Aloha: More Than a Greeting
From Life Coaching, Hawaiian Style · 00:08:25
Show by Lenka John
Alex and Jordan go deeper into the most famous word in the Hawaiian language, and the one most likely to be misunderstood: aloha. In the Hawaiian dictionary by Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Elbert, aloha is love, affection, compassion, mercy, sympathy, kindness, and grace, and the word itself breaks open as alo, presence, and ha, breath, so aloha is being present with someone, face to face, breath to breath. Through the Aloha Spirit law of 1986 and its five values, akahai, lokahi, oluolu, haahaa, and ahonui, and a coaching conversation with Daniel, a wellness coach who performs presence instead of practicing it, this episode explores aloha as a practice of attention, not a greeting, and a three-question practice for living it. Key points: aloha as more than a greeting (alo = presence, ha = breath; honi, sharing a breath); the Aloha Spirit law (Hawaii Revised Statutes section 5-7.5, 1986) and its five values; aloha is not being nice or saying yes to everything — boundaries spoken with presence are aloha; Daniel's story and the one-breath practice; a three-question practice for the week.
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