Kia Ora, kia ora,
This past week has reflected the need to be in essence, to stand tall and to be strong in all we do and say. It isn't always easy, for there are times when all we want to do is hide, or be left alone, to live life at a level where mediocrity reigns.
Totara manawa kaha
tu pono ki te tika
Ruia, taitea kia tu ko taikaka.
Stout hearted Totara
standing straight and true
The sapwood surrounds the heart wood beneath.
Often we go through life wearing masks that hide the real us. When we remove the masks, true beauty is revealed.
From Atarangi: The Totara tree is a metaphor that talks of ones stoutheartedness and being straight and true. When life zaps and saps us, we can and do put masks on to hide the truth of our situation. Even from ourselves sometimes.
But we have to take on the persona of the Totara tree and be strong, be straight and be true, to no one else but ourselves first and foremost.
Once we have done that, life becomes easy, we drop the mask, we participate and communicate, with the self, with each other, with the world at large.
Waste no time hiding. Shine in all your glory.
© Atarangi Muru 2020
TIWAWE
This video will show Tiwawe is a specific type of movement that is:
- a complete healing tool, invigorates the body, moves the internal waters, helps to release old patterning in the mind and the body, quell’s constant mental thinking brings one to present time, oxygenates the blood electrifies the spinal column, enlivens the immune system, rejuvenates the vascular and muscular system, settles nervous activity in the body
- good for children with ADHD
- helps with general aches pains of the body
- good if done gently for the elderly
- good for those who have cancer and cannot handle touch on the body
If this work is done correctly and gently it can move mountains and quell 'storms' within the body.
For those who are tougher body and require a more in-depth move, Tiwawe can be done strongly in its push / pull movement, making the waters in the belly massage the internal organs, including the gut, and enlivening the spinal column through the bodyweight on the spine.
Tiwawe can help those who have neck and shoulder issues, through gentle movements. As long as the person is relaxed and 'lets the neck go' the chin will move in an up and down motion, like a long nod. This is freeing to the neck, especially if one holds tightness there and can allow the movement to soothe the muscles.
In the belly, I use this method prior to working with a woman who has fertility issues and or is prone to having 'trouble' with her period.
Keep checking the person you are working on, ensuring they aren't starting to hurt at the ankles (from your grip), at the lower back because it will stimulate that area and open it up.