The relationship we have with the earth is a sacred one.
Intimate,
Ancient and all-encompassing.
And I know it's hard when we feel the fracture,
The separation,
The distance from the earth.
We float through life without an intentional anchor.
We become reactive,
Fuzzy.
Unsettled.
Let's journey into the heart of the earth together and see what medicine awaits us.
Taking a moment now to find a comfortable position.
You may like to close your eyes or soften your gaze.
There is no wrong way to receive this transmission if you would like to find stillness,
Settling in now.
If you're someone that enjoys somatic movement,
There is an invitation to allow the body to move as it pleases.
From here,
Taking a haa ki roto,
A deep breath in.
Holding it at the top.
And release.
Again,
Haa ki roto,
Breathing in.
And hold.
And release.
Last one.
Breathing in.
And pause.
Deepest exhale yet,
All the way out.
Taking a moment now to soften the body.
Soften the face,
Forehead,
The eyes.
Softening your jaw,
Your tongue.
Dropping the shoulders,
The arms.
Softening the shoulders,
Letting your chest just naturally rise and fall.
Can you soften your puku,
Your stomach.
Softening the hips and your thighs.
Softening the hips and your thighs.
Maybe wiggling your toes and letting them soften and find stillness.
Arriving fully here in this moment.
A philosophy within te ao Māori that I adore and that continues to offer me medicine is the concept of the three hearts,
Ngā manawa e toru.
Each iwi has their own variation,
So please hold my words as invitations.
Gentle offerings to help you rediscover the sensations that feel alive for you.
We begin with our whātumanawa,
The eye of the heart.
Often located at our third eye,
Which lives at the centre of our brow,
Just above the meeting of the eyebrows.
A point you can sense rather than see.
What does it feel like to bring your internal gaze here?
To rest for a moment in the seat of your intuition,
The home of your deep knowing.
What would it feel like to lean all the way into trust?
To trust your sight,
The signals of your heart,
Your gut,
Your body.
Rest here a while in this trust and cultivate this relationship with your intuition.
It might simply be a listening or an acknowledgement of where you are in this unfolding.
There's no wrong answers here.
Just holding the awareness at your third eye and feeling into this idea of your intuition.
Our whātumanawa can be seen as our connection to our intuition,
To our physical body,
To our mind,
To our heart.
To our foresight,
To our connection to the unseen worlds.
Our whātumanawa has the ability to call forth guidance from the unseen forces.
Our whātumanawa.
Gently now allow your internal gaze to travel down to your manawa,
Your heart space.
You may like to place a hand on your chest and feel the pulse of life.
Ever present,
Awake,
Humming.
Here is the origin of your electromagnetic field,
Your fire.
The inner fire that ignites your aliveness.
From this place,
I like to play with the consciousness of that field.
What would it feel like to expand it?
And you can do this by simply imagining your energy field radiating and pulsing from your body.
I like to give it colour,
Texture,
A kind of body.
For me,
Sometimes it's flames,
Sometimes it's an iridescent bubble,
And sometimes it's like korus swirling around my body.
What does your energy field feel like today?
And how does it feel to expand it?
And now what would it feel like to draw this field inward,
To gather that current into the centre of your being?
This,
My friend,
Is an incredible tool for empaths.
For those who walk into rooms and feel the intensity of other people's worlds.
Practice this,
Expanding your energy and drawing it inward.
Add it to your kete matauranga,
Your basket of knowledge.
And over time,
With practice,
This tool will serve you.
Now moving on to our pūmanawa,
Just above the pito,
The belly button.
This energy centre holds many rich meanings.
But for today's kaupapa,
Today's purpose,
We turn our gaze to the learnings of the pito.
P meaning origin or source.
The pito symbolises the deep intimacy we share with our mothers.
It's here through the umbilical cord that we first receive nourishment from our mothers.
Kei roto i te whare tangata o to tātou māmā,
In the womb of our mothers,
We learn this sacred exchange of mauri,
Of life force.
It's here that we learn that the steady flow of nourishment from our mothers allows our bodies and consciousness to form and grow.
It's here we learn that the whare tangata is the house of humanity.
It's where creation begins.
It's here we learn that mothers are the guardians of whakapapa,
The portals of lineage,
The gateway between worlds.
It's here we learn the primordial pulse to honour our mothers.
It's here that we learn the kupu,
The word in Māori for placenta is whenua.
Whenua also means land.
In Māori traditions,
After we give birth,
We return the placenta to the earth as a tohu,
A symbol of the connection,
Reverence and respect for Papatūānuku,
Our earth mother.
So from this place,
Take a hau hōhōnu,
A deep breath,
Holding it at the top,
Gathering energy to the centre,
Anchoring into the pūmanawa,
The space around the belly button.
And when you're ready,
Exhaling out.
On your next inhale,
Acknowledging your central channel of your three hearts,
Your pō,
Your pila,
Your whātumanawa at your third eye,
Your manawa at your heart space,
And your pūmanawa just above your belly button.
It is said when these three hearts,
These three energy centres are in alignment,
We have greater access to source,
To the great divine,
To creation.
And now we travel down the tīnana,
The body,
Remaining anchored in our pūmanawa.
We let our mind and our consciousness travel through our hips,
Our thighs,
Our knees,
Our hips,
Our shins and ankles,
Through our feet,
Through our toes.
And then we begin to extend our energy into the whenua,
To the land.
Through the grass,
The soil,
The mud,
The root structures,
The mycelium network.
Let your mind wander deeper into the earth.
Down,
Down,
Down.
Into the embrace of our sacred primordial mother,
Papatūānaku.
And we arrive at her koa.
Ahuru mōwai is another word Māori use for womb.
Ahuru speaks to a sense of serenity,
Cozy,
Comfortable,
Warm.
Mōwai refers to a sanctuary,
A place shielded from chaos,
A safe haven.
Some say that the core of the earth is the womb of Papatūānaku.
I imagine it as an ahuru mōwai,
A sanctuary of serenity.
A place of warmth and stillness,
A soft,
Deep quiet.
Rest here for a moment and feel the medicine of an ahuru mōwai.
Being cradled in the womb of Papatūānaku,
Our great earth mother.
If you feel able,
It might be nice to let down the shields for a moment.
The masks,
The shoulds,
The have-tos.
And just let Papatūānaku hold you,
Lean into her embrace.
Soften your body,
Soften your breath.
Soften your heart.
And allow Papatūānaku and her medicine to deeply hold you.
Can you create a blueprint in your body for this sensation?
Let that code settle in your body.
You may like to offer gratitude,
A word,
A breath,
A feeling to Papatūānaku.
Thank her for her nourishment,
Her care,
Her holding.
You may like to acknowledge all the ways she has nourished and held you throughout your life.
If this is your first time meeting Papatūānaku,
You may like to acknowledge this meeting.
And when you feel ready,
We begin our journey back up.
Allow the anchor of this medicine to stay with you as you rise through the earth,
Up,
Up,
And up.
Through the root structures,
The mud,
The soil,
The grass,
The mycelium network.
Feel the sensation rushing into your feet and up your body,
Through your ankles,
Your shins,
Knees,
Thighs,
And hips,
Returning to the womb space,
Landing,
Arriving,
With this newfound sense of holding.
Take a steady breath in.
And when you're ready,
Hāki waho,
Let the breath leave your body.
The relationship we can cultivate with Mother Earth is intimate,
Ancient,
And all-encompassing.
All we must do is be with her,
Commune with her,
Speak to her,
Send her your offerings and prayers.
She is listening.
Will you listen?
