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Featured Guest
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Bunna Lawerie
Whaledreamer, songman, and storyteller, these are just a few ways in which Bunna Lawrie represents the Mirning Aboriginal tribe and tells the story of his country and fight for land and sea protection along the Great Southern Reef. Born and raised along the Nullarbor at the head of the Great Australian Bight, Lawrie adopted his community’s culture, laws and tradition at an early age growing up to be a Mirning senior elder and medicine man.
Guardians
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WHAIA
Whaia is a Māori sonic weaver, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist of Ngāti Kahungunu descent whose work bridges ancestral sound, ecological memory, and contemporary ritual arts. She carries the lineage of taonga pūoro and ceremonial voice into modern spaces, creating immersive soundscapes that invite deep listening and reconnection with land, water, and the unseen.
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Ānela Gutierrez
Ānela is Executive Director of the Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society (HOCVS) / Cultural Voyager & Ocean Steward ʻĀnela brings deep devotion to Hawai‘i’s voyaging traditions, ancestral knowledge, and ocean-based stewardship.
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Leah Lamb
Co-convener
Leah is the initiator of The Whale Dreaming Council and founder of The School for Sacred Storytelling (learn about upcoming course WISDOM STORIES) and author of The Whale Dreamer.
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Gigi Coyle
Co-convener
Gigi a community activist, council carrier, mentor, guide, partner, co-founder and guardian in service where called. She is currently focused on The Whale Dreaming Council, Ways of Council, Live Beyond Boundaries, and Walking Water.
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Brooke Darshana Foote
Brooke is a marine biologist, marine mammal specialist, and writer who has spent over 18 years at sea, sailing more than 250,000 blue-water miles around the planet. She is a global impact producer and coordinator of Amazonia Calling, supporting Indigenous-led movements and storytelling to protect intact ecosystems and the waters that sustain life.
We look forward to these Guardians joining our council in the future.
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Kahu Kalani Souza
Kahu Kalani is a Native Hawaiian educator, cultural practitioner and community leader dedicated to preserving and sharing the ancestral wisdom of Hawaiʻi. Through his teaching and mentorship, he fosters deep connection to land, ocean, and lineage, guiding others to live in balance with the natural world.
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Kumu Ramsay Taum
Kumu Ramsay is a respected Hawaiian cultural practitioner, educator, and sustainability consultant rooted in the traditions of ho‘oponopono, lomilomi, and Hawaiian stewardship values.
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B. Kainoa Azama
Kainoa is a recognized community leader who has made a global impact through his tireless efforts in community activation. Since high school, Kainoa has served in numerous leadership roles as the former State President of the FFA Hawaiʻi State Association.
May each of us rejoice in peace and gratitude as we fall through the eye of a whale into the deep circle of Belonging.
May we all weave peace through unconditional love of all, may creation sing through our hearts just as the whales sing through their lines. Thanks be
Bringing in the whale bone carving of the whale I received recently on my journey in Alaska. The Power of the Kaiwi and the teachings of the bones, the Ancestors of our Kin!
May the whale guardians keep singing the song of evolution for all of us and may we do our part in keeping the waters clean and become guardians a well
Harmony, respect and balance on Earth- with Mother Earth and Grandfather Sea and all beings. Let the plan of love and light work out!
Thank you for your songs stories prayers.
May we Dance in Beauty with the Sacred Whale Beings
May our hearts open to the rhythm of creation and may we birth anew the songs of the whales in the hearts of us all. Many blessings for this beautiful gift! Thankyou Whales for your songs!
Thank you so much for these blessings and dreams. Gratitude from Jude and Terry in Klah Amin on the Salish Sea
All love 0NE LOVE &GRATITUDE