Rooted in the song of the soul. Journey into the collective grief reflected in the waters within as we navigate through times of uncertainty. How do we welcome sorrow as a source of sustenance while holding grief in one hand and gratitude in the other? The initiations of the soul are illuminated through this tumultuous transition on earth. Are you listening to the higher calling of your Ancestors? Can you hear the heartbeat of Papatūānuku - Earth Mother and the pain she is communicating with us all? Ngā Wai Tīaho honors the unraveling of identity as an invitation into the broken parts of ourselves as a practice of descent into our wounds to acknowledge, heal and expand beyond our hyper fragmentation. Drawing upon the divination of mythology and pūrākau - stories that help shape our world and worlds within. How do we walk with the longing of belonging? Let us shift out of the frequency of fear to the higher octaves of knowing.

 

What is initiation? Let us journey into the world of Rites of Passage as a medium to bridge the old and the new, the outdated and the initiated, the transition from one state, one space, one season of life to another. Burning what hinders ones growth, while honoring the journey of deeper self diagnosis and self healing. The collective amnesia worldover is lifting and those light workers and awakened souls hearing the pull to deepen not only their understanding of purpose but too their service to the world in ways that are yet to be explored. Ngā Wai Tīaho is a four day, three night wananga for both women and men rooted in the divination of the healing arts, trauma work and ritual from a Te Ao Māori cosmology. Journey into the mysteries of elemental rites as we open, explore, unravel and wānanga in a grounded and safe space that draws forth deep awareness, insight, activation and healing. A vision quest into the soul.

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 RĀTAKA

 

~ Divination - Attune to the healing waters.

 

~ Awaken to the healing work of ritual. 

 

~ Explore the archetypal magic of mythology.

 

~ The feminine shadow and unspoken rage. 

 

~ Open to the wisdom of grief and trauma. 

 

~ Grief as a companion. 

 

~ Rewriting the narrative from colonial trauma trails.

 

~ Soul Retrieval - responsibility to recover lost parts of ourselves. 

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~ Reclaiming spiritual wisdom | practices.

 

~ Cultural Appropriation - how to recognize and respond to extractive identities.

 

DATES & LOCATION

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This wānanga will take place over 4 days & 3 nights near Mt Shasta, California, Turtle Is, (USA) - Venue TBC - from Thursday, 23rd April to Sunday 26th April, 2026. Please register your interest below to receive more info and updates.

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AMIRIA BIO

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Amiria Hinātore Raumati nō Waitaha, Te Kahui Maunga, Te Ati Awa, Te Wai o Hua, Ngati Te Ata, Ngati Mahanga descent is a Traditional Māori and Planetary Healer, Storyteller and Ceremonialist devoted to the Healing of Papatuanuku, the Earth and her People. Amiria is the visionary behind Te Whare o Rā, a confluence of traditional healing, Indigenous knowledge transmission and mystery arts. With a past steeped in the fields of multimedia, dance, ceremony and intergenerational healing and trauma. Amiria was raised by the fertile soils and volcanic waters of Taranaki on the west coast of Aotearoa, building a connection to the sentient spirits of the land from a young age. Growing to nurture gifts to read and communicate with the unseen which led her into healing amd ceremonial spaces that innately shaped the mysteries of spirituality. Devoting herself to the body arts with an acute awareness on Ancestral and intergenerational healing expanding into Tohi - Rites of Passage. In 2023 Amiria spent time in ceremony with Winnemem Wintu the Traditional Guardians and Ancestors of Mt Shasta honoring and praying for the Mountains, waters and salmon to return home from Aotearoa. It is only right she returns to hold this sacred offering on country that spiritually connects her and her Mountain.​

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