Larissa Lofley

Ko Wai Au

I walk the healing path through wairua, te whenua, and the unseen currents that move gently through us. My mahi is a sanctuary for wāhine returning home to balance — to intuition, breath, softness, and the powerful restoration of the resonance of mauri and remembrance.

I was carried and shaped by my matriarchal Celtic line — my great-grandmother, my nana, my mama — women who opened the doorway to plant wisdom, ritual, and spiritual practice. Their teachings now flow with my formal training, as I hold a Rongoā Māori Healing & Medicine Certificate and Diploma guided by tikanga, kawa, and aligned with the heartbeat of te taiao.

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With over two decades crafting Rongoā and more than three expressing wairua through art and exhibitions, my journey has been steeped in intuition, creativity, and the natural world. My over 25-year path in the screen industry carried me across the motu, working on many Māori film and television productions and gifting me the privilege of whakawhiti kōrero with communities, storytellers, knowledge holders, and tohunga.

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My spiritual foundations deepened through a 5-year apprenticeship in my early 20s under a pagan/wiccan priestess — learning the rites of the Goddess, plant magic, ceremony, and cosmology. I also hold a certificate in womb healing, have completed the Inner Engineering Program, and have been initiated into three further practices through the Isha Foundation.

Today, my mahi weaves tikanga, kawa, rongoā rākau, mirimiri — supported by whakawhiti kōrero — ceremony, breath, and maramataka-guided ritual; a space where wai-rua flows, te tinana softens, and the resonance of mauri and remembrance rises once more.

“He wāhine, he whenua, e ngaro ai te tangata.”

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Through women and the land, humanity is sustained.