We met in the aisle of Rainbow Foods, in SF, and spent the next hours doing energy work. We were instant brothers, as barriers melted and frequencies raised.
A week later (2?), we were driving to BM (my first) together, and he remained open to guidance to a degree of vulnerability that was nothing short of remarkable.

Some time later, he invites me to the Dreamlodge (yup, the famous Dreeamlodge), via the arrival of a friend of his (you go, Will!) who called me one night and asked if I wanted to come up to Shasta with him....the next day.

Co-creating a freidnship with Kaiya necesarily means your life will take on a whole new dimension of growth, of truth, of love, of spirit and courage, of rage and breakthroughs, of stepping into the deepest most impassioned expression of yourself....the friendship you sometimes want to leave..and never will...

And then...he calls on you...soft and fragile....concerned and struggling with his own depths and you see his eyes and it calls forth your best; your most courageous and most compassionate......and you know you'll plunge your own bliss and shadow to find the words he needs........

You can see within him and everything he does both the hope and the hurt of the globe beneath us.

Kaiya is my instant brother who pushes me; warrior to warrior; shoulder to shoulder and side by side; the only escape from him calling forth your own ecstatic, divine glory is to walk away......and there would be no greater loss

We all call for a soul in our lives who only accepts our rawest truth and always and only speaks to that..demandingly...fiercely.....joyously.....that friend whom we sometimes fear for the boundaries we know they will call us to push past.......because we accept this invitation to shine like we can only shine when one who knows us...knows us....demands nothing less with the grandest of smiles.

He heals like the child who speaks truth..cut-to-the bone truth and drives us to act through our highest integrity...laughing and skipping and roaring all the way......home

The highest blessings, dear brother Kaiya.
Your brother, Prince Shiva the Easter Dolphin

This man is an enigma, and I say that with no hesitance or over-exaggeration. From the moment we met, it was clear that he has given much of his life to matters of the heart, matters of spirit, and subtleties most don't have the patience or integrity to navigate. In his journey from Daniel to Kaiya, he has undertaken challenges that would squish most men, and brought the richness of his triumphs seemlessly into the lives of those he touches, including myself. I cannot count the number of times I've been blessed by his simple and humble offerings. He travels the world with a gentle presence, yet has the ability to transform lives, and the insight to change whatever corner of the world he inhabits. He truly loves all beings. He truly loves the earth. He is separate from neither, and this is his powerful gift of love.

Simple words can not express the amount of love and jot that are exuding from this divine reflection. Kaiya and I met @ DreamLodge when I came to be in residence. We have had some very powerful conversations. I honor the way he challenges me in the most loving way. I love the light that shines from him like beams from the sun when he is in his joy. He is my brother. And I love him. I love the way he dances around when he is happy. I love his creative mind. I love the boy band. I love the way his laughter spreads from his heart to touch your own. I can not help but smile when I think about him. It is an honor to know and to love him. I am grateful.

Kaiya, thank you for the works you do in the world. it wouldn't be the same with out you.
All my love

If you're familiar with Jung's story of the rainmaker--how a single person existing in the Tao may bring rain to an entire region in drought--then you have some metaphor for Kaiya's catalysing loving power. Wow enough--but he's fantastic for true adventure and potent conversation to boot!