Learn About Sound and Energy Healing with Ngaronoa and Komako
Mauri ora the way I understand it
is like an internal energy,
so its not necessarily something where you’re just like
you’re born here and then you have mauri
but it’s more like
in a way its like connected to your spiritual energy,
energy, your vital energy
that’s how I understand mauri as that
everything has a mauri and essence.
Our purpose is just turning in to
that essence of yourself
and acknowledging that even if its sadness,
it could be happiness,
whatever that essence is that you’re feeling in to,
expressing that and finding that place of balance.
Kindness Uprising
Puhikaiariki i te chief.
Ngātokimatawhaorua is my waka.
Emeeme and Taratara are my mountains.
Ngāti Pakihi, Tarawai and Ngāti Uru are my subtribes.
Therefore, my name is Ngaronoa Renata.
Greetings, family.
My name is Komako Aroha,
greetings to you all.
Lie down, close your eyes, listen closely and enjoy the experience
of Pūngao Ora, Mauri Ora, Sound and Energy Healing
Breathe in,
breathe out.
Breathe in,
breathe out.
The origin, the tap root,
the rootlets, the vine,
the growth,
the great wood, the conception,
the sound, the void, the darkness
the connection of the people.
Sky Father and Earth Mother.
This is the creation
of the world.
Breathe in,
breathe out.
Breathe in,
breathe out.
Stretch out.
Breathe in,
breathe out.
So, Komako used the word ‘balance’ which is
‘ōrua’
to find the balance within mauri
and have wellness
doesn’t necessarily happen immediately,
you can come in quite
unbalanced
and that’s’ a given,
and if we’re going to use words
in that way
as the words ‘mauri ora’
what are we offering
in terms of changing that
to a state of ōrua
will infuse us with wellness and hauora.
When Komako was playing the kōauau
I reflected back to my ancestors
who fought for the language,
the land and Kura Kaupapa Māori,
yes, those are my thoughts.
I felt more connected to taonga puoro.
At first
I felt like the conch was
pulling my thoughts out of my head
and it made me feel connected to
to my spiritual side.
It made me think of my nan,
my pāpā
it also made me feel grounded,
and the higher it went
I felt like I was getting lifted,
it was like so cool and good.
When Tāwhirimātea after Papa and Rangi were separated,
Tāwhirimātea was raging and you know,
very upset with the decision of the separation.
Hinepūtehue, Tāwhiri’s sister
wanted to help the rage and the pain
and embraced her sound
within her and then breathed out
her own sound, her own sound and peace.
And what I really love about this story
its so relatable to the winds
the internal winds that we experience as humans,
so we’re so swayed
by the challenges of life,
and this being a metaphor in my life
has really helped me
to embrace the practice
in the energy that Hinepūtehue has to offer us.
The energy that I get is that
there is like unlimited potential
within what Hinepūtehue offers us.
Trust your own intuition
and your own knowledge
within your core
if you are feeling challenged in life.