How To Make The String Figure Pulelehua
(Prayer Flower)
1. Start by facing the palms of your hands together with
your fingers pointing up. Loop the string around both the left and right
thumbs and extend by stretching your hands out so that the string is
tight.
2. With the little finger of your right hand pick up the
far right thumb string. Do the same with the little finger of your left
hand and extend.
3. Put loops on each thumb and little finger by taking a
turn around each little finger with far little finger string and a turn
around each thumb with near thumb string.
4. With each index pick up from below the little finger loop of the opposite hand.
5. With each ring finger pick up from below the thumb loop of the opposite hand and extend.
This figure is symbolic of a flower and the transformation of thoughts into answered prayers.
As the flower blossoms in the light, it reveals its center
Hold the prayer flower as a symbolic gesture. Every time you inhale imagine the bud of this flower slowly opening in your hands.
Symbolic Hand Gestures
Gesture of the Flower Bud:
Make the prayer flower string figure and place the finger tips
of both hands together in a gesture similar to hands in prayer. This
gesture symbolizes our inner nature. It is symbolic of a prayer, a
silent meditation to the Higher Spirit.
Gesture of the Open Flower:
Make the prayer flower string figure holding it in the gesture
of the flower bud. Open the hands slowly until the bud of the flower is
completely open. Keep your thumbs and little fingers touching. This
gesture is symbolic of our heart that opens to spirit just as the flower
opens to the sun and receives the abundance that the universe has to
offer.