The Hāmākua Coast runs northwest from Hilo along Highway 19, a string of old sugar plantation towns, deep gulches, and one-lane bridges above the ocean. If you're searching for energy healing, Sekhem, or breathwork somewhere along this stretch, Jason serves the coast online first. He lives in Hawaiian Paradise Park, a good drive away, so an in-person visit here is only by request, case by case, and online is the practical way to start.
Jason practices Sekhem, an Egyptian-lineage energy healing tradition sometimes mistaken for Reiki because both work with the hands and the body's subtle energy. He does not practice or offer Reiki itself. If Reiki is specifically what you're after, read Sekhem vs Reiki first so you know what you're actually booking.
Who books from the Hāmākua Coast
The coast is rural and spread thin across small towns, with limited access to in-person wellness practitioners compared to Hilo or Kona. Clients here tend to book longer, combined sessions, often Sekhem paired with a tarot reading, rather than scheduling two separate sittings. Spirit Guidance Mentoring by video keeps the work going weekly without requiring travel.
Travel along the coast
Highway 19 winds through gulches and over aging bridges, and drive times along the Hāmākua Coast run longer than the mileage suggests once you account for the road's curves and the occasional one-lane crossing. If you want an in-person visit, write ahead. Jason confirms whether it is practical and on what date, and he can set up an online session in the meantime through online worldwide. There is no regular rotation along the coast.
The landscape itself
The Hāmākua Coast was sugar country for most of the twentieth century, and the old mill towns, Honoka'a, Pa'auilo, Laupāhoehoe among them, still anchor the communities strung along Highway 19. Between them, the highway crosses dozens of gulches carved by streams running down from Mauna Kea to the ocean, many spanned by older single-lane bridges that require one direction to yield. The coast stays green and often wet, closer in feel to Hilo's climate than to the dry Kona side, which is part of why the area supports the diversified small farms that have replaced much of the old sugar acreage.
What a Sekhem session offers here
Sekhem works through what Jason's lineage calls the soul chakra above the head and the earth chakra below the feet, more multidimensional in scope than Reiki, touching on past, future, and what the tradition describes as parallel lives at a soul level. Experiences with Sekhem vary from person to person. Clients have described feelings of deep relaxation, warmth, emotional release, greater clarity, peacefulness, and a stronger sense of connection with themselves. Some people also describe physical sensations or shifts during or following a session. These experiences are personal and are not presented as expected or guaranteed outcomes. The work is meant to support, not replace, medical or mental health care.
Who tends to book from here
The Hāmākua Coast attracts a mix of multi-generation local families and newer small farmers drawn by cheap land and a slower rhythm than Hilo offers. Given the coast's distance from concentrated wellness services, Jason's Hāmākua clients often use one booking window to address several things at once: a Sekhem session for energy work, a short tarot check-in, and a conversation about whether ongoing Spirit Guidance Mentoring makes sense going forward. That combined approach suits a coast where an in-person visit means real travel time.
What a Hāmākua session looks like, from start to finish
Most sessions here happen online, and they run at full length, 90 minutes for Sekhem or breathwork, 45 for tarot, the same structure Jason uses everywhere: grounding first, then the work itself, then a closing debrief. Clients who combine services, a Sekhem session plus a short tarot check-in, typically plan for two to three hours total once setup and closing are included. If you ask for an in-person visit and Jason confirms it, he blocks out a longer window than a normal session needs, since the drive itself and the gulch crossings add real time on both ends, and the two of you agree a meeting point near your town.
Why the coast looks the way it does
The gulches that cut across Highway 19 were carved over thousands of years by streams draining the windward slope of Mauna Kea, and the sugar companies that once ran this coast built narrow bridges across each one rather than filling the ravines, which is why so many of those crossings remain single-lane today. Rainfall here averages higher than almost anywhere else on the island, feeding the waterfalls visible from several pullouts along the highway and keeping the pasture and farmland between towns a deep, constant green. That rainfall also means the coast floods faster than drier districts after a heavy storm, which is the other reason any in-person visit along the coast needs extra time built in rather than cutting it close.
Frequently asked questions
Does Jason visit every town on the Hāmākua Coast?
Not by rotation. In-person visits along the coast are by request only. Tell him your town when you reach out and he'll let you know whether a visit is realistic and when.
Is online a better option than waiting for a Hāmākua visit?
For most people, yes. An online Sekhem or tarot session can happen this week instead of waiting on a visit that may or may not be practical. Some Hāmākua clients start online and ask about an in-person session later.
What should I know about the drive if I'm traveling to Jason instead?
Highway 19 has several narrow, single-lane bridges over gulches between the coastal towns and Hilo, and Jason's studio is farther on, in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Build extra time into your trip, especially after rain, when the road can slow further.
Which towns along the coast are actually covered here?
Anywhere along Highway 19 between Hilo and the Waipi'o Valley overlook, including Honoka'a, Pa'auilo, and the smaller communities in between. If you're specifically in Honoka'a, Laupāhoehoe, or Pāpa'ikou, those towns each have their own page with more specific local detail.
Does the frequent rain ever cancel or delay a session?
Not an online one. For an in-person visit, heavy rain can slow travel over the gulch bridges, so if conditions look bad on the day, confirm timing with Jason that morning rather than assuming the original time will hold exactly.
Reach out and we'll set up an online session, or talk about an in-person visit.
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