The Hawaii Diamond Approach® Group was established in 1988 by Morton Letofsky and Deborah Ussery.The group, with an originating student body of five participants, has grown to over sixty students today.

Teachers, Morton Letofsky and Deborah Ussery reside in Boulder, Colorado where they are members of the original Diamond Approach® group founded by Hameed Ali in 1976. Morton and Deborah have continued to travel to Maui to teach this work and facilitate its growth in Hawaii since 1988.

Hawaii students travel state wide as well as from the mainland to attend the ongoing meetings, which occur over a six day period.

The Hawaii group meets six times per year in Kula, on Maui. The schedule includes Thursday and Friday evenings 7-10 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10 AM - 6:00 P.M., and one evening, either Monday or Tuesday following the weekend for individual work in a small group setting. There is also an ongoing group in Honolulu, that also participates with the Kula, Maui schedule. See the contact page for more information.

Sunday afternoon  includes a small task and work period where material is integrated through the application of presence, contemplation, and silence while being mindful of functioning at a simple task. Along with the weekends are two interim follow-up meetings which take place on Monday evenings.

The Diamond Approach® group’s student body consists of sub-groups which are determined by how recently a student has joined the Diamond Approach® work.

This allows newer members the benefit and support of learning the material with the help of older members who have more experience with the methods and the material presented.

Once a year, usually during the summer months, the members of The Hawaii Diamond Approach® Group participate in a 10 - 12 day retreat.

The retreat setting allows the body of work we have been following all year to integrate and synthesize through a continuum of daily practice and unified presence of mind, body, and spirit for an extended length of time.

This setting provides an opportunity for the student to deepen his or her awareness and practice of personal process in a supportive environment.

Retreats are structured as either residential, where we live-in or in a day retreat style where we continue with our daily lives and work in the world along with participating in the retreat intensive. Both formats have proved to be useful as a way of bringing one's spiritual path into daily life experience.