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Kona Historical Society

Member Needs A Rental for Festive 2022!

Anyone have a villa they would like to rent for Festive 2022?
We need for family overflow during the holidays.

Please email Pam Krug at travel98145@gmail.com

Beer Parties Brewing!

 

Hualalai Spa Retreat Programs


Aloha Hualalai Club Members,

I am excited to launch a new programming series at Hualālai Spa. Life in Balance features innovative, life-enhancing seasonal retreats inspired by nature and curated by globally-trained wellness specialists. Members and guests can access these specialists through our partnerships and try unique experiences and workshops.

We aim to continue to lead and diversify in our offerings so that however you may choose to find your Balance, Hualalai may have something for you to explore. The schedule is designed to allow you to join as much as you want or pop in for one session, making it an accessible retreat concept with options. I am excited for our first retreat featuring yoga, music, sound, journaling, and a bit of wine and chocolate! I look forward to you joining us to experience Rebel & Muse!

Amanda


N E W M O O N E V E N I N G Y O G A F E S T I V A L

Wednesday, March 30 – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Wine and Yoga Under the stars: Experience a sensory post dinner

slow-paced yoga flow under the starlit sky paired with a live

acoustic sound session by Kaleo Wassman followed by local artisan

chocolates and sparkling wine tasting.

M E M B E R S O N L Y Y I N / Y A N G Y O G A W I T H

S O U N D B A T H

Wednesday, March 30 – 9:00 a.m. (80 minutes)
This class will start dynamically with an all level yoga flow (yang)

followed by longer held poses (yin) to relax and calm the nervous

system. To finish, you will enjoy a meditative sound bath with crystal

healing bowls during a long savasana.

O N E D A Y M I N D F U L N E S S A N D

L O N G E V I T Y R E T R E A T

Thursday, March 31 – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. All Level Dynamic Yoga: Focus on getting us centered,
grounded, and ready for our day.

10:30 a.m. Resilience Workshop: Managing Stress for Positive

Change – In this workshop, you will learn specific tools for body,

breath, and mind that can help you manage stress and bring you

back to inner peace.

12:00 p.m. Lunch – Enjoy a healthy spa inspired pre fixe menu

created by the talented Four Seasons chefs at the beautiful ocean

front Beach Tree Restaurant.

1:30 p.m. Guided Meditation, Journaling, and Mindfulness:

Cultivating the seeds of self love, take a journey though the

energetic body and chakra system.

O N E D A Y M I N D F U L N E S S A N D

L O N G E V I T Y R E T R E A T
Continued
2:30 p.m. Yin/Yang Yoga with Sound Bath: This class will start

dynamically with an all level yoga flow (yang) followed by longer

held poses (yin) to relax and calm the nervous system. To finish, you

will enjoy a meditative sound bath with crystal healing bowls during

a long savasana.

3:30 p. m. Closing ceremony with a sparkling wine toast

Y O G A F O R H E A L T H Y H I P S A N D B A C K

Friday, April 1 – 10:30 a.m.
The health of your back and hips influences all aspects of your life.

Improving the mobility of your back will help prevent chronic

body pain and enhance your overall health. Improving the health

of your hips can prevent and ease tension in the entire physical and

emotional body. In this workshop, we will focus on gentle yoga poses

to release tension in the back and hips, as well as strengthening

poses to support the body’s functionality, mobility and stability.

R A T E S

New Moon Evening Yoga: $125

Full Day Retreat: $225

Hips & Back Yoga Session: $50

F O R A N Y Q U E S T I O N S , P L E A S E C O N T A C T :

spareser vations.hualal a i @ f o u r s e a s o n s . c o m

R E G I S T E R N O W

R E B E L & M U S E Y O G A R E T R E A T

W E D N E S D A Y , M A R C H 3 0 – F R I D A Y , A P R I L

All Day, All Night: Hualalai!!

photos by Bill McDowell

 

photo by Eva Shulman

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohana Foundation Rounders Classic 2022!

