About me
Kia ora e te whānau, (hi to all the family),
Both my life experience and training have led to holistic health. We are all unique and have different health needs. We all respond differently to healing methods and all have different learning styles. I have gained training in mind/body practices and use an intuitive approach in health coaching and making rongoā (health products).
I see the human body as an intelligent bio-feedback system. They are always communicating to us. As we learn to tune in with them, we may become empowered to eventually find our healing ways, medicines and tools. I like to teach people how to connect with their innate wisdom and to become more in touch with tuning in with unique healing ways. This connection has a foundation in nature and a return to more natural ways of living.
My professional qualifications are a Bachelor’s degree in Counselling (2004, passed with distinction), Diploma in Counselling (2003), Certificate in Traditional Herbal Medicine (2014), Small group facilitation (2002), Life Coach training with Greg Neville N.D. (2008), Stage IV Breath Integration with Colin Sisson (2004).
For over a decade, I volunteered in a programme based health retreat. I co-facilitated health retreats that were tailor made for people seeking healing. The kinds of issues people came for were depression, anxiety, stress, abuse, grief and trauma, in general. I am aware that all aspects of our human being affect each other, so retreats were holistic and educational.
Life experience however, has been my greatest teacher where I have intuitively mastered a lot of my healing needs to survive and begin to thrive, after great challenge. Nature and meditation guided my healing processes. I have gained experience now to assist others in a wide area of life issues. It is always based upon mutual agreement and a desire to meet together and dedicate time and energy to improving health.
There are a wide range of different areas that may be explored to create the positive impact needed to gain greater health. They may be environmental, social, cultural, dietary, physical, emotional, energetic or spiritual.
Along with being a health coach, I also make rongoā (natural health remedies). Many people are sensitive to unnatural substances including me. I have a love for Papatūānuku (Earth Mother) and nature, so I choose to also be loved and healed by the nature she generously gives. Each blend is made intuitively and in connection with the plants who give themselves for healing.
I am encouraged by the community I am now living in. There are many who wish to return to natural lore where all people may be loved, housed, fed, cared for and encouraged to be their authentic self. From this foundation, free of competition and conditions, we may potentially find the balance and harmony that supports life and our planet most. We may all feel loved and accepted as we are, diverse in unity, as equals.
I am learning Te Reo Māori. To me, the language that was spoken in healthier times that were free of the effects of colonisation, is a return to a more natural way. I am both grateful and honoured to live on the whenua by Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe (the Hokianga harbour).
A whakataukī (proverb) I have adopted is, “Kaua e mate wheke mate ururoa!” This means, “Don’t die like an octopus, die like a hammerhead shark!” This is an attitude that has kept me on my path of healing and personal growth as hammerhead sharks do not give up easily. It is my encouragement to all. Healing takes dedication. I seek to walk alongside others as a health coach as people develop a healthier life style as it is fitting for them.
I believe in giving back to the community one finds support in. I believe that people who are dedicated to a return to natural lore are the change makers that bring health and wellbeing to the people, to their families, their community and Papatūānuku.
Together we can create a grass roots type of movement that is aligned with nature. The devastation of the unnatural world may begin to heal this way. As we address our health, wellbeing will naturally extend to whānau, our community and beyond. We may all contribute. Together we are strong.
Awhi mai, awhi atu.
Poppy
Both my life experience and training have led to holistic health. We are all unique and have different health needs. We all respond differently to healing methods and all have different learning styles. I have gained training in mind/body practices and use an intuitive approach in health coaching and making rongoā (health products).
I see the human body as an intelligent bio-feedback system. They are always communicating to us. As we learn to tune in with them, we may become empowered to eventually find our healing ways, medicines and tools. I like to teach people how to connect with their innate wisdom and to become more in touch with tuning in with unique healing ways. This connection has a foundation in nature and a return to more natural ways of living.
My professional qualifications are a Bachelor’s degree in Counselling (2004, passed with distinction), Diploma in Counselling (2003), Certificate in Traditional Herbal Medicine (2014), Small group facilitation (2002), Life Coach training with Greg Neville N.D. (2008), Stage IV Breath Integration with Colin Sisson (2004).
For over a decade, I volunteered in a programme based health retreat. I co-facilitated health retreats that were tailor made for people seeking healing. The kinds of issues people came for were depression, anxiety, stress, abuse, grief and trauma, in general. I am aware that all aspects of our human being affect each other, so retreats were holistic and educational.
Life experience however, has been my greatest teacher where I have intuitively mastered a lot of my healing needs to survive and begin to thrive, after great challenge. Nature and meditation guided my healing processes. I have gained experience now to assist others in a wide area of life issues. It is always based upon mutual agreement and a desire to meet together and dedicate time and energy to improving health.
There are a wide range of different areas that may be explored to create the positive impact needed to gain greater health. They may be environmental, social, cultural, dietary, physical, emotional, energetic or spiritual.
Along with being a health coach, I also make rongoā (natural health remedies). Many people are sensitive to unnatural substances including me. I have a love for Papatūānuku (Earth Mother) and nature, so I choose to also be loved and healed by the nature she generously gives. Each blend is made intuitively and in connection with the plants who give themselves for healing.
I am encouraged by the community I am now living in. There are many who wish to return to natural lore where all people may be loved, housed, fed, cared for and encouraged to be their authentic self. From this foundation, free of competition and conditions, we may potentially find the balance and harmony that supports life and our planet most. We may all feel loved and accepted as we are, diverse in unity, as equals.
I am learning Te Reo Māori. To me, the language that was spoken in healthier times that were free of the effects of colonisation, is a return to a more natural way. I am both grateful and honoured to live on the whenua by Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe (the Hokianga harbour).
A whakataukī (proverb) I have adopted is, “Kaua e mate wheke mate ururoa!” This means, “Don’t die like an octopus, die like a hammerhead shark!” This is an attitude that has kept me on my path of healing and personal growth as hammerhead sharks do not give up easily. It is my encouragement to all. Healing takes dedication. I seek to walk alongside others as a health coach as people develop a healthier life style as it is fitting for them.
I believe in giving back to the community one finds support in. I believe that people who are dedicated to a return to natural lore are the change makers that bring health and wellbeing to the people, to their families, their community and Papatūānuku.
Together we can create a grass roots type of movement that is aligned with nature. The devastation of the unnatural world may begin to heal this way. As we address our health, wellbeing will naturally extend to whānau, our community and beyond. We may all contribute. Together we are strong.
Awhi mai, awhi atu.
Poppy