The 21-Day Ho'oponopono Writing Practice

There is another way I personally use Ho'oponopono when I want to clear my mind, settle my emotions and bring myself back to a more grounded state.

For this exercise, I want you to use pen and paper.

Not your phone.
Not your laptop.
Not dictation.

Actually sit down and write by hand.

You can do this at home, at work during a quiet moment, sitting outside, in the park, or wherever you have enough time and space to yourself. The important thing for this particular exercise is the physical act of writing.

Write your own name, followed by:

Marcia, por favor perdoa-me. Sou grata. Eu te amo.

In English:

Marcia, please forgive me. I am grateful. I love you.

Of course, replace my name with yours.

Then write it again.

And again.

My challenge to you is to write it 108 times.

And Here Is My Challenge to You

Do this once a day for 21 days.

Don't try to do it.

Do it.

For the first seven days, write your sentence 108 times each day.

When you complete Day 7, turn to the next page and acknowledge what you have accomplished. You might write:

Thank you for helping me continue with this. I am grateful that I completed these seven days. Thank you for the support. Please forgive me. I love you.

Then begin again.

Complete another seven days.

Acknowledge them.

Then complete your final seven.

7 days + 7 days + 7 days = 21 days.

And date your pages. I want you to be able to look back and physically see what you did.

I'm Doing the Challenge With You

Actually, as I am sitting here writing this and telling you to do it, I've decided that I'm going to do it as well.

So from today, I am starting my own 21 days.

I will date my pages, complete the practice myself and take photographs along the way so that I can come back here and show you my own 21-day experience.

I'm not going to give you a challenge that I'm unwilling to do myself.

What Happens After 21 Days?

I don't want to tell you what you are supposed to experience.

That would defeat the purpose.

I want you to notice for yourself.

How do you feel when you sit down to write?

What happens to your thoughts while you're writing?

Does your breathing change?

Do you become impatient?

Do you become emotional?

Does writing become easier as the days progress?

Does the sentence begin to mean something different by Day 21 than it did on Day 1?

Don't force an outcome. Just pay attention.

And if you become curious about Ho'oponopono beyond what I have shared here, research it. Read about it. Look for books. Listen to people who study and practise it. Explore its history and its wider practice for yourself.

What I have shared with you here is my personal relationship with Ho'oponopono and the way I use it in my own life. There is much more to the tradition than this particular exercise.

For now, though, this is where I am going to finish our conversation about Ho'oponopono.

You have your challenge.

21 days.
108 handwritten repetitions each day.
Your name.
Please forgive me.
I am grateful.
I love you.

I'm doing it with you.

Good luck. ❤️

And our next conversation? Religion.

But that deserves a blog post of its own.