Aloha Kākou,

We just returned from South Africa, and my heart is still learning how to hold the vastness of what we witnessed.

Thirteen Indigenous elders from around the world gathered in the territory of the San peoples—one of the oldest living cultures on Earth, more than 70,000 years continuous. The World Tribal Alliance Origins gathering, a vision originated by Mohanji and brought to life with such grace by Dominic and an extraordinary team, created something I'm still finding words for.

Here's what I'm understanding more deeply than ever before:

Ceremony—the vibration of song, the resonance of chant, the ancient technology of sound—is a living transmission. A continuous conversation between human consciousness and Earth herself. The Elders teach us that these ceremonies create the balance that makes life possible. They are world-renewal technologies, enacted since time beyond memory, holding creation together.

Indigenous cultures around the world have always known this. When they gather to sing, to dance, to pray—they are not performing ritual about the world. They are participating in the world's continuation. And right now, as these practices dwindle, as languages fall silent, as sacred sites are lost—we can feel it. The world is unraveling because the ceremonies that hold it together are fading.

But they have not faded yet.

In South Africa, in sacred San territory, we witnessed HRH Queen Elouise and the Korana peoples receive us with pure grace. We saw our beautiful friend Lydia—a San Bush woman from the Kalahari we first met in 2017—dancing around the fire with her husband and sons. We stood on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years, as Mamo Lorenzo and the other elders led ceremony to cleanse and restore what had been broken there. We gathered at sunrise on Table Mountain with Aunty Puna, blessed by light rain and no wind—both rare gifts in that place. Maestro Hipolito led another sunrise ceremony, his sacred chants bringing the Andean wisdom forward. We heard Awhitia's fierce, soul-stirring chants. We felt Verola Spider's stories touch our hearts. We received Yube's gentle medicine, understanding why he's called the Buddha of the Amazon. Maestro Kestenbetsa brought the Shipibo wisdom and healing. Ánde's gentle ways, so attuned to the animal world, were beautiful to witness. Dumisani brought such heart and wisdom to everything. And Gogo Masechaba deepened our understanding throughout.

Each elder held such specific wisdom, such devotion, such love offered unconditionally to life itself.

And then, days after the gathering closed, a leopard was spotted at !Khwa ttu—the cultural heritage center where we gathered. Front page of the newspaper. They haven't seen a leopard in that region for 170 years. Yube said simply: "The ancestors are speaking." Not just to those who were there—to all of us. The work continues. The world is listening.

What became clear is this: You are part of this. When you show up for ceremony—with us on Wednesday or in your own way—when you honor the rhythms of Earth however she calls to you, when you participate in cultural practices with reverence—you are weaving the blanket of peace with us. You are part of the circle that holds the world together.

This is the ancient work, discussed in every prophecy, unfolding now. And you are essential to it.

🌑 November New Moon Ceremony

Date: Wednesday, November 19th, 2025

Time: 7:30 AM Hawai'i; 9:30 AM PT, 12:30 PM COT, 12:30 PM ET, 6:30 PM CET *Please note, Hawaii does not observe daylight savings, confirm your local time here.

The echoes from South Africa will ripple for quite some time—perhaps endlessly. New expressions of hope. Continuity of consciousness. Continuity of culture. This is what Kaiāulu is about. This is what we hold together.

Let us gather again. Let us continue the song.

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Every time we gather, our circle strengthens the preservation of ancestral wisdom, supports the protection of sacred territories, and creates bridges of understanding between traditions.

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Let us gather in this sacred stillness. Let us return to the breath of our becoming.

Warm aloha,
Your Kaiāulu ʻOhana