EVENTS

A Community Healing & Resilience Event hosted by Mindful Living Group

Join us for the Love Heals Ceremony, a heartfelt event hosted by Mindful Living Group, honoring the healing and resilience of community after the Maui Wildfires. We are privileged to welcome Kahu Dr. Kāhealani Satchitananda, who also bravely faced the Lahaina fires the day of August 8th, 2023. Despite the sudden trauma and tragedy of displacement and loss, Kahu, a leading healing voice in the community, called on the 'ike koa, profound wisdom she had been taught by her ancestors on how to navigate the rouge waves and uncertainties of life to transform their pain into victory.
Kahu Kāhealani will guide you into a sacred space of prayer and healing blessings in ceremony. As a Ho’oponopono and cross-cultural practitioner, metaphysical minister, and coach, she brings a powerful unique blend of cultural, scientific, and spiritual wisdom. Her profound understanding helps heal individuals, families, and communities globally.
During this event, Kahu Kāhealani will offer chants, prayers, discussions and self-inquiry, sharing insights from Hawaiian wisdom and her personal experiences. This is a unique opportunity to step into a sacred space, embark on a journey of hope, trust and healing, and learning to take individual and collective action as we journey up the Mountain of Life and learn to stand above the clouds.

Event Details:

● Date and Time: August 7th, 5-7 pm● Location: Mindful Living Group, Outdoor Courtyard at Park Plaza, 1300 N. Holopono Street Kihei, HI 96753. ● What to Bring: Water, Note pad, paper and an open heart. Some seating will be available, please bring a lawn chair or cushion if you wish to sit closer to the speaker.● FREE - this event is free and open to the public

Talking Points

Following the talk, Chief Lee Plenty Wolf will be available for book sales and signing, providing an opportunity to deepen your understanding of Indigenous wisdom and spirituality into daily life.
Join us as we embark on a journey of hope, healing, and collective action. Let's rise strong together in the face of climate challenges.

Tickets benefit Chief Lee's continued water protection and non-profit Love Wild Horses which saves wild lands and wild horses. lovewildhorses.org

Training:

Training in Basic ART is an intensive, 3-day experience that includes didactic instruction, recorded videos, and practicum breakouts. Participants will play the role of both client and therapist, and are asked to bring their own, real-world issues to work on during the training.

Training Learning Objectives:

About ART

Accelerated resolution therapy (ART) is an evidenced-based, rapid-eye-movement therapy that can be used to treat trauma, grief, anxiety, moral injury, OCD, toxic work environments, relationship discord, insomnia, self-esteem problems and many other issues. Research on ART for PTSD and Prolonged Grief has shown that most patients can achieve resolution in fewer than four sessions and that these effects can be sustained for months after treatment.1-3 There is no homework required for either the client or the therapist and appointments do not need to be scheduled at regular intervals; each ART session is a stand-alone intervention.
ART was derived from Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), but it has a tighter protocol, is more directive, more procedural, and easier to learn. The therapist walks the patient through a manualized sequence of mental tasks that the patient performs while doing sets of eye movements. Unlike traditional trauma-focused therapies, there is relatively little talking and verbal narration required, which affords clients a greater sense of safety and control. Practitioners get to apply their innate intuition and clinical skill set to guide the client toward achieving resolution in a creative and meaningful way.

ART often provides clients with significant psychological relief. Due to the protocol’s constant forward momentum, clients do not have to experience troubling memories for a protracted period of time. There is also a sense of closure with each session, so that they are not left feeling vulnerable, with unprocessed emotions and issues lingering between sessions. Words such as “calm,” “relieved,” and “hopeful” are commonly used by clients to describe how they feel after their ART sessions.

About the Trainers:

Wendi Waits, MD, Board-Certified Child and Adult Psychiatrist

Dr. Wendi Waits has been a Master ART Practitioner since 2014 and an ART Trainer since 2023. She lives on Oahu, but has a family home in Napili, and has been intermittently volunteering at the Kokua Lahaina Rising clinic since August 2023. She is a 27-year Army veteran who worked with 9/11 survivors at the Pentagon, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and has extensive teaching experience in various clinical programs. While serving in the military, Wendi arranged ART training for more than 100 mental health providers and has remained a major advocate for the use of ART throughout the Department of Defense. She is board certified in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Lifestyle Medicine. Her current clinical practice is with Talkiatry, where she provides telehealth services to patients in New York, Virginia, and Colorado.