29/08/2026
There has been an influx of questions since ACC funding became available:
What is ACC funding?
What is the difference between the services?
Can anybody access them?
Do I need to be Māori?
Will it hurt ?
So, here’s a little unpacking. This is a LONG post! Okay there maybe the odd typo or spell error so bear with me please !
No two sessions look the same.
We will kōrero first, listen to where you’re at and decide together what practices may best support you on the day.
There are no ethnicity requirements to connect with these sacred Indigenous healing modalities. They are available for everyone.
Sometimes that might be Mirimiri.
Sometimes Romiromi.
Sometimes Whakawhiti Kōrero and meditation.
Sometimes Taonga Pūoro.
And sometimes, a little bit of everything.
The intention isn’t to “fix” you.
You are not broken.
The intention is to create a space where you can reconnect with what is already within you…your wairua, your strength, your knowing and your mana while gently exploring what your body has been carrying, sometimes our body is still responding to something our mind has already moved past.
Sometimes we’re carrying stories that began before us.
THE BODY REMEMBERS
We can carry experiences, patterns, stress responses, beliefs and ways of surviving that have been shaped by our own lives and sometimes by what has travelled through our whānau and generations.
The body can hold onto these experiences in the way we breathe, move, tense, protect ourselves and respond to the world around us.
This is where the healing mahi can create space to notice, understand and gently release what the body and wairua may have been holding.
In our sessions it’s powerful to sit in a space of rest and digest….activating our parasympathetic nervous system.
Some modalities offer deep tissue body work, with permission.
It’s my job to gain that from you, communicate with you and know when your body is saying no.
I will never ever hurt you, any deep pressure will be a team effort and treated with care.
Healing can be soft, and beautiful….
🌿 MIRIMIRI
Mirimiri is a holistic Māori healing practice that works with the mind, body and wairua.
Through touch and connection, we create space to slow down, release what the body may be holding and reconnect with yourself.
Depending on your comfort and what you need on the day, this may include oils, massage and hands-on bodywork.
The mahi can support you to become aware of where you are holding tension, heaviness or protection and create a safe space for the body to soften and let go.
This can also create space to work with experiences, patterns and trauma that may have been carried through our own lives or through generations.
Mirimiri may support you to:
• Release physical and emotional tension
• Reconnect with your tinana
• Create space for relaxation and restoration
• Connect with your wairua
• Gently release what you have been carrying
• Support and uplift your mana and wellbeing
• Feel more grounded, connected and restored
🌿 ROMIROMI
Romiromi is fully clothed and works with the body through gentle movement, pressure points and stretches.
But the mahi goes beyond simply working with muscles and joints.
Our bodies (physical emotional mental spiritual and energetic bodies) can develop ways of protecting us. We can tighten, brace, restrict movement or hold ourselves in particular ways without even realising.
Through movement, pressure points and stretching, we can begin to explore what we have been holding and support it to move differently.
This can create space to work with patterns of holding and protection that may have developed through our own experiences or patterns that have travelled through generations.
Romiromi may support:
• Reconnection with your tinana and wairua
• Awareness of where you may be holding tension or heaviness
• Gentle physical and emotional release
• Releasing patterns of holding and protection
• Grounding and centring
• Restoring balance
• Strengthening your connection to your own mana
🌿 WHAKAWHITI KŌRERO
Whakawhiti Kōrero is a space to come back to yourself through kōrero, meditation, reflection and connection with nature.
Sometimes we live our lives carrying stories that we haven’t had the opportunity to unpack.
Some are ours.
Some have been handed down.
Some have become patterns that we have simply learned to survive with.
Through kōrero, we can begin to explore the things that have shaped us including generational and intergenerational trauma, beliefs, behaviours and patterns that may have travelled through our whakapapa.
We can ask:
What am I carrying?
Where did it come from?
Does it still serve me?
What do I want to carry forward?
And perhaps most importantly:
What am I ready to put down?
Through meditation, kōrero and connection with nature, we create space to reconnect with ourselves and listen to what our mind, body and wairua are telling us.
From there, we can explore new tools, perspectives and ways of being that you can add to your kete.
This mahi can support you to:
• Understand yourself with greater compassion
• Explore patterns carried through your experiences and whakapapa
• Release old ways of thinking and being that no longer serve you
• Reconnect with your identity and sense of belonging
• Find clarity and perspective
• Build your kete of tools and knowledge
• Reconnect with nature and your wairua
• Uplift and strengthen your mana
🌿 TAONGA PŪORO
Taonga Pūoro, our indigenous instruments can be woven through a session using sound, vibration, breath, meditation and deep listening.
Sound gives us an opportunity to pause, listen and reconnect with ourselves, our wairua, our tinana and the world around us.
When we finally become still enough to listen, sometimes things that have been sitting beneath the surface can begin to come forward.
The sound can provide a space to feel, breathe, acknowledge and release, rather than continuing to hold everything inside.
This can be especially meaningful when we are working with experiences that have shaped the way our bodies respond to the world including patterns that may have been carried through generations.
Taonga Pūoro can support:
• Grounding and presence
• Connection to breath and wairua
• Stillness and reflection
• Emotional and energetic release
• Connection with Papatūānuku and our environment
• Supporting balance and wellbeing
• Creating space to restore and uplift your energy and mana
THE MAHI IS YOURS!
No two sessions need to look the same.
We will kōrero first, listen to where you’re at and decide together what practices may best support you on the day.
Sometimes that might be Mirimiri.
Sometimes Romiromi.
Sometimes Whakawhiti Kōrero and meditation.
Sometimes Taonga Pūoro.
And sometimes, a little bit of everything.
The mahi is not about fixing something that is broken.
You are not broken.
It is about creating a space where you can reconnect with your wairua, your strength, your knowing and your mana.
A space to listen to your body.
A space to explore what you have been carrying.
A space to understand what may have been passed down.
And a space to decide what you want to take forward into the future.
Come as you are.
Bring what you’re carrying.
Leave feeling lighter, balanced, reconnected and with more tools in your kete.
Mauri ora xx
