learnings from Mahuika.

This past month I’ve learned so much about myself. If anything, I’ve learned how far away from myself I had become over recent months. Heck even further back than that! Suppressing emotions, not dealing with what I needed to deal with, busying myself with mahi that was kind of aligned to my values and mission — but not really?

I realised that no matter how small the flame might burn, how dim the light might become, how faint the spark might get, te ahi tapu a Mahuika, the sacred flame of Mahuika is unrelenting and burns no matter what comes into contact with it.

The flame?

That instinct, intuition, knowing, memory of who we are. And as we know, who we are stretches way beyond us as an individual and if we think about it in terms of fire, our flame continues to burn because the embers keep it alight. a.k.a. we can do/be/have/give what we want because we’re an extension of the wealth of knowledge, experience, intelligence and amazingness we descend from.

Having wānanga about Mahuika has sparked something in me I didn’t even know wasn’t on fire already…. if that makes sense? I didn’t realise how much I didn’t know, how much I had not remembered..

The sharing of perspectives, about Mahuika, about the pūrākau of her and Maui, about reinterpreting stories — because as I say every time lol they’re the most effective way to transfer knowledge and information so we better be sure they’re accurate and on point.

This past cycle has been a real pivotal moment in my life, in rediscovering myself, remembering who I am. Thank you for being part of it, nei āku mihi,

Hana.