Ancients Awake Retreat
9 days and 9 nights on Moorea Island,
French Polynesia
September 29th - October 7th, 2025
October 9th - 17th, 2025
Aloha & Ia Ora Na Ancient one,
This is your invitation for a life changing, deep soul immersive experience in the frequencies of the ancient ways.
The Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whales have requested your presence for a transformational activation.
Come and remember what and who you are.
The ancient lineage of the humpback whales have much to share and are calling to the ones who will receive their transmissions,
the original codes.
You will be transformed while swimming with these majestic beings in their electromagnetic (auric) field and receive vibrations within your cellular body from their sonic frequencies, as they sing their ancient songs through the blue and teal sapphire waters of Mo’orea. This is the most potent sound ceremony available on the planet.
The humpback whales are the first mammal beings to birth in these sacred waters. The original ancestors. French Polynesia is one of five locations on the planet where you can swim with whales legally.
Mo’orea island is known as the Heart shaped island in French Polynesia.
We will journey sea and land. The salt and fresh waters as well as sacred sites within and around the mountains.
We will share 9 days and 9 nights together in an intimate pod of 6.
We will be guided by local leaders within the community that support and continue to strengthen their cultural values to sustain and mālama (take care of) the legacy of this heart inspired island. From Mountains to Moana (ocean), You will feel what has been preserved and revered by the people of heart when you arrive. This environment is very supportive to locate your ancient memories.
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Boat
We will InJoy 5 boat excursions.
Teoni will be our guide out on and in the ocean to be with the Humpback Whales and other ocean family in the deep waters and the lagoon. We will injoy cooled fresh coconuts and local in season fruit for refreshments.
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Land
We will journey to sacred sites and explore mountain views. We will weave with the culture and community. We will be introduced to the ancestral language and traditions implemented daily on this island.
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Vision
We will be guided on a journey into the heart of Mo’orea for a Natural photo session. Local Professional Photographer and Visionary Temoana Poole will capture and highlight the magikal expression of your essence remembered in these ancient lands. Group and Individual shots. You will receive personal and group images to remember and share this unique experience.
A lei po’o (flower crown) and a lei (floral necklace) will be provided for you.
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Rest & Nourishment
Accomadations are on a private gated property. Individual or shared bungalows available. There is a salt water swimming pool, cooling tub and lush floral gardens to injoy. Each bungalow is artistically detailed and decorated with art pieces collected from all over the world.
Fresh Organic Local food will be provided for this experience by a local mother and son who share their passion for nourishing people with vibrant life force energy through food and drink.
A special Lunch date will be had together at one of my favorite local spots.
There will be open time for rest and integration between boat trips and group gatherings.
Sample Schedule
Day 1
Arrival Day
Settling In
Opening Ceremony
Beach/Snorkel
Opening Group Dinner
Day 2
Boat Day 1/Breakfast
Lunch
Mediation & Sound
Integration
Dinner
Integration Gathering
Day 3
Land Day/Breakfast
Cultural Experiences
Lunch - Local Restaurant
Sacred Sites
Dinner
Meditation & Sound
Day 4
Boat Trip, 2/ Breakfast
Lunch
Group Gathering
Dinner
Integration Gathering
Day 5
Breakfast
Group Gathering
Lunch
Afternoon Boat Trip, 3
Dinner
Mediation & Sound
Day 6
Land Day / Breakfast
Pool & Pearls
Leisure and Integration day by the pool while creating pearl Jewelery, made and provided by a local pearl magician, Tamatoa.
All meals provided
Day 7
Boat Trip, 4 / Breakfast
Lunch
Integration / Group Gathering
Dinner
Relax and Rest
Day 8
Breakfast
Prep for photoshoot
Lunch
Photoshoot with Temoana Poole
Dinner
Meditation & Sound
Day 9
Final Boat Trip, 5 / Breakfast
Lunch
Closing Ceremonies
Dinner
Celebration of Completion
Next Day: Wake up, pack and depart by 10am
One of the Bungalows and pool area.
