues that years of 'therapy' could not. Keala has a unique gift for reaching into your soul and leaving you with a wonderful feeling of light and joy. Mary-Louise of Honolulu, Hawaii
I have had the privilege of 'treatment' with Keala on 2 occasions. I have suffered with Major Depression for my whole life. After Keala took me on Soul Journeys, and gave me Reiki and Complete Body Alignment treatments, I felt an unbelieveable sense peace and happiness. Keala helped me to deal with deep and serious issues that years of 'therapy' could not. Keala has a unique gift for reaching into your soul and leaving you with a wonderful feeling of light and joy. Mary-Louise of Honolulu, Hawaii
From a world traveler...
At the Kava Bar in Kalapana
............I am loving myself and my body in whatever form, shape, or way it wants to express itself - physically, emotionally, spiritually - and it does feel especially nice when I show it the respect it deserves.
You have done such an incredible thing - taking this lame girl who couldn't cope with life and under your guidance and protection.- thank you, Ke'ala. Still sending my love, admiration, and hope _Jelly from Seattle
You have done such an incredible thing - taking this lame girl who couldn't cope with life and under your guidance and protection.- thank you, Ke'ala. Still sending my love, admiration, and hope _Jelly from Seattle
Even our phone consultations want to say.....
When I have worked with Keala, the thing that I love the most is the five thank yous. (recognizing what you have to be grateful for about any situation). Keala is a sincere, loving, kind and compassionate person and anyone would be lucky to work with her. She tries to come up with interesting and creative ways to help you stay out of whatever eating disorder you have- Melody of Tenn.
When I have worked with Keala, the thing that I love the most is the five thank yous. (recognizing what you have to be grateful for about any situation). Keala is a sincere, loving, kind and compassionate person and anyone would be lucky to work with her. She tries to come up with interesting and creative ways to help you stay out of whatever eating disorder you have- Melody of Tenn.
From right here in PUNA -
I have been coming to Keala for over a year now. I had a severely injured shoulder from work with the heavy lifting of children. I had been to see other people for this condition and at most had gotten a few days of releif of pain . I had limited range of motion and could not even tie my bating suit. I chose not to deal with allopathic medicine which may have included surgery. After the second treatment with Keala the pain stopped and I had amost had full range of motion and I could tie my bathing suit top again and I could carry things without pain. I now have full range of motion, and I have no shoulder pain and can hang from the monkey bars with my feet off the ground. I am 67 and only the symptom I still have is a slight tremor in my right arm. Keala has also helped me deal through Hypnosis and Reiki through some long standing emotional blocks. I have been using many forms of holisitic medicine since the mid 60's and have had many people work on me for long periods of time and no one has accomplilshed what Keala has accomplished in such a short amount of time. Zulema of Puna Hawaii
I have been coming to Keala for over a year now. I had a severely injured shoulder from work with the heavy lifting of children. I had been to see other people for this condition and at most had gotten a few days of releif of pain . I had limited range of motion and could not even tie my bating suit. I chose not to deal with allopathic medicine which may have included surgery. After the second treatment with Keala the pain stopped and I had amost had full range of motion and I could tie my bathing suit top again and I could carry things without pain. I now have full range of motion, and I have no shoulder pain and can hang from the monkey bars with my feet off the ground. I am 67 and only the symptom I still have is a slight tremor in my right arm. Keala has also helped me deal through Hypnosis and Reiki through some long standing emotional blocks. I have been using many forms of holisitic medicine since the mid 60's and have had many people work on me for long periods of time and no one has accomplilshed what Keala has accomplished in such a short amount of time. Zulema of Puna Hawaii
All the way from North Carolina ..
I just wanted to tell anyone that is thinking of spending any time at Aloha Healing Women Retreat that they should not hesitate and should definitely go! Rev. Keala Noel is a healer at her core; she is compassionate, insightful and extremely capable in helping women heal from their trauma and their eating issues. She uses many, many modalities and every one is transformative and life changing. Keala is a unique individual and I learned so much from her and left there a different and forever changed (for the better) woman. This is a safe, nurturing, healing place like no other and I can't recommend the place and Keala highly enough.
- Susan W. of Kiluaea Hi
I just wanted to tell anyone that is thinking of spending any time at Aloha Healing Women Retreat that they should not hesitate and should definitely go! Rev. Keala Noel is a healer at her core; she is compassionate, insightful and extremely capable in helping women heal from their trauma and their eating issues. She uses many, many modalities and every one is transformative and life changing. Keala is a unique individual and I learned so much from her and left there a different and forever changed (for the better) woman. This is a safe, nurturing, healing place like no other and I can't recommend the place and Keala highly enough.
- Susan W. of Kiluaea Hi
All the way from Alaska...
