“Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves.”
Program Details
Format –
21 weekly live-online classes for a group of 12-36 trainees private to just your company. Each class lasts 90-minutes. The Leading with ALOHA training program is Level 1 and Level 2 of Kit’s entire 6-Level course (see below).
Individuals or fewer than 12 people may join a public live-online cohort of their choosing (see below).
Cost – $525 per person for your company’s group of 12-36 people. To continue with Levels 3-6 of the training, the cost is $525 per person. Maui nonprofits: $1,050 covers everyone in your organization.
Ready to Schedule Your Company’s Group of 12-36 Trainees? – Please contact me directly: kanohoaloha [at] gmail [dot] com or 808-278-7838.
Registration for Individuals or fewer than 12 People – You are invited to join any public cohort. You can find your choices and register by clicking here.
Questions? – Please contact me directly: kanohoaloha [at] gmail [dot] com or 808-278-7838.
“Integrity, insight, and inclusiveness are the three essential qualities of leadership.”
Has your organization lost its motivation or focus?
Are you finding it more and more difficult to motivate staff to do their work?
Are your leaders experiencing burn-out, trauma, or work/life imbalance?
Aloha! My name is Kit Kanohoaloha Wynkoop and I’m the Lead Teacher and Curator of the Leading with ALOHA Training program.
Our world needs optimistic leaders who foster meaningful connections with others, have a sense of clarity about their purpose and values, and believe that they can effect positive change with their organizations and society. I believe that leaders are at their best when they operate from a place of empathy and compassion and commit to cultivating practices that allow them to sustain their well-being and effectiveness during times of adversity.
This program is a profound, experiential journey that points the way toward living and leading from an awakened mind. Today, we call that mindfulness. According to Aunty Pilahi Pakī, one of Hawaiʻi’s most beloved and respected wisdom keepers, it’s called living ALOHA.
“The world will turn to Hawaiʻi as they search for peace because Hawaiʻi has the key; and that key is ALOHA.”
The ancient form of meditation is arguably the most powerful expression of mindfulness and has been for over 2,500 years. Mindfulness has been found to be a valuable tool for promoting the well-being and overall health of anyone who finds themselves to be subjected to stress or under mental duress. Mindfulness simply involves being fully present and aware without judgment.
For years, it has been observed by researchers as well as participants of this course that, if applied in daily life, mindfulness can lead to:
- emotional regulation
- empathy & understanding
- reduced reactivity
- enhanced coping skills
- improved problem-solving
- acceptance of imperfections
- enhanced self-awareness
- better focus & concentration
- pain management
- stress reduction
- enhanced bonding & communication
- reduced anxiety & depression
- increased resilience, and
- overall well-being.
Everyone can benefit from mindfulness, including:
- Parents – to be fully present and engaged in their parenting journey and approach their children with patience, compassion, & understanding; thereby, creating a nurturing and supportive environment for their children to grow and thrive.
- Clients of therapy or support services – to reduce anxiety & depression and increase resilience.
Of course, mindfulness practices are not a substitute for professional medical or psychological treatment, but they can be a powerful complementary tool to support one’s overall health and well-being.
“If we can accept that we are the sum total of all past thoughts, emotions, words, deeds, and actions, and that our present lives and choices are colored or shaded by this memory bank of the past, then we begin to see how a process of correcting or setting aright can change our lives, our families, and our society.”
As a result of being born human, we entered this world with a number of inherent and natural qualities: mindfulness, awareness, curiosity, humor, primordial confidence, feeling (an action verb), insight, imagination, and the ability to think using our original mind (our heart-mind, our un-conditioned mind).
Thinking from the conceptual/ego mind (our “logical” mind), on the other hand, didn’t start until later and wasn’t consistently used until around age 6 or 7. Full development of the conceptual/ego mind didn’t happen until age 25. By that time, we were socialized into being fully reliant on it.
Before losing our original way of thinking to the conceptual/ego mind, we actively utilized our inherent human qualities and our heart-mind.
Thanks to Western culture, over the last two centuries, we have become more and more conceptual/ego-mind driven. In fact, we seemingly can’t stop. As a result, according to indigenous cultures around the world, we, our country, and the world are experiencing struggle, mental agitation, and suffering in all areas of our lives.
“The perception of foundation is of great importance in our time, for we are coming to the end of a world cycle, and everything is beginning to unravel.
We cannot begin the next cycle of ages without a foundation on which to build. And that foundation will begin to take form with the reconsideration of the wisdom held by the ancestors.”
As we begin to remember, uncover, and utilize our inherent human qualities again, we become beacons of ALOHA. ALOHA then radiates out from us and positively affects those around us and beyond (proven by quantum mechanics). In other words, the energy of living ALOHA spreads out concentrically like a ripple caused by dropping a stone in a pond.
