KAITOHU WAIRUA
WORKSHOPS
KAITOHU WAIRUA WORKSHOPS
Facilitated by Joanne Hakaraia-Olson
Workshops $650
Kaitohu Wairua is a pathway of learning that develops the ability to listen deeply to the language of the body, mauri, and wairua.
A Kaitohu Wairua is one who learns to observe the subtle signs that arise within the body and the spaces surrounding it. Through presence, touch, and intuitive perception, the practitioner begins to recognise how the body carries messages through sensation, emotion, imagery, and movement.
This training explores how healing may unfold when we listen carefully to these signals. Participants develop the hands as instruments of perception, strengthening matakitetanga (intuitive sensing) while learning to hold safe and sacred space for healing to occur.
The pathway unfolds through three levels of learning:
Te Whare Kura — Awakening the Healer Within
Preparing the body as the vessel for healing and intuitive perception.
Te Ātea & Te Wā — Walking Between Worlds
Learning to recognise the sacred field where healing and insight emerge.
Te Whē — The Language of Sound and Vibration
Exploring how vibration, sound, and subtle perception guide deeper understanding.
Through guided practice, hands-on learning, and reflective awareness, participants begin developing the skills of a Kaitohu Wairua — one who learns to listen to the deeper language of life.
Your Kaiako
Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Hoturoa te tangata
Ko Tararua te maunga
Ko Ōtaki me Waitohu ngā awa
Ko Ngāti Raukawa ki te tonga te iwi
Ko Ngāti Kapumanawawhiti ,Ngāti Maiōtaki me Ngāti Koroki ngā hapū
Ko Joanne Hakaraia-Olson tōku ingoa
"E kore au e ngaro,
he kākano ahau i ruia mai i Rangiātea."
TE WHARE KURA
Awakening the Healer Within
Level One
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Whakapapa of Te Whare Kura
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Explore the whakapapa of mamae, and how illness begin
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Strengthen matakitetanga (intuitive perception) and begin recognising the subtle language of the body.
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Learn how to observe and listen to the mauri of the body through presence, touch, and deep awareness.
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Develop the hands as instruments of intuitive knowledge, learning to sense areas of tension, movement, and change within the body’s tissues.
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Practice self-regulation through breath and grounding, allowing healing energy to move through the practitioner with clarity and strength.
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Recognise how memories, emotions, and sensations may surface through the body as awareness and healing begin to unfold.
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Practise a full-body alignment as a Kaitohu Wairua.
TE WĀ & TE ĀTEA
Walking Between Worlds
Level Two
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Whakapapa of Te Wā and Te Ātea
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Strengthen matakitetanga
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Learn to use hands as vibrational instruments for an alignment in Ātea (the auric field)
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Learn to read tohu through touch and intuitive sensing
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Attune to Te Ātea (auric field) of whaiora
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Recognise subtle shifts in heat, flow and resonance
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Develop awareness of Ātea as the sacred container where healing and wānanga occur.
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Strengthen matakitetanga by sensing threads of wānanga or light that guide learning and healing.
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Understand the importance of permission, tapu, and personal readiness when entering sacred space.
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Practice holding Ātea so others may experience clarity and insight.
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Strengthen intuitive sensing by working with the hands in the field of Ātea, learning to perceive shifts in the energetic and emotional field surrounding the body.
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Practise full body alignment as a Kaitohu Wairua
TE WHĒ
Listening Beyond Words
Level Three
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Recognise the role of Te Whē (vibration and sound) within healing practice.
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Develop embodied listening skills, sensing how tone and frequency within a client’s voice influence the relational field.
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Identify subtle bodily responses within themselves (such as sensations in the throat, chest, or breath) that arise when listening to clients.
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Understand how voice resonance may reveal emotional protection, coherence, or relational tension within a consultation.
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Practise holding these signals with discernment and humility, using them as invitations for deeper observation rather than interpretation.
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Refine their ability to perceive vibrational cues within the healing space, strengthening matakitetanga and practitioner awareness.
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Integrate sound, resonance, and embodied listening into their developing Kaitohu Wairua practice.
Choose from one of the below dates to book your space in one of our Auckland workshops.
