What Does Hawaiian Healing Mean to me?
It means living life by the 4 main concepts of Aloha, Lokahi, Haˋahaˋa, and Pono. These are ideals that have been taught and passed down for countless generations in Hawaii. It is the cornerstone for my life, how I’ve chosen to live it, and the basis of the work I do with the people that come to me for help and guidance.
Lokahi
Lokahi is about living in unity and harmony with self, family, community, and nature. It is also about acceptance.
Lokahi, in its simplest form, is to live in a way to attain oneness.
“As we create and find oneness in ourselves we will begin to see oneness in our connection with the people and the world around us.”
Aloha
Aloha is about treating myself and everyone around me with kindness, compassion, and love.
Aloha is:
love for self, (first and foremost)
love for Ohana, (Family)
love for community, (friends as well as strangers),
love of nature and the natural world, (all animals and plants as well as the land, the ocean, the sky.
Haˋahaˋa
Haˋahaˋa is to live with humility and humbleness. Not from a place of weakness but from a place of assertiveness and self-assurance with respect for others as well as the natural world. Haˋahaˋa asks us to be open minded to the idea of life as our teacher and live without having to be boastful or conceited. In Haˋahaˋa we can be proud of our deeds and accomplishments but do so without arrogance.
Pono
Pono is to live with righteousness and integrity in a balanced and harmonious way with ourselves, with nature, with other people. It points us to the internal moral compass that is within all of us. Pono helps us stay on the path and stand up for what’s right, even if it is unpopular. In our modern society that moral compass has been thrown off course or completely forgotten, and it’s time for us to find our way back into balance again.