New Thought Center of Hawai`i
A Sanctuary of Aloha for the nourishment, development, and evolution of each individual's unique spiritual path.
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We are located at:
Pualani Terrace,
81-6587 Mamalahoa Hwy
Building C302 in Kealakekua,
next door to Antiques and Ice Cream (large red building on makai/ocean side of the highway. From south we are on the left, just a few tenths of a mile past Konawaena School Road traffic light.
Phone: 808-323-2232
for email: [email protected]
for mail: P.O. Box 333, Kealakekua, HI 96750
Our facilities are handicap friendly with lots of paved parking area.
Childcare is provided at Sunday morning services.
For more information about New Thought, a map and what we offer please visit our website at:
www.newthoughtcenterofhawaii.com
Our officers for the year 2025 are:
Lia Segerblom
President
Jaime McEwen
Vice President
Pasha MacGregor,
Treasurer
Cindy Sweeney
Secretary
Ramona Owen
Recording Secretary
Welcome!
SUNDAY, February 1, 2026
10 AM
Upcoming Presenters
2/8/26: Michael Sudman, "A Pilgrimage: Journey into Paradise to Find Yourself,"
music by Doug Kinnear
2/15/26: Nancy Shipley Rubin, "Embracing the Fire: Empowering the Coming Year,"
music by Joe Conti
2/22/26: Annual Membership Meeting, music by Kaimana Lighthawk
3/1/26: Arliss Dudley-Cash, music by Vibodha
3/8/26: Lynda Boozer
3/15/26: Lorien Brownlea, "Messages from the Soul: Understanding Oneʻs Spiritual
Path for Wholeness and Healing," program & music
Events page or click HERE
For more information about workshops go to our Events Page
For links to archived speaker videos on YouTube, visit our Archives of Speakers
Staying in Tune with Our Soul Dance
to Live Our Deepest Joy
with
Anna Gentzel
Music by Jean Love
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When you do something from the
part of you that is your soul,
You feel a river moving through
you. A joy. ~ Rumi
In a world that pulls our attention outward, this presentation invites us to turn inward and reconnect with the vibrant potential of our own soul.
Drawing on shamanic wisdom, personal storytelling, and reflections from spiritual elders, Anna Gentzel will encourage listeners to consider the soul's immense potential to refresh and revitalize each one of us.
Anna will explore how tending our own soul light can refresh our lives and ripple outward to strengthen collective consciousness. Participants will be invited to consider the “Big Question” of soul purpose and leave with practical inspiration for keeping their inner light bright — and their own soul dance alive.
Anna brings warmth, humility, and deep reverence for the natural world to her teaching. She believes the soul is malleable, capable of expansion and enchantment — and that each of us has the ability to choreograph our own soul dance.
Anna worked professionally as a teacher for a total of 34 years. She especially appreciated the Waldorf approach to education, with its philosophical foundation in the teachings of Rudolf Steiner, a social reformer and visionary of world peace.
Raised gently in Methodism and educated at a Quaker school, she grew up open-minded relative to spirituality. She practiced Buddhism for over a decade, and sang in the choir of Kahikolu Congregational Church to improve her Hawaiian language skills. In the course of these explorations, she met and befriended Esther, the sister of Hale Makua. Through this friendship she discovered the writings of Hank Wesselman, which lead her to New Thought Center.
She describes her experience, “The first time I heard Hank speak at New Thought, I was enthralled. I appreciated the way he wove Hawaiian mysticism into his shamanism talks. I immersed myself in his books, and enrolled in the weekly Zoom classes that he and his wife Jill offered during the pandemic. My own belief systems, my way of thinking, began expanding. After Hank’s passing, I mourned for a year. Then one evening, I heard Hank’s voice whispering in my ear, ‘Get off your duff! It’s time to get going on the shaman’s path.’ I laughed, but I knew exactly what he meant.”
Following Hank’s advice, Anna connected with two of his longtime students. She has since become a student, friend and colleague to them both. “Thanks to Hank Wesselman’s guidance,” she concludes,
“I not only walk the shaman’s path. Shamanism has become my way of life.”
A workshop with Anna will follow in the afternoon, see details below under special events.
