Tuhi-a-wairua: to deepen my connection to karanga . . .

i will listen
i will hear
i will feel vibration energy sound
see light see dark notice grey​
feel warmth
feel coolness
feel heat humidity & rain
rain
those beautiful droplets of life  
the sound of rain
the smell of rain
on hot concrete dark earth 
the leaves the trees
the sound of the wind in the trees
the sight of the birds their call their flight
their feathers their lightness
the sun the clouds the world around me
i will be here
        be now
   hold space     hold time
​     wā i rua

a year of karanga wānanga at Kurawaka Retreat Centre in Pōrangahau 
tuhi-a-wairua - 3 mins writing
a technique very familiar to me having spent several years doing 15 min 'wild writing' exercises 
this my final piece 
written at the Karanga symposium in Hastings 
​29 Jan 2025
my sister & my niece by my side
our jump off line : to deepen my connection to karanga