I am going bush for a few days to complete a series of healers wananga (course, school, gathering of learning). It is a tapu (sacred) time with my mentors where I absorb the knowledge they hand down. We sit with the tress and observe their movements and the sounds the winds make as it passes through them. We will forage to restock supplies for our medicines, and I will listen and learn. There are no phones or access to the world where we go so please do not think I have disappeared. I will return with a revitalised spirit and some very cool stories no doubt! Be gentle and kind to yourselves. Be right back

Thank you for being here and joining our community. When you’re ready, we invite you to introduce yourself. In Aotearoa NZ, Māori often share a pepeha — a traditional way of introducing oneself through connections to place, whakapapa-geneology, and identity. A pepeha speaks to your mountain, your river, your land, and your people. It grounds you in where you come from and helps others understand who you are through your ties to the whenua-land. There is also the mihi, a more general introduction that reflects where you grew up, where you live now, where you call home, the work you do, and of course, your name. These forms of introduction help us find shared connections — familiar landscapes, family names, or life experiences. Feel free to use any of the prompts below to craft your pepeha or mihi: - Where are you from? - Where did you grow up? - Where do you live now? - Where do you call home? - What is the mountain closest to where you live? - What is the nearest body of water? (river, lake, ocean, stream) - What is your full name? - Where is your family name from? - What do you do for work?

If you were given the opportunity to time travel once...where would you go? and why?

While you are all patiently waiting for me to build a solid community and classes, I will post parts of my life that are relevant to my work and Māoritanga (māori culture, practices and beliefs) so you're still learning, and we establish and build connection. You can also check out my Instagram pages to see what my life looks like as a guardian, māmā, grandmother, aunt, student, and healer! 🥱😴🌙4am my son and I travelled to the city to tautoko (support) the unveiling of my cousins carving he has been working on for the past 6 months (over 400hours carving). He was commissioned to create a piece for Eden Park, New Zeeland's national stadium. He has done many important pieces, and his work is seen across numerous landmarks in Aotearoa, also special mention of his mural in New your city!! I'm not going to go into lots of details here, I'd rather you watch the video and then ask me questions to start some discussions. This is a method I call forced connection lol. Or just let me know how the video made you feel 🫶 https://www.instagram.com/this_is_my_rongoa?igsh=Y3d1bm12bXluenZh https://www.instagram.com/aia.healing.rongoa?igsh=MTRwZ3o5dG03NXAxdw==

Time is somehow alluding me lately. It is a crazy concept as I assumed I would have all the time in the world once I broke free from my 9-to-5 job but it has morphed into the exact opposite of my assumptions. I have come to realise how much I sacrificed for the job and am now re-building the life I had always tried so hard to work for., I was working in the wrong way though. And while the journey has been amazing and I've gained so much support through all my jobs, it's time to trust myself and be my own boss....growing old is the blessing...becoming wiser and more trusting of processes and self. I spent the last few days back in my Mothers homeland with our people reconnecting with them and I have come home with a stronger sense of purpose and direction, so to my community here on skool...please know that I am out here aligning everything to deliver the most beautiful and accessible healing space possible. Natural Healing Skool will be ever evolving and those that are here now get to see the birth of my very last baby...figuratively hahaha Discussions around these topics are important. Growing old gracefully, the assumptions of societal hierarchy for success, the realities of re-building your life, realising quitting a job is not the end but the beginning of something....so many discussion topics for our hub! Below ill put A few pics of my weekend. I took Aiā healing to Te Kūiti, King Country where my mother grew up. I will be introducing you all to Aiā Healing as we grow but there are links in my other posts that will take you directly to our instagram pages for now.