 

 

It happened! The Hualalai Ohana Foundation Rounders Classic actually took place!!! Fierce competition was seen in all matches: bocce ball, pickle ball and tennis. Everyone had a blast! Knowing that we were having fun and helping our ohana is just the best!

 

   

 

 

Kudos to Kathy Ferguson, chair of the events committee, her committee and the staff of the Foundation.

                                                                                           Thanks also to the recipients who joined us.Your success in school makes us proud!

 

 

 

COVID-19, 2020

We didn’t really know what was hitting us two years ago today. One day it was Spring Break at Hualalai and the next everything was shut down. No one could imagine that the resort would be closed for the next nine months. It was so eerie it began to feel as if we were in a SCI-FI movie that had no ending. Hualalai was a ghost town. Here’s to happier and healthier days!!

photo by Bob Holman

Maui’s Beaches Are Disappearing Fast!

Scientists forecast that Hawaii could lose 40% of its beaches to sea level rise by 2050. West Maui, where Kahana Bay is located, is ground zero. About 14% of shoreline in West Maui has been completely lost to erosion, according to Hawaii Sea Grant. That’s the highest percentage of beach loss anywhere in Hawaii.

Ty Emanuel has watched it happen with his own eyes.

When Emanuel bought his condo at the Royal Kahana complex 25 or 30 years ago, “there was a great big beach,” he said.

Kahana Bay Steering Committee member Ty Emanuel
Kahana Bay Steering Committee member Ty Emanuel supports CFDs as a funding tool to protect the condos. (Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2022)

“You could step from the grassy lawn right onto the beach.”

Now, there are 8-to-10-foot drop-offs were it not for piles of sandbags that stabilize the bluff, he said.

Emanuel is a member of the Kahana Bay Steering Committee. He’s among those urging passage of a Community Facilities District so his condo and those of many others won’t be taken out by the next big storm. The condos are valued at more than half a billion dollars and generate about $10 million in tax revenue.

For the whole story\: https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/03/maui-condo-owners-want-to-tax-themselves-to-save-their-homes-from-rising-seas/

 

2022 Four Seasons Resort Hualālai Canoe Regatta!

The first annual Four Seasons Resort Hualālai Canoe Regatta took place yesterday, March 12.
With Hawaiian blessings leading their way, 100 OC-1 and OC-2 paddlers raced a 9-mile course starting directly in front of the Resort. The canoes, looking like swift dolphins,  glided gracefully across the waters.

photos by Bill McDowell

Sea Turtle Research at Hualalai

Debby Webster shared the following description and photos:
“I believe they found nine turtles today. They measured each one, length and width, implanted a chip for identification, etched and then painted a number on the shell, and gave them an injection of antibiotics. The kids from HPA were terrific. They really knew what they were doing, snorkeling for turtles that weren’t on the beach, transporting them in large plastic bins, recording all of the pertinent information, holding them in place for their checkups and covering their heads with a towel to make them less nervous. I’m so glad we went by to watch and talk to David, members of the Natural Resources Team for Hualalai and the science teacher from HPA who was leading the effort.”

 

 

Stunning Sunsets Stir the Senses!

The sunsets are so incredible at Hualalai, people all over the property are taking photos as the sun dips into the ocean. The first three photos are from March 8. We get different perspectives from different places.

                  

Bill McDowell                                                                        Cindy Muscatel                                                                  Eva Shulman

 

      

Chris Hattash                                                     Bill McDowell                                         Cindy Muscatel

Join the fun and Help our Ohana

 

 

A Whale of a Time!

photo by Lilian Murray

Lilian took this photo from the rib craft on March 1. What a way to start off a new month!

Rounders Classic is Back!!!!

For the first time in TWO years, The Hualalai Ohana Foundation is thrilled to be able to bring our community together in celebration of Hualalai’s ‘Ohana. Join in the fun on Sunday afternoon, March 20, for Pickleball, Tennis or Classic Bocce Ball.

