Our Founder's Background, Training,
Mission and Body of Work
Rooted in the Most Ancient Traditions
of Hawaii
Kumu Pono’uhane Ho’okuakua Vrenios is a former resident of Kona in Hawaii, now living on the mainland near Raleigh, North Carolina. As someone born not with Hawaiian blood, he was fortunate to be accepted and entrusted with the knowledge and wisdom of this family lineage of Hawaiian cultural practitioners.
Under Kahu Kaleolani Spencer, Pono has been a student, practitioner, and teacher in the healing and sacred arts as part of a long, direct lineage of Medical Kahuna tracing back thousands of years.
In 2004, Pono was given the recognition and blessings as a Kahu O Mana, as well as receiving the blessings as a teacher of the tradition.
Pono was later trained on the Island of Molokai in the traditional practice of Ho'oponopono as it has been practice in Halawa Valley for 51 generations of practitioners that is traceable back more than 2,000 years.
Pono continues to practice the spiritual and hands-on healing arts through his private practice at the Wellness Center at Ke Ala Kahiko. He founded Ke Ala Kahiko, a center for preserving and continuing the education, healing, and spirituality of Hawaii based on the teachings entrusted to him.