Ho oponopono: Traditional Ways of Healing to Make Things Right Again

Pono is about the importance of living a life of goodness. But what happens when that struggle is knocked out of balance? The cultural practice of restoring this goodness to what it once was is called ho`oponopono, now a widely known and respected part of Native Hawaiian culture. Chun traces the practice of ho`oponopono back to the earliest traditional accounts, taking the reader on a journey through the practice's acceptance in academic circles and its institutionalization into health and social practices in modern Hawai`i. This book is one of eleven short volumes of the Ka Wana series, which is part of the Pihana Nā Mamo Native Hawaiian Education Program.