"My relationship with my hair is holy, for she shields and protects my most sacred, extending beyond the physical a spiritual antenna in constant communion with the divine. Concealing my most huna (hidden) thoughts, while expanding a deeply feminine essence"
Amiria Raumati nō Waitaha, Te Kahui Maunga, Te Ati Awa, Te Wai o Hua and Tainui descent is a practitioner of Traditional Māori Healing, a Storyteller and Ceremonialist devoted to the Healing Arts of Te Ao Wairua. Amiria grew up in the forests and water's of Taranaki | Aotearoa, building a connection to Papatūānuku from a very young age. Evolving to study the Art of Takutaku Ancient Incantation, and invited to serve elders in prayer around the Pacific. Devotee to the healing of indigenous land and people that stretches beyond culture and religion. Matakite. Matatuhi. Māma.
What is your relationship with your hair?
tino tapu taku makawe ko te korowai haumarutia o taku pumotomoto ko te makawe
Makawe he kupu Māori mo hair - the Māori word for hair is makawe the most tapu or sacred part of one's body is the head, a vessel of holy remembrance carrying forth the continuation of mana, of one's spiritual power and lineage. Ma means pure or light, ka means burn or glow, and we means fluidity or middle.
Amiria is using the Hair Growth Oil
When I reflect upon the lineage of Makawe (hair) it's evident to me it represents a middle passage of light between the earthly and heavenly realms. Our ancestors live in our dna this line of energy is ever present, ever evolving, our bodies conduits to access and respond accordingly to the sacred nature of our creation. Our hair a cosmic organism acting within multiple streams at once.
How has your relationship with your hair evolved over time?
He wahine he whenua - I am the earth as she is me, this takes me all the way back through the passages of time to Hineahuone, the first woman fashioned by the sacred red clays o Kurawaka, the vulva of Papatuanuku, earth mother. I reflect on the celestial waters that were drawn forth to help shape the sacred vessel of Hineahuone and the io that bound her first follicles of hair.
My relationship with my hair is holy, for she shields and protects my most sacred, extending beyond the physical a spiritual antenna in constant communion with the divine. Concealing my most huna (hidden) thoughts, while expanding a deeply feminine essence.
Amiria is using the Hair Growth Oil
Do you have any hair rituals?
He mama ahau ki nga Tama Ariki - My sons Rain Ranginui raua Kahukura Kahikatea have since they were born grown their hair, traditionally our tane Māori were adorned with long makawe, topknots upon their head woven with feathers and heru, I wanted to preserve this tradition with my sons and Ranginui who just turned thirteen had his first haircut.
This was a tohi or rite of passage for him moving into young manhood, his hair has always carried the depth of his mana and although he may not understand fully now, when he is older he will look back and see how uniquely beautiful he was as a young boy with long luscious hair. I think it's important to reclaim our traditions as indigenous peoples, I think spiritually it's one of the most powerful reclamations we can do for ourselves and our whanau (family).
Amiria is using the Jade Scalp Stimulator
How do you weave the natural world into your home space — whether through objects, scents, sounds, or routines?
My home a sacred sanctuary laden with taonga, woven tapestries and simplicity, plant medicine and homemade healing kai (food). Days filled with deep connection to our Maunga, our waters and the forests that hold us. My sons have been raised in their ancestral waters, from east to west, north to south. We are a device free home and so naturally we invite the simple magic of the unseen to amplify our space.
We are in a constant flow of union with our ancestors, listening, observing and sharing purakau (stories) that pertain to the cosmic nature of our lineage and how they shape us. Papatuanuku - Earth Mother is our home, she translates to whenua (land) when we give birth the placenta of our pepe (baby) is also called whenua (land) therefore we see the innate nature of our essence is returned to the earth after our birth.
Amiria is using the Hydrating Mist
What is your current relationship with Mother Earth, Papatūānuku?
My life is living ceremony, my body is the altar in which holds the weight of my deepest prayers. I am a water keeper and messenger of divine resonance in service to our Indigenous communities and the sacred earth in which we have inherited to steward.
Praying to the waters is in essence praying to the ancestors through the resonance of divine transmission, through my unique imprint I assist in unlocking and invigorating passage ways that have for millennia traveled through time and space. Some which have become dormant or trapped within Te Ao Hurihuri. I come from a lineage of celestial Navigators and through my dna I access direct divine connection to the highest of purposes which shape my world both micro and macro.
AMIRIA'S HINU HOME PLAYLIST
I. Aku Kuia e - Aroha Yates Smith
II. Te Tihi o te Maunga - Aroha Yates Smith
III. Hine Rau-Reka - Whirimako Black
IV. La La - Selva Negra
V. Nana - Rainer Scheurenbrand
VI. Plantas Sagradas - Nick Barbachano
VII. Salvia - Rainer Scheurenbrand
VIII. Love and Hate in a Different Time - Gabriels
IX. Arbolito Divino - Nick Barbachano
X. Just like Water - Lauryn Hill
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