Weddings
“Mahalo nui loa, Pili, for blessing the best day of our lives! The marriage ceremony was just perfect.” - T & D
“We really want to thank you for putting every piece of our wedding ceremony together beautifully, and for having such a great, open mind to the world!” - W & C
“We apreciate all the time and energy you obviously committed to get to know us, to listen to our goals and dreams, and to integrate your experience and creativity into the day. Our joy, excitement, and love for each other, our families and friends was expressed with honesty and warmth through your words, music, and actions.” - P & J more...
Pili (Lyn ‘Unihipiliowailelepualu Moreno Hilliard) works with couples to create heart-felt, personal, joyous, inspired, and memorable wedding ceremonies that uniquely reflect their personalities, heritage, worldview, and aspirations.
Pili is frequently asked to perform weddings based on Hawaiian culture and tradition, including Hawaiian music and chant. He has also performed weddings with elements honoring Japanese, Mexican, Jewish, Italian, Buddhist, Hindu, Earth-centered, and other traditions. He is always eager to expand his knowledge of the world’s rainbow of cultures, and looks forward to learning about your traditions from you and incorporating them into your ceremony.
Pili is happy to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples, and hopes that their fundamental right to full, legally-recognized marriages will soon be restored under California law.
“I can help you make your wedding an inspired and lovingly crafted gift that you give to yourselves and to your friends and family. I encourage you to call upon your imagination and creativity as you plan this life-changing event. Make your wedding something that you will always remember, that will express your authentic selves, and that will set your marriage on course for a lifetime of growth and joyful companionship.”
Blessings
The Hawaiian word for blessing, ho‘omaika‘i, also means to thank, congratulate, praise, or improve. A variation, ho‘opōmaika‘i, includes the understanding that the things we bless, as well as our power to bless them, are gifts from Spirit.
When we express our gratitude, affection, approval, and aspirations in the form of a blessing, we are calling upon Spirit to echo our intentions and amplify our mana (spiritual energy or life-force)—to resonate with our authentic good will and appreciation of the gifts we have received and will continue to receive.
Pili will perform blessings for births, birthdays, anniversaries, homes, gardens, businesses, goals, intentions, classes, animals, voyages, and vehicles—beings, ventures, objects, and ideas of all kinds. He will also lead memorial services designed to celebrate the life of the departed and create a sense of community, continuity, and renewal.