Hippie Daze - Body work and Holistic Services

08/12/2025

I swear this is Southlands biggest complaint!
Got that one-sided butt-cheek pain that won’t quit?
Maybe it’s sciatica….maybe your sacroiliac joint just needs a little love.

Lucky for you… Romiromi is that love. 💚

08/12/2025

We are at it again :)

Due to huge demand — and our last Te Taiao Creative Art Taster filling within 24 hours — we’re running a second taster on Wednesday 18th December.

This one is already half full, so if you’re keen to join us, please let us know soon. If we see the same response again, we’ll plan to run more tasters in the New Year!

To everyone who joined us last week, your feedback has been so encouraging. Thank you for trusting us with your time and bringing your whole selves into the space. It truly mattered!

If you have already attended one of workshops, groups or tasters we ask that you allow others the opportunity to try it out, but keep your eyes peeled for new workshops and groups in the New Year!

07/12/2025

Whānau, this isn’t a post I want to make, but I need to.

Something that sits really heavy on my heart is the barrier between our community and healing services. Everyone deserves access to wellbeing, even if it’s something like a massage.
So many see that as a luxury, not a necessity, and that makes me sad because the impact on your wellbeing meke!

Every time I put out zero-cost, low-cost, or koha sessions, I end up with a bunch of no-shows!

This morning its really frustrated me!
It’s the school holidays, I’ve arranged childcare, sacrificed time with my kids, and sat here ready to hold space, only for two clients in a row not to show up.

If you need to cancel, I completely understand. Even if it’s last minute, I’d rather have five minutes’ notice than sit here for twenty wondering if someone’s coming.

I know people say that when something’s free or low-cost, it can lose its value in people’s minds. But I don’t believe I have to charge big prices to be respected.

I’m not going to start charging booking or cancellation fees. I just ask that you please respect my time, because I always respect yours.

06/12/2025

In my happy place this morning, creating my last batch of rongoā for the year.

Anchored in Kawakawa, Mānuka, and Kohekohe, with rose, calendula, and sunflower sprinkled on top.

This is an all-round blend to soothe the body, calm the skin, and ground the wairua - what I am looking for right now as the season gets silly !!

Kawakawa gets your blood moving and eases inflammation.
Mānuka cleanses and protects.
Kohekohe helps restore balance in tired tissues.
Rose and calendula soften the heart and bring a glow to the skin.
Sunflower feeds everything with warmth, hydration, vitamin e, and lifts energy.

This one’s for right now.
The season of slowing down despite the craziness, closing the loop, and letting the year’s energy settle.

Time to rest. Reset. Realign.
To fill your cup again before the new cycle begins.

🌻

04/12/2025

We’re back with our Creative Art Therapy groups and they’ve taken a turn for the better.
We’ve gone right back to our roots and started centering everything around te taiau, our natural environment. 😇
As you can imagine this has me busting with aroha !

This theme was Home. Not home as in a house or something you can find outside of yourself, but that feeling that lives inside.

For me, the Koru was where it all started. It’s the beginning of everything and a symbol that’s special to me.

When I thought about what feels like home within me, I wanted to capture the energy I move with every day, my way of life. So I pulled in all the elements.

I started with the flower petals, creating my core.
Earth is the grounded, practical part of me that keeps both feet planted when life gets wild.
Air is my movement, my ADHD breeze that brings intuition, ideas, and about a hundred side quests.
Fire is passion, creativity, drive, and all the ways I burn bright.
Water is emotion, cleansing, softness, and the flow that keeps me from getting stuck.
Spirit is where I used salt, for purification, neutrality, and balance.

Every layer represented something I value. Grounded but wild, intuitive but fierce, emotional but calm, spiritual but real.

As I sat there basking in the glory of my masterpiece like a proud kid, I noticed something 😭😭😭😭.
The salt and glue had reacted and my artwork was literally melting off the canvas. I haven’t seen it since. I left it at the office, but I’m pretty sure it’s gone now.

And you know what? After I got over the heartbreak and displayed some theatrics of a witch melting in the rain like I used to see in movies, “iiiimmm meeeeeeeelting” I kind of love it now….
Maybe it wasn’t meant to stay. Maybe it became exactly what I am currently leaning into, neutrality.
Maybe home isn’t something we keep. Maybe it’s something we return to, over and over, no matter how many times we melt, rebuild, or begin again.

Maybe I take my art work too seriously 🤣

This was an extremely long post and I would be really interested to see who actually made it to the end !
If you did post an emoji in the comments or something that reminds you of Home

01/12/2025

The silly season is well on its way!!

As usual, I only release a small number of vouchers - if you would like to get your name down for one of these let me know!

There’s no rush for payment or pick up. I’m happy for them to be reserved.

The voucher can be used for any session, Reflexology, Massage, Reiki, whichever your lucky giftee desires

Half of them were nabbed up last time I advertised , so just a wee few left

30/11/2025

ROMIROMI 💚

I am inviting bookings!

When you walk in the door, know this.
I hold this space with you from a place of HIHA, which means humbleness, integrity, gratitude, and honouring you.

