Inner peace
Hawaiian-style

>>Huna Kane masseur brings neuro-
languaging and energy transmission
to spiritual realignment

by CHRIS BARRY

Name: Eric C.

Age: 25

Occupation: Practitioner of Hawaiian Huna Kane massage

Bio: This impeccably balanced and serene downtown resident first came across Hawaiian Huna Kane massage at the delicate age of 12, after his interest in the ancient practice was piqued by a lecture/demonstration he attended by one Raven Lamoreux-Dodd. Profoundly inspired by all things spiritual from as early on as he can remember—“By age five, you would find me out in the garden, taking plants and trying to make medicines and potions out of them; that’s how I’d play”—upon turning 15, he journeyed out to Colorado to study the art from a reluctant and arguably deranged teacher who sported “long, bleached blonde hair, press-on nails, and called herself a kahuna. I know it sounds hokey but my spirit guides directed me to this work.” These days, Eric’s soul-soothing gifts are in demand around the globe, but luckily for all those Montrealers in need of a little spiritual realignment, he continues to provide Huna Kane massage services out of his Tupper Street apartment.

Is it safe to assume he had trouble finding play friends as a child? “Yes.”

What the hey a Hawaiian Huna Kane massage is: “Actually, it’s more than a massage because there’s also neuro-languaging involved, there’s breathing involved, and a huge amount of energy transmission to the process. The whole work is based in one movement and it comes from an ancient order of Hawaii known as the order of Kane. The most spiritual kahunas belong to that order. Essentially, it has to do with balancing the right and left sides of the brain and bringing them into alignment. It kind of integrates the two and brings them together and dissolves whatever is in the mind that is preventing them from working together fully. It dissolves the conflicts between the yin and yang energy for the body. The main principle is alignment, and letting go of everything that’s ever taken you out of alignment.”

Will it work wonders for one’s chronic depression? Apparently. “Some people who see me are profoundly depressed and I’ve had others who suffer from schizophrenia. Often there is a huge catharsis and people start bawling their eyes out. They don’t even realize what, or how, it’s happening. All of a sudden, emotion just comes out and they’re able to express it in a safe way in the safe place I provide here. It’s very beneficial for depression because it’s the total opposite of constantly reinforcing the patterns of negativity that cause depression. It’s thoughts that argue with reality that create depression.”

Might Huna Kane eventually replace methadone as the best way to kick a dope habit? “Yes, I suppose, actually, that it could. Because it does increase beta-endorphin secretion and that is the body’s natural methadone.”

What his services will run you: $200 for a 90-minute session.

For an extra $20, will he provide one with a “happy ending”? Probably not.

Childhood ambition: To become a witch.

Last book read: Loving What Is by Byron Katie.

Musical preferences: Russill Paul, George Na’ope.

Words of wisdom: “Every breath is an opportunity for change and growth.”

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