You are warmly invited into a #cinematic journey with Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings.

#Mauri is a powerful #documentary #film that invites us into the living world of #Māori #healing. Guided by #elders and lineage holders, the film weaves land, language, and ceremony into a story of #intergenerational care and #ancestral remembering. Filmed in Aotearoa, Mauri honors the sacred ways that continue even in the wake of #colonization and offers a profound glimpse into the resilience of #cultural memory and connection.

Join us for Mauri #GlobalFilmPremiere + 5-Day LIVE #OnlineEvent with #MāoriElders - October 14–18 →
https://theeternalsong.org/mauri/

Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings is the latest offering in our Wisdom of the Ancestors 12-film series, a living body of work shaped by #Indigenous knowledge, deep listening, and ancestral continuity.

The film invites us into stories that reach, beyond explanation, into embodied teachings, and generational healing work. As part of this gathering, you’ll be welcomed into daily live sessions and receive a rare workshop with Atarangi Muru, a world-renowned Māori healer whose practice has supported communities across the globe.

These gatherings bring you into direct connection with the voices and presences featured in Mauri:

Atarangi Muru, a respected healer whose life’s work carries #RongoāMāori into communities across #Aotearoa and the world

Mark Kopua, tā moko master and guardian of ancient story traditions

Donna Kerridge, trauma therapist and educator working with nervous system intelligence and land-based healing

Tina Ngata, international advocate for Indigenous, environmental, and human rights

Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio, Māori scholar, spiritual practitioner, and cultural leader dedicated to reviving ancestral knowledge

Tohe Ashby, Rongoā Māori Healer recognized for developing treatment for kauri tree dieback disease using traditional knowledge and whalebone

Erin Matariki Carr, lawyer and currently a project lead at RIVER, where she focuses on the constitutional transformation movement in Aotearoa

Stan Conrad, one of the foremost captains of Māori ocean voyaging, a leader in the wisdom and practices of Māori navigation and vessels

Each session opens a portal into ancestral intelligence — revealing relational systems of care, healing, and spiritual grounding that respond to our entangled modern crises.

#Decolonization #NativeWisdom #AncestralKnowledge #BIPOC #CulturalConnecting #CulturalSharing #Educational #DecolonizeYourMind #DecolonialEducation #TruthBeforeReconcilliation #NativeHealing #IndigenousTeachings

Tomorrow, my Indigenous friend is taking me to a #Wsanec #SweatLodge for a full moon #healing sweat. My friend is going to location in morning to start setting things up. Once things are all setup, I'll be transported there for several hours of sweat lodge native healing ceremonies.

Please learn more about why sweat lodges are important #cultural, #Indigenous #spiritual healing places:

https://healthydebate.ca/2022/04/topic/place-of-healing-sweat-lodge-ceremony

#NativeHealing #NativeTherapies #IndigenousSpirituality #AncientHealing #Ceremonial

#SweatCeremonies are #returning to the #FirstNations Garden in Montreal's #BotanicalGarden this spring after being put on hold at the start of the pandemic.

The city of #Montreal announced Wednesday that it would make the space available to the #NativeFriendshipCentre for the next three years so it can organize #ceremonies

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6781189

#Indigenous #Quebec #Canada #SweatLodge #healing #TraumaRecovery #decolonization #CulturallyAppropriate #NativeHealth #NativeHealing #NativeCanada