Sleep: Honouring Myself (Using Ho’oponono)

As gentle rain begins to fall and quiet choirs hum in the background, you’re invited to return to yourself, not to fix or change, but to honour the you that will gently drift off to sleep.

This is a space of softness and deep rest. A place where old burdens can begin to melt… This is where forgiveness becomes a quiet act of self-care.

Tonight, we offer Ho’oponopono inward. These four healing phrases, “I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.” These are spoken for you, to you, for your subconscious mind to absorb as though they are spoken from you.

Not as judgment. But as an embrace. Let the words wash through you like rain. Let them echo where they need to. There’s nothing you have to do. Just lie back… Let go… And receive what’s already yours.

Transcript

Ho'oponopono for self. Welcome to this practice. My name is Ruben. As you settle into rest tonight, You're invited into a quiet, Powerful practice of self-healing. An ancient Hawaiian tradition known as Ho'oponopono. This means to make things right, To restore harmony. While often spoken towards others, This sacred practice is equally and perhaps even more profoundly healing when offered inwardly. To the parts of you still aching, To memories long held, To activations from long ago, To your body, Your mind, Your younger self. As cellular biologist Bruce Lipton reminds us, When we are drifting into sleep, The subconscious becomes most receptive. This is the perfect moment to rewire old beliefs into new ones, And to offer loving truth to yourself and the world. Ho'oponopono is based on four simple phrases, I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, And I love you. These four simple phrases can gently cleanse our inner space, Our inner world. Not through force, But through gentleness as you drift away. So tonight, Let this be a conversation for you. From you, With you, Let this be a way of coming home to yourself as you drift away. Feeling the bed beneath you, Your body, The parts of your body melting into where they make contact with where they are resting. Feeling the gentle pull from gravity and the comfort that surrounds you. I am here for me right now, I choose to let these four simple phrases wash through my body and soul. I'm sorry, Please forgive me, I love you. Let the breath deepen as the body continues to absorb these words. I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you. Nothing needs to be forced, Just let the words settle. Like gentle rain. I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you. Allowing gratitude to ripple softly throughout your body. I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you. Let your breath become slower, Softer, As your nervous system soothes. There is nothing more you need to do, These words will continue their quiet work. Healing, Reconnecting, Restoring, Even as you sleep. I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you. I'm sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you.

Reviews

This guy is my cup of tea!
I hope he will touch and inspire the lives and thoughts of many, many people - as he just has with mine. Rock on, Reuben!

This helps me sleep, I've had insomnia since I was a child.

Heavenly. I was sleeping soundly after just a few minutes, & that never happens! Reuben’s gentle, comforting voice is the answer. Also, I love the quietly encouraging & self-affirming theme of this piece, so I’ll listen again tonight. Thank you, Reuben 🌙❤️🌙

Dear Reuben, I feel so humbled and am choking with tear. It was the voice of an angel that lifted me to a place of such beauty so pure and serene where everything was just as it was meant to be. Your voice rang out engulfing me with a feeling of immense joy and gratitude the words sinking deeply into my very being. You brought me to the place where I belonged. From my heart always and always, thank you Reuben ❤️💕

Anything that can help with self healing has to be suitable!
I listened to this after arriving home when I lay down for my afternoon rest, in physical pain. It sent me to sleep!
I love the words ‘ for you, from you, with you’
I let the words and your voice wash over me and do their magic, trying not to make any assumptions or judgments.
I wake up feeling calm and at peace, my pain diminished, feeling gratitude for all I am blessed with and allowing myself to sit with the pain I still carry.
I just need to love and believe in myself a little more.
Lovely meditation. Thank you Reuben. 🙏