Daily Dose of Aloha
Daily Dose of Aloha: Love Gives Life Within
“Every aspect of Hawaiian life is full of spirit, based on the natural laws, with a great reverence for and understanding of nature. Since we understand spirituality to be non-linear and ever-present, the spirit of aloha and the spirit of our ancestors are a natural party of Hawaiian life. Aloha is not a mental concept [...]
Daily Dose of Aloha: Be Prepared
“I choose to take a giant step backwards from mankind. I will look behind me rather than in front. Like the navigators and way-finders of the old… you will know where you are going by where you have been. by taking care of the past, the past will take care of the future. In Hawaiian [...]
Daily Dose of Aloha: Strength and Grace
A true understanding of the strength and Grace behind a Hawaiian person can be learned by taking a look at their ancestry. Thousands of years ago people among the Pacific nations migrated to inhabit the Hawaiian Islands in nothing more than carved outrigger canoes. They survived raging seas and were guided only by the stars [...]
Daily Dose of Aloha: You cannot teach ‘Aloha’
“You cannot teach Aloha- it is a feeling that comes from deep within you, from the heart. Hawaiians are born with this Aloha, not the word ‘Aloha’, but the spiritual feeling or the mana that makes this word so special to us. It’s like going up to someone and greeting them with no exchange of [...]
Daily Dose of Aloha: Revelations are found in the clouds.
Be sure to look up at the sky often throughout each day and night. Hawai’i’s ever changing landscape is matched by the kaleidoscope of colors in the heavens, from the morning sun to the clear days, and then the afternoon showers rolling in. As the islands are positioned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, [...]
Daily Dose of Aloha: Island Time
“On Hawaiian Time: I had a term I called Polynesian Paraylsis. It is the ability to simply be still and listen to your heartbeat, to stop and observe a beautiful rainbow or to watch the dolphins dance with the ocean. I would make this a priority over getting to a destination on time–the ability of [...]
Daily Dose of Aloha: Purify
Hawaiians are renowned for their grace, good nature and happy disposition. Part of the many ways Hawaiians maintain their well-being is continual cleansing and being pono (in balance) with the world. To cleanse is to purify. One must purify the physical body as well as the mental, emotional and the spiritual. This is archieved through [...]
Daily Dose of Aloha: Secret of Well-Being
The spirit of Aloha is a way of life and well-being embraced by native Hawaiians for hundreds of years. Traditionally the word Aloha was a greeting reserved for loved ones by first rubbing noses and then inhaling each other’s breath (alo = in the presence, ha = breath of life).
Daily Dose of Aloha: Introduction
I am so excited about the new category added to our blog… the ‘Daily Dose of Aloha’ is a collection of daily posts I am going to be writing to add a little sunshine to your day:) The quotes come from a collection of writings from Hawaiian healers and keepers of wisdom across the islands [...]
