{"id":577225,"date":"2025-11-18T00:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/577225\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T00:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:27:17","slug":"business-monday-wahine-owned-business-bottles-harmony-healing-from-hawai%ca%bbi-blossoms-big-island-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/577225\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Monday: Wahine-owned business bottles harmony, healing from Hawai\u02bbi blossoms : Big Island Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\"\"<\/a>Melia Goodenow is photographed with some of the Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals products at Lili\u02bbuokalani Park in Hilo on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (Kelsey Walling\/Big Island Now)<\/p>\n

Melia Goodenow has dedicated 30 years to sharing the healing power of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s flowers.<\/p>\n

Goodenow co-owns Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals, a company that offers flower essences designed to heal and energize in distinctive ways. Her mother and co-founder, Joy Johnson, is the creator of all the essence formulas. <\/p>\n

Together, they produce all the flower essences, which are the extraction of healing energies from flower blossoms. They say these help soothe and balance emotions and aid in managing daily choices.<\/p>\n

Johnson was a student of Morrnah Simeona, a Kahuna Lapa\u02bbau (Hawaiian cultural practitioner specializing in traditional herbal medicine). Simeona taught her ho\u02bboponopono, an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and healing, and the gathering, storing and use of mana (spiritual energy).<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all of her teachings, the key is to be in present time, which is a place we call pono \u2013 \u00a0being in alignment with all things in the present,\u201d Goodenow said. \u201cIn this state of pono is where we make our flower essences, bringing the healing energy of the flowers forward. We strive to maintain pono in all that we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Recently, she collaborated with Hawaiian Airlines to make a mist with flower essences intended to release anxiety and bring a sense that everything is okay.<\/p>\n

Goodenow has some of her products featured at the House of Mana Up, a retail experience that highlights the unique stories of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s rising entrepreneurs and the premium brands they\u2019ve built. This partnership contributed to gaining attention from Hawaiian Airlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of challenges being a business owner on Hawai\u02bbi Island, especially with shipping since I don\u2019t have a storefront,\u201d Goodenow said. \u201cBeing an entrepreneur is about being a risk-taker, but it also means showing up. It is a courageous act to show up.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said it also is important not to give up, keep overhead low, do the research and reach out for help \u201cbecause there is help for small businesses out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Women\u2019s Entrepreneurship Day this week, a full list of products from women-owned businesses is featured on the House of Mana Up website<\/a>, including products from Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals. Products can also be found on the Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals website <\/a>and at Island Naturals stores in Hilo and Kailua-Kona.<\/p>\n

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For Goodenow, her top advice to those starting small businesses or becoming healers is to find the way to na\u02bbau, the word for \u201cgut feeling\u201d but also \u201csubconscious\u201d and \u201cspirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo find fulfillment, you have to trust your na\u02bbau, your spirit. It will give you the energy to keep going,\u201d Goodenow said. \u201cI think my transformation would be different as well as the intuition and spirit of who I am. Always trust na\u02bbau.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before the business began, and after years of meditation and learning how to communicate with nature, Goodenow and Johnson developed a process to create the essences, in which fresh flower blossoms release their subtle energies into water. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important part is asking permission from the plant and waiting for the response, but also knowing how to hear what it says,\u201d Goodenow said. \u201cBeing able to communicate with flowers and plants is the baseline of this work. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe energy of our forests is new, raw and embracing. Our beautiful forests are attainable and welcoming. But if they say no, then we cannot pick those flowers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After picking the flower blossoms that don\u2019t say no, they float them in water in the sun, which is when the energy is released into the water. After a few hours, the flowers are removed, and the solution is strained. <\/p>\n

Next, an equal amount of brandy is added for preservation. This new mixture is placed into direct sunlight for a few more hours. After this, the solution is complete and further diluted before the final bottling. The blossoms are then returned to nature.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals products, including the Yellow Ginger, Ti and Banana flower essences (Kelsey Walling\/Big Island Now)<\/p>\n

The effects of the flower essences can be felt by putting five to seven drops under the tongue or in a small cup of water three to four times per day. The essences also are incorporated into other Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals products, such as lotions, body mists, soaps, oils and scrubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cConnecting to emotions is so important to healing, and the flower essences capture the energy and life force of the flowers, which move within you when you put it under your tongue,\u201d Goodenow said. \u201cOur unresolved conflicts, patterns and memories are in our emotions. The situations that we can\u2019t make pono (harmonious) stay in our energy. Those problems can continue to show up until we clean that part of our emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nine main flower essences are:<\/p>\n