Frequently asked

The questions I'm asked most often.

• Does this replace conventional medicine?+

  No. What I offer never replaces conventional medicine. I cannot diagnose, prescribe, or perform medical treatments. If you have concerns about your physical or mental health, please speak with your doctor or a healthcare professional first. My work walks alongside theirs, not in their place.

• Can I keep following my doctor's recommendations?+

  Yes, please do. Consider this work as complementary to your journey, not a replacement. I help people recognise their blockages and reconnect with the body's innate capacity to heal, alongside the clinical care they're already receiving.

• What do you mean by “healing”?+

  In the Western world, when we speak of “healing” we immediately think of the body, but rarely give the spirit the same attention. That’s why I don’t talk about curing diseases. I help people recognise their pain and see it from a different perspective. I’m not a healer: I believe each of us already knows how to come home to ourselves. My work is to accompany that return.

• Are your services covered by health insurance?+

  No. I’ve chosen not to affiliate with health insurance. Some practices, especially those rooted in indigenous traditions, would lose their deeper meaning inside a system that doesn’t recognise them for what they are.

• How many treatments do I need to feel better?+

  There’s no recipe. Each story is unique. Follow your own sense of what’s needed, and talk with me if you feel one treatment isn’t enough. We decide together, treatment by treatment.

• Are you Māori?+

  No. I don’t represent Māori culture or teach Romiromi. Mine is a personal practice, shaped through years of learning alongside my teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand, and offered with respect for the origins of the techniques.

• Are Mirimiri and Romiromi a kind of massage?+

  The short answer is no. They are both forms of Māori bodywork, but they are not massage. The goal isn’t muscular: it’s to bring body, mind, and spirit back into balance, and to help release the energetic blockages the body carries.

• Where do you work from?+

  I work from two studios in Ticino: one in Claro, one in Taverne. There I hold individual treatments. For other paths I work online, or, as a doula, directly at the home of the person inviting me in.