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bangka healing arts

Bangka Healing Arts is a synthesis of the animx through the practice of herbalism, somatics, and astrological philosophies.

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We are guided by QTIBIPOC, anti-oppressive, & healing justice frameworks to respond holistically to generational trauma and colonial violence by embodying practices that transform the consequences of oppression.

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Our Services:

  • Herbal consultations

  • Somatic therapeutic coaching

  • Hilot consultations

  • Tawas divination readings

  • Birth chart readings

  • Trauma-informed yoga

  • Death care planning & support

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Individuals or Organisations:

  • One-on-one sessions

  • Group trainings

  • Workshops

  • Programs

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I connected with Nawa over 2 years ago, during that time our Somatic therapy sessions have held me through life altering grief and relational trauma. It’s been a rough season & I'm not sure how I would have navigated it all without their guidance and care. The insights and practices they've offered in our time together have been truly healing. Our sessions almost always lead me to remembering parts of myself I’ve forgotten or forgotten to attend to, and I find that kind of guidance deeply empowering in many ways. Like some tacit aspects of myself/life are being re-tethered and I can feel what it’s like to come into my fullness again. As opposed to the talk therapy I also access (which is great too & vital in many ways), after our Somatic therapy sessions I find myself leaving energised and somewhat renewed, rather than emotionally drained. We still go to all the hard and necessary places, but there’s something about the way Nawa does it that leaves me trusting that I got it, and that my body knows exactly what it needs. Anyway, couldn’t recommend Nawa more, very grateful for everything our work together has made possible for me so far & looking forward to all the growth to come.

Somatic client, Sep 2023

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In the old days, the ancestors would travel over deep waters on a bangka or outrigger canoe to fish and trade. This cultural practice informed our relationships with the waters, skies, and lands. As displaced or diasporic peoples, we remember the guidance of the wind/lihangin, stars/lisuga, to find our way back home to kapwa.

Working with Nawa has transformed our organisation’s culture, and ways of working. Since our launch, Nawa has provided ongoing somatic support for individual team members, held spaces for our entire team, and worked with both our directors together to work through organisational challenges.


This support has enabled us to challenge dominant cultural issues such as urgency, power hoarding, defensiveness, interpersonal conflict and excessive workloads, and has supported us toward calm and thoughtful decision making, creative brainstorming and strategising, noticing and preventing burnout and the creation of personalised working practices that meet individual team members’ needs.


Nawa takes an intersectional approach that has made every team member feel safe and understood, with antiracism, disability justice and queerness central to their practice. 

Somatic client, May 2023

Opening Hours

MON 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM AEST

TUE 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM AEST

WED 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM AEST

THU 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM AEST

FRI 09:00 AM - 08:00 PM AEST

SAT 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM AEST

SUN Closed

Salamat for your curiosity

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