Ho'Oponopono

Ho'oponopono is a Hawaiian prayer to promote self love, healing & radical forgiveness.  Its origins Hoo = restore, Ponopono = harmony, thus restoring harmony. This powerful mantra includes 4 statements – I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.  This meditation is repeated 108 times. There are 108 energy channels (nadis) in the body and chanting these statements 108 times purifies the mind and body by balancing the energy, purifies the chakras, and frees the flow of prana (breath or life force).

The emotional benefits of practicing this beautiful prayer of Ho’oponopono are plentiful. It helps you forgive yourself and others, develops self-love and self-esteem, encourages you to take responsibility for your actions, helps you seek resolution through love and gratitude.

Studies conducted on Ho’oponopono demonstrate that this beautiful practice made the waves of the brain and the heart more harmonic, increasing health. Another study, “Self-identity through Ho'oponopono as adjunctive therapy for hypertension management” Their conclusion found a statistically and clinically significant reduction in mean blood pressure and may be an effective adjunctive therapy for hypertension.

On a personal level – I have been working on my base chakra and uncovered ancestral patterns that have impacted my life negatively. On an deeper level it impacted my parenting and resulted in impacting my daughters negatively. Filled with regret for actions I would now do differently I realized this grief would not solve the past or help improve the future it would only impede healing. Instead of marinating in sorrow, I chose to practice Ho’oponopono and forgive myself. It was indeed a powerful prayer at first producing tears of a heavy heart that turned into tears of gratitude releasing my pain, and ultimately bringing a sense of peace to my heart and mind.

I highly recommend giving this a try if you have forgiveness you want to process and be free of.

With love, passion, and purpose.

Holly Rose