Relaxation
Meet Your Facilitator
Aloha, my name is Kelly Kulalā.
Home is on the island of Moku ‘O Keawe (Big Island, Hawai’i) for 14 years now, originally a 6th generation Northern California Native. Transitioning to Moku ‘O Keawe was the first time I had listened to Soul Guidance. Following these instructions lead me to who and what I am today in service to community creating deep transformational experiences to guide others to attune to their Divine Magik and live their highest potenital.
Everything I share and teach is by way of personal experience. I have a skill, I became aware of as a small child, to translate non linear subtle psychic vibrations and feelings into how it all plays out in the physical form. Those whom know me refer to me as a Frequency Translator. With this ancient skillset I have counseled the adults in my life starting at 5 years old, helping them locate their life force energy and organize their current experience. I feel strongly connected to the sentient realms (animals and nature) and have received many memories of intelligence (advanced consciousness) through these channels.
When I moved to Kona, in 2010, I was offered a position as a dolphin and manta ray swim guide on a spiritual boat. I grew up on boats in lakes and had the spiritual guidance qualities. This offer was an easy yes and what I did not know at the time would be the beginning of a decade career bringing people into the ocean to have life changing experiences engaging and connecting with the beings of the sea. From tiny fish, turtles, dolphins, mantas, sharks, and whales, etc.
This era was a highlight of my life. I learned everything about life in an expanded sense from the ocean beings I swam with daily. With my previously mentioned skillset I received alot of information that showed me the highest levels of intelligence and our abilities as sentient beings when we innerstand who and what we truly are.
Through these exchanges I have healed past traumas and initiated the deepest relationship to myself, by honoring the way of the organic and the beauty it has to offer us to truly injoy the magikal world we live in. By aligning with this frequency and allowing it to lead you this way of living is available to us all. I am grateful I was immersed and surrendered to the magik that was waiting for me to remember it was/is always here.
Along with these integrations I had immersions in apprenticeships with multiple ancient lineage traditions, Mū Culture, shamanic practices, goddess lineages, star lineages, plant allies and puaehuehu, ceremonial and ritual facilitation, universal energies, light language, reiki, holistic health education, massage therapy, western life sciences and psychology. It has been a 20 year culmination of what I call Bio-Energetic Alignment. From Frequency to Physical, the unseen to the seen, and the care, presence, nourishment and balance required for the IN-JOYment and sustainability of organic life expressing in the highest potential.
photos in Mo’orea, French Polynesia
Why Mo’orea and the Whales
Brief Story Time and insights:
I was loudly called by the whales Spring of last year. I was led to Mo’orea and learned you can swim with the humpback whales legally. On the 7/7 (Sirīan Stargate) portal I watched a whale video on instagram and said out loud I wanted to swim with the whales (a long time dream) for my 40th birthday (last year). It was the clearest desire I feel I have ever had. My birthday was just shy of 2 months away and I was not in a position to take a grand trip out of the country, passport expired, low finaces, all the things not in place.
I share this b/c when I said YES to the whales, I witnessed my life change! Everything came to me with ease, as if the universe was working its magik to get me there even when I went through resistance and disbelief that I could make it happen. That was the key… I wasn’t making anything happen… so much so I ended up in Mo’orea twice within two months. 4 weeks I was immersed with the whales, the land, the people.
There is a frequency my soul knows on this ancient land. Locals would ask me if it was my first time to the island, the response that came from me was: “yes, in this body” which caught me by surprise.
Through my experiences I realized the alchemy of divine energetic union. The Divine Masculine Presence was the first sensation I noticed. Immediatley upon entering the field of Mo’orea island my heart softened and open. The Mountains and the Whales captured my full attention. Through this and what followed I was united with the memory of the pure divine feminine.
The ancient feminine ways are alive and active. The island and the whales are calling many of us to remember the uncorrupted feminine, the divine feminine blueprint. It is time to be activated. Its time to remember on a visceral level what the true feminine frequency is.
These two energies weaving together will allow you access to the codes you require to advance to living your highest potential.
