Manaia Yoga & Wellbeing
Yoga, Health and Wellbeing in Waimangaroa, Buller and Rangiora, North Canterbury.
Facilitating your Healing and Growth in Person and Virtually.
Manaia
Manaia is a mythological creature in the Māori culture and it’s general meaning is of spiritual guardian. How wonderful to have the energies of Manaia protecting and supporting us as we engage in this journey of life and healing together.
Yoga
My classes are offered at a pace that allows you time to connect with yourself fully. I regularly encourage you to feel into your body; to be in the present moment; to learn how to witness what your current experience is – physically, energetically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
CranioSacral Therapy
CranioSacral Therapy is a profound form of healing, that works with balancing the central nervous system, alleviating a variety of pain and dysfunction-related conditions and releasing stored trauma from the body tissues.
The Compassion Key®
The Compassion Key® is a talking therapy that will allow you to let go of behaviours that no longer serve you and to heal wounds from childhood and past lives. Compassion Key empowers you to create and live the type of life that you desire and deserve.
Relaxation Massage
Relaxation massage focuses on offering a deeply soothing experience by releasing muscle tension, easing tight spots, and enhancing fluid flow throughout the body. Using a variety of massage techniques, it creates a sense of deep relaxation and balance for you.
Angelic Reiki
Angelic Reiki is a powerful healing modality that supports deep soul healing and spiritual awakening. Melissa connects with the Angelic Realms and channels Beings of the highest healing frequencies for your highest good.
Melissa Gardiner
Supporting your journey to health and wellbeing.
Gentle support for body, mind and spirit.
Helping you come home to yourself
With more than 20 years of study, experience and practice, Melissa is a certified holistic wellness practitioner offering gentle, compassionate support tailored to each person’s unique journey towards greater balance, resilience and wellbeing.
People come to Melissa for support with stress, pain, fatigue, trauma recovery, life transitions, nervous system regulation, or simply because they’re longing to feel more like themselves again.
At the heart of Melissa’s work is the belief that healing begins with feeling safe, seen and supported. Through trusting relationships, compassionate presence and gentle guidance, she creates a space where you can reconnect with yourself and the wisdom of your Soul. Living in alignment with your true nature is an empowering journey that brings more joy, love, peace, and authenticity into every aspect of your life.
Nature is here to nurture us
and remind us of our true nature within
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Reflections
A Weekend of Transformation
Recently I have been deep in processing, integrating, embodying and resting. I was at a CranioSacral Therapy Retreat with 2 friends over the...
A Fresh Introduction
Kīoranga beautiful Souls, It feels timely to reintroduce myself. My name is Melissa, my business name Manaia Yoga & Wellbeing, and I’ve been...
Wisdom from the Yoga Mat
What do you do when you come up against those tight areas in the body? During the earlier years of my Yoga journey, I didn’t enjoy uncovering these places of holding, of tightness, of rigidity in the body. I felt stuck, cornered, confronted and out of control.