Whakapapa
Nothing I offer began with me. The knowledge in my hands comes from many peoples and many places, world knowledge returning and finding its way to me through the people who came along my path, often at exactly the right moment. This page honours them.
Chrystal was my path to using Tibetan singing bowls for healing. She was also the first person to gift me sound instruments, and that led to all the rest.
Read the story →I was guided to Kay through chance encounters at my local coffee shop, which led to an exchange of treatments and knowledge. She’s a Jin Shin Jyutsu® practitioner and a mentor of mine.
Nearly every instrument I play was a gift, and each one carries the person who gave it.
Read the story →None of these sit on their own. Along the way I've also explored reflexology myself and learned from the writing of Inna Segal, Barbara Brennan and Louise Hay. Every one of them speaks the same language of the body, and the meanings are very similar.
The instruments I play come from all over the world too. The bowls and tingsha are linked with Tibet and the Himalaya, the pūtōrino from Aotearoa, the didgeridoo from the original peoples of Australia, the djembe from West Africa, and the flute from Turtle Island. The rain stick is traditionally linked with Chile and Peru, and mine is Australian-made. The shaker is one of the oldest instruments of all, played by peoples right around the world. It feels like ancient practice coming back and being interpreted in different ways.
Ora is where those threads meet. I don't practise any one of them on its own. I weave what I've learned into one way of working, and I hold it all in ceremony.
Ceremony is a living practice, still strong for Māori today in karakia, on the marae and at tangi. It has been held by peoples all over the world, wherever spirit has been honoured. Every ceremony has an opening and a closing. You open the space, the work happens, and you close it with care. Each of my sessions is held in ceremony in the same way.
He mihi nui ki a koutou katoaWith deep thanks to every teacher, tradition and tūpuna this knowledge flows from.