A glimpse inside the traditions and philosophy of this ancient healing lineage with Maureen Abson
Kia ora koutou katoa
Greetings to you all!
‘All people come from the same source, from IO, from God / Universal Energy. All human beings are descendants of IO and hold within them a spark of IO, a spark of God’. This is a foundation of Māori belief on which Māori healing is based. Human beings are multi-dimensional and inherit their spiritual legacy from the Ahi-tapu or sacred twin flames that contain the wairua (spirit) and life essence/principal (mauri).
If the mauri and spirit are out of synchronicity a person can become unbalanced. This can manifests as dis-ease (out of ease with oneself) and can occur on a mental, emotional and or physical level Romiromi, an ancient form of traditional Māori Healing seeks to bring us back into balance.
Māori culture was suppressed for many years in Aotearoa (New Zealand) with colonisation and the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 that banned Māori spiritual and cultural practices including Rongoa (Romiromi and traditional Māori medicine) to promote western medicine and Christianity. The Act was not repealed until 1967 however the Rongoa went underground and fortunately survived. Some say this law had a devastating effect on the Māori population’s health and wellbeing. Iin the last forty years there has been a revival and resurgence of traditional Māori language and traditional arts including traditional Māori healing but still the health of Māori is compromised according to statistics.
Workshop
Traditional Māori healing originates from Source, from IO and is expressed in different forms throughout Aotearoa and according to tribal differences. Healing can be through: Karakia (prayer), Pure (cleansing), Rongoa (traditional medicine , Romiromi bodywork and regional Mirimiri massage and counselling or a combination of these traditional practices.
Romiromi bodywork draws on an ancient body of sacred knowledge dating back 4000 years. It is a taonga (treasure) passed down from their Māori tupuna (ancestors) and today shared with all cultures and peoples as it is based on the universal ‘lores’ of nature and recognizes all human beings as descendants of IO.
Romiromi is a centuries-old holistic Māori health practice that was traditionally passed down through families as an integral part of health and wellbeing. It can benefit all ages and all cultures. The intensity of the work can vary from very light to very deep depending on the skills of the practitioner and the needs of the recipient. Working at a deep cellular level, a Romiromi treatment can reverse dysfunction in the body by releasing blocked energy allowing the body to regain its natural flow of mauri (life force). More vitality, more mobility, relief from pain, loss of anxiety, more mental clarity, more energy and motivation can all be experienced after a Romiromi treatment.
On a physical level Romiromi works on the central nervous system and as a multi-dimensional modality synchronises the light bodies, the spiritual aspects with the physical, mental and emotional bodies. As a bodywork treatment it is a combination of body alignment and pressure on the haemata (body pressure points) to activate the release of blocked energy and anything not serving or belonging to the body. The Romiromi practitioner facilitates the release of blocked cellular memory stored in the body and DNA. At a deep level it can release lifetimes of trauma and dysfunction held within families for generations causing imbalance and disease. The ancestors work with the practitioner on a vibrational frequency as they are the link to higher frequencies and to IO.
After a Romiromi treatment, people generally feel lighter as they have returned closer to their original vibration. The spiritual energies are able to flow through the body invigorating, nourishing and protecting the internal organs and body systems. On a deeper spiritual level it can clear patterns of addiction and inherited behaviours passed down through generations
As one of just a handful of Romiromi practitioners in the UK I had the pleasure of training twice with Wikitoria Oman who lives in Rotorua in the North Island of Aotearoa in a beautiful part of a beautiful country, an area rich in hot sulphur springs and a rich healing culture. She belongs to two tribes, Ngati Whakaue and Te Atiawa.
In 2001 Wikitoria met a world renowned Tohunga (Māori priest or learned person), the late Papa Hohepa De La Mere (Papa Joe) after her search began for some family generational healing. She was led to one of his traditional Māori healing clinics in Auckland and went to experience healing in the form of Romiromi. ‘My world changed with my first Romiromi,’ she said, ‘and I had the opportunity to attend Waananga, the study of the ancient philosophy and principles at the same time training in Romiromi/Mirimiri bodywork at the weekly clinics for the next eight years. My mentor Papa Joe, as he was affectionately called, told myself and another student to take the work out to the world. I didn’t remember this until I was actually teaching overseas!
For me as a practitioner this is a very different way of working as we work from a place of neutrality. I have seen amazing results from this work, not by my doing but by simply taking someone through this healing process. In Romiromi work we can be clearing ancestral trauma that has been carried for up to seven generations. We often see in families the same patterns/lessons being made or the same tragedies occurring in generation after generation. Romiromi treatments can clear issues and blockages that have passed down the generations. We do not work alone as in our work we also call on the ancestors and kaitiaki (spiritual guardians) with love and respect, to complete the healing and resolve issues that do not belong to this current generation. Breaking chains of addiction, of violence, of despair frees the next generations from the things that have bound the last generations. I can’t fully explain it as the language and concepts are not ones that are integrated into the English language and culture but this is a powerful healing form.
Wikitoria now travels with her cousin Timoti to teach worldwide. Wikitoria taught in the UK for the first time three years ago. If you would like to be considered to join the next workshop (when travel is allowed freely again) please email me, Maureen, at thinktreehubmaureen@gmail.com and I will compile a list of people interested for when the workshop can again run in the UK. For those open to learning more from a very ancient healing tradition and develop their own skills and understanding, this training will be a real privilege.
To read more from Wikitoria visit her website: https://www.wikitoriamaorihealing.co.nz/