When we live ALOHA, our thoughts, emotions, words, and actions reflect ALOHA and, as a result, we experience peace and harmony. The more we each experience peace & harmony, the more we treat ourselves with kindness & compassion. The more we treat ourselves with kindness & compassion, the more we treat others and the planet with kindness & compassion. This forms the basis of working together cooperatively – free of ego – on any issue that is for the highest good of all sentient beings and the planet.
The 78 participants who are in and have graduated my course are proving this works. Because they are consistently “thinking” primarily with their heart-minds, they are perceiving fresh, new solutions to age-old problems at work and in their private lives. And, perhaps best of all, they’re finding that living ALOHA is truly contagious.
This course is not the only path to learn how to live ALOHA but it is the only secular one that leads to fast, tangible, and reliable results.
“We propose that [Buddhist] mindfulness meditation…facilitates the discovery, recovery, and uncovery of the Aloha response leading to the experiential awareness and embodiment of Aloha.”
To point the way to Leading with ALOHA, the structure of the program pulls mainly from mindfulness-awareness meditation, the Shambhala teachings, Tibetan Buddhist psychology & philosophy, ALOHA & the Hawaiian culture, other indigenous wisdom traditions, quantum mechanics, and non-dualism.
The Shambhala teachings embody the inner wisdom of warriorship which arose within the ancient Kingdom of Shambhala. These teachings are based on the belief that there is a natural source of basic goodness, wisdom, and courage that lies within each of us (ALOHA). When we tap into this source via true meditation (which can be done anywhere at anytime), we are able to bring more harmony, peace, and wellbeing into our own lives as well as into the world.
“The Leading with ALOHA training program is a unique approach to mindfulness that incorporates meditation with learning to live the premise of “Aloha” from Hawaiian culture. Although there are many excellent methods or initiation courses to guide one through the basics of meditation, I found Kit Kanohoaloha Wynkoop’s gentle and patient manner of teaching to be very encouraging and inclusive of all student levels.
His mélange of Tibetan and Hawaiian cultural values adds a rich and universal experience to the practice that transcends time and place. In the Hawaiian tradition our gratitude and willingness to flow with all that we encounter in life is an expression of Aloha. Joining other likeminded seekers in the calm and heartfelt atmosphere of the Leading with ALOHA training program helps one to maintain and live in accordance with the growing sense of awareness that is developed through meditation practice. This is living Aloha. And that is priceless.”
Program Details
Format –
21 weekly live-online classes for a group of 12-36 trainees private to just your company. Each class lasts 90-minutes. The Leading with ALOHA training program is Level 1 and Level 2 of Kit’s entire 6-Level course (see below).
Individuals or fewer than 12 people may join a public live-online cohort of their choosing (see below).
Cost – $1,050 per person for your company’s group of 12-36 people. To continue with Levels 3-6 of the training, the cost is $525 per person. Maui nonprofits: $1,050 covers everyone in your organization.
Ready to Schedule Your Company’s Group of 12-36 Trainees? – Please contact me directly: kanohoaloha [at] gmail [dot] com or 808-278-7838.
Registration for Individuals or fewer than 12 People – You are invited to join any public cohort. You can find your choices and register by clicking here.
Questions? – Please contact me directly: kanohoaloha [at] gmail [dot] com or 808-278-7838.
Benefits –
- Develop mindfulness and authenticity to build trust, create engagement, and promote productivity
- Identify what holds you back from embodying your real values
- Learn how subtle outdated habitual patterns influence your actions as a leader
- Practice the frameworks, tools, and strategies to step into your true power as a leader
- Achieve higher levels of trust in yourself and others toward creating improved communication, team-building, and strategic planning
- Gain the clarity, confidence, and courage to lead as your true and best self
- Discover your team’s authentic strengths
- Access to Kit for one-to-one guidance, help, and insight when needed
- The ability to continue the training in Levels 3 through 6 at a reduced rate (see above)
- The ability to repeat the course as often as you wish at no cost after graduating all 6 Levels
“Kit is a heart-centered teacher who has created a comprehensive, genuinely life-altering program. As a beneficiary of his offerings, I am so grateful for his commitment to the evolution of humankind.”
The Entire Course is Comprised of Six Levels of Training:
Level I
- Strengthen mindfulness
- Improve attention & focus
- Embody quietude
- Increase motivation
- Reduce stress
- Investigate self-awareness
Level II
- Overcome fear
- Control anxiety & reactivity
- Regulate emotions
- Reverse self-criticism
- Abolish prejudice
- Tame your mind
- Regain control
Level III
- Cultivate gentleness
- Foster compassion
- Return to feel
- Broaden awareness
- Develop confidence
- Sharpen perception
Level IV
- Expand improved communication
- Utilize curiosity
- Identify reality of any situation
- Uncover your authentic self
Level V
- Manifest trust
- Attract abundance
- Live your dreams
- Experience freedom
- Realize happiness
- Live expansively
Level VI
- Love unconditionally
- Unleash your inner creator
- Live ALOHA
