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Podcast: Sacred rites & reconnection to nature through ceremony and romiromi (māori healing)
Listen here on Spotify On the flourishing healing practice podcast today a kōrero from our Rāahui time in 2020. Hāweatea from Nature...
Holly Haaweatea Bryson
Dec 17, 20231 min read


5 Aspects of Resilience: A Māori Indigenous Lens
Many Old truths are hijacked in our modern world. Narrowed into a single dimension or lens to serve a purpose. Resilience, for example,...

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Mar 27, 20231 min read


THE SEAT OF MY ELDERS SERIES love made real. ep1.
Episode 1. Korero with Koro With Pipiri Waretini, held in Tokomaru Bay This video series marks a hikoi/ journey to spend more time and...

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Aug 21, 20221 min read


Why Rites of Passage? What is the Need? What are they for?
Rites of Passage: themes and needs. Let's identify and recognise some of the core needs behind rites of passage. Why do we do it? What...

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Aug 21, 20221 min read


The portal that opens in death, loss, thresholds and times of release (cultural perspectives)
There are significant times of the year when the veil in thin ; these differ depending on where we live and our cultural and family...

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
May 15, 20221 min read


Navigating the 'Liminal' / Unknown Stage of Change
Once the structures of our world, lives, roles, or identities change, we reach a stage where we realise that we cannot “go back to how...

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Apr 1, 20222 min read


The gift of Elder Dr Malidoma Somé's words to our responsive hearts in this time
I really enjoyed gathering some short excerpts from Elder Malidomas teachings (from a variety of open sources) to honour him as an human...

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Dec 14, 20212 min read


Beyond Decision Angst, Finding Your Answer
Making decisions where we don't betray ourselves for the sake of what we are hanging onto. Why we carry other people along with us,...

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Jul 11, 20201 min read


Kōrero Mirimiri: Talking Māori Healing, Trauma and Inner Work (Video)
Wanderkind Healing Episode 07: Listen in for this short interview on #healing, #trauma, #innerguidance, deep family work, and clearing.

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
May 31, 20201 min read


Introduction to Rites of Passage and the map of Transformation
A short clip from our recent webinar (The Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute and Nature Knows), and our Ceremony and Resilience Series.

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Apr 22, 20201 min read


10 Things to note in our Worldwide Trauma Response and Initiation #covid19
Right now our world moves through a trauma response and initiatory process. 10 things that stand out.

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Mar 25, 20201 min read


Features of Spiritual Bypass
The great "miss" when striving for goodness, pureness, perfection...

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
May 22, 20194 min read


The Heroine at lifes center: How she earns her own self-trust and must shape it to a steady calm
We earn the trust in ourselves through every experience we go through

Haaweatea Holly Bryson
May 22, 20191 min read


Transformation Process and Māori Healing Sessions
Deep support in life-transition, transformation, clearing trauma, healing injuries or illness. Release emotional story, clear...
Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Jun 2, 20183 min read


Becoming an Elder
8 weeks ago, to celebrate my 60th birthday, I stepped from this circle into the bush, alone - on a 40 hour Vision Quest. For 2 nights I...
Robbie Chapman
May 29, 20165 min read


Why I've changed my name
I’ve been amongst a rite of passage of my own. These passages are transformation at their core, and always into what has been growing in...
Haaweatea Bryson
Apr 2, 20165 min read


How to be generous with who you are: The two greatest processes your whole life
Who you are is amazing - but you know what? We’re afraid of being generous. We’re afraid to be generous with who we are. In the dance...
Haaweatea Bryson
Oct 29, 20156 min read


When life turns upside down
For when you step into the unknown When a significant event turns life upside down, there will be a transformation. We step into the...
Haaweatea Holly Bryson
Jun 6, 20153 min read


Seeking Solitude in the Wilderness
Seeking solitude in the wilderness: Rites of Passage Over the last year solitude in the wilderness has featured in our media. The...
Haaweatea Bryson
Sep 15, 20146 min read


When I die - give me back
I'm driving past bright green lawns. Men swarm over them in electric motors creating neat vertical rows, leaving little indents. In the...
Haaweatea Bryson
May 21, 20115 min read
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