MISSION STATEMENT
"My mission as a Lomilomi kumu teacher is to transmit the spirit of Aloha. To me Aloha is the power that unites heart with heart, soul with soul, life with life, culture with culture, race with race, nation with nation.
I love E a'o mai = to learn, E a'o aku = to teach... I really love both! I have been studying Hawaiian history, traditions and practices for the last 15 years, and I love to share with as many as possible.
You learn while you teach and you teach while you learn. We come to this world to learn and to grow. Each experience teaches us something, a valuable lesson that shapes our future path and interactions with others. Those we meet and the experiences we share help us to evolve toward a higher state, while we help them on their own path. When we have nothing more to learn or to teach, this plane is no longer the right place for us.
Mahalo ke Akua, Mahalo to the kupuna (elders), kumu (teachers) Kahuna Papa Bray, Pilahi Paki, Mary Kawena Pukui, Kahu Abraham Kawai'i, Mornah Simeona, Auntie Margaret Machado, Tamara Mondragon, Dane Kaohelani Silva, Brenda Mohalapua Ignacio, Tracey Ha'aolakainapali, Kjol Lahti, Fern Merle-Jones, Louise Kleu, Tom Cochran and Donna Jason, among others, for being my source of inspiration.
Mahalo nui loa to our Kahuna Harry Uhane Jim, Sila Jim, Kumu Wayne Kealohi Powell, Kumu Patti Powell, Kumu Karen Leialoha Carroll, Kumu Karen Pualalea Reifinger, Kumu Gloria Coppola, Kahu Graeme Kapono Urlich, Serge Kahili King for your teachings, friendship, support and for being part of my mission, and Mahalo to the 'ohana, our lomilomi family
Today I honor my Kahunas, my kumu teachers, my guides, my Aumakua, my ancestors, my haumana students, my friends, my 'Ohana family. "
Kumu Jairo Kealoha Cardona, LMT, NCBTMB
Jairo Kealoha Cardona is deeply passionate about two healing traditions -- that of Traditional Thai Massage and of Hawaiian Lomilomi. Kumu Jairo teaches, promotes and perpetuates these healing arts; he has continuously studied, practiced, researched and trained others on these two modalities, so very different to the observer and so very similar in their benefits to the recipient. It is the deep spiritual connection nurtured in these modalities that outweighs any differences. As co-founder/director of Sacred Bodywork Massage & Bodywork Continuing Education and Healing Arts Center, it is his mission to preserve these healing traditions and spread the spirit of metta/aloha in the modern world. Based on his extensive studies and research, Jairo has written numerous articles and the workbooks Sacred Bodywork uses in all of their classes. They travel worldwide to teach in schools, spas and retreat centers, including annual retreats to Hawaii and Thailand.
Jairo Kealoha Cardona is a Licensed Massage Therapist, member of The Florida State Massage Therapy Association and is Nationally Certified for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork by the NCBTMB.
Jairo is certified in Thai Massage and Bodywork in the Shivagakomarpaj lineage of Traditional Thai massage, handed down through an unbroken chain of masters for over 2000 years in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and passed to him. He is honored to have studied with the following Thai master teachers:
•
Jongrak Intatha, The International Institute of Thai Bodywork •
Lek Chaiya (Mama Lek), Lek Chaiya Nerve-Touch •
Janice Vitavek, Spirit Winds School of Thai Massage •
Pierce Salguero, Tao Mountain School of Thai Massage •
Michael Buck (Mukti), The Vedic Conservatory
Jairo is certified in Hawaiian Temple Bodywork and has been
honored to study with
He is Reiki Master in Usui's Natural Healing System. Jairo is Thai massage & Hawaiian Lomilomi practitioner and kumu teacher, currently he teaches at Sacred Bodywork Massage & Bodywork Continuing Education and Healing Arts Center in Miami Beach, Fl and at Educating Hands School of Massage in Miami, Fl and at Daytona State College in Daytona, Fl as well he is the author of numerous articles and the author of the Thai Massage Workbook series, Levels I, II, III, IV; Introduction to Thai Massage; Thai massage on the Table; Thai Herbal Compress Massage, Thai Pain Management protocols, Thai Reflexology, Thai Facial Massage books, and Hawaiian Lomilomi Massage Workbook- Levels I to IV, Sacred Hot Stone Massage Workbook- Levels I & II. He is also a NCBTMB, and State of Florida Board of Massage Therapy Continuing Education Provider NCBTMB # 450670-08 and Florida State Continuing Education Provider # 50-9043.
Contact Information
Phone: 786.261.6170
E-mail: aloha@sacredbodywork.us Website: www.sacredbodywork.us
We
offer
a
variety
of
massage,
bodywork
and
holistic
healing
classes,
seminars and
retreats,
but
all
branched
from
two
core
holistic
healing
traditions,
both
of
which
are
thousands
of
years
old.
In
both
traditions,
universal
knowledge
was
historically
preserved
through
an
intimate
master-apprentice
relationship
which
lasted
years
before
the
apprentice
was
ready
to
move
out
on
his
own.
The
modern
world
makes
that
type
of
apprenticeship
rare,
but
it
opens
the
potential
for
much
broader
forms
of
communication.
As a
massage
therapists, bodyworkers,
life
coachers,
massage
teachers,
co-authors
of
several
massage
books,
and
founders
of
Sacred
Bodywork
-
Massage
& Bodywork
Continuing
Education
Healing
Arts
Center,
we
consider
it
our
honor
to
preserve
and
share
the
ancient
knowledge
treasured
in
Thailand
and
Hawaii.