I just wanted to take a minute and thank you for the wonderful retreat!! I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I feel the insight you and this experience has given me is that I'm actually doing pretty good and that I continue to conquer quite a bit here on earth this go round. ....I love you...you are absolutley, without a doubt, a treasure and ONE OF A KIND my friend, thank you for sharing your gifts...I feel completely blessed to have been a part of your world.
Mahalo, Mahalo, Mahalo!!! Always ~Tammara :o) from Alaska
I just wanted to take a minute and thank you for the wonderful retreat!! I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I feel the insight you and this experience has given me is that I'm actually doing pretty good and that I continue to conquer quite a bit here on earth this go round. ....I love you...you are absolutley, without a doubt, a treasure and ONE OF A KIND my friend, thank you for sharing your gifts...I feel completely blessed to have been a part of your world.
Mahalo, Mahalo, Mahalo!!! Always ~Tammara :o) from Alaska
From the West Coast
Aloha Keala :) Thank you so much again for your kindess and wonderful nurturing atmosphere.
The healing women retreat was an amazing experience! Rev. Keala takes the time upfront to get to know you and your needs, and then customizes the retreat so you get the most benefit. It is a beautiful blend of scheduled activities and downtime. It is the most holistic, soul-needs based ED recovery program I have ever seen. Rev. Keala also sends you home with tools to help continue your new patterns. My only regret is not staying longer, so stay as long as you can! Laura T of Seattle, Wa.
Aloha Keala :) Thank you so much again for your kindess and wonderful nurturing atmosphere.
The healing women retreat was an amazing experience! Rev. Keala takes the time upfront to get to know you and your needs, and then customizes the retreat so you get the most benefit. It is a beautiful blend of scheduled activities and downtime. It is the most holistic, soul-needs based ED recovery program I have ever seen. Rev. Keala also sends you home with tools to help continue your new patterns. My only regret is not staying longer, so stay as long as you can! Laura T of Seattle, Wa.
Chase from the East Coast clues you in
as she gives an interview of her holistic experience in
Hawaii with Rev. Keala Noel in Kapoho Hawaii at fourteen day weight loss
and weight management program without dieting.
Sally tells it like it is...
Mahalo Keala for an amazing experience at the Aloha Healing Women Retreat. Before arriving in Hawaii, I was on the verge of suicide. Keala helped me to save my soul and ultimately my life. Three weeks provided a jumpstart that I badly needed. although I wish I had stayed longer. I definitely plan to return some day- perhaps to help others in their healing process.
I still have a long journey ahead of me. Thanks to Aloha Healing Women, though, I believe my life is worth living.
-Sally M., Atlanta, GA
I still have a long journey ahead of me. Thanks to Aloha Healing Women, though, I believe my life is worth living.
-Sally M., Atlanta, GA
Click here to see some of the photographs from Sally's experience in Hawaii.
Aloha my name is Mirha
and I spent 4 months with Keala with the help of Kalana foundation in 2002. My husband and I were just married and going through some very hard times loosing my best friend (his sister) to Anorexia. Keala helped us go through our grief and our eating disorders which we didn't want to admit we had. I recently lost my husband to MS and what Keala has taught me has helped me with this loss and teaching our 8 yr old son as well how to go on without him.
and I spent 4 months with Keala with the help of Kalana foundation in 2002. My husband and I were just married and going through some very hard times loosing my best friend (his sister) to Anorexia. Keala helped us go through our grief and our eating disorders which we didn't want to admit we had. I recently lost my husband to MS and what Keala has taught me has helped me with this loss and teaching our 8 yr old son as well how to go on without him.
Avril from Canada talking about her stay
with us four years ago when she visited with her family this January...
Carrie shouts it out!
Carrie with friend
Aloha Healing Women changed my life. I cannot fully articulate the miraculous way in which Keala encouraged my healing without a medical facility breathing down my neck and weighing me every morning and night.
I first sought treatment for my eating disorder when I was 17. My dad enrolled me in an inpatient program with the Children’s Hospital. They kept me in a small room and I was not allowed to have personal items, see my family or have contact with the outside world. I was not allowed to exercise or choose the food I ate. I was on this program for about a month, yet somehow never felt better. The truth is that they did not get to the core of where my eating disorder was coming from, only pointing out the obvious, that it existed.