The whales are the largest physical bodies on the planet that have been here since ancient times. The Mea Ne’e (plasmic beings) are the original ancestors according to the Mū lineage of Māhat, translated by contemporary descendant Ke’oni Hanalei, of Māui.
The plasma in the bodies of the whales is the largest collection. It was shown to me that being in physical space, sharing electromagnetic fields, especially in the salty ocean (conductor) is the ultimate transmission of ancient connection. Then you add the sonic frequencies of their song and that clears distortions and activates your cosmic ancient cellular memory on a new level. Being near a humpback whale has the ability to shift your brain out of beta and open you to a receptive state and calibrate your entire being.
As you come face to face within this union (with the whales, and the frequencies of this island) you will be gifted and reflected all you need to alchemize and move forward in life in right relationship with your inner world and your outer world.
I was shown (inner vision) by the whales to to create a structure doing what I do best, helping people feel safe in their bodies for divine wisdom expansion and SOuL INbody-ment. The whales will do what they do, invite you in for the transformation of your life and transmit the sonic codes to calibrate all your systems and activate your ancient memory.
The whales are asking for your presence, you know who you are.
“I Swim with Giants”.
~ Kulalā
Ancient’s Reflections
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“My experience on the Ancient's Awake Retreat cracked my heart open wide. Synchronicity, grace, pleasure and homecoming were big themes. Kulalā is a gracious host with a lion's heart. She cultivated an immersive experience with the land (fenua), people, water (wai) and whales (tohora). We explored the magical island of Mo'orea with reverence, respect, openness and curiosity. Engaging in a language lesson opened us to greater reciprocity with the people. Offering prayer (pule) to the water and the whales opened us to remember our deep connection with our Ancestors. Walking slowly through the rain forest, touching and communing with large buttressed trees, brought us deeper into our humble human bodies. Every aspect of this retreat was a celebration and honoring of connection, relationship and life. The accommodations were spectacular with lush gardens and a salt water pool to enjoy. Nightly integration offerings invited us inward to merge with the activations of the day. I am forever changed by Mo'orea, the whales, and the Ancients Awake Retreat. It is a catalytic invitation into the remembrance of self and one's place in the ocean of consciousness. Mahalo nui loa Kulalā and ALOHA MĀ!!"
Erin McVey
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“There are truly no words that can fully capture the experience I had in Tahiti and Mo’orea. It was a profound initiation, one that cracked me open and softened me all at once. As someone who’s carried a lifelong fear of the deep blue sea, of leaping into the abyss of the unknown, this journey was an act of courageous surrender. And somehow, deep down, I knew I would be held. Safe. Guided. Supported. Sister Kelly and the beautiful locals who cared for us offered all that and more. To swim in the ocean with the plasmic mea ne’e giants… to feel the vibration of their songs ripple through my body like sacred currencies, it was beyond what I ever imagined. We swam with stingrays, turtles, sharks, colorful fishes and whales. The light dancing along the ocean floor felt like ancient codes of remembrance, permeating directly into my cells. I felt them—our Southern whale ancestors—their breath, their presence, their remembering… within me and all around me. The island adventures was pure magic. A beautiful harmony of land and sea, anchored by nourishing meals you could taste the love in. There was space to integrate, to connect, to be still, and to share—through sound bowls, tarot cards, laughter, and mo’olelo (stories). Sister Kelly held the container with such grace and power, guiding us with humility and wisdom. Everywhere we went became a ceremony. She also introduced us to incredible locals who opened their hearts, language, culture, and aloha ‘āina to us. To feel immersed in the culture, that was my favorite part! And I must say… you would have never guessed I once feared the deep blue. After the first day, I felt completely safe in the water, beside Kelly, our guide, and my beloved. That kind of safety allowed me to soften, to be fully present, and to receive the beauty and the transmissions of it all. If I had one wish, it would be for better water pressure in the shower and tub at our fare. At times, the water trickled between scalding hot and freezing cold. But even that couldn’t dim the light of this experience. I wholeheartedly recommend this retreat to anyone who feels the call. But then again the whales will call out to you too, and you will know! Because this isn’t just a trip. It’s