Flourishing Healing Practice Podcast

Ep 19. Capturing the essence of our mahi ~ practice with Gabrielle Walker & Hawaatea Bryson

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Diving deeper into some nuances of Māori Healing (from the archives)

Healing centred engagement, advocacy & the power of a social work lens

The beautiful tuahine Haaweatea Bryson from Nature Knows, who featured in episode 15 – turned the tables on me for this week’s Kōrero MiriMiri: Healing talk and asked me about my path and journey into Māori Healing. This is part 1 of 2 and in this video we talk deeply and intentionally about my identity as a White Māori wahine. It’s such an honour to share this conversation with Haaweatea about the depths of our practice and the way it weaves both in our life and spiritual grounding and the depth of the practice we share with others. Thank you all for sharing in these talks and witnessing my wairua through these kōrero.

In this episode

At the time of recording, we were amidst the Black lives matter uprising and so we begin talking about this and weave between the idea of growing up between 2 cultures and Māori healing.

Terms we use that you may want to look into more!

Whenua ~ Land
Turungawaewae ~ Place to stand

About Haaweatea

Ko Kai Tahu Ko Waitaha ka iwi
Ko Kāti Hāwea te hapu
Ko Puketeraki te marae
Ko Poihakena (sydney) i whanau ai au
Ko Ōtepoti (Dunedin) te whanau o toku māma
Ko Hawai’i (moku o Hawai’i – Big Island) e noho ana inaianei

Hāweatea is a Therapist who specialises in transformation, transition and trauma, and relationship counseling.
She practices both online and nature-based as a wilderness therapist, and rite of passage guide.

Māori healing weave in her sessions, specifically for trauma healing, family systems healing, to find the initiation behind injury/illness, and clear the songlines in the body.

To connect with Haaweatea, join a rite of passage training or see the various services she offers, go to www.natureknows.co and share with you think below.

Website: www.natureknows.co
Instagram: @nature_knows