Flow of the day….12.30pm ~ Haka workshop participants arrive to be smoke cleansed and settle in.
1pm - 4pm ~ Haka workshop ($35)
4pm - 5pm ~ Intermission with food provided
5pm - 7pm ~ New Moon Ceremony ($35)
7pm - 7.30pm ~ Tidy up/clear the space
7.30pm - 9pm ~ Tea and connection
You can buy a combo ticket for both events for only $60
Haka For Life Workshop (3 hours)
Matiu has over 30 years experience as a Maori language and performance teacher, he is an engaging facilitator, dynamic international musician, playwrite, storyteller and a leader amongst his own communities.
This interactive workshop will cover traditional Maori practices including the warrior energy of haka (traditional power dance), the hongi (sharing the breath of life), story, the art of introduction, song, and more.
This workshop also covers several simple yet extremely powerful masculine/feminine practices that are profoundly honoring, healing, connecting and empowering. The impact from this is currently sending waves around the planet.
We will deal with light and shadow.
This workshop is suitable for anyone up for real growth.
Participants will leave with ancient yet practical tools to support them in the way they stand, speak, listen, connect and move powerfully through this life.
So, would you like to feel grounded, strongly connected to spirit, the ancestors and all people present when speaking in a group? Do you want to step into your power as a leader? Are you ready for people to really tune in and hear your words of acknowledgement and honour? Feel more confident in your own skin? Find your warrior and embrace your internal bad ass?
These are some of the things we’ll be diving into together in this workshop.
Matiu's approach is welcoming, inspiring, fun, safe and empowering.
"I tell ya... Your medicine Is your music... Straight from the heart and the depths of your soul. You are a warrior of word n rhythm - inspiring peeps to look within n re switch the light inside their own souls. Thank u incredible you!”
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New Moon Cacao Ceremony (2 hours)
Experience a transformative and holistic journey of healing, self-discovery, and connection with this New Moon Ceremony led by My Secret Garden and Maha Medicine. At the new My Secret Garden Sanctuary.
What to Expect ~
We will honor the power of the evenings wintery New Moon in Cancer, drink Cacao and then you will be safely guided by Michelle (My Secret Garden) and Leamārie (Maha Medicine) with an holistic approach through Breathwork, Gentle movement, Guided Meditation, Sound Healing, Rongoa Māori tradition and a strong focus on Yoga Nidra (Sleep Yoga) bringing you deeply home in you body.
This two hour journey addresses the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of well-being.
We will guide you through a beautiful two hours of deep connection to yourself, your body, your heart, your breath and your spirit.
Take this time for you to be held and guided back home to yourself.
You will leave feeling calmer, more centered and very relaxed.
We are looking forward to welcoming and guiding you!
See you soon 🌕
With Aroha
Michelle and Lea. Xxx
Tea of locally sourced organic herbs provided after the New Moon Ceremony, please stay for a cuppa and some connection until 9pm.
My Secret Garden ~
Michelle is the creatrix of My Secret Garden - a keen herbalist and lover of all plant life, creating Medicine straight from nature is simply a natural lifestyle for Michelle, she is deeply connected to the earth, a poet, a passionate life-long student of the mind/body/breath connection, a teacher of Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Bikram Hot Yoga - currently teaching 4-9 Hot Yoga classes per week.
Michelle is a Cacao facilitator co-creating bi-monthly Moon Ceremonies, these two hour ceremonies incorporate Yoga Nidra, Breathwork, Guided Meditation, Gentle movement and Sound healing.
Michelle has achieved both a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors and a Black Belt first Dan in Kung Fu in the first half of her life. She believes in creative self expression, physical strength building to heal injury, both physical and mental, and the power of practicing Yoga regularly as a form of meditation.
Michelle is now the owner of the beautiful, sacred space My Secret Garden Sanctuary - a hub for healing arts of all kinds.
“I am so grateful and honored to have both Leamārie Sciascia Steffert (M.A.H.A Medicine) and Matiu Te Huki (Haka For Life Workshop) here sharing their magic for our first event and opening of My Secret Garden Sanctuary”
Michelle ~ My Secret Garden
M.A.H.A Medicine….
Leamārie Sciascia Steffert is a dedicated practitioner of M.A.H.A Medicine specialising in Rongoa Māori, Yoga, Recovery & Indigenous Wisdom Traditions. Offering weekly Huānga Yin Yoga, and monthly New Moon & Full Moon Kawakawa & Cacao Ceremonies. Leamārie provides healing through Mirimiri, one-on-one, group sessions & retreats.
With over a decade of experience, Leamārie has presented and facilitated at various festivals & events in Australia, Bali & New Zealand and as a Yoga Therapist at Ocean Hills Detox & Rehabilitation, aiding individuals in their recovery from addiction, supporting their mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health.
Leamārie's passion for supporting others extends to her work with Wāhine Māori transitioning from prison to mainstream society, as well as her previous roles with “at risk” Youth and as the Young Mothers Program Coordinator. She holds a BA in Sociology & Aboriginal Studies.
Leamārie brings a wealth of lived experience as she has navigated her way through very dark times, terrible illnesses & her own journey of recovery. This has given her a depth of wisdom & compassion in sharing the tools of kete with all those who seek peace, freedom, joy
& healing.
**For people attending both Matiu's Haka For Life Workshop and My Secret Garden and M.A.H.A Medicine's New Moon Cacao Ceremony there will be an hour long intermission in-between the two events, where homemade vegan soup/stew, homemade bread and locally sourced Herbal tea is available for anyone who is hungry.
Come join us for this beautiful day of healing!
My Secret Garden Sanctuary,
43, Wakefield Street,
Onekawa Industrial Estate,
Napier,
4110
Event Venue
43, Wakefield Street, Onekawa, Napier 4110. New Zealand, 43H Wakefield St, Onekawa, Napier 4110, New Zealand,Napier, New Zealand
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