an activation. An initiation. A remembering. And your soul will be pulled there! Trust in the guidance and the synchronisties that will lead you! I will carry this experience in my ‘iwi (bones), in my hā (breath), and my pu’uwai (heart) for the rest of my life. And I know that anyone who answers the call will feel the same. It’s the kind of journey that leaves an imprint on your soul, that forever shifts the way you move through the world. Mahalo nui loa to Sister Kelly, for your aloha, your radiant passion, and the sacred way you guide. You hold space with such grace, and it is because of you that this portal of transformation was opened! This was more than a retreat—it was a sacred huaka‘i, a soul’s journey back to the piko of remembrance. It was a revelation of aloha that lives in the deep, in song of the koholā. The great unfurling, calling us to remember the divinity within all of us from the land and sea!! Aloha mā
Kapuahīnanokauikala’i Coelho
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“”On the sacred 6/6 portal of 2024, a whisper of destiny echoed through my soul. My dear friend unveiled her whale retreat, and with each word, a wave of chills washed over me. I felt an undeniable pull, a celestial alignment whispering that this journey would coincide with my birthday. October 18th, a date with the ocean’s gentle giants, was written in the stars. My rebirth within my aquatic nature, activating my inner water being so gracefully in the turquoise waters of Mo’orea. In the embrace of Tahiti’s ancient echoes, I sailed into Mo’orea’s heart-shaped haven. The island’s pulse, a symphony of magic, authenticity, and simplicity, resonated deep within my soul. With my friend’s loving guidance, we(pod) explored sacred waters and lush lands. A local guide unveiled the cultural tapestry, embodying love’s essence in every connection. She chose a perfect retreat space, beautiful in every way, though the shower’s pressure, drainage and tease of the bath not working left room for improvement. With locally sourced feasts from ‘āina and sea, we nourished our bodies and spirits magnificently. Each moment, a sacred activation, woven with sound healing and shared rituals, reminded me of the whale family’s eternal presence, returning us to our true way of being. Now, as the magic of that journey integrates, I feel its push toward my true purpose: learning Watsu. This September, I will anchor this water massage and add it to my toolkit, learning the Dolphin Dance Watsu choreography and fully committing to this calling that has long resonated within me. I’m deeply grateful to my friend for listening to her true calling, facilitating this transformative experience, and guiding us all toward our own ancient remembrance.
Lehuanani Tabadero
FAQs
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You will need a passport to enter French Polynesia from any location outside of this territory. It may not expire within 6 months of entry. Please check your expiration date and make corrections if necessary.
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You will fly to Papeete (PPT) French Polynesia, at Fa'a'ā International Airport on T'ahiti island.
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After you have flown into Fa'a'ā International Airport you have a couple options depending on the day and time you fly in. There is potential for inter-island flights. My recommendation is to ferry from Papeete to Mo'orea. There are many ferries that run daily. I wil offer you specific information once you have registered for the retreat.
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If you are traveling from Hawai'i there is a direct flight available on Hawaiian airlines. This flight is in and out only on Saturdays. You must plan to stay for the duration of two weeks if you choose this option. Fly in on Saturday October 12th and fly out on October 26th. you will have to stay on T'ahiti island the night you arrive as there are no night time ferries to mo'orea island. I can offer you further guidance if this is you. There are options to fly through the mainland or cook islands if you need different dates to arrive and depart.
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For the duration of the retreat 10/15-10/23 you will not need a rental car unless you prefer to have one. 2 cars will be used to travel us to and from the boat, land excursions, and scheduled group meals. There are taxi's available.
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It is highly recommended to have open ocean swimming experience. This is something we can discuss.
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It is recommended that you have spiritual and grounding practices in place to support you in the activations of this experience. I will be available to guide and support however we are a group pod experience and I cannot be required to hold a solo processing experience for the entire duration of the retreat. This is a topic we can discuss in further detail.
