TESTIMONIALS
"Samar is an exquisite being. She is a mermaid called upon the earth through stardust sands to stand with the trees. Her containers are warm, welcoming and feel like you are arriving into a grandmother’s kitchen. Samar has the biggest and most humble heart. She offers so much care through dreaming, prayers, plants, and food.
I have learned from Samar a myriad of supportive healing arts that have been life changing. She has been a guiding force on my journey of becoming. From yogic practices to womb tending, each being rooted in sweet communion to the earth. Her wisdom carries ancient memory and it radiates through her when she is teaching. In Samar’s space, sacred space is set, community expands, rest is honored and healing is met.”
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AK, South Island, Aotearoa New Zealand
"I visited Ohui to learn from Samar in September 2024 and haven't been the same since.
The way that Samar custodians the land and home there is clear. I watched her each morning walk to the waters and pray. The way she cherishes the trees as kin. And reflects the sweetness of the swaying flowers. The spiritual and physical cleanliness of every inch of the houses, tended to with reverence constantly.
All of this created a ripe ground for an odyssey within. The first day I arrived I was overwhelmed with waves of nausea from the car ride and chills from an Antarctic storm that had blown in. Samar smiled and nodded towards the beach, "it will help you land". As I walked, sun streamed through, the water turned bright blue and a rainbow (one of the symbols of Tul'ix Indigenous Arts) broke out across the sky, as if Samar knew it would.
Across the next two weeks I was held in total cohesion as I unravelled and collected myself amongst the grasses, the petals, the sand. There is a loud and powerful resonance between Samar, her work, the territory, and the houses there in Ohui. Everything is open, listening, receptive to relationship. I had an enormous pain acknowledged by the whole place, and within days I started menstruating, releasing. And with my next cycle I began gestating my daughter, whose every breath is heaven to me.
I am in a forever prayer of enormous gratitude.”
AP, Australia
"I came to my first session with Samar feeling fairly balanced in most of my life. But I still had heavy bleeding and aching with the arrival of my period, and a feeling of total exhaustion and irritability. I was hoping Samar could help me prevent the extreme pain of my pre-baby periods from returning, which it was starting to do.
During the first session, Samar gave me some of the lovely Maya abdominal massage, and we could both feel my uterus had been sitting way off to the left and tilting forward, meaning my uterus literally had to push uphill every time I menstruated. No wonder it was exhausting! One session of massage plus the ongoing self-care routine Samar gave me meant that with each of the following periods my bleeding was less heavy, less clotted, brighter red and fast! It went from five days to three days long. I also noticed by the third month that I felt light and re-energized by the second day of my period which is amazing!
Now, three months later, I have just had my second session with Samar, who confirms that my uterus is in a healthy position and my body is healing and adjusting well. I am feeling fabulous, and I expect my next pregnancy and labor will be much easier than the last one because everything is balanced and in line.
If you feel liked you'd like to improve your uterine, menstrual or menopausal health, or you would like to have a baby or if you have already had a baby, I HIGHLY recommend having at least one session with Samar. Its like a Warrant of Fitness and Full Service for your female reproductive system - a very important part of our bodies that we too easily ignore.
Samar is a wonderful healer, teacher and guide. You are in safe hands.
Thank you Samar."
N.H., Auckland, New Zealand
"I have been a long time (and very grateful) client of Samar in her amazingly beneficial bodywork practice. I have also been blessed to to take Samar's Self-Care class, which has literally be life-changing for me. Therefore in late 2014, when Samar mentioned that she would be integrating pelvic massage, which she learned from Tami Kent in Portland, into her practice, and had only a few openings before her holiday break, I seized the opportunity to sign up. Thankfully, I was able to receive four treatments. The results have been simply spectacular.
By way of background: I am a sixty-five year old woman who has not been in a relationship nor sexually active for some years. Nearly everything I have read in the popular press reinforces the idea that, at my age, all my 'female systems' are inexorably declining, withering away, caving in, drying up (you get the message) and that I'd best submit to it with courage and endurance that age might as well confer! Nonsense, I have discovered! After only four sessions of pelvic massage with Samar, I have experienced tone, vibrancy and function that I have not felt in years. In addition, life issues came up in the sessions, and because I was now aware of their influence, I was able to address adverse conditions physically, emotionally and spiritually. I obtained Tami Kent's books from Samar and I now do pelvic massage for myself. I cannot describe what a blessing this has all been. The techniques are very simple and safe, and yet powerfully transformative. I recommend this very special offering to other women of any age and condition. Live in hope. Seize the day! "
A.K., Auckland, New Zealand
Holistic Pelvic Care™ & Holistic Pelvic Energy™
"I went to Samar for bodywork, which was very helpful. I had regularly suffered from menstrual cramps. Since the treatment, I felt a big difference and had absolutely no pains any more. This work improved my quality of life, as I do not need to worry anymore about pains during menstruation. I can recommend Samar's treatment wholeheartedly."