I disenrolled myself from the program and was in a state of desperation. My life was a mess. I felt like I had nobody and nowhere to turn to. I felt like nobody understood or wanted to understand. I had pushed my family and all of my friends away, was not enrolled in school and did not have a job. The eating disorder was slowly winning. I turned to the internet for approaches to healing other than medical facilities. Every day I would search for hours, and nothing ever stood out that I did not already know. Then I found Aloha Healing.Women It sparked a very small amount of hope in me. I begged my mom to let me go, because I just had this feeling that this was my answer. She miraculously agreed and I was on a plane the next week. Keala met me at the airport and from the very beginning she gave me a sense of calm, happiness, and serenity with myself. The retreat house is amazing, and I still remember the smell of the fresh plumerias she put in my room almost daily. I will never forget that smell. I associate it with the happiness that I felt at this house and this time in my life. Keala does not put you on a strict schedule, bark commands at you or force you to do weigh ins. She allows you to make all decisions for yourself regarding food, free time and contact with family. She lets you choose what food you want at the grocery store based on her food combining therapy. She simply guides by love, and that is all I needed. I was not aware that this was all I needed at the time but I am now. I just wanted someone to listen and not judge. This is exactly what she does. Keala always has a smile on her face and her glowing warmth made me feel like I could tell her anything. All of the activities she has planned for the group are just breathtaking! The house has a nearby hot pool that locals swim in where the sea turtles swim all around you just to say hi. The trips are awesome. The volcano was a sight I will never see in my life again. It literally has lava that pours into the ocean and creates a beautiful picture for the eyes. The waterfall was breathtaking. Every morning I would wake up and enjoy a cup of all natural coffee on the porch and watch as the beautiful sun rose over the ocean. Along with all of these beautiful sights the holistic approach is what made the trip beneficial for me in the long run. The type of therapy that Keala incorporates into this experience delves into the personal reasons as to why you are feeling the way you do. It helps you discover things about yourself that you never knew, no matter how many counseling sessions you went to. It then helps you to heal those troubles. It is relaxing and allows you to meditate without getting stressed about it. The smells associated with it are amazing. The emotions flow and you do not mind because you are in such a beautiful and safe place with Keala's soothing voice. Keala taught me how to throw out the negatives in my life efficiently and in a healthy way. I could talk all day about Aloha Healing but she just has so many great suprises in store everyday that it would be impossible! There are so many things to do, the women are amazing, and I felt like I had a big family at this house. After this trip I got a plumeria flower tattooed on my foot. Some people may think that this is trashy. I think it is a miracle worker. I look at this flower whenever I am troubled or stressed, and that smell and sense of peace I felt within myself returns. Keala taught me that we will always fall out of our boat at one point or another. We just have to pick ourselves back up and keep paddling. This flower helps me do that. I would do it again without a doubt. It changed my life.
I am the happiest I have ever been in my life. I am now in my first year of law school, work at a law firm, live in a beautiful apartment on the river and am in the best shape I have been in in my life. I am the same size as I was when I was purging, but I love my body and am extremely confident with myself and who I am. I have noticed that people flock to my personality because I am confident and happy. I am in a very healthy relationship with another man that loves me for me, and would do anything in the world for me. This success took years, but using the techniques that I learned at Aloha healing and incorporating those into my everyday life has slowly built my happiness and success to what it is now. A woman that was in the program with me is now married, has a child and runs her own holistic and wellness company. We still keep in touch. This is not fake, or a way to get you to attend this program. There is nothing in it for me. I am simply trying to spread the word to all of my fellow women that this IS our answer. The holistic approach is the way to go, and you will NOT be disappointed. All it takes is love to heal lives, not medicine or schedules. Keala has enough love for the entire world and then some.
If you have any other questions about my experience PLEASE feel free to contact me via email. I would be more than happy to speak to you about concerns you have. Cthorburn14@law.du.edu
I first sought treatment for my eating disorder when I was 17. My dad enrolled me in an inpatient program with the Children’s Hospital. They kept me in a small room and I was not allowed to have personal items, see my family or have contact with the outside world. I was not allowed to exercise or choose the food I ate. I was on this program for about a month, yet somehow never felt better. The truth is that they did not get to the core of where my eating disorder was coming from, only pointing out the obvious, that it existed.
