Project ‘Core Essence’

a research into cultivating energies

Started via tai chi and chikung in 1989, becoming a life long interest ever since.

I taught myself to integrate these disciplines as a training program for my future work. A longing to experience and deepen my knowledge of energy work, drew me to study homeopathy and learning to listen to plants. A total connecting and feeling of coming home came through the invitation to work as a healer in a Maori Wellness clinic. Work became a learning ground through learning by being and so a deepening in Rongoa Maori (Maori healing) had started. (Services consisted of consultations, classes and workshops. ) My small business ‘Core Essence - Movement in Stillness, a holistic approach into the arts’ was born.


‘A moment with a performative character caught in photography for future useage’ / Dimentions: diameter outer circle 125cm / Material: breadcrumb in seawater / Location: Orongo Bay, New Zealand / Year made: 2000

‘A moment with a performative character caught in photography for future useage’ / Dimentions: diameter outer circle 125cm / Material: breadcrumb in seawater / Location: Orongo Bay, New Zealand / Year made: 2000

Core Essence - Movement in Stillness

that what is happening underneath

that what is happening above

that what is the surface

looking through into the underneath

looking through into the reflections from above

seeing the surface

capturing the essence


© Natascha J.A. Rodenburg