Medicine at your Feet
My Teachers
`A`ohe pau ka `ike i ka hâlau ho`okâhi.
Knowledge does not come from only one school. - - Hawaiian saying
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope. - - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet, critic, and philosopher (1772-1834)
This information is through the grace and kindness of my Hawaiian and Chinese teachers and my gratitude goes out to them. Any errors are mine alone.
This work is dedicated to my beloved teachers:
Kahu Kawika Ka'alakea
Hoomau ka läau lapaau"
(Uncle Harry Mitchell)
Uncle Rene Sylva
Uncle Kalua Kaiahua
Uncle Bill Kanekoa
Kaipo Kaneakua
Kumu Dane Kaohelani Silva
Uncle Joe Hamakua
Keoki Sousa
Auntie Alice Kuloloio
Auntie Rachel Kanekoa
Auntie Nani Saffrey
Auntie Helen Ahia Walrath
Shirfu Zhao Zhen-ping
Shirfu Pang Zhen-neng
Shirfu Feng Chien
Shirfu Liao Yang-tze
Shirfu Lucy Hu
Lama Tharchin, Rinpoche
Lama Khardhi
Dr. Richard Shwery

'Ihi'ihi o lehowa o na Kaua Church in Keanae and the grave site of Uncle Harry Mitchell
Photograph by Cassie Pali

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