I disenrolled myself from the program and was in a state of desperation. My life was a mess. I felt like I had nobody and nowhere to turn to. I felt like nobody understood or wanted to understand. I had pushed my family and all of my friends away, was not enrolled in school and did not have a job. The eating disorder was slowly winning. I turned to the internet for approaches to healing other than medical facilities. Every day I would search for hours, and nothing ever stood out that I did not already know. Then I found Aloha Healing.Women It sparked a very small amount of hope in me. I begged my mom to let me go, because I just had this feeling that this was my answer. She miraculously agreed and I was on a plane the next week. Keala met me at the airport and from the very beginning she gave me a sense of calm, happiness, and serenity with myself. The retreat house is amazing, and I still remember the smell of the fresh plumerias she put in my room almost daily. I will never forget that smell. I associate it with the happiness that I felt at this house and this time in my life. Keala does not put you on a strict schedule, bark commands at you or force you to do weigh ins. She allows you to make all decisions for yourself regarding food, free time and contact with family. She lets you choose what food you want at the grocery store based on her food combining therapy. She simply guides by love, and that is all I needed. I was not aware that this was all I needed at the time but I am now. I just wanted someone to listen and not judge. This is exactly what she does. Keala always has a smile on her face and her glowing warmth made me feel like I could tell her anything. All of the activities she has planned for the group are just breathtaking! The house has a nearby hot pool that locals swim in where the sea turtles swim all around you just to say hi. The trips are awesome. The volcano was a sight I will never see in my life again. It literally has lava that pours into the ocean and creates a beautiful picture for the eyes. The waterfall was breathtaking. Every morning I would wake up and enjoy a cup of all natural coffee on the porch and watch as the beautiful sun rose over the ocean. Along with all of these beautiful sights the holistic approach is what made the trip beneficial for me in the long run. The type of therapy that Keala incorporates into this experience delves into the personal reasons as to why you are feeling the way you do. It helps you discover things about yourself that you never knew, no matter how many counseling sessions you went to. It then helps you to heal those troubles. It is relaxing and allows you to meditate without getting stressed about it. The smells associated with it are amazing. The emotions flow and you do not mind because you are in such a beautiful and safe place with Keala's soothing voice. Keala taught me how to throw out the negatives in my life efficiently and in a healthy way. I could talk all day about Aloha Healing but she just has so many great suprises in store everyday that it would be impossible! There are so many things to do, the women are amazing, and I felt like I had a big family at this house. After this trip I got a plumeria flower tattooed on my foot. Some people may think that this is trashy. I think it is a miracle worker. I look at this flower whenever I am troubled or stressed, and that smell and sense of peace I felt within myself returns. Keala taught me that we will always fall out of our boat at one point or another. We just have to pick ourselves back up and keep paddling. This flower helps me do that. I would do it again without a doubt. It changed my life.
I am the happiest I have ever been in my life. I am now in my first year of law school, work at a law firm, live in a beautiful apartment on the river and am in the best shape I have been in in my life. I am the same size as I was when I was purging, but I love my body and am extremely confident with myself and who I am. I have noticed that people flock to my personality because I am confident and happy. I am in a very healthy relationship with another man that loves me for me, and would do anything in the world for me. This success took years, but using the techniques that I learned at Aloha healing and incorporating those into my everyday life has slowly built my happiness and success to what it is now. A woman that was in the program with me is now married, has a child and runs her own holistic and wellness company. We still keep in touch. This is not fake, or a way to get you to attend this program. There is nothing in it for me. I am simply trying to spread the word to all of my fellow women that this IS our answer. The holistic approach is the way to go, and you will NOT be disappointed. All it takes is love to heal lives, not medicine or schedules. Keala has enough love for the entire world and then some.
If you have any other questions about my experience PLEASE feel free to contact me via email. I would be more than happy to speak to you about concerns you have. Cthorburn14@law.du.edu
Ann Marie shares her story with the world
“I attended Aloha Healing Women for eating disorder recovery in 2004 while overcome with grief after the tragic loss of my mom. I was welcomed with love the moment I stepped foot off the airplane. Keala opened her heart and home to me and a couple other ladies who were there at the same time. We were blessed with a perfect balance of one-on-one sessions, group activities, supported meals, home-cooked food, adventure outings, and quiet time to spend however we pleased.
I loved the peace
of the place and took full advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the quiet and
not get bogged down with the internet, tv, or phone. Those things were available
to us if we needed them, but we were given the choice to truly make our time
there a retreat for healing. The massage and reiki sessions were my favorite
part of the experience and helped me work through deep-seated emotions and
grief. They were also helpful for my physical healing and learning to be
comfortable in my own skin. Unlike traditional centers for eating disorder
recovery, Aloha Healing Women offers an empowering experience to attain recovery and wellness without overly rigid structure and supervision. To know Keala is a true joy and blessing and I recommend Aloha Healing Women with highest regard.”
Keala also asked me to give you a brief progress report on how
I am doing today.
“After struggling for twenty years with anorexia and
ending up on the brink of death at 63 pounds more than once, I am finally
healthy and married with two children. I also earned a master’s degree in
counseling people with eating disorders. Part of my story of struggle and
recovery are detailed in my husband’s recently published memoir: LAW MAN: My
story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption.”
For more details, please visit: www.shonhopwood.com
--Ann Marie Hopwood
I loved the peace
of the place and took full advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the quiet and
not get bogged down with the internet, tv, or phone. Those things were available
to us if we needed them, but we were given the choice to truly make our time
there a retreat for healing. The massage and reiki sessions were my favorite
part of the experience and helped me work through deep-seated emotions and
grief. They were also helpful for my physical healing and learning to be
comfortable in my own skin. Unlike traditional centers for eating disorder
recovery, Aloha Healing Women offers an empowering experience to attain recovery and wellness without overly rigid structure and supervision. To know Keala is a true joy and blessing and I recommend Aloha Healing Women with highest regard.”
Keala also asked me to give you a brief progress report on how
I am doing today.
“After struggling for twenty years with anorexia and
ending up on the brink of death at 63 pounds more than once, I am finally
healthy and married with two children. I also earned a master’s degree in
counseling people with eating disorders. Part of my story of struggle and
recovery are detailed in my husband’s recently published memoir: LAW MAN: My
story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption.”
