One-on-One l Self-Care Bodywork
“A healer does not heal you. A healer is someone who holds space for you while you awaken your own inner healer, so that you may heal yourself.”
My Path: How I Became a Healer
Healing has been part of my life long before I had language for it.
As a child in China, I witnessed Buddhist healing rituals where mantra, meditation, and presence created a healing space for the change to happen in a sick body. Later, my grandmother became my first teacher, passing down massage techniques, Qi Gong, and everyday folk healing. In our region, cupping, scraping massage was common knowledge, and medicinal herbs grew in almost every household garden.
(My grandma）
My grandmother’s sister was known in the village as a psychic healer. People sought her help for decades. When she grew old, she wished to pass her spiritual responsibilities to my father. He declined. I continued on a different path—becoming a lawyer. For many years I examined my early experiences through a scientific lens. I understand the Placebo effect is a powerful healing tool in psychology.
A turning point came when a close friend introduced me to Reiki. During my attunement and the weeks of distant healing that followed, something profound shifted. I experienced subtle energy not as an idea, but as something tangible and undeniable. It felt like a new sense opening—quiet, clear, and deeply grounding.
(Wearing my ethnic clothes- Guangxi Zhuang ethnicity)
In 2022, I studied a Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (University of Auckland). I was especially drawn to Indigenous psychology—where healing is relational, spiritual, and collective. I learned how experiences labelled as mental illness in Western frameworks can be understood as spiritual initiation when held safely, and how reconnecting people with ancestry, land, and story can restore wellbeing.
In 2023, I moved to Ōtautahi (Christchurch) to study Rongoā Māori, traditional Māori healing. I learned through tikanga, wānanga, waiata, kōrero, and relationship with land and people. I studied with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (2023–2025) and continue to walk this path as a lifelong student.
As a tauiwi, I hold this work with humility and responsibility. Under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, caring for mātauranga Māori is a shared responsibility—to protect it, honour it, and let it remain alive through respectful practice.
What I Offer: My Healing Toolkit
You may choose one modality or a personalised combination. Sessions are guided by your needs on the day.
Holistic Pulsing (Clothes-On Bodywork)
A deeply nurturing practice using gentle rhythmic movement and soft stretches—similar to a mother rocking a baby.
Because the body is largely water, pulsing works with the wai within you, helping to release blockages, restore balance, and settle the nervous system. Many people experience this as a full-body reset and a powerful education in body awareness.
I came to Holistic Pulsing after the sudden passing of my husband, receiving near-weekly sessions for over four years to support grief and healing. This lived experience shapes my work.
Suitable for all ages (existing clients range from 2 to 93 years).
Options include full-body pulsing or focused work (head, neck, shoulders, or back etc), with effects naturally rippling through the whole body.
Deep Rest Cranial Therapy (More Than Massage)
Designed for busy minds and sensitive nervous systems.
This session weaves together one or more among:
-Traditional Chinese head massage (learned privately from a retired senior TCM doctor)
-Face, neck and shoulder tension release
-Reiki healing (Traditional Usui lineage)
-Rongoā support
Rongoā (Holistic Māori Healing)
Rongoā is more than bodywork or plant medicine. It is a whole-person approach that considers: Tinana (body), Hinengaro (mind), Wairua (spirit), Whānau (relationships), Whenua (connection to land).
A Rongoā consultation offers space to understand where you are, what supports you, and what may be blocking your path forward—physically, emotionally, or spiritually.
We may include whitiwhiti kōrero, sound healing, stones, rākau, body and energy alignment and other tikanga-based practices to restore balance and inner peace.
Tai Chi & Qi Gong (Personalised)
Traditionally taught one-on-one, Tai Chi and Qi Gong are energy-based healing movements that require personalisation.
Each movement guides Qi through specific meridians and supports different organ systems. Sessions may include:
-A personalised Qi Gong routine
-Therapeutic movement to support specific conditions
- A short Qi Gong practice added to a healing session
Intuitive Bodywork
We follow the body’s wisdom—whether it asks for stillness, gentle movement, massage, Yang-style activation, or simply space for kōrero. The body often knows what the mind has not yet named.
This is a space for self-care, self-discovery, and deeper communication with your higher self. I will deeply listen to your body’s guidance while checking with you. Any obervation, sensation, vision, insight or other feedback will be shared with you should you wish.
Closing Ritual: Rongoā / Chinese Wellness Tea
Each session ends with homemade herbal tea and simple nourishment, chosen for the day.
This is a FREE offering, supporting the transition from tapu to noa, helping you return gently to everyday life.
Price
You may choose one modality or a combination. Pricing is based on time, not technique.
-30 min – $60
-45 min – $80
-60 min – $100
-90 min – $150
Koha is welcome in the spirit of reciprocity.
One-on-one self-care is dedicated time to replenish your inner life force, so you return to daily life feeling renewed, efficient, and energised.
Booking
You don’t need to know exactly what you need before you arrive.
Come as you are. We will listen together—your body will lead, and the session will unfold from there.
If you feel called to rest, reset, or be gently supported on your healing journey, you are warmly invited to book a one-on-one session.