Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals · Flower Essence

Papaya
Letting Go

Gently release past mistakes. Open the door to your good. Let Go of old choices. Say Yes to new experiences.

Papaya helps you gently release past mistakes, guilt, regret, old relationships, and emotional patterns that no longer serve you. It supports forgiveness and a fresh perspective - helping you take the wisdom from your experiences without continuing to carry their emotional weight. Especially helpful for those who feel stuck in past experiences, hold onto grudges, struggle to let go of old relationships, or just feel that they carry too much.

Especially Good For: Forgiveness Releasing the past New beginnings

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1oz glass dropper bottle

Emotional Purpose

Releases past mistakes resolves guilt and regretLetting go opens new doors to your good

Single Plant

Papaya (Carica papaya)Organically grown on Hawaiʻi Island

Chakra Association

Sacral Chakra 2nd ChakraBalances the energy of relationships restores belief in your own inner value

Combines Well With

Wild Azalea Self Love Tī Clear MindAlso: Evening Starting Over Serenity Guilt Relief

Ingredients

Distilled water Papaya flower essenceBrandy 13% preservation 1oz glass dropper

Papaya Letting Go flower essence — Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals

The Story

Where This Essence Began

Papaya tree and flower — Carica papaya, the plant behind Papaya Letting Go flower essence by Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals

Papaya Letting Go is one of the original flower essences in the Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals collection — part of the healing practice Melia Goodenow and her mother, Joy Johnson, began together on Hawaiʻi Island in 1992. Made from a single plant, it draws on wild and organically grown papaya gathered from the Puna, Kaʻu, and Hilo Districts.

Papaya holds a special place in the collection as the essence of release and forgiveness. It helps us loosen our emotional attachment to experiences that are already over, so the past can become something we learn from rather than something we continue to live from.

Papaya reminds us that letting go does not mean forgetting. It means keeping the wisdom while releasing the emotional weight — creating space for peace, possibility, and a new beginning.

Melia — on Papaya Letting Go

I first made Papaya Letting Go in the early 1990s, around the same time we were developing Stress Release. I kept noticing the same thing with my clients — they would talk about something that happened years ago as if it were still happening right now. The emotion was still alive in their body, even though the event was long over.

Papaya showed up as the answer. I started working with the papaya flower, and I could feel it — a gentle, patient presence that didn't force anything, just helped things move. The plant taught me that release doesn't have to be dramatic. It can be as natural as a fruit ripening and falling from the tree. You just have to be willing to let it go.

Melia has written more about the deeper meaning of this essence — the plant's connection to the Sacral Chakra, its traditional uses, and what emotional release actually looks like in practice. Read her full article on Papaya Flower Essence →

The Teaching

Rooted in Living Lineage

Melia Goodenow is a teacher of hoʻoponopono, the Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness, carried to her through her mother Joy Johnson's training under Kahuna Lāʻau Lapaʻau, Morrnah Simeona (1913–1992). Papaya flower essence is made specifically for finding forgiveness and releasing its energetic blocks. This essence works naturally with ho'oponopono - helping us release what has passed, find forgiveness, and return to the present moment.

“ Papa Henry Auwae's Teaching

"You must put your own health first. If you don't value yourself, you will not be able to heal someone else."

“ Melia — the specific teaching

Morrnah Simeona taught that the key is to be in Present Time. Papaya Letting Go carries this teaching forward. When we release the past — hurt, anger, regret, guilt — we return to Present Time. It is here that we can see ourselves clearly and make better choices for our lives. Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It's about freeing yourself from what you've been carrying.

For over 30 years, Melia and Joy have handcrafted these essences using wisdom passed down by Kahuna Lāʻau Lapaʻau — always in a state of pono, with prayer and permission.

Go Deeper

Read the full story of HRN's healing lineage — Morrnah, Papa Henry, Joy, and Melia

The Lineage and Legacy →

The Plant

Papaya Carica papaya

Papaya grows freely across Hawaiʻi Island — near homes, gardens, and everyday paths, not hidden deep in the forest. It is one of the more accessible plants in the HRN collection, and one of the fastest-growing, moving from flower to ripe fruit in a matter of months.

