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Lehua beginning the prayer — the opening of the practice

Kai ManaChantsTrack 3

Hoʻoponopono Chant

Make it right. Make it whole.

A soothing, repetitive chant focused on reconciliation and spiritual clarity — one person, at the end of the day, accounting honestly: I am sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you.

Watch the film Full song · 1:38

Album Chants Vocals Lehua Feel Soothing · Meditative

Enter the journey

01 / The journey

Walk the practice with Lehua.

No stage, no ceremony — this is how hoʻoponopono actually happens: alone, honestly, until the knots loosen and the world is pono again.

The opening prayer — 0:00The opening prayer. Hoʻoponopono, e hoʻi i ke kumu — return to the source, begin again.

The pahu entering like a slowed heartbeat — 0:12E kala mai. The pahu enters like a slowed heartbeat — remorse loosening into release.

Forgiveness — one person accounting for themselves — 0:20The practice. Ua hala au — e kala mai. One person accounting for themselves, honestly.

Gratitude widening like light on the leaves — 0:35Mahalo. Gratitude for the lessons struggle teaches — sorrow and thanks widening like light on the leaves.

Aloha i ka honua — love widening to the whole earth — 0:55Aloha i ka honua. Love first personal, then collective, then planetary — the widest the chant ever opens.

Pono — the world put right — 1:15Pono. The knots remembered as illusions and untied — alignment restored.

02 / The film

Let forgiveness set the pace.

The full music video is hosted here on Kai Mana’s media site, so the film can breathe inside the page — with YouTube available whenever you want to share or watch there.

Hoʻoponopono Chant — the official music video, cut to the real recording. Watch on YouTube ↗

A shorter prayer

One minute of pono.

A compact cut for the moments when you want the feeling quickly: one breath of sorry, thanks, and love.

03 / Explore

Discover the moments.

Move through the song chapter by chapter. Each marker brings the film back to a different point in the practice.

The opening prayer

Chapter 1 of 5

Opening Prayer

“Hoʻoponopono, hoʻo i ka pono.”

Return to the source — the practice begins.

04 / Go deeper

Lyrics · sound · story.

The complete lyrics, the story behind the song, and how it was made live on the full Kai Mana song page.

Stay with the song a little longer, then return here whenever you want to step back into the film.

Read the full song page →

05 / Keep listening

Stay in the pono.

“Hoʻoponopono, e hoʻopono i ke ola…
Hoʻoponopono, e hoʻopono i ka honua.”

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From the album Chants — nine chants of earth, sea, and spirit.