Hoʻoponopono is the Hawai'ian practice of re-connection, correction, forgiveness, gratitude, and creating a good life..

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Ho'o in Hawai'ian is a causative prefix added to nouns to create action (changes work into to work, love into to love, etc.). Pono is; goodness, right, righteousness, a true condition or nature; completely, exactly, carefully, satisfactory, and more. Because there are only 13 letters in the Hawai'ian alphabet, many words have multiple meanings. Ho'oponopono translates in modern English as ’to make completely true and right’.

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Some practitioners say that the word translates to ’connection’, but I have been taught that this is not necessarily incorrect but incomplete.

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Ho'oponopono teaches that there is a Divine Creator who/that supersedes the altruistic natures of humans; that we have 'forgotten' and often become disconnected (do wrong) as we live in the physical (non-spiritual) world. When these wrongs happen, they... we, must be made right by acceptance, reconnection, and forgivness. It teaches that we do this through the realigning of;

• the Conscious, Subconscious, and Super-Conscious minds
• the 4 Embodiments of Man; a healthy and well-adjusted MEPS (Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual body and presence)
• the 3 Prime Laws of Life; Love, Forgiveness, and Gratitude.

Ho'oponopono has been practiced for generations throughout the Polynesia although not by that name. It was... is, a prayer practice of connecting to the Giver of All Life (Hā), correcting ma'i (illness), hala (wrong), and mana'o (spirituality) to restore and maintain relationships was performed by a kahu (pastor), kahuna (priest or spiritual leader), or Kahiko aʻe (eldest family member). Today, a trained and certified coach often leads the practice.