For more details, please visit: www.shonhopwood.com
--Ann Marie Hopwood
Christina wants you to know..
Self portrait
I am writing on behalf of Keala Noel and her foundation, Aloha Healing Centers and
Retreats. I attended Keala's retreat back in 2004. At the time I was very
physically ill and emotionally drained. I was facing a lot of family turmoil and
trying to process the grief and trauma of my past. As a very young mom, I found
myself unable to cope with life itself. My spirit felt like it it was dying and
my body was shutting down due to the extreme stress and inability to cope with
life's challenges and the haunts of my past
I was greatly blessed to be able to attend Keala's retreat with a part scholarship
she awarded me. With this great assistance and the help of family, I was on my
way to a new way of living. Keala taught me so much during the month I spent at
Aloha Healing Center. The skills and tools she taught me changed my life forever
and gave me a new sense of direction.
I loved Keala's holistic approach to health and emotional healing. I had been
raised very holistically, so to be able to build on that was important to me.
Perhaps the greatest thing Keala did for me and the other woman at the retreat
was to provide a hands-on educational approach. She didn't do things for us, but
rather guided us and coached us so that we could return home and continue
implementing our new skills into our daily lives.
We were taught healthy living habits such as the importance of healthy eating,
appropriate physical activity, how to manage stress, and emotional well-being.
Working alongside Keala we assisted in the preperation of meal planning and
cooking, which allowed us to better learn and remember the skills being taught.
We participated in regular exercise routines such as yoga and aquatic aerobics.
We had a number of outings were we connected with nature and our inner-self. We
were provided healing massage and acupuncture, which allowed me to begin working
on the physical rebuild of my body.
Keala's approach is truly well-rounded focusing on the body, mind, and spirit. In addition to the physical
aspect of the retreats, we were able to process emotional trauma and grief
through the use of hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is truly what changed my life. I
had been to numerous traditional therapists over the years and felt that very
little progress had ever been made. Keala's approach with hypnotherapy was safe,
secure, and affective. Through hypnotherapy I was able to heal many past hurts
and childhood traumas that were preventing me to move forward successfully in
life. Hypnotherapy has blessed and changed my life so dramatically that I am now
looking at pursuing a career in the feild.
In addition to the hypnotherapy we were provided guided visualizations, which I
found very empowering and motivating. We also participated in the hands-on
education of energy work and how to use the elements around us for healing and
health. There is truly so much more I can tell you that Keala implemented into
her retreats. These things, however, were the things I found were the staples of
my current success.
I am now 30 years old and have been married almost 11 years. I have 3 children,
one adopted out of foster care. I am able to use these skills to further my life
today and in the education of my own children and the children I have fostered
over the years. Keala's retreat has set the path for the direction my life is
currently in and in the direction it is going. Keala is still very much a friend
and support for me. Life remains full of challenges, but the difference is I
know now how to manage the challenges. I can over come them
triumphantly!
I highly recommend Keala Noel and her healing center. It truly is life changing.
You are welcome to call me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Christina McDowell
Retreats. I attended Keala's retreat back in 2004. At the time I was very
physically ill and emotionally drained. I was facing a lot of family turmoil and
trying to process the grief and trauma of my past. As a very young mom, I found
myself unable to cope with life itself. My spirit felt like it it was dying and
my body was shutting down due to the extreme stress and inability to cope with
life's challenges and the haunts of my past
I was greatly blessed to be able to attend Keala's retreat with a part scholarship
she awarded me. With this great assistance and the help of family, I was on my
way to a new way of living. Keala taught me so much during the month I spent at
Aloha Healing Center. The skills and tools she taught me changed my life forever
and gave me a new sense of direction.
I loved Keala's holistic approach to health and emotional healing. I had been
raised very holistically, so to be able to build on that was important to me.
Perhaps the greatest thing Keala did for me and the other woman at the retreat
was to provide a hands-on educational approach. She didn't do things for us, but
rather guided us and coached us so that we could return home and continue
implementing our new skills into our daily lives.
We were taught healthy living habits such as the importance of healthy eating,
appropriate physical activity, how to manage stress, and emotional well-being.
Working alongside Keala we assisted in the preperation of meal planning and
cooking, which allowed us to better learn and remember the skills being taught.
We participated in regular exercise routines such as yoga and aquatic aerobics.
We had a number of outings were we connected with nature and our inner-self. We
were provided healing massage and acupuncture, which allowed me to begin working
on the physical rebuild of my body.
Keala's approach is truly well-rounded focusing on the body, mind, and spirit. In addition to the physical
aspect of the retreats, we were able to process emotional trauma and grief
through the use of hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is truly what changed my life. I
had been to numerous traditional therapists over the years and felt that very
little progress had ever been made. Keala's approach with hypnotherapy was safe,
secure, and affective. Through hypnotherapy I was able to heal many past hurts
and childhood traumas that were preventing me to move forward successfully in
life. Hypnotherapy has blessed and changed my life so dramatically that I am now
looking at pursuing a career in the feild.
