PRINCEVILLE — SAIOE is best described as a “system of feelings.” “Thought often gets in the way,” said Robert Heiman, who developed the concept of SAIOE several years ago as part of a healing process he was going through at
PRINCEVILLE — SAIOE is best described as a “system of feelings.”
“Thought often gets in the way,” said Robert Heiman, who developed the concept of SAIOE several years ago as part of a healing process he was going through at the time.
SAIOE (pronounced “say-eye-oh”) is an acronym for “Stands for, Appreciation, Inspiration, Openess and Essence,” said Heiman.
Heiman will lead “A New Beginning: 2012 Symposium Workshop” Dec. 21 and 22 at the Courtyard by Marriott at Coconut Beach in Kapa‘a.
Other speakers at the workshop include Mimi Guarneri, M.D., Gary Schwartz, Ph.D., Asher Milgrom, Ph.D., Greg Montana, Tamara Montana, Alice Pien, M.D., and William Gladstone.
The workshop will bring participants together to better understand how to incorporate the five ideas of SAIOE in their lives, to impact conscious decisions through a feeling process.
“SAIOE is an ultimate state of being,” said Heiman, “It’s a gift of knowing with no limitations at all. We need to beware of letting the conscious mind get in the way of what you need.”
Heiman, who looks years younger than his age, has long battled health issues over the course of his life. At one point, doctors removed a cancerous growth along with a third of Heiman’s stomach. His immune system collapsed during chemotherapy.
After spending years focused on increasingly stressful business issues, an impending divorce and the loss of his father, Heiman moved to Kaua‘i to stop worrying about all of his stress and “get the most of life while I can,” he said.
He went hiking along the Na Pali Coast and the idea of SAIOE came to him as he finally started “seeing, feeling and enjoying things.”
“I developed a sense of self and of other people,” said Heiman, who then came to appreciate others.
In becoming more open in his life and to the people around him, Heiman developed an awareness of his imagination, which ultimately lead to him having a better understanding of who he was in soul.
The first tenet of the program is “Sense of,” which has participants develop an awareness of receiving information that is not limited to the five senses.
The second tenet is “Appreciation,” which is seeing the good in all things, even when things seem bad. Heiman said even in what could be perceived as a bad situation, one can appreciate the lessons learned along the way.
Heiman said the third tenet, “Inspiration,” is the driving force in everyone. He said inspiration makes him think of child who refuses to do a task until someone offers that child something as motivation. “Suddenly they have boundless energy,” Heiman said. “What motivates us is inspiration.”
By maintaining a sense of “Openness,” the fourth tenet creates an “inroad to imagination,” and creates a connection to everything in order to affect change.
Bringing together the first four tenets, leads to a better understanding of one’s “Essence,” or soul, said Heiman.
He said children are often taught reductionistic learning in that, “If you can’t break something down and explain it, you don’t know it.”
He counters that line of thought by saying, for instance, that our livers just work as part of our bodily functions on such a high level that there is no way to consciously affect the liver’s process.
He said that while some people set out looking for specific characteristics in a romantic partner, such as looks or wealth, people who practice SAIOE in their lives often come to realize that in terms of romance, “the perfect person is way beyond characteristics.”
By applying SAIOE to a search for an ideal romantic partner, Heiman encourages people to look for someone who appreciates who they are, who truly understands and has a sense of their being and who inspires them to be open to all the things the world has to offer.
“Thought creates energy,” Heiman said of the process. “We need to be open to things occurring without understanding.”
The event, “A New Beginning: 2012 Symposium Workshop,” costs $155 per person and includes a “New Millennium Eve Get Acquainted Party,” meals during the event and a gift bag.
More details can be found at www.SAIOE.com online.
• Laurie Cicotello, business writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 257) or business@thegardenisland.com
