About me
I am appreciative as I reflect back, for all contrasts have pointed me to discover a deeper truth. Trauma has been a beautiful gift of recognising an unknown, ever-expanding capacity to meet whatever shows up in my life. I love what I do and it’s an honour and privilege that I am able to work alongside people and witness their expansion.
I grew up in a predominantly Māori setting. I am grateful to experience an era where our old people lived, embraced and expressed our cultural connection to Mauri, the living quantum energy of life in this world that surrounds us. There was also the other extreme of personal suffering within this human body. The trauma of separation as a baby, created serious emotional, mental, psychological as well as physical health problems which were compounded with violence and grief growing up.
A disturbed past set the scene of an unsettled life, feeling like I didn’t fit in and belong anywhere and unconsciously looking externally for love and to be wanted. The pattern was set up for unhappiness, addiction and dysfunctional relationships.
I spent time while in Auckland with Papa Hohepa Delimare a tohunga from Te Whanau Apanui who taught romiromi and many wananga. It was privilege to be in the presence of a tohunga, to not only witness him weave his magic but to experience how the old ways of a tohunga truly worked.
But the journey of releasing my own trauma was for me only because I needed to go through that process to understand suffering and transcend it. The return to what is woven intrinsically within our culture, in fact all indigenous cultures is a beautiful thread that nearly all people and cultures have forgotten.
And I bring this thread along with my passion to assist those who want to discover the truth of who they really are, which is the essence of all wellbeing. This is the foundation in my work as a Mauri Tau practioner. The invitation here is for you to return to your true indigenous nature beyond any culture