As we begin, I may welcome you with a short kōrero to connect, to ground, and to acknowledge both your tinana and your wairua.
Then I’ll invite you to settle, find comfort, and allow your breath to meet this space.

This isn’t about forcing you past a pain threshold or taking you to your edge. I’m not here to hurt you, to push, or to break you.
I’m here to gently guide you with breath, presence, and aroha into a natural flow that honours your body, your spirit, and your timing.

For some people, the journey feels soft with light pressure, gentle movements, and subtle adjustments. You may notice your body begin to sigh and release as tension melts away.
You might sense a loosening or a gentle unwinding as energy begins to move freely again.

For others, the work can touch deeper layers of body, mind, and spirit.
What surfaces may be stored stress, emotion, or even ancestral weight. Sometimes it feels intense, a stirring of energy or emotion, but it is never hurt for the sake of pain.
It is something being seen, held, and shifted.

When Romiromi is done with care, respect, and openness, people often describe feeling lighter, freer, and more connected. Less burdened, more grounded, and more themselves.

When we finish, we pause. We honour what has taken place. I will invite you to rest, breathe, and maybe spend time in nature to allow everything to settle and integrate.

This practice is not Mirimiri or massage, you remain clothed the whole session.
It is a re-alignment of body, mind, and spirit.
It is a gentle path of healing, a return to your mauri, your life force, in your own time.

If you choose to come in, I will meet you with respect, aroha, and deep honour as you walk this healing journey.

30/11/2025

More humble than I can express, spending the weekend with my tribe learning Romiromi with Wikitoria Māori Healing

The integration has only just begun, but I can confidently say I am ready to start accepting Romiromi clients !
In fact, I would like to hit the ground running - keep the learnings fresh!

If you ever have the opportunity to go to one of wikis wananga I highly recommend!

I had done some online study (starting five years ago) and some other in person training for romiromi but had always felt like something wasn’t quite right for me to begin.

The beginning is now ! I’m ready when you are 😉

25/11/2025

This struck a heart string 😍

23/11/2025

Come along for a free taster session of our group !

Te Taiao Creative Art Taster – FREE Event!
Nurture your wellbeing through nature + creativity.

Kia ora e te whānau,
We’re hosting a beautiful morning workshop where nature meets art therapy.
A gentle space to slow down, reconnect, and explore creative processes using the elements of earth, air, water, and fire.

Thursday 4th December
9:30am–12:30pm
151 Gala Street
FREE taster (koha welcome)
Limited to 10–12 spaces

If you’re feeling the call to ground yourself, create, breathe, or reset before the end of the year then this is for you!

RSVP: rewoventherapycharitabletrust@gmail.com

or txt 021 228 6479

If this fills up, we’ll run an extra session before Christmas.
Come join us, we’d love to have you there!

23/11/2025

This one had my wairua singing! Penny drop.
The right video at the right time, ngā mihi universe

I’m learning that sometimes the simplest way really is the best way.
Not every action needs a reaction.
We can see the “something” and choose not to respond.

Our oro, our vibration, our mauri can’t be affected unless we allow it.
The only way someone else’s energy impacts us is if we first accept it as real. We see it, acknowledge it, and then turn it inward to create a reaction or feeling.

But is that where we hand over our power.
Even if our response feels beautiful and spiritual, like cleansing, meditating, or protecting our space, what if we just never accepted that energy in the first place?

Turning a blind eye isn’t weakness. It just means we’re not gonna participate in low ball energies.
We give away our power when we let that energy change our trajectory.
Sometimes the strongest response is simply “No thanks.”

Credit to for the video and the reminder 🌿

Interested to research some of this matuas wananga !

23/11/2025

Christmas is well on the way and I know this puts a lot of financial pressure on families!
I know this means a lot of you will be putting others needs before your own, in the spirit of love!
I want to drop in a gentle reminder that anybody who needs is able to use the discount code RTCT while booking your session and the session will be automatically discounted to $50, no explanation required and no questions asked!
Huge Mihi to Re:Woven Therapy Charitable Trust
I also love the spirit of KOHA, an energy exchange of some type that does not involve money…… some examples of this I have clients who koha for the session with eggs, some handmade items from their own busines, I swap sessions with other practitioners, a local baker exchanges me bread!
Even if you have nothing physical to bring along , a hug is considered a koha.

I’m extremely open to this because I know the universe takes care of me 100%

I have an example of this as well … last week when I really needed to keep my foot up all day (due to a temporary injury) one of the wahine i mahi with dropped off some venison Spaghetti Bolognese which I was not expecting.
This meant I could put my foot up, enjoy a delicious lunch and a nap !
What goes around absolutely comes around!

Pretty pretty please don’t let finances become a barrier between you and your well-being, I haven’t put that barrier there.

I have been an independent (much nicer word than solo) mother for 12 years, I have lived through the financial ups and downs and will never judge you!

If you want to talk about Koha - please feel free and open to send me a message!
One thing I do like is for this business to be out of the way before the session…. Please
It’s a huge compliment to me when I know I’ve created a space people are happy to move into that vulnerability with me!

Happy Sunday xx