In the HRN flower essence collection, each plant is associated with a chakra center. Papaya corresponds to the Sacral Chakra — the seat of emotion, creativity, intimacy, and trust. This is where we hold our ability to connect, to create, and to feel safe in relationship. Lehua, by comparison, corresponds to the Root Chakra, grounding us in safety and survival.

All HRN flower essences are hand-gathered wild or organically grown in the Puna, Kaʻu, and Hilo Districts, prepared through the same permission-based process Melia and Joy have practiced for over 30 years.

Melia has written more about papaya's role in Hawaiian healing tradition, its connection to the Sacral Chakra, and the plant's relationship to digestion and emotional processing. Read her full article →

How these plants are gathered →

Papaya tree in bloom — Carica papaya, the plant behind Papaya Letting Go flower essence by Hawaiian Rainforest Naturals, hand-gathered in the Puna rainforest, Hawaiʻi Island

What Shifts

What This Essence Supports

Sometimes letting go doesn't mean forgetting what happened. It means changing the relationship you have with it.

Papaya gently supports the release of emotional patterns connected to past experiences—mistakes, regrets, disappointments, relationships, and things you wish had happened differently. With Papaya flower essence, that emotional weight begins to soften and you can see the experience from a new perspective. You keep what it taught you without allowing it to continue defining your present.

The past becomes wisdom instead of a place you continue to live.

This brings you back to the power of the present moment—where you can see your life more clearly and make new choices based on who you are today, rather than on fear, guilt, or regret from yesterday. Letting go opens new doors to your good.

Papaya Letting Go is formulated for the release of emotional patterns that keep old situations alive long after they've ended. Letting go and finding forgiveness—with yourself and with others—opens new doors to your good. It doesn't mean forgetting. It means finally being free.

Like all HRN flower essences, it works vibrationally—supporting your emotional body's own capacity to release what it no longer needs to hold.

How emotional healing happens in layers →
How flower essences work vibrationally →

This Essence Is Recommended For:

Those who want to forgive—themselves or others—but the situation keeps popping up.
When you recognize a pattern or habit you're ready to leave behind
Those carrying regret or guilt about choices you've made.
Releasing an old relationship, loss, or experience that still feels emotionally present.
When you are ready to let go—not because the past didn't matter, but because your future matters too.

From Our Customers

“Let It Go” in Her Own Words

“I didn’t know what to expect, but I felt like I needed it so I bought Papaya tincture. This little bottle of ‘Let it go’ did not disappoint!”

— Carolyn

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Applications

When This Essence Serves You

Papaya Letting Go meets the many faces of holding on — from grief and guilt to old habits and the subtle control patterns that keep us repeating the past.

Guilt and Regret

For those replaying past mistakes and carrying the weight of what they wish they had done differently. Papaya helps you see those experiences as learning rather than evidence of failure — and opens the door to self-forgiveness.

Grief and Loss

For those stuck in grief — whether from a death, a relationship ending, or a life they had planned that did not come to pass. Papaya supports the natural movement through loss without forcing it. A widow credited it for helping her find closure and move forward with hope.

Resentment and Old Grudges

For those holding on to anger or resentment toward someone who hurt them — even when they want to let it go but cannot. Papaya helps dissolve the energetic grip of old conflicts so forgiveness can become possible.

Unhealthy Habits and Patterns

For those stuck in old behaviors they cannot seem to break — including addictive patterns. Combined with Kīnehe as the Starting Over formula, Papaya supports the release of what has become habitual so a new way can emerge.

End-of-Day Release

For those who carry the day home — replaying conversations, reliving what went wrong, unable to put the day down. The Evening Combination (Papaya and Natural Bliss) was made specifically for this: helping the mind and body release the day so rest can actually arrive.

Control and Responsibility Patterns

For those who feel responsible for other people's problems, who need to control outcomes to feel safe, or who have given their life choices over to others. Papaya helps release those patterns so a freer way of living becomes available.

