Kaʻū News Briefs Sept. 15, 2024

"Let Food be Thy Medicine" is one of the slogans of the  Kaʻū Wellness Festival at Ocean View Community Center
this Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Locally grown food is on the agenda, with speakers, health providers,
chocolate tasting and keiki activities. Image from Kaʻū Wellness Festival

KAʻŪ WELLNESS FESTIVAL IN OCEAN VIEW IS THIS SATURDAY, Sept. 21 at OV Community Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Wellness Festival offers a host of health providers, speakers, healthy food,

 Cassandra Cupples of
Abundant Health

farm fresh produce, chocolate tasting and keiki activities. The event is organized by Sharma O'Shea and Alanui 'O Kaʻū.
    Among the presenters will be Cassandra Cupples, of Abundant Health Acupuncture on South Point Road. See aha808.com. "Acupuncture is a "safe, effective, chemical-free way to promote the body's self-healing abilities," said Cupples.

Dr. Doede Donaugh, longtime
practicing osteopath in Kaʻū.

    Dr. Doede Donaugh, D.O. will present Body Alignment & Posture as a Function of Wellness at 10 a.m. in the Green Room. An osteopathic family physician, she will present a segment called Optimal Structure Equals Optimal Function. She said, "Osteopathic physicians aim to help improve overall health function across all body systems by improving health structure through aligning and strengthening the musculoskeletal framework." Osteopaths focus on connection of the spine, muscles and joints to "positively affect the nervous, circulatory, endocrine and lymphatic systems," she said. Donaugh has practiced at Bay Clinic and  Kaʻū Rural Health Clinic and has had her own practice in Kaʻū for some seven years.

Rashani Réa

    Rashani Réa, who hosts retreats at her Kipukamaluhia Sanctuary off South Point Road, will be a featured speaker at 11 a.m., talking about Transmuting Pain into Aliveness and Unwanted Experiences into Awakening. 

    Réa integrates earth-based wisdom traditions, pschosynthesis, process-oriented and Buddhist psychology, deep ecology and shamanism. "She will invite participants to sit in a circle and co-create a safe container in which healing happens effortlessly," says the Kaʻū Wellness Fair announcement. See www.rashani.com.

     Hawai'i Keiki Museum will present Keiki Fun Science Activities at the lower level of Ocean View Community Center, next to the library from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

    Keiki are invited to discover, create, play and learn about Island science through hands-on exploration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. STEAM "is all around us using open ended play experiences," says the  Kaʻū Wellness Festival announcement. 

    Hawai'i Keiki Museum is based in Waikoloa and open 2 p.m - 8 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m -8 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. It's a registered 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. Learn more: www.hawaii-keiki-museum.com.

     See more presenters in upcoming Kaʻū News Briefs.

See Kaʻū Wellness Festival facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565029778484

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