The better we breathe, the better we feel. When we feel good, it is easier to feel the essence of aloha, love, wellness and empowerment to be the best we can be for ourselves and our ‘ohana. Then we can
The better we breathe, the better we feel. When we feel good, it is easier to feel the essence of aloha, love, wellness and empowerment to be the best we can be for ourselves and our ‘ohana. Then we can extend more aloha into the community, the workplace, the world and contribute to the reduction of health care costs.
The inventors of the Hawaiian language must have understood the benefits of breathing, as the key words in the Hawaiian language all contain the word, “ha,” including Hawai‘i, aloha, mahalo and ‘ohana.
To translate the word aloha, “alo” means to be with and “ha” means breath. Therefore the meaning of the word aloha is “to be with breath.”
Improving the quality of your breathing improves the quality of your life. However, most people are shallow breathers, thus oxygen deprived.
It is generally agreed upon in the scientific and medical communities that long term shallow breathing causes oxygen deprivation, leading to loss of metabolism, energy and vitality, creating disease and the premature breakdown of the entire human organism — body, mind and spirit. Presently, over 200 diseases are directly related to oxygen deprivation caused by the habit of shallow breathing.
The challenge is to cure the habit of shallow breathing to increase wellness on all levels. Increasing this awareness, providing education and training, are the next steps.
Endorsed by Dr. Andrew Weil, Hawaiian Well is an innovative, Kaua‘i-based organization offering Human Enhancement Technologies that can be used as a foundation for treating illness and disability, as well as enhancing human capacities and characteristics.
Got Breath? is the name given to Hawaiian Well’s HET Better Breathing Program. To commit to practice, you will be absolutely shocked and pleasantly surprised as to how it will center and relax you and allow you and your ‘ohana to achieve high levels of health.
Join us in Celebrating Women’s Health Month in September, and be sure to attend The County of Kaua’i’s Commission on The Status of Women’s annual Women’s Health Event at Waimea Theater the afternoon of September 29.
Hawaiian Well will be presenting “What’s Aloha got to do with it?” This is a 26-minute edutainment DVD.
The Got Breath? Starter Kit on CD is available and exclusively discounted for Kaua‘i promotion at Big Save Markets, Koloa and Hanalei and on the Internet at www.hawaiianwell.org.
All proceeds of the CD go to Better Breathing Advocacy, doing our share to increase wellness and reduce health care costs, for ourselves and generations to come.
Start a new love affair with life, it is always right under your nose. The “spirit” of aloha.
For more information visit www.hawaiianwell.org.
• Janee Marie is the founder of Hawaiian Well and can be reached at 212-1956.
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