Kumu Ramsay Taum

Kumu Ramsay Taum, a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner and teacher, founded the Life Enhancement Institute of the Pacific. Trained and mentored by respected kūpuna (elders), he practises and teaches hoʻoponopono, the Hawaiian process of forgiveness and reconciliation, along with lomi haha (body alignment) and the Hawaiian martial art Kaihewalu Lua. After his schooling at The Kamehameha Schools he spent time at the US Air Force Academy, and he later earned a public administration degree at the University of Southern California.

As a speaker, adviser and facilitator he brings Hawaiian values such as aloha, pono and kuleana into business, tourism, planning and community life. He offers hoʻoponopono sessions for groups and individuals, in-person immersions in Lua, hoʻoponopono and the Aloha Way, and talks for conferences, churches and TEDx. His course on The Shift Network, The Sacred Path of Aloha, covers hoʻoponopono, HA breathing, chant, ceremony and ancestral remembrance.