In addition to the hypnotherapy we were provided guided visualizations, which I
found very empowering and motivating. We also participated in the hands-on
education of energy work and how to use the elements around us for healing and
health. There is truly so much more I can tell you that Keala implemented into
her retreats. These things, however, were the things I found were the staples of
my current success.
I am now 30 years old and have been married almost 11 years. I have 3 children,
one adopted out of foster care. I am able to use these skills to further my life
today and in the education of my own children and the children I have fostered
over the years. Keala's retreat has set the path for the direction my life is
currently in and in the direction it is going. Keala is still very much a friend
and support for me. Life remains full of challenges, but the difference is I
know now how to manage the challenges. I can over come them
triumphantly!
I highly recommend Keala Noel and her healing center. It truly is life changing.
You are welcome to call me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Christina McDowell
A note from Christina's mom-
When my daughter went to be with Keala she was at a very difficult time in
her life. I truly looked at her...before she went ....and though I never told
her I felt my sweet girl was ready to die...she seemed so very ill. Only a
mother can understand the depth of this heartbreak and how helpless you
feel.Going to Hawaii to this retreat changed Christina's life. She came
back a different person and I know the work she did has stood her in Good stead
throughout her life. I am deeply grateful for her time spent there.. Dianasue H.
her life. I truly looked at her...before she went ....and though I never told
her I felt my sweet girl was ready to die...she seemed so very ill. Only a
mother can understand the depth of this heartbreak and how helpless you
feel.Going to Hawaii to this retreat changed Christina's life. She came
back a different person and I know the work she did has stood her in Good stead
throughout her life. I am deeply grateful for her time spent there.. Dianasue H.
Howdie Keala- it's Zeth- I am hoping things are going well for you and Aloha Healing Retreats. I think of of heading towards Hawaii at some point in the future and as soon as I think of the land of Aloha, your name arises. If I do meander that a way, I will of course give you a buzz!
Wowsa. It has been 14 months since I completed my retreat at Aloha Healing Women- and the occasional man. During my retreat, if you recall, I burst out one day and a "I'm DONE!"
Of course, once I got back home, I realized I was not done, there was lots more work to do.. and ... in another way, I was speaking the truth, I was done. I was done with living in deadness. Since coming home to Santa Cruz, I have definitely had weeks, and on a few occasions, months of re-visiting hell, but ever sine my time with you, I have never sunk as low. My bottom got a little ( in another sense A lOT!) higher afrter my thime with you Ke'ala, and it is continuing to rise. I still have lows, they still suck ass, but they are nowhere near compared to what they used to be, and I am spending more time in joy and authenticity. AND!
AND! AND! I am on my path!
Which is the most precious thing in the world. I know I've said thank you before, but something inside of me needs to say it again. I want to say thank you for wrapping your arms around me, and saying "Of course you are" when I told you I was feeling suicidal, and then calling "the Girls" to shower me with love... in some ways, what happened that hour, is one of the most important moments of my life. I have never felt so received, so loved (unconditionally) and so accepted, when I was in a place of deep, intense, thick darkness.
I think, I maybe have been looking of that sense of having my pain received and accepted or maybe more accurately of me being accepted, while I was in so much pain, for my whole life.
Thank you!!!!
I also want to thank you for helping me to feel alive again. Having a center with easy access to nature ( especially the warm pond!), taking us camping, giving me daily either a massage or a hypnotherapy session, doing reiki and chanting, having part of the retreat include lava geysers, the natural sauna.. and all of these things helped me to re-connect to LIFE. To being alive, to joy. THANK YOU!! XO Zeth
A thank you card from Lana- my life is so changed. I think of you alot. Of the help given when needed, when - fact - I was a cracked pot! With Pele and the healing waters, the patience and good food, I remembered I'm Goddess Dauhter. So with laughter and love sweet as honey I send back blessings to you! Love you - Lana
A note from a mom
- Thank you for all that you did to help Sandra out over the last year. I will never forget you and the many gifts that she brought back with her. Thanks once again. God bless all of you. Jody J.
A Dad's review of my daughter 2004-2007 I had been apart from her and her mom for most of my daughters life she was 17 when they accepted me back into there life's , right away i could tell my daughter had many big problems going on and was starting to fall apart . First drug and alcohol abuse also eating disorder and last and worse yet cutting herself .I found out soon after that she had been molested as a young girl by her step father for some years ,about the time he was caught and convicted she was truly a mess . Overwhelmed her mother and I' began to look for help .She already had been through a lot of programs and live in places for help ,finely a close friend of ours and daughters found ALOHA HEALING WOMEN and KEALA . I can still remember the smell of death coming from my daughters breath as we put her on the plane ,we were at our wits end and this was our last chance to get her the help she needed , Well she stayed over there for month's we call weekly to hear the progress and check in .I want all you parents out there to know if your daughter has any problems like this send her to Keala . She is a true healer,our daughter came back to us (A NEW PERSON) and is now helping other troubled teens . Once again THANK YOU KEALA THANK YOU ! THANK YOU!! Mike J (proud father)....
