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Energy exchange, energy pulls & the demands on our Energy exchange, energy pulls & the demands on our energy. There are so many energies, seen and unseen ~ conscious & unconscious that circle in the world, our bodies & in group spaces. The more we step into this mahi, the more we start to see energies that do and don’t align with us. Sometimes it’s clear. Sometimes, we aren’t sure if we also have a part in things. Sometimes we feel soooo certain about our view. There are always different perspectives, although energetically, if you’re drained - you’re drained. No one else can question your capacity or feels… Let’s try to build a healthier world & step out of needing to take power from each other. Let’s find it in ourselves x One from the archives, I’ve been weaving with some of the podcast recordings I did in 2020 and didn’t release because my editing capacity (time, knowledge & equipment) wasn’t quite there yet. So you may see a few pop up from the archives - thank you @sarahmwindle for your questions each week when we met for our chats!
My heart always opens to find new spaces in wanang My heart always opens to find new spaces in wananga. New spaces within me & new understandings outside of me. Love, neutrality, new openings ~ it was such a blessing to meet the beautiful humans from the last wananga & i'm looking forward to seeing everyone again next weekend x A joy to co-facilitate with the sis @embody_withsam who's over form Aotearoa And a huuuuuugggggeee celebration of the sis Tanz @spiritedme56 for reaching her 400 hours ❤️ Looking forward to the Mirimiri wa this weekend x ❤️✨️🙏🏼🌺 @romi_by_marama @staceyannebernadette @the_lyfe_tribe @monarca.spirit @movement_and_stillness 🌿
The textures of life change all the time. New way The textures of life change all the time. New ways of being arise. New desires of ways to connect emerge. New ways to share open up. Healing is not just releasing that which doesn't serve. It's also about being open to considering new healthy ways of being. When there are no models of the new, the process of finding what works for you / us can feel & seem a little messy ~ Yet if that yearning for change exists... its a worthy endeavour ♡ 📸 @solandlunaphotography ✨️🌿
A post I shared in 2018 & popped up on my memories A post I shared in 2018 & popped up on my memories today ♡ It may be a little uncliche, yet I refuse to change my natural expression or limit my joy because of the possibility someone around me feels pain or is triggered. How is the world enhanced if I lessen the joy in my body? I express compassion, respect & non-judgemental regard. I share my understanding. I hear your pain & I feel your heart Yearning for a different way. If you look up, you'll see I scream, I cry, I have bad days. Yet I no longer agree to trauma-bond. To connect without feeling what I'm truly & deeply experiencing in the moment. We don't all share the same experiences, yet we all experience pain, death & loss. I rarely meet a woman who has not experienced some degree of sexual violence. Many of us have had miscarriages, addictions, personally or with family members. We all live in a society that supports control over, rather than power beside. That in & of itself hurts our spirit who knows the depth & breadth of who he/she really is. My healing journey & changing my story has taken me many places & spaces. It continues... & throughout it all, I've danced. I've purged. I've explored. I've groaned and I've wailed in Karanga. I've taken part in ceremony, I've seen psychologists, I've learned from others. ⁠ The piece that has felt the most freeing is making none of it wrong. It's making the sacred as part of the every day. It's walking my energetic path with truth and integrity and depth. ⁠ ⁠ I'm human as F*&%. I have deep yearnings that when not fulfilled, can crumple me to the floor. I sometimes find myself manipulating others. I want my way. I want life to do what I want it to. ⁠ ⁠ Yet, when I come to and find myself on the floor, I always know that I have the inner reservoir to rise again. ⁠ ⁠ And because I've done this many times... I know you can too. Not only from my own experience, but the gift of having been a supporter of others for many years now is that I have seen time and time again that when we feel we are the most broken is actually when we touch and discover the fullness of our being. ⁠ So I refuse to join you. I'll walk beside you. 📸 @energetic_freedom 🌻
