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TAIZO: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART
MONTH.
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH.
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL
HEALTH OF YOUR HEART?
FEELINGS DO MATTER.
WHAT TO TALK ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL
WELL BEING OF HEALTH IS CORI AND
NANCY FROM THE EKAHI HEALTH
SYSTEMS.
I'VE BEEN HEARING THE EKAHI
ORNISH COMMERCIALS.
I WANT TO LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT
IT.
WHAT IS THE IOLANI ORNISH
LIFESTYLE?
WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?
IT'S A PROGRAM BASED ON THE
WORK OF DR. DEAN ORNISH.
HE'S BEEN RESEARCHING THIS FOR
35 YEARS.
IT'S THE FIRST PROGRAM THAT'S
BEEN CLINICALLY PROVEN TO
PREVENT AND REDUCE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
WE LOOK AT EXERCISE.
HOW MUCH WE'RE MOVING OUR BODY.
DIET.
WE FOCUS ON A LOW-FAT
PLANT-BASED DIET.
HOW WE MANAGE OUR STRESS.
AND WHAT WE'RE HEAR TO TALK
ABOUT, LOVE AND SUPPORT.
THE QUALITY OF OUR
RELATIONSHIPS.
HOW WE'RE FEELING.
CONNECTING TO THAT SIDE OF
OURSELVES THAT'S OFTEN IGNORED.
TAIZO: THE EMOTIONAL PART,
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
THERE IS A CONNECTION?
YEAH.
THERE'S RESEARCH STUDIES,
DR. ORNISH HAS COME UP WITH THIS
BOOK "LOVE AND SURVIVAL, EIGHT
PATHWAYS TO INTIMACY AND
HEALING."
ISOLATION IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR
FOR ILLNESS.
WHEN WE'RE ISOLATED, LONEY AND
DEPRESSED, WE'RE THREE TO TEN
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF ANY
HEALTH-RELATED CAUSE
IT'S SO FUNNY.
WE'VE HEARD STORIES ABOUT IT'S
WHEN YOU GET SICK, YOU GET
ISOLATED AND TAKEN AWAY FROM
THINGS.
THAT'S A RIPPLE EFFECT.
YOU STOP THAT.
WHY FOCUS ON FEELINGS?
THIS IS NOT BEFORE ANYBODY GETS
SICK BUT WHY FOCUS ON FEELINGS?
IN MODERN MEDICINE, WE'RE
USUALLY FOCUSING ON THE PHYSICAL
BODY.
WHAT OUR PROGRAM DOES, IT'S NOT
JUST LOOKING AT EXERCISE AND MY
TRIGS -- NUTRITION, WE'RE
LOOKING AT HOW PEOPLE MANAGE
STRESS DAY TO DAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT QUALITY OF
RELATIONSHIPS.
WE FOCUS ON FEELINGS.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE EVERY
FEELING WE HAVE, HAS A
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE.
WHETHER IT'S BUTTERFLIES WHEN
WE'RE ANXIOUS OR THE
PITTER-PATTER OF OUR HEART MAYBE
WE FELT ON VALENTINE'S DAY
YESTERDAY.
REALLY, WE START TO SLOW DOWN
AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE
FEELINGS.
SCIENCE HAS SHOWN EVEN THE
SIMPLE ACT OF LABELING OUR
FEELINGS, WOW, I FEEL ANXIOUS IS
CALMING FOR THE BODY AND CALMING
FOR THE MIND.
IF WE CAN SPEAK FROM A PLACE FOR
OUR FEELINGS, PEOPLE ARE OUT TO
LISTEN.
TAIZO: TALKING ABOUT THAT.
YOU WERE TALKING ON THE
COMMERCIAL BREAK, MY GRANDMOTHER
JUST BEATS OR VAIR YARN --
OVARIAN CANCER.
HER FRIENDS WOULD CALL HER IF.
SHE WOULD STILL GO TO THE GYM,
GET HER WORKOUT.
EVERYONE SEEING HOW SHE'S DOING.
SHE SAID THAT HELPED HER SO
MUCH.
TALK ABOUT THIS MOTORCYCLE GROUP SUPPORT
AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
I FIRST WANT TO SAY I'M SO
HAPPY TO BER HEAR ABOUT YOUR
GRANDMOTHER.
THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY FIND.
THERE'S A TENDERNESS THAT UPSS --
THAT COMES FROM GROUPS.
FROM BEING ABLE TO USE ALL THE
ELEMENT.
EXERCISE AND GETTING IN TOUCH
WITH YOUR BODY.
SHARING THAT TIME WITH THE OTHER
GROUP MEMBERS.
TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK FROM THE
HEART, AND TO KNOW THAT THE
SUPPORT AND THE HEALING COMES
FROM RELATING TO ONE ANOTHER.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
THAT'S WHERE THE INTIMACY COMES.
I MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE
THAN YOU WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT AGES BUT WE CAN RELATE
ON THE FEELING LEVEL.
TAIZO: THE ISOLATION IS GONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS YOU PUT
INTO THE GROUP SUPPORT PORTION.
MEDICINE.
UP TO 72 HOURS?
72 HOURS.
AND SO THEY COME FOR NINE WEEKS.
THEY HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR OF GROUP
SUPPORT.
AND IT'S AN AMAZING TIME FOR
THAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH THIS
PROGRAM.
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.
OH, YEAH.
WE'VE GRADUATED NOW 350
PARTICIPANTS ON THE ISLAND.
PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THINGS
LIKE, ON AVERAGE, 7% BODY FAT
LOSS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE BEING
ABLE TO DECREASE THEIR BAD CLOSE
TROLL BY 14%.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING OFF
MEDICATION.
THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND FROM -- PEOPLE ARE NOTICING
A DECREASE IN THEIR DEPRESSION.
PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN LONEY
AND ISOLATED, AFTER NINE SHORT
WEEKS, IT'S GONE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE
CREATING MOST OF THIS, THIS
COMMUNITY THAT'S REALLY
CONDONING HEALTHY AND POSITIVE
LIFESTYLE.
EVEN AFTER PEOPLE GRADUATE,
THEY'RE STILL MEETING AND TAKING
WALKS AROUND ALA MOANA.
THEY'RE GOING AND POTLUBBING.BLOCKING --
POTLUCKING.
TAIZO: SUCCESS LIKE -- SOMETHING
LIKE THIS, COMING TOGETHER, WE
WANT TO KEEP GOING.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF
THIS, PLEASE DO.