HINU Home Volume 18. Maya Poon

"My hair is an extension of my spirit — I brush it with love, I braid it with reverence"

Maya Poon is an artist, writer, and cultural explorer whose practice moves between ancestral knowledge, ecology, and storytelling. Honoring nature, spiritual realms and indigenous culture, she tells stories of the Earth to reconnect us to our roots beyond lineage.

How do you define “home” within yourself, and how has that sense of home evolved over time?

Home is my body — the safe space where my spirit lays. Home is nature — the safe space where my body lays. Home is where all my layers come off, and I am left with my bare skin and the fire within.

I used to think of home as a place where my roots come from, where my ancestors are. But I come from a nomadic lineage and I discovered that home is perhaps closer to a feeling than a place. A place within a feeling.

Maya is using the Jade Scalp Stimulator.

What smells, textures, or sounds in nature bring you back home to yourself?

Nature always brings me back to myself. The vivid smell of an herb when you rub it against your fingers, the texture of a rocky mountain, or when you feel infinity swimming at sea. The sound of a heavy wind, a soft rain, or morning birds always remind me to be grateful I was born on this earth.

Maya is using the Hair Growth Oil. 

What is your relationship with your hair?

My hair is an extension of my spirit — I brush it with love, I braid it with reverence.

Maya is using the Hair Growth Oil.

Do you have any rituals or practices that connect you to your hair and yourself, moments that feel grounding or nurturing?

I connect to my hair through braids — I braid my hair daily as a form of prayer. It started out as a calling many years ago and it has never stopped. It has become embedded in me, perhaps it was always within me.

Maya is using the Hydrating Mist.

MAYA'S HINU HOME PLAYLIST