In this 60-minute webinar we explored:
- Pilina (Relationships) & Lōkahi (Harmony): The importance of our connections with other kānaka (people), ʻāina (land), and Akua (spirituality)
- Insights from Kūpuna Lifestyles: Discover how you can adapt aspects of traditional Kānaka Maoli day-to-day living to promote health and wellbeing today
- Colonization’s Effects: Learn more about the systems of oppression that perpetuate trauma and “mental illness” and how it’s not our fault that we react to these systems with fear, worry, sadness, and grief.
- Practical Resources: Learn about trauma responses, a 4-step process to rerooting in culture, one simple yet powerful strategy to build consistent self-care habits and get linked to many community resources that can help you learn and practice the wisdom of our Kūpuna
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This is for you, if you...
✅ are curious about my personal and professional background
✅ want to experience what itʻs like to be in a group facilitated by me
✅ would like to remember wisdom from our kūpuna pre-contact
✅ desire validation for the challenges you experience due to colonization
✅ yearn to reroot into Hawaiian culture and identity
What we cover...
- Simple reminders of how our kūpuna were able to live healthier lives with far less kaumaha- heaviness, worry, overwhelm, and sadness, examining the Native Hawaiian worldview and lifestyle
- How colonization in Hawaiʻi has a trickle down effect that contributes to trauma, chronic stress and mental health challenges like anxiety and depression. Understanding this is crucial for healing and wellbeing.
- Questions to prompt you to reflect on how the content is related to your personal life, health, and relationships.
Why we cover it...
- To identify how you can apply the wisdom of our kūpuna to improve your personal health and wellbeing today
- To validate and gain greater understanding of the kaumaha or mental health challenges you may be experiencing
- To empower you with a few tools that can increase hope and lighten the heaviness you may be carrying
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"The whole workshop was very informative, especially the slides on colonialism, contrasts between Western vs Hawaiian healing methodology, the section on re-rooting in Hawaiian culture, deepening Hawaiian identity as part of the healing process and the challenge to grow into the kupuna our ohana and communities need."
- REROOT Webinar Attendee
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What's the Investment?
"Learning about the trauma responses to colonialism, the Lōkahi triangle, and how to become more rooted in my culture was really validating on so many levels."
- REROOT Webinar Attendee
"The webinar offered me the validation from the group that I wasn’t alone in my feelings as a Native Hawaiian struggling to survive in our homeland."
- REROOT Webinar Attendee
"REROOT taught me how to culturally incorporate Hawaiian values into my healing."
- REROOT Webinar Attendee