A Happy Birthday note from Kristen...
Your presence in my life is much more than just a blessing. The happiness and joy I feel comes from within me, however without your help I would have failed to see my uhane nui au ( spirit greatness). Everday you serve as numerous roles in my life. Teacher, Enabler, Guardian, Seestar, Mama, Caretaker and Friend.
Mahalo Nui Loa for your UHANE!! ( spirit)
Today and everyday may spirit bless and enrich your life with all you dream and imagine. Your vision is also part of my vision and together no force can stop us. Words never quite seem enough to express how much you mean in my life. All the years I was battling, and finally fought the last battle with you. This time I won.. Mahalo for that! I love you. Blessings and Aloha Always .
From Tracy's Mom...
Dear Keala, I just wanted to send you a happy holiday note of thanks for all you did for Tracy last summer. Our family knows she was very fortunate and it gave her the confidence to get an apartment this fall. I delighted, but not surprised she is staying in touch with you. Thanks again Morgan
From a quickie but a goodie!
Aloha Keala- What a jam packed 28 hours we spent together! The work you are doing is amazing. It was so good to meet Atsuka and Jessa as well, to actually see the transformations occurring. Lisa C.
Dear Keala-
Thank you so much for sharing your incredible gifts with us this week. I feel like a new person, ready to live the life that I want. Mahalo for all the Aloha Terry.
From Claudia -"I am not a healer, I'm just a facilitator" is what Keala said to me two months ago in the beginning of my journey, when I asked her to "please not give up on me." She responded by saying that she'll do everything in her power for me, use all of her tools in her toolbox to help me, but ultimately the only "healer" here is ME. She was right. With coming here, I brought a lot of expectations, and I quickly had to learn to release them all. I learned that I was my biggest enemy. Keala was there to guide me, advise me, facilitate me in the difficult times of my battle with binge eating. She did indeed, provide me with all the tools I needed, but it was up to me to use those tools and to ultimately come out on top and conquer my eating disorder. We were like a two man army, going hand in hand, battle by battle, pushing forward, strong. She didn't back down, she held my hand tight and I marched right along her side. Today, two months later, I stand looking over my battlefield, with a grin of victory on my face. I conquered it. I am now free. We did it. We won this battle! I am now in control and Keala is free, ready and willing to go into war with the next warrior/warrioress who needs her guidance. So, when you're ready, when you have had enough of something else having control of you and your life, when you know that you have it in you to fight this thing, beat this nasty thing to death, go and find Keala. Tiny but mighty that woman is. Don't be mistaken by her petite self because she will facilitate you, she will fight for you, as long as you too are willing to fight for you -- just as hard if not harder. As a way to express my gratitude I would like to say this: "I honor the place within you in which the entire Universe dwells. I honor the place within you which is of love, truth, light and peace. When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are one." And so from that place in me, the bottom of my core, where my soul resides, where my heart beats its melody, I thank you Keala Noel.
Claudia
4-29-13
11/10/13 update
Thank you everyone for bearing with me on this journey that I have taken in the past year. It has not been easy. It took a lot for me to get to where I am... under every level. The depths on which I discovered myself are unspeakable. I went from the darkest of the dark, to an absolute pure bliss. My physical journeying can't even begin to describe the journeys that I have done on the inside. And altogether, I would not trade it for a thing. I feel strong, I feel empowered, I feel unstoppable. I am living my dream. A dream without a car, broke, with only a bag of clothes to my name... but so completely free, free of what was trapping me.
Dear Keala, I just wanted to send you a happy holiday note of thanks for all you did for Tracy last summer. Our family knows she was very fortunate and it gave her the confidence to get an apartment this fall. I delighted, but not surprised she is staying in touch with you. Thanks again Morgan
From a quickie but a goodie!
Aloha Keala- What a jam packed 28 hours we spent together! The work you are doing is amazing. It was so good to meet Atsuka and Jessa as well, to actually see the transformations occurring. Lisa C.
Dear Keala-
Thank you so much for sharing your incredible gifts with us this week. I feel like a new person, ready to live the life that I want. Mahalo for all the Aloha Terry.
