Intuition & Knowledge
Intuition & Knowledge
A powerful combination
Kumu Dane Kaohelani Silva* said: "Intuition without knowledge is an illusion, a guess, and knowledge without intuition remains pure theory. Intuition combined with knowledge leads us to our goal. Intuition does not simply mean blindly following our emotions and feelings. Emotions (naʻau) are part of it and are very important. They must be clarified, examined, and not acted out unfiltered."
What is intuition anyway?
* Kumu Dane was our Lomilomi, Laʻau Lapaʻau (plant medicine), and martial arts teacher in Hawaiʻi from 2002 until his passing in 2022.
Flower Lei
What you can expect in this newsletter:
1. Main topic: Intuition & Knowledge
2. AlohaSpirit events: April to June 2026
3. Hawaiian proverb / ʻOlelo Noʻeau
Intuition & Knowledge
Intuition must be practiced and learned. We, as Lomilomi-Practitioners, develop intuition by engaging with others, touching people, perceiving nervous systems, learning to create depth and presence, adjusting speed and time—by perceiving what and how a person's essence speaks to you through their nervous system, breath, tension, and warmth. I call this connection BodyTalk, a communication from being to being, from person to person, from spirit to spirit, from nervous system to nervous system. When my clients ask me what I feel during a treatment, I always say that my experiences cannot be put into words spontaneously. Rather, communication is a holistic embodiment that is not processed and evaluated by the intellect.
Over time, we learn to anticipate; we perceive things before they become apparent. This is not a special, unique gift. It is experience, openness, confidence, connection.
Knowledge combined with experience and openness with genuine interest in others opens up space for integrated intuition.
Intuition is condensed knowledge – and knowledge needs intuition to come alive. Intuition and knowledge complement each other. Intuition draws on experience-based, implicit knowledge and is often faster; analytical knowledge provides reliable, reflective decisions – the combination is often optimal.
Intuition without knowledge = haphazard feeling, guessing
In massage, this would be:
- just “following your feelings”
- touching without understanding anatomy, tissue, breathing, physiology
- projecting your own emotions onto the recipient's body
Knowledge without intuition = mechanical technique
You are probably familiar with the other extreme:
- perfect techniques
- correct sequences
- but no presence, no deep listening, no connection
Then a Lomilomi massage becomes:
- Choreography
- Wellness routine
- or “treatment” that does not really reach the person
The connection: Embodied intuition
In traditional Lomilomi work, intuition is:
- Developed and matured through experience
- Connected to the culture of Aloha and Lokahi
- Anchored in the nervous system
- Trained in contact, in genuine touch
It arises from:
- Anatomical knowledge
- Cultural understanding
- Years of experience, practice, application, reflection, and integration
- Breath, posture, meaning
- Relationship to space, to the moment, to the person, and to everything that surrounds us
- Repetition and movement
- Silence
- Self-awareness
A Lomilomi therapist:
- feels without losing themselves
- is open without judging
- guides without controlling
Knowledge provides security.
Presence opens perception.
Intuition connects both in the moment.
Intuition is listening deeply, supported by knowledge, presence, and the values of A L O H A.
Pua Melia / Plumeria
All workshops & events at a glance:
April to June 2026
- April 10/11 & 17/18, Introduction to Lomilomi Massage (Module 1)
- April 22, Zoom Info-Evening, free of charge
- April 25, Hula Day
- May 13, Zoom Info-Evening, free of charge
- May 23, Hula Day
- June 10, Zoom Info-Evening, free of charge
- June 19, Annual hula performance for the 23rd consecutive year in Zurich
- June 20 & 21, Hawaiian language and values with Kumu Keala Ching
- June 24 & 25, Self-Hoʻoponopono and Hoʻoponopono with Kumu Keala Ching
- June 27 & 28, Hula-Workshop with Kumu Keala Ching
Hula training:
Every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Everyone is welcome!
JUNE – HAWAI’I MONTH!
ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS WITH KUMU KEALA CHING FROM HAWAII!!!!
For the 23rd year in a row
Hula performance with Na Wai ʻOhiʻa and Kumu Keala, June 19, Zurich, donation
Hoʻike Hula Presentation June 2025
Photo: Edith Wildisen
Workshops with Kumu Keala in Zurich
June 20 & 21, Hawaiian Language and Values with Kumu Keala Ching.
English with translation
June 24 & 25, Self-Hoʻoponopono and Hoʻoponopono with Kumu Keala Ching.
In English without translation
June 27 & 28, Hula workshop with Kumu Keala Ching.
English with translation
Everyone is welcome. No prior knowledge required.
PREVIEW:
Lomilomi Salt-Peeling Workshop
Friday and Saturday: July 3 and 4, 2 days
NEW! Everyone is welcome. No prior knowledge required.
Next Lomilomi introductory course:
Wednesday to Saturday: September 9 to 12, 4 days
We look forward to seeing you!
Noëlle and Cornelia, AlohaSpirit-Management
Hawaiian proverb – ʻOlelo Noʻeau:
“He lawaiʻa no ke kai pāpaʻu, he pōkole ke aho; he lawaiʻa no ke kai hohonu he loa ke aho.” (A person who fishes in shallow waters uses a short line; a person who fishes in deep waters has a long line.)
Those who know less have short lines; those who possess deeper, fundamental knowledge can fish with long lines.
Kona Sunrise, 2019
We hope that you too will find your way to AlohaSpirit and look forward to welcoming you or seeing you again soon—whether at our school, in our practice, or at the next information evening via Zoom.
Warm regards
Noëlle and Team
Noëlle Vulcano National Park, Hawai‘i, November 2024
Hawaiʻi up close – since 1996!
You, me, us and more and more of us: Live ALOHA!
