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Kia Ora whanau
Well where has the year gone? It's August already. Hope you are all keeping well and warm during these winter months. I think I have climatised to the Wellington weather now and thank goodness Tawhirimatea hasn't blown my umbrella inside out yet. It keeps raining here but we seemed to have survived the storms without too much trouble. We had no power for a few days here in Otaki and I wondered where were we before microwaves, electric blankets, heaters and hot water? After working in the city all day, I come home to the hawks crying out in the night sky and wake up to the native birds singing in the trees. The air is so polluted in the city with all the traffic so I so appreciate breathing fresh air out here and hearing the sea roar in the background. How true is the saying, you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl?
This month, we will feature Teawhina and Pomare Riwaka, traditional Maori healers living in Porirua. They are doing some awesome work there and are offering NZQA study in Rongoa and bodywork. We will also look at charts that show what raw foods can do to help the body. Water is magic in wellness and we will look at a Japanese Water cure.
Do you remember the infamous 'Kapi Adams.' My whanau from Wairoa remember him well as a Maori healer and bodyworker who also studied medicine. He could prescribe drugs as well as Rongoa. My Aunty Joy from Wairoa told me that he was struck blind just before he finished his studies to become a Doctor but that didn't stop him. He travelled around the countryside working his people in spiritual healing, bodywork, aligning bones and prescribing clinical medicine and rongoa together. His teacher in the rongoa was the mother of Teawhina Riwaka who is still alive tody. At a recent Maori Womens WelfareLleague hui in Newtown, I met a kuia who told me about Teawhina, a Maori healer who knows what Rongoa will work side by side with prescribed medicines from the Doctor. This kuia now eats raw foods and juices, drinks water, makes her own rongoa and takes it every day. Her only regret is that she didn't meet Teawhina earlier in her life.
Last week I had the opporunity to meet with Teawhina and her husband Pomare at the Kenepuru hospital in Porirua. We talked for some time about the studies she is offering right up to Masters level. Then she hooked me up to some coils with kohatu underneath that draws out the mauiui from your body and told me this process would probably send me off to sleep. I didn't at all feel tired but blow me down, I went to sleep and they had to wake me up to do some bodywork on me? Pomare was very gentle putting my back and neck into alignment then he instructed me in how to prepare some roots and leaves for my Rongoa. Rather than make rongoa for turoro, they choose to empower turoro to take responsibility for their own wellness naturally and this is good role modelling for our tamariki at home. Teawhina is also a teacher in the practice of Maori medicine and is now NZQA accredited. We will cover this more in depth in our next newsletter.
There are many benefits to eating fresh fruit and vegetables. The following link will show you which foods will combat cancer, lower cholesterol, enhance blood flow, support the immune system, aid in weight loss, and the list goes on: Click here to read.
I was given an article from the Japanese Medical Society that promotes a Japanese Water Cure. I know I continue to harp on about the benefits of drinking water. I drink a large mug or two of hot water every morning before breakfast and then more an hour after lunch and then again after tea. You may find this article very interesting. Click here to read.
Well whanau, that's us for this time. Keep drinking those clear soups with lots of veges and puha in them over the winter time. Keep those fatty meats and chicken skin off your plate and get into some fish oils to replace the bad fats in the body. Remember to take the time to walk barefeet on the beach to draw negative energies from your body and nurture your wairua with love, laughter and song.
Arohanui ki a koutou katoa
Charlotte
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