From Claudia -"I am not a healer, I'm just a facilitator" is what Keala said to me two months ago in the beginning of my journey, when I asked her to "please not give up on me." She responded by saying that she'll do everything in her power for me, use all of her tools in her toolbox to help me, but ultimately the only "healer" here is ME. She was right. With coming here, I brought a lot of expectations, and I quickly had to learn to release them all. I learned that I was my biggest enemy. Keala was there to guide me, advise me, facilitate me in the difficult times of my battle with binge eating. She did indeed, provide me with all the tools I needed, but it was up to me to use those tools and to ultimately come out on top and conquer my eating disorder. We were like a two man army, going hand in hand, battle by battle, pushing forward, strong. She didn't back down, she held my hand tight and I marched right along her side. Today, two months later, I stand looking over my battlefield, with a grin of victory on my face. I conquered it. I am now free. We did it. We won this battle! I am now in control and Keala is free, ready and willing to go into war with the next warrior/warrioress who needs her guidance. So, when you're ready, when you have had enough of something else having control of you and your life, when you know that you have it in you to fight this thing, beat this nasty thing to death, go and find Keala. Tiny but mighty that woman is. Don't be mistaken by her petite self because she will facilitate you, she will fight for you, as long as you too are willing to fight for you -- just as hard if not harder. As a way to express my gratitude I would like to say this: "I honor the place within you in which the entire Universe dwells. I honor the place within you which is of love, truth, light and peace. When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are one." And so from that place in me, the bottom of my core, where my soul resides, where my heart beats its melody, I thank you Keala Noel.
Claudia
4-29-13
11/10/13 update
Thank you everyone for bearing with me on this journey that I have taken in the past year. It has not been easy. It took a lot for me to get to where I am... under every level. The depths on which I discovered myself are unspeakable. I went from the darkest of the dark, to an absolute pure bliss. My physical journeying can't even begin to describe the journeys that I have done on the inside. And altogether, I would not trade it for a thing. I feel strong, I feel empowered, I feel unstoppable. I am living my dream. A dream without a car, broke, with only a bag of clothes to my name... but so completely free, free of what was trapping me.
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TESTIMONY FROM CANADA
I came to visit The Aloha Healing & Spiritual Center, where I was introduced to holistic & spiritual grief healing, the many uses of crystals and food combining, which I still incorporate into my daily life.
I left the healing center knowing that I could survive life after the death of a child.
Keala still makes herself available to answer my questions and to help guide me around the bumps & turns.
I definitely recommend this beautiful and life changing retreat for helping cope with grief.
I will forever be grateful and full of love for Keala.
~Andrea Bulmer
Fort St. John, BC Canada
I left the healing center knowing that I could survive life after the death of a child.
Keala still makes herself available to answer my questions and to help guide me around the bumps & turns.
I definitely recommend this beautiful and life changing retreat for helping cope with grief.
I will forever be grateful and full of love for Keala.
~Andrea Bulmer
Fort St. John, BC Canada
KEALA - You are a very unique, exquisite and intuitive lady that I am forever grateful to having the pleasure of you working with me.
Not a day goes by that I don't think of the things you taught me or use the tools you provided me with to get through my heartache and depression and anxiety. I still have my pictures from the great places you took me to and have the picture of the cove sitting on my meditation alter. It is still my happy place to go to in my mind when I am feeling out of control and need to get back on track.
Words alone cannot express my gratitude and am still so grateful that you continue to reach out when you seem to pick up that I am feeling down even though we are across the continent from each other.
One day soon I hope to return just to see you and maybe get one of those FABULOUS massages you give - I tell everyone that after you massaged my stomach my periods actually returned to normal for about six months. If I lived closer I would definitely do it regularly lol.
If there is anything I can ever help you with, please do not hesitate to contact me or if anyone else wants to contact me I am more than willing to give you a reference - I often tell people (even random strangers) about you lol.....you know I don't talk much (wink wink).
Love you to pieces!!
Tanya D from Alberta
Not a day goes by that I don't think of the things you taught me or use the tools you provided me with to get through my heartache and depression and anxiety. I still have my pictures from the great places you took me to and have the picture of the cove sitting on my meditation alter. It is still my happy place to go to in my mind when I am feeling out of control and need to get back on track.
Words alone cannot express my gratitude and am still so grateful that you continue to reach out when you seem to pick up that I am feeling down even though we are across the continent from each other.
One day soon I hope to return just to see you and maybe get one of those FABULOUS massages you give - I tell everyone that after you massaged my stomach my periods actually returned to normal for about six months. If I lived closer I would definitely do it regularly lol.
If there is anything I can ever help you with, please do not hesitate to contact me or if anyone else wants to contact me I am more than willing to give you a reference - I often tell people (even random strangers) about you lol.....you know I don't talk much (wink wink).
Love you to pieces!!
Tanya D from Alberta
MORE KIND WORDS-
Before I came here to you, I thought I was broken, what happened to me broke me and I lived with that. I now know I am NOT BROKEN, I am more than pieces now, I am whole. Thank you for that! Brooke J. of UTAH
Before I came here to you, I thought I was broken, what happened to me broke me and I lived with that. I now know I am NOT BROKEN, I am more than pieces now, I am whole. Thank you for that! Brooke J. of UTAH