A.P., Germany
"Thank you for introducing me to this work. I have had chronic pain and irregular, uncomfortable cycles following a car accident about twenty years ago. I have tried MANY natural therapies to address the pain and the irregularity. So far, the results of the Mayan massage and herbs have been the longest lasting! My chronic sacral pain has not returned six months after my three treatments. After the treatment my cycles started without discomfort. My cycles have also stayed regular for months following a one month course of herbs. Thanks for bringing this work to New Zealand. Keep it up! "
E.H., Colorado, USA
"I found Samar's contact information because I was looking for a holistic pelvic care practitioner to see before I tried to conceive. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to meet her and be blessed with her offerings. I had a wonderful session with her that increased my connection to my pelvic bowl and I had a feeling of lightness after. Also, she gave me so much valuable information. I am now pregnant with my first child and have been feeling great! Lots of love and light."
H.L., Canada
"Having been diagnosed with endometriosis since my early twenties, managing pain just become a way of life for me. I never knew if I was going to experience tiredness, bloating or a full on attack that saw me vomiting and eventually passing out with the pain. Over the years I have seen health professionals who wanted me on the contraceptive pill or prescribed painkillers to manage the one and a half painful weeks out of every month of my cycle. From time to time I would come off the pill to give my body a break and to see if things had improved in any way. It wouldn’t be long before the same old symptoms would appear and the pain would see me confined to bed with a myriad of pain killers. After spending many years overseas, I returned to New Zealand in June this year and it wasn’t long before my family experienced one of my attacks. This led my sister to take action!
She had recommended I visit Samar as she had experienced some wonderful results for a condition called interstitial cystitis – also known as painful bladder syndrome. I must admit I was very skeptical but my sister has a rather persuasive approach and it wasn’t long before I had made contact with Samar. I could not believe that after one session with Samar that I got through my next cycle completely pain free and without the need for any pain relief. I just didn’t think the results would be instant. Four months on and I am still off the contraceptive pill and experiencing over 95% in pain reduction and without the need to rely on any medication!!
I would encourage anyone who is living with this debilitating condition to contact Samar and let her show you how to get your life back. Samar - you are the 'real deal'. You are authentic, and a genuine person who really cares about the welfare of others. You are a gift to us all!"
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K.M., Auckland, New Zealand
"Samar has been a hugely helpful guide along my path of healing. She is very kind, gentle and strong. She creates a safe space for sometimes difficult or painful issues to come up and be recognized. On a physical level, I've found the Mayan Abdominal Massage and other techniques very helpful with hormonal issues and interstitial cystitis. On a spiritual level, she is truly gifted and has picked up on some very deep things from my and my family's past that I was then able to deal with and release. I've had movement in areas of my life that I haven't been able to get with other forms of healing. I would highly recommend her to any woman of any age, whether or not she is facing health or emotional challenges, just to learn the abdominal massage self-care techniques. I've confidently recommended her to friends and will continue to do so."
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W.N., Auckland, New Zealand
"Attending Samar’s workshop on “Self Care” was one of the best life experiences that I have had. I came away from the workshop with a much deeper understanding of an ancient civilization and their medicinal practices. Samar skilfully and lovingly guided the participants through many innovative and powerful exercises. We explored the Mayan abdominal massage; a very powerful technique which once learned can be implemented in one’s daily life. The insights gained in this workshop will not only expand your knowledge but will empower you to facilitate your own healing. Thank you, Samar, for your wisdom, your courage and most of all your earnest desire to help others. I take away with me lifetime lessons."
M.N., Auckland, New Zealand
"It is difficult for me to quantify or put into words just how much Samar has guided me on my path. She has helped me to reinstate a level of personal health and well-being that I did not think possible. After years of relying on pharmaceuticals, she showed me my body's innate power to heal with the help of Tul'ix massage, herbs and other therapies. I have broken the bounds that pills had on my life. When I thought things were hopeless, she gave me hope and the result was nothing short of a miracle, putting my infertility fears to rest. I will always consider her my guardian angel and am grateful that our lives managed to intersect."
D.K., Vancouver, Canada
"For five years I had been experiencing indigestion, chronic constipation and fatigue and I had been medicated for these issues. After seeing Samar for only one session I have had regular bowel movements daily, in a way that is hard to comprehend after having such trouble previously. Along with this, I have gained more energy and a greater sense of freedom and respect for my abdominal area. Samar heals with much love and great knowledge. It really is a beautiful experience. I feel so blessed to have worked with Samar. You do not just walk away
with only the benefits from one session as Samar guides you with tools that enable you to carry out your own practice daily. Just one session with Samar greatly changed my health and well-being. I continue to see Samar for massage and healing and my amazement at the benefits continues. It's totally awesome!
I have also had several spiritual baths with Samar. They are an extremely uplifting and cleansing experience, which is also very hard to explain. Each time I have had profound insights on issues and have experienced a cleansing effect of my thoughts and patterns that for years would not budge. The healing powers of a spiritual bath allow me to grow, believe, and live lightly."
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