Tea & Happiness

20/10/2026

Do I make enough time to look for beauty?

19/10/2026

Good morning! I ve created a Whatsapp community for Karin Heartlight, Celtic Shamanic Journeys.

Comment below to receive the invite link.

The Whatsapp community group link is a landing page for my information, offerings and availability. All sessions are arranged separately in private.

19/10/2026

Intention can be a form of relationship with your own life.

You name what matters, then carry that awareness into the choices before you. Circumstances may change. The road may bend somewhere unexpected. However, your intention can change with you.

Your intention does not need to control the journey, only to help you walk it consciously. 🙏💖

DailyShaman is a lifestyle, not a title claimed; walking between worlds to offer a modern, inclusive spiritual experience. Content is my original practice and creative work, editorially refined with AI.

19/10/2026

Light of Heart, Heartlight

I Ve been pondering how to navigate away from my food business name, Tea & Happiness, to a name that feels more aligned.

This morning the sea whispered these words to me:

"The light in your heart, brings lightness to others. Shine your light!"

My dear yoga teacher, a wonderful wonderful woman, used to say the last sentence to me often. I feel this now, the light.
Thank you SoulShine ❤️

Reminds me of a beautiful story about a man who drew himself as a broken vase and when he saw the picture again months later, he drew rays of light coming out of the cracks.

Everything happens at the right time, divine time.

14/10/2026

Dear all,

slowly, as the summer is arriving on the new lands, I am beginning to feel the need to open and grow.

I started today with updating my 'Info' on this page.

here it is:

I started this page when I fell in love with brewing kombucha. My humble beginnings of brewing small batches of magical bubbling golden elixirs and studying the health benefits. Kombucha offered me a pathway to discovering infinite flavour combinations and plenty welcoming surprises. The world of fermentation sparked my creativity and soon after my curiosity bloomed into experimenting with raw and wild fermented foods.

My passion exploded and I bought a sweet little food cart. I offered vegan salads and raw desserts at markets and events all over the north island. As I expanded, my next adventure was opening the doors of our family-owned vegan cafe, the first in Rotorua!

Our much loved pride and joy brought happiness to vegans all over the country, locals and tourists alike, but sadly, the 2020-2021 'covid' years took a bigger bite than expected and our doors closed in July 2021.

It was hard to process this set back and I withdrew into my own personal world of healing, taking my time to build myself back up, all the while wondering where the journey will lead to next.

And then, a new door opened. It happened with no surprises. It felt right to step away from food altogether and follow a deeper path of nourishing the soul. I found the Centre of Shamanism and embarked on a four year long journey to study Celtic Shamanic Healing Arts.

I started as an enthusiast, then an apprentice. Soon after, I enrolled in the practitioner's course. The terms and conditions for successfully graduating was not to miss a class and for two years I attended lectures and calls in UK time. At 2am to 5am in NZ time, I would attend my classes and do my practices. I existed in a dual world of working by day and practicing shamanism by night. The duality, I realize now, became the foundation of my understanding and my greatest teacher. Moving through duality, finding the pathless path, trusting my heart - this is the tea of my life, brewed slowly, sipped intentionally.

My training gave me a strong foundation of working respectfully with ethical protocols.
What is taken away, is replaced. Energy is not left unattended; it is respected with the purest intention.

My healing journeys are guided by the loving ancestors, my trusted guides and a deep love for the unseen and seen, natural world.

I work with the four winds, with animal spirit guidance and trust the work performed by my guides for my clients.

I work from a place of deep deep gratitude, reverence and devotion.

To all my relations, here and before me.

16/07/2026

Dear friends,

Please contact me through Whatsapp to book a time and date for all sessions.

🙏

I have cancelled my Calendly account and much prefer to deal directly with you to set a suitable date and time.

I am available on Fridays and Saturdays only.

Services will be emailed by request 💗

Much love Karin

18/06/2026

Dear friends,
I have landed. It has taken time. The move was unsettling and I took time to adjust to the new land. I miss my sons and being able to see them on weekends. They are all grown up now and have their own amazing lives and I am so blessed in so many ways.
I miss my friends and the lakes (which have become like friends).
I miss the tiny house that snuggled me so peacefully during a deep healing period. The sunsets and lake view. The friendships I have experienced and learning how to trust in a much deeper way.
I am making peace with myself and the decisions I have made. I am growing into a person who can breathe, grow and stand firm in this world.
This morning I went for a morning swim in the ocean with a brave group of women. After dunking in the cold salty ocean, my body felt alive and invigorated. The ocean and black sand new lovers that I m learning to love joyfully.
I am happy. The stars at night blessing me with their stories in all their glory through two huge windows from my bed. The sea in the morning greeting me with the first light and the kererus singing from the trees all around my new house. The waves murmuring me to sleep each night. So blessed.
I am also ready to reopen my calendar and receive new clients for Celtic Shamanic Healing Arts Sessions (link in the comments). I welcome sharing my gifts and walking confidently on this path with you.
All my love,
Karin, my name means pure

27/05/2026

Hi all!

During this time I have blocked off a few days to settle into my new home.

I will be back for client sessions very soon!

Thank you for your patience 🙏

View from my old house, the most special place in the world. Thank you Sarah, Tresa and Wok for the gift of friendship. I truly loved this little house on the hill.

18/05/2026

🙏

Clear the noise, your true medicine is waiting to rise.

When you clear the world’s noise from your spirit, you become a vessel for your own undiluted medicine. This return to sovereignty lets you stand in the power that was always yours, whole and unshakeably true.

✨Invitation:
Where is your spirit asking you to release the world’s noise so your true medicine can rise?

This journey invites you to notice where clearing external expectations would let your original power return.

Text on Image: “When you clear the world’s noise from your spirit, you become a vessel for your own undiluted medicine. This inner cleansing returns you to your sovereignty, the power that lived in you before expectation tried to shape you. From there, you stand full of yourself in the most sacred way; whole, rooted, and unshakeably true.”

© DailyShaman/CM 2026

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18/05/2026

This quote is poignant and timely. Thank you Gabrielle Roth for the guiding light in my life.

Inspiration for the Week:

"It was at times like these I discovered that the pure expression of feelings is magical and healing. And gradually it happens not just in workshops but as a force in your life.” — Gabrielle Roth

I am moving into a new phase of my life, a new chapter. Moving forward comes with realizing the places I have left.

With all that I am feeling, all the positive growth and fullness a reminder of the places where my wounding is still raw cropped up over the weekend.

Healing for me has been at its most powerful being witnessed in my community. I caught myself in my most vulnerable moment expressing fear, anxiety and out of alignment behaviours.

Today I am sitting with the practice of forgiveness to self.

I am sorry.
I forgive you.
I love you
Thank you.

Most grateful for the support of my loving and gracious, compassionate partner.