Reihana Kingi

Kiaorana koutou,

Ko Reihana Kingi ahau no Tamakinui-a-rua. I was born in Tokoroa, raised mostly in Dannevirke, and now reside in Hamilton. I’m married to my sweetheart Cherie Ormsby Kingi and we are blessed with four daughters and one son.

My journey to Havening began in Perth Australia 2008. There I suffered a workplace accident, incurring frontal and temporal lobe brain damage, a fractured cheekbone, femur, three ribs, and spine compression. After a year of intense rehab, of relearning how to walk and communicate, my wife, our daughter, and I returned to Aotearoa. I was advised by a neurologist to return to study, to help rehabilitate my brain injury. So I began studying at Massey University in Palmerston, a Health Science Degree with a major in Psychology. While immersed in a brain and behaviour paper, I learned about the spectacular capacity of the human brain to create and inspire healing of the entire body. This was gold for me, as I had suffered since the age of 13 from the side effects of anti-epileptic drugs, and I soon discovered more appropriate treatment. I also learned that I was suffering from PTSD, after witnessing the manslaughter of my father. Post-grad, I enrolled in the Master's program for Educational and Developmental Psychology, through Massey. But I soon realized this wasn't for me and searched for something else. This search led me to the Melillio Method of Functional Neurology, which I currently practice part-time at a clinic in Te Kowhai, Hamilton.

While studying the Melillo Method, I learned of the Havening Technique, as a tool of neuroplasticity. Six months later, I met Dr. Robin Youngson, who intrigued me, and I experienced my first Havening session with him. The Havening was extraordinary, I describe it as 'familiar. I felt a comforting reassurance, that this healing practice was aligning with the innate system of healing within each of us.

Havening has filled me, and my family with hope and optimism for the future, after 17 years of rehabilitation. I use Havening for myself, my family, and my clients in assisting recovery from PTSD, TBI, depression, addictions, and all forms of abuse. I look forward to supporting people of all ages, to experience the healing benefits of the Havening Technique.

MauriOra!