I am Tuia Marama, of Samoan, English and Maori descent.
Ko touwhare toku maunga, Ko whatipatukahu toku awa, Ko ahuhukiterangi toku waka, Ko Ngati Whatua toku iwi.
I am mother to my son and sister to my six siblings. As a young girl I grew up with an older brother and sister and two younger sisters. My twin brothers were born when I was a teenager. I remember my older brother asking me to massage his back and he would pay me ten cents. So from an early age I began to massage.
I grew up in the country on farms where nature was my playground. I love to feel the primalness of connecting with the elements, whether it be a river, the ocean, digging in the garden or walking in the forest.
Although there were alot of fond memories of my childhood, I held a deep secret that kept me captive until my sisters and I broke the silence. I had grown up with a sexually abusive stepdad. The impact that this had on my life led me to my own healing journey to discover the gift that I am to this world, it has made me who I am today.
For years I numbed myself through drugs and alcohol. I wore an external mask that looked ok on the outside but inside I felt deeply unworthy. My low self-worth attracted dysfunctional relationships over and over again. I looked for love outside of myself to try and fill this empty void that I felt so strongly. I knew that to have sacred love, meant that I needed to be this sacred love. Pulled by a magnetising and compelling guidance, I knew there was a better life for me.
As I turned forty five I made a vow to myself that I no longer would struggle. My heart would heal. It was my time to step into my fullness, my power, to live a life of abundance and growth.
So the teachers arrived... sharing lessons in acceptance, awareness, grounding, emotional intelligence, expansiveness, trauma healing, sexual healing and most importantly love, safety and belonging. I am deeply grateful for the re-connection to the sacredness and blessings of my body, my spirit, my life... For the awareness and wisdom that I am embodying. As I continue to grow and expand in the infinite being that I am, I now offer my work as a healing bodyworker.
I am deeply passionate about transformation, growth and spirituality. I love to share what I have learnt along my way with you. I want to connect with the deeper layers of you that keep you numb to the full richness of who you truly are. To unveil the lies we have accepted about ourselves and reveal the hidden gems inside...
All healing journeys have a beginning and sometimes we don’t even know just how far we have come. Sometimes deep healing can happen in a conversation, in a two hour workshop, a weekend retreat or in an incomprehensible crisis.
In my work you get to choose the depths of where you want to go. There is a time for deep nourishment, for releasing, for growth and expansion...my invitation is to be in consent with your body and to only do what feels right for you and communicate this clearly.
Together with intention magic happens...
I invite you to celebrate all of your journey, develop that trust within yourself. Build safety within. Connect with the infinite love that is us and surrounds us... Create depth and meaning to your life. Feel your body, enjoy all of its gifts. Know that you are love, you are worthy and that you belong...
Welcome and accept all of you and come into wholeness...
So much love & blessings
Tuia.xx
With gratitude for my teachers: Renetsu - Ecstatic Presence; Dagmar Khan - Flourish Academy; Louise Armstrong - Emotional Intelligence Mastery; Chris and Ariel - Babaji Healers; Dawn Charlton - Traditional Old Style Lomi Lomi and to all the other beautiful people in my life who are teachers without knowing it, I love you deeply.