About Michaela
Born as Michaela Schaefer in Berlin (1968), adopted as Mieke van der Meer.
After her studies at the Art Academy A.K.I. in Enschede, her work began as an artist. In 1997 she followed her dream and bought an old school building in Roodeschool, which she transformed with the help of many volunteers into the magical centre Kura Waka.
She is a proud mother of three children: Ischrah (1991), Lais (1996) and Mamre – Tica Tane Mahuta (2005).
From 1999 onwards, Michaela has participated in many courses and trainings. She is a healer, as well as a Vision Quest and sweat lodge leader. Various indigenous medicine people have crossed her path and shared their wisdom.
Throughout this deep awakening, she felt a strong calling and made a promise to Norma Panduro to keep the ceremonies alive for future generations.
At Kura Waka, she organises workshops with national and international teachers. She facilitates sweat lodges, silent retreats, rituals, Vision Quests and Deep Body Healing workshops at Kura Waka as well as on location.
Michaela:
“Nature is my greatest teacher. I live and manifest my dream through my centre Kura Waka. In connection with my passion, and all the wisdom I have received from various indigenous medicine people, I love to share this wisdom.”
Her teachers (In Memorian)
Wai Turoa Morgan
Wai is a powerful medium from New Zealand. She carries the ancient wisdom of her people. She is a brilliant clairvoyant teacher, with a deep connection to the soul aspect of people, trees and medicinal plants. She teaches people to find the healer within themselves and works with the energy of the ancestors. Her Māori chants and dances are both powerful and deeply moving.
“Healing the past heals the now and creates a new future. Through the mist of time we come down the bloodlines. We are where we come from. We become who we were before and take the dream further.”
My Disclosure Statement
“My greatest gift is the sharing of the knowledge my ancestors have given me.”
— Wai
I am a New Zealand born female Māori elder Matakite (seer), spiritual advisor, shaman wisdom teacher, life coach, mentor and counsellor. I work with people worldwide who have issues that relate to emotional and spiritual imbalances, often caused by the environment and society they have chosen or not chosen to live in. In many cases, these issues can be seen as linked to the influences or actions of others. The loss of self-identity and emotional fragmentation is often caused by the inability to move through the process of grief of the past or the present. My mission is to raise people’s consciousness to the levels of white light, knowing that when this happens all conditions will fall away.
Manu Korewha
Manu Korewha began his healing journey at a young age, alongside his great-great-great-grandparents in New Zealand’s Waipoua Forest.
He first heard of Papa Joe, and later met him, around 1994.
Together they worked on many projects, including the spiritual cleansing of land, schools, homes and people. At the invitation of Atarangi Muru, Manu began travelling with the Māori Healers in 2004.
Manu is Ngaa-Puhi, one of New Zealand’s largest tribes, and he can trace his lineage back 89 generations.
The Māori Healers are a family unit. They assist people collectively by tapping into the universal lore, which they are deeply versed in.
“The pathway that I follow is not one of my choosing, but a path that I am able to journey. It is also a pathway that others are able to follow if they choose. It is not considered an elusive club where only the chosen go.
Healing is embedded deep within the self. All those who have been, who have come and are yet to be, are the reasons why I follow this pathway.
One of the strongest values we can raise our Whānau, Hapū and Iwi with are values: that the elders are cared for, the parents are the caregivers, and the children are the future.”
Norma Panduro
Norma Panduro was a woman from the Amazon, a teacher and healer, carrying the wisdom of her culture and the natural world around her.
There is strength in her presence, but also softness. A woman who knew how to be in relationship with the Earth, how to listen, and how to carry beauty and care in a simple and grounded way.
Norma brought a deep respect for nature and a way of living that honours the connection between people and the land.
She passed away in 2007, but her presence and the way she lived continue to be remembered by those who met her.
Randy Allen
Randy Allen was a musician, teacher and gentle presence at Kura Waka.
As the husband of Concha Garcia Allen, he was part of the circle of people who brought music, colour, prayer and warmth into the house.
Randy carried a quiet strength. A man who seemed to listen before he played, and who allowed music to become a prayer.
He passed away in the beginning of 2013, but his music, his gentleness and the memories he left behind continue to live on.
