ho’oponopono

Ho’oponopono is a beautiful prayer from the Hawaiian culture that has become one of my favorite mantra tools for emotional and spiritual healing and inner peace. It is very simple at its core, but grounds me back to my spiritual connection each and every time I repeat the four lines to this beautiful affirmation.

I’m Sorry

Please Forgive Me

Thank You

I Love You

Whether you are reciting this prayer to ask yourself for your own healing, or whether you are trying to reconcile an unforgiven issue with someone else, either here or in the spiritual world, this can be an excellent way to achieve forgiveness and peace. By just acknowledging that you have the power to forgive, and thus releasing anything no longer serving you, you take back your own power. In doing so, you can then feel gratitude for this and bring more harmony into your life. With these four simple statements, Ho’oponopono can give us a way to process pain, release stuck emotions, and make peace with what is. When these phrases are spoken to life itself, as a way of cleansing one’s inner space and allowing peace to return, it can certainly help to heal the soul. You can say these words to the Divine, to yourself, or even to another as a simple way to clear away anything that your heart desires with love.