Water Awakenings

Events connecting people and water knowledge across cultures:
music, guest speakers, feature films, dance and more

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What are Water Awakenings?

In 2019 a handful of Byron Bay members of the Native Water collective founded Water Awakenings, with the intention of bringing people together through appreciation of water via talks, music, dance and ceremony.

Native Water events have connected people more intimately to water, each other, both ancient and modern knowledge, and Indigenous wisdom from various cultures around the world. We have raised funds for both local and Brazilian native communities, water activists and emergency services and we intend to continue and expand this work globally as our water tribe grows.

To date we’ve hosted four Water Awakenings, featuring artists including Whaia Whaea, Murray Kyle, Arterium, Elders from around Australia and other water appreciating musicians, artists and speakers.

In the future we will host Water Awakenings around the world, helping to connect people more deeply with water, native wisdom, the elements and their inner selves.

Join our movement and co-create a Water Awakening in your area!

Native Water

Origin Story

In 2014 Haydon Southpaw came across Kangen technology while exploring water filtration options. After hearing what the technology was supposed to do and how much it cost, though sceptical, he decided to explore the claims by trying the supposedly “magic water” to decide for himself.

While researching Kangen Water online he found a lot of contradicting information; many positive testimonials as well as many negative stories… and the more he explored, the clearer it became that Kangen technology was in fact miraculously life-changing.

Following a few days of deep research while simultaneously drinking the water, his mind was made up, he decided to invest in his first Kangen ioniser.

In the following weeks, then months, he discovered further how powerful Kangen Water really is. Besides feeling completely hydrated for the first time in his life, he found he had more energy than he’d had in years, was sleeping better, getting more noticeable results from working out, faster recoveries, clearer skin, clearer thoughts, less inflammation, more stamina, allergies disappearing and the list went on…

Haydon Southpaw

Native Water Founder

Enagic Affilate ID: 1930143

2015 - Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

2016 - Sacred Valley, Peru

As a result of a Kangen life shift, in 2015 Haydon decided to explore the Americas on a journey of self-expansion, researching water along the way.

While travelling he conducted and published a series of interviews and water tests in Hawaii, California, Mexico, Central American locations, South America and found, among other fascinating discoveries, that most people around the world appeared to be experiencing the same fenomenon when it came to water: shocking disconnection.

In every single town and city visited, the bottled water which dominated each store was supplied by unethical multi-national corporations (one in particular in fact) who were simply changing their labels from country to country to target each local market.

Meanwhile, local water sources in every location were being neglected and polluted. The majority of bottled waters found and tested proved to be acidic and therefore not only not properly hydrating but contribuitng to widespread poor health. The crucial topics of microplastics and stagnant dead bottled water had also barely been considered by most people around the world.

The interviews conducted found that people were either drinking unfiltered tap water containing chemicals without questioning the impacts on their health or bottled water without questioning where it was sourced and the impacts of microplastics, including the connection to cancer in younger people in particular. Only in a few special locations were people interacting with this most precious element consciously, one of those places being in the mountains of Peru.

Here, in The Sacred Valley near Machu Picchu, Haydon surprisingly encountered a fellow Kangen water appreciator and was able to reconnect with the magic water for the first time in over seven months of travelling.

While staying in the village of Pisaq near Cusco city he was offered to fill up on Kangen water and found the impact of reconnecting with it to be noticeably reawakening. The significantly noticeable hydration confirmed and now highlighted how significant Kangen technology is, especially at high altitude with limited oxygen supply where his breathing was clearly impacted.

Some of the most significant water insights Haydon had here were experiencing plant medicines while being properly hydrated with Kangen water in comparison to drinking bottled water, which he’d been drinking for the better part of 7 months.

See pics of this journey on Instagram via @thrive.with.hazy

By the end of his journey Haydon had realised the universal need for a reconnection to water on an international scale so he delved deeper into the international Enagic Kangen referral structure, soon realising how game-changing it had the potential to be.

The Enagic referral structure is designed to connect people both locally and globally in a symbiotic way. It is a patented unique and revolutionary business structure unlike any other.

When utilised by an individual to its full potential it has the power to positively change their life while simultaneously having a positive impact on people around them, their environment and the world overall.

When Enagic-affiliated distributers harness this intelligent referral structure and work together, they can co-create beautiful mutually beneficial relationships.

2018 - Water Awakening 1 - Byron Bay

Foundation of The Native Water Movement

In 2016, on returning to Australia Haydon founded the Native Water Movement and began promoting Kangen technology as well as customised pre-filtration and shower filters.

The movement grew quickly: in addition to installing systems in homes, Native Water also guided businesses such as Bondi’s first vegan cafe, a traditional Chinese teahouse in Surry Hills, health stores, wellness spaces, bars and gyms on the optimal water setups. These businesses noticed the impact on having Kangen not only for their clientele but for their personal health as well.

2018 saw Native Water move to Byron Bay to be based amongst pristine nature and a community of people who appreciate water and optimal health.

In 2019 a collective of water appreciators launched Water Awakenings with the intention of reconnecting people with the magic of water through music, talks, dance and ceremony, emphasising Indigenous wisdom from around the world.

(View Water Awakenings details here)

In 2020 plans to take Water Awakenings and Native Water on the road were postponed due to lockdowns. Meanwhile the Kangen movement exploded in a new direction - people all over the world seeked to boost their health, work from home and increase their revenue streams in a rapidly changing economic climate.

During 2021 - 2022 Native Water affiliates found themselves guiding people interested in Kangen technology and the international business structure more than ever, continuing today.

2022 - 2024

The aftermath of lockdowns and the recession/depression has seen more people than ever in history focus simultaneously on optimal health and creating healthy wealth.

The interntional Kangen business structure has provided the perfect platform for countless people to break free from an out-dated and dying economic structure.

People no longer want to work ridiculous hours, being underpaid while their health deteriorates and not even being able to afford a home after being paid by the hour. More and more people are setting up side hustles and their own businesses while focussing on better health - and the Kangen referral structure ticks both these boxes at the same time.