🌿✨ An invitation to step Into the Ako Torowhānui Waka in Perth, WA ✨🌿 (Earlybird extended) Connect deeply with the ancient wisdom of Māori healing through the sacred art of RomiRomi and Mirimiri Together, RomiRomi and Mirimiri are a deep healing technique that involving dropping into the breath, wairua ~ spirit, tinana ~ physical and energy of the body to release tension and restore balance. These wananga ~ workshop is perfect for anyone passionate about holistic healing, massage therapy, or cultural wisdom. Join us for both - or 1 workshops. Join us for one or both workshops: 🗓 June 7th & 8th – RomiRomi 🗓 June 14th & 15th – Mirimiri 📍 Where: The Wetlands Centre, Bibra Lake ✨ What else: Each wananga is unique depending on the person's needs. Learn Māori healing techniques Experience the depth and flow of RomiRomi work Dive into understanding your own healing process, to feel if stepping more into this work is for you Connect with our supportive community and culture 👉 More info & registration: https://www.wanderkind.com.au/maorihealingtraining Or send me a PM x
The synchroncity of things ~ I was interviewed by The synchroncity of things ~ I was interviewed by a co-creator Leora recently @leorabf for her new podcast "A healing guide" sharing her lessons along her healing journey. We recorded this when she was back in Perth a while ago & it was released on the same day as WanderKind by Gabrielle Rangihoea 10th Anniversary. I'm honoured & grateful to be the first episode. A beautiful capture of how Romiromi is moving through me right now. Have a listen link below or on bio x https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gdSk3IVQV2uskuYEmn4ki?si=8409adf74e78443b
Morena whānau, it's my business anniversary / bir Morena whānau, it's my business anniversary / birthday of 10 years, When I started, I didn't know any (most) of you! 2025 has been a year of solidifying my practice, essence & life for the next 10-years & it blows my mind that it's 10-years since I sat in my dark apartment, gazing over Hyde park and stepped into the unknown. 10-years of moving into a stream that's taken on a life of it's own. 10 years of finding myself and then losing myself again. 10-years of meeting so many phenomenal people, for seasons, reasons and many of you, who I see in my life for lifetimes. 10-years of ups and downs, laughter, tears, joy, yummy kai, trips interstate and internationally, 10-years of figuring it out and then backing up, to figure it all out again. There's so much that goes into holding space for others beyond what you see, admin, working on being seen, facing my personal life, the ups and downs of finances. Balancing personal dreams vs. practice business dreams, finding the path to provide for myself, while also honouring the deeeeeepppp sacredness of this practice. 10-years of working out the textures of vulnerability & genuineness, of playing with openness and how much of my life & practice I want to share. 10-years of realising again and again the power of this work. 10 years of stepping in too deep & committing too hard, then backing out & then stepping in again. 10 years of learnings, 10years of blessings. Whew, so much has changed, and I don't know how to honour EVERY single person who makes and has contributed to me being able to show up in this space, Thank you allllll for your essence, contributions, the time we've spent together, I'm so deeply grateful for you all! Ngā mihi, Gabrielle x There are soooo many more people I need to thank ~ My whānau - Mama, Papa & my sibs x To my beloved teacher & fierce protector @wiki_maori_healing My soul whanau & Ako Torowhānui coaches @ngakau_creative @embody_withsam @em_bodywithmos_ @spiritedme56 To those who hold and have held space for me & this space on the regular in this @ process & come into wananga spaces to support the next intakes @haniakalani @bridgethohua x (cont in comments)
My approach with Māori healing is to weave Mirimi My approach with Māori healing is to weave Mirimiri and Romiromi together (although they are always working together). For your guidance, here's some contexts why you may be drawn to the physically deeper approach of Romiromi or the physically lighter form of Mirimiri (both can feel deep spiritually!) Here's a few points when it is a good time to work really deeply ♡ You're super ready for change ♡ You have a deeeeeeppp knowing there is something in this space ♡ Your Tīpuna ~ ancestors are tugging you here ♡ Your body & spirit feels heavy, like you're being directed by energies that aren't your healthy self ♡ Your body is aching & youve tried many things to shift it, yet there's nothing other medical professionals can find ♡ You are open to co-creation (working together), rather than someone "fixing" you ♡ You've talked your issues over & over in a counselling or psychology type format, & not much has changed ♡ You're feeling a little numb from life Here's a few contexts when Mirimiri may be the better approach ♡ You've got a physical injury that needs time to heal ♡ Your wairua ~ spirit need's nurture ♡ You're a person who will typically lean into challenge, rather than surrender ♡ You just know you need this ♡ You're expanding & want to connect into the heavens & shift & change in a gentle way ♡ You just KNOW you need this approach today 📸 @little_shoots_perth 🙏🏼🌻

© 2024. WanderKind, Gabrielle Walker. This work is shared on Noongar Boodjar in Perth. Western Australia. My gratitude to the Aboriginal people of this land and across Australia as traditional custodians of this land