Holistic wellbeing · Tauranga, Aotearoa
Through words, body, breath, connection and nature, Kumara offers different ways to explore what you are living and find your own way forward.
Person-centred, body-aware support
A confidential and compassionate space where you can explore what you are experiencing, at your own pace. Through conversation and attention to both emotional and bodily experience, counselling can support greater awareness, choice and connection with yourself.
ACC Sensitive Claims & private sessions.
Connection, reflection & shared experience
Spaces to pause, connect and explore alongside others. Through conversation, reflection, body awareness, nature and shared experiences, each group offers a different opportunity for connection and personal discovery. Cacao circles are one of the experiences offered.
Movement, awareness and embodied practice
A gentle, invitational approach to movement, breath and body awareness. Not about achieving a posture, but about noticing, listening and discovering what supports you in feeling more present and connected with your body.
Plants, creativity & everyday care
Handmade natural products and practical workshops inspired by a simpler relationship with everyday care. A space to learn, create and reconnect with plants, nature and meaningful rituals.
Sometimes we begin with words.
Sometimes with the body.
Sometimes with breath, connection or nature.
Kumara was born from the belief that transformation does not begin by fixing what is broken, but by creating enough space to listen to what is already alive within us.
Like the sweet root growing quietly beneath the earth, we can transform what feels dense, nourish what needs care and, in our own time, begin to flower.
“What grows in the depths can become nourishment. What was hidden can begin to flower.”
Rooted in who you are.
Growing in your own way.
Meet Macarena
For more than 15 years, Ana Macarena Fernandez has accompanied people through vulnerability, change and transformation. Her professional journey began in medicine and psychiatry in Argentina, with experience across mental health, sexuality, addictions and community care.
Over time, her work expanded around a deeper question: what helps each person reconnect with themselves?
Today, her counselling practice in Aotearoa is grounded in a person-centred approach, with attention to the relationship between emotions, the body and lived experience. Her wider work also draws from yoga, breath, group experiences and connection with nature.
Rather than assuming there is one way forward, Macarena believes in meeting each person where they are and discovering together what feels meaningful, possible and genuinely their own.
Begin with a conversation
You don’t need to know exactly what you need before reaching out. We can begin with a conversation and explore together what kind of support feels right for you.
Talk with Macarenaamacarenafernandez@gmail.com+64 27 352 3020Mount Maunganui · Tauranga · New Zealand