Browse through our list of recorded trainings below.
July welcomes in a month of focus on Healthy Relationships. We are joined by Dr. Kainoa Kaneakua and our Program Director, Dr. Mestisa C. Gass, for a conversation about communication skills and conflict management. Each week will bring a new skill and a discussion on how best to use it in your relationship. At the end of this series, we will be offering a live webinar reviewing all the skills and giving you the opportunity to ask questions to our presenters.
Episode 1: Learning to Take Breaks
This first installment, in our Healthy Relationship series, will look at the importance of taking breaks when needed and how to do it appropriately so that your partner still feels heard.
Healing Arts Series
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance and Mental Health America of Hawaiʻi hosted a 4-part web series on the healing arts. The series explored how creativity can foster self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, and promote a sense of personal wellness. No prior art experience is necessary – just your imagination and creativity.
Healing Arts #1
Experience a movement-based session, learning simple movements you can do daily that help ground, connect and express.
About the instructor: Matt Hidekazu Del Rosario was born and raised in Hawaii. He attended Hanahauoli Elementary School, graduated from Iolani High School, then ventured to North Carolina School of the Arts on scholarship to pursue his BFA in Dance Composition. He toured as a Professional Performer for Pilobolus Dance Theater; collaborating with some of the world’s top artists. In 2010, Matt was nominated for a Princess Grace Award for Solo Performance. After retiring from performing in 2014, he followed his curiosity into education, teaching over 280 different types of educational venues and creating Connecting With Balance, a movement therapy experience for senior citizens. He continues his work through Flow Kakou Inc, a non-profit organization whose mission is to instill and inspire ownership and self-awareness among community members through movement-based activities.
Healing Arts #2
Experience the power of music as a tool for relaxation and self-care. No music experience is necessary.
About the instructor: Patricia Blair, MT-BC, earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Therapy from Arizona State University in 2010, and completed her music therapy internship at the Center for Creative Therapeutic Arts in Las Vegas. She has been practicing music therapy professionally in Hawaii since 2011 and is the owner of Hi Notes Music Therapy, where she works with a variety of ages and client populations. Patricia has also obtained post-baccalaureate education in Communication Sciences and Disorders through the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. She plays the clarinet, guitar, ukulele, and piano and loves sharing music with people of all ages.
Healing Arts #3
Play with words in this low-stakes approach to poetry. Explore writing as a tool for reflection, self-understanding, and connection. No prior experience with poetry required.
About the instructor: Laurel Nakanishi is a writer and educator from Honolulu, Hawai‘i. She is the author of the prize-winning book, Ashore. Her poetry and essays have appeared in various literary magazines, and she has received grants from the Fulbright Foundation and Japan-US Friendship Commission. Laurel works as a Teaching Artist in island schools and loves to share poetry writing opportunities with her communities.
Healing Arts #4
Hoʻopono is the first discipline found in Hoʻoponopono, the art of healing relationships within ritualized discussion. This workshop introduces Hawaiian principles, practices and proverbs on how to do this within your own life, and within the life of your ʻohana.
About the instructor: Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer is a scholar-practitioner dedicated to the role aloha plays in world-wide awakening. She is an outdoor experiential educator who went indoors to become a professor of Indigenous epistemology, or the philosophy of knowledge. She is currently active at UH West Oahu working on food security projects that involve the coconut palm, and other various food trees! She has been a practitioner of Hoʻoponopono for 30+ years.