Breakout - Movement & Music is Medicine Native Hawaiian Hula Experience (even from your chair)
Celina Mahinalani Garza specializes in creating meaningful connections as an Indigenous Advocate & Practitioner of Wellness: Mind/Body/Spirit and Emotions. She is a Full Spectrum Indigenous Doula, a mother and “G-ma”.
Celina is known as an energetic Motivational Facilitator who integrates traditional ecological knowledge, holistic modalities, Mind/Body Transformational Psychology, personal empowerment coaching, cardiovascular health, and wellness; Movement is Medicine to inspire people from the inside/out.
Celina travels to native communities to facilitate workshops specializing in Wellness and Motivation, Staff Development, Cultural Exchanges, Talking Circles and Hawaiian Entertainment.
Celina is a Tribal Liaison, Community Outreach Coordinator and Study Coordinator for the Strong Heart Study Phoenix field office. She has worked in Native communities for over 14 years, her family collectively for over 60 years. She is excited about coordinating a native women’s HPV study in partnership with University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University (NACP) and assisting with a Star grant project alongside Kumu Hula Kaimi Matthews Valdez of Kaimikahu Hale O Hula titled, Hula for Health Amongst Native Americans.
Most recently, she assisted in coordinating the first of its kind (launched during the height of the pandemic) Strong Men, Strong Communities Study, a health, and wellness program specifically designed for native men held 100% online.
Celina is the Founder of Native Lifeway and author of 365 Days of HA.