How to Use

Working With This Essence

Under the Tongue

5 drops directly under the tongue, held briefly before swallowing. 3-4 times daily. Morning is grounding; before sleep helps release the day. Be willing to set aside a few quiet moments before taking — Papaya works best when you are receptive. For a deeper effect use daily for 2 weeks.
Add to Water or Tea

10 drops in your water bottle for sustained support. Particularly useful during periods of active grief, forgiveness work, or when releasing an old pattern that shows up throughout the day.
Use Before Sleep — or as the Evening Combination

5 drops under the tongue before bed helps release the emotional residue of the day. The Evening Combination (Papaya and Natural Bliss, pre-blended 2oz) is specifically designed for this transition — letting go of the day so rest can follow.
Combine for Specific Situations

With Wild Azalea for Guilt Relief. With Tī for Serenity (finding peace with the past). With Kīnehe for Starting Over (releasing unhealthy habits). When combining more than 2 essences, decrease to 3 drops of each.

Standard: 5 drops, 3-4x daily · Topical: rub into wrists, back of neck · Size: 1oz glass dropper · $20

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Who This Is For

You Might Need This Essence If...

You know what happened. You've explained it, maybe even said you've forgiven it. But something in you is still there — still replaying it, still bracing, still carrying the weight of it as if it were happening now.

Maybe it's guilt about a choice you made. Maybe it's a relationship that ended and still feels like it's happening inside you. Maybe it's resentment toward someone who hurt you, and even though you want to let it go, something keeps pulling you back.

This essence was made for that grip — for the parts of the past that are technically over but haven't finished happening in your body.

“ Melia — on Papaya Letting Go

I saw the same pattern over and over — people carrying guilt and regret like a physical weight. They would tell me about something that happened decades ago, and their shoulders would still be up around their ears, their jaw still tight. The past wasn't over for them. It was still happening in their body. Papaya Letting Go was the answer. It helped them release what they'd been carrying so they could finally be present — not just think about being present, but actually feel it.

Questions

About This Essence

What is the difference between Papaya Letting Go and Wild Azalea Self Love?

Papaya helps you release the past. Wild Azalea helps you love and forgive yourself through it. Papaya supports letting go of the emotional attachment to past experiences, mistakes, relationships, and patterns. Wild Azalea works more deeply with how you see yourself—helping soften self-judgment and bring compassion, acceptance, and love back to yourself. Together, they are especially supportive when guilt or regret is making it difficult to move forward. Papaya says: Let it go. Wild Azalea says: And love yourself through it.

What is the Evening Combination and how is it different from Papaya alone?

The Evening Combination pairs Papaya with Natural Bliss Formula in a 2oz bottle, made for those who have trouble letting go of the day. When the isuues at work won't stay there and now you are home and want to relax and enjoy your family. Papaya on its own is better suited to deeper, ongoing release work — grief, resentment, or long-held guilt — rather than a daily end-of-day ritual.

Can Papaya help with releasing unhealthy habits?

Yes — combined with Kīnehe as the Starting Over Combination, it's specifically formulated for releasing unhealthy habits and addictions. Kīnehe supports the fresh start; Papaya supports letting go of what kept the old pattern in place.

What is the Serenity Combination?

Serenity combines Papaya with Tī Clear Mind in a 2oz bottle, formulated for those whose minds keep circling back to negative thoughts or images from the past. It's designed to clear out repetitive thoughts and find a new perspective on what is causing these thoughts. When we can see our situations in a new light we can find compassion on what happened.

Is Papaya safe to use alongside other flower essences?

Yes. HRN essences are designed to be combined. Papaya appears in four pre-blended formulas — Evening, Starting Over, Guilt Relief, and Serenity — and can also be combined individually with essences like Banana or Stress Release Formula. When combining more than two essences, use 3 drops of each instead of the standard 5.

What essences combine well with Papaya Letting Go?

HRN offers four pre-blended combinations that include Papaya:

Evening Combination (Papaya + Natural Bliss) — for letting go at the end of the day
Starting Over (Papaya + Kīnehe) — for releasing unhealthy habits and addictions
Guilt Relief (Papaya + Wild Azalea) — for guilt and self-forgiveness
Serenity (Papaya + Tī) — for finding peace with the past

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