Joining. Connecting. Restoring what was always whole.
Honohono is a Māori wairua medicine an energy practice rooted in the teachings of Tohunga Riwai Pakerau, a healer from Ngāti Porou, Waipiro Bay, who lived in the mid-1800s.
Blind in the physical sense, Riwai worked through the whatumanawa , a seeing that moved beyond the visible. His practice passed through wairua: to Sally Deery, then to Dion Rangiuia Freeman, who carries and teaches this mātauranga today.
Hono means to join, to connect. The practice works with mauri, life force . Tracing where energy and emotion have stilled or knotted, and inviting the body back into its own natural flow.
As a Pākehā practitioner I arrive here woven with many lineages. The thread I have carried longest is the creative intuitive energy work of Linda Keen. Which is a living practice I have been in relationship with for over 20 years. Through her lineage I learned to read what the body holds beneath the surface: clairvoyantly, clairsentiently, through presence and permission.
When I first encountered Maori Healing modalities through a diverse range of practitioners iI felt a sense of deep understanding, close to my own energetic lineage than anything I had met before. A familiar quality of listening.
I now have the honour to practice and deepen — through training with Dion, through the land, through mauri and wairua, and through the movement practices that have grown from this deeper connection. Honohono and mirimiri & distance healing have become a beautiful addition to how I live and offer my mahi.
I hold this work with care and humility. These lineages have their own whakapapa — long before me, far beyond me. I do not claim them. I honour them, name them, and carry them as best I can.
Tā koha sessions are available by arrangement.
Blind in the physical sense, Riwai worked through the whatumanawa , a seeing that moved beyond the visible. His practice passed through wairua: to Sally Deery, then to Dion Rangiuia Freeman, who carries and teaches this mātauranga today.
Hono means to join, to connect. The practice works with mauri, life force . Tracing where energy and emotion have stilled or knotted, and inviting the body back into its own natural flow.
As a Pākehā practitioner I arrive here woven with many lineages. The thread I have carried longest is the creative intuitive energy work of Linda Keen. Which is a living practice I have been in relationship with for over 20 years. Through her lineage I learned to read what the body holds beneath the surface: clairvoyantly, clairsentiently, through presence and permission.
When I first encountered Maori Healing modalities through a diverse range of practitioners iI felt a sense of deep understanding, close to my own energetic lineage than anything I had met before. A familiar quality of listening.
I now have the honour to practice and deepen — through training with Dion, through the land, through mauri and wairua, and through the movement practices that have grown from this deeper connection. Honohono and mirimiri & distance healing have become a beautiful addition to how I live and offer my mahi.
I hold this work with care and humility. These lineages have their own whakapapa — long before me, far beyond me. I do not claim them. I honour them, name them, and carry them as best I can.
Tā koha sessions are available by arrangement.