$155 ticket includes:

Admission to all 3 Rounders Classic sports
Pizza Party featuring fresh, hot pizza, salad station, beer and wine
Awards Ceremony

Register by March 14, 2022!

Registration page:
https://hualalaiohanafoundation.networkforgood.com/events/39800-3rd-annual-hualalai-rounders-classic-2022

Hualalai Ohana Foundation Hike: Walking into History

Chantal Prunier recently led the “Walking the Trails of our Ahupua’a” first inaugural Hualalai Ohana Foundation hike. Chantal, a member of the HOF Events Committee,  explained the trail system used by Hawaiians for trade between the mauka (upland residents) and the makai (seaside residents.) “As we hiked, we talked about trails, community, patience, specialized skills, trading, transportation and so much more,” Chantal said. “We’ll run this hike again in the future for donors and volunteers of the Hualalai Ohana Foundation as a means to thank people for their involvement.”

“I never realized so much Hawaiian history was right here in the middle of the resort,” Kathy Ferguson, HOF Events Chair, said.
“The walk took slightly less than 2 hours  and is probably about a mile and half in length.  It’s not strenuous but there are patches with lots of loose rock and in one place lots of golf balls to maneuver around. I think most able-bodied people would be able to complete the walk.”

Rainbow’s End: Hualalai!

Sunset to the west and rainbow to the east. Where’s a person supposed to look?

Rainbow photos by Cindy Muscatel and David Taran

 

Seeing The Big Picture

Reflections by Bill McDowell

 

Desk for Sale for $500.

Dimensions are 5′ by 2′ by 8”.     Call or text Eve Bernstein at 415-990-4596.

Back In Time! Canoe Club Menu!

Cover by Becky Holman

 

Check out the prices!!

Beautiful Big Island’s Bounty!

From the ocean to the mountains, being on the Big Island of Hawaii brings many adventures for travelers and residents alike. In one day you can go from the ocean to the top of Mauna Kea, at 13, 803 feet, and then back down, after a stop at the Waipi’o Valley, to sip a Big Daddy at sunset.

 

 

photos by Evan Muscatel

 

Hualalai Discovery Programs: Aloha ‘Aina

Exciting News for Members: Learning about our island of Hawaii!

 

The Hualalai Club is thrilled to announce a new program focusing on educating and familiarizing participants with this exceptional island that we call home. The Hualālai Discovery Program’s objective is to foster more Aloha ‘Aina, or love of the land. These curated programs have been designed exclusively for our Members to connect even more deeply with our incredible home. Aloha ‘Aina teaches us that if you take care of the land, it will take care of you.

To that end, we have developed an experiential program designed in two parts to experience more of the Island of Hawai’i in new and unique ways. First through conversation then through experiences, we will explore more of this rich culture and bountiful land through the eyes of experts. There are many stories to be told, lessons to be learned, and wonders to behold right here on our Island, and the goal of this program is to bring them right to YOU, our Members, in a fun, immersive, and exclusive atmosphere.

This two-part series begins with a complimentary Talk Story and then a chance to go on an excursion. Starting March 4th, we invite you to join us for a Talk Story with a local subject expert every first Friday of the month who will share their expertise in working with the bounty of our land. Feel free to ask questions and have in-depth conversations with these Masters of their Craft.

On the last Friday of the month, there will be an opportunity to venture out beyond the gates of Hualalai on a related excursion. Immerse yourself in the world of the subject learned about at the beginning of the month and experience it in a unique setting, guided by the experts met earlier in the program.

Our first Talk Story:

March 4, 2022 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Ke’olu Great Room

New Hualālai Discovery Series!

Greenwell Farm’s Talk Story

Join us in the Ke’olu Great Room to Talk Story and meet the folks from Greenwell Farms and learn about their unique Kona Coffee Farm. You’ll learn about the history, economics and future of the Big Island’s coffee industry. We’ll finish off this tantalizing talk with a coffee tasting. Please join us!

Complimentary, Reservations are required 48 hours in advance