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Ever noticed how stress doesn’t just stay at mahi? You clock out, but it still follows you home into your whare, your re...
10/09/2025

Ever noticed how stress doesn’t just stay at mahi? You clock out, but it still follows you home into your whare, your relationships, even your sleep. I remember times when I’d carry the weight of the day right through the front door. My tamaiti would want to play, dinner needed cooking, and I’d still be replaying conversations in my head, tense and short with the people I love most.

That’s the thing about stress, if we don’t know how to release it, it spills everywhere. This is why hauora isn’t just about tinana or hinengaro, it’s about learning how to check in with your mauri, to steady yourself, and to bring balance back before the pressure builds too high.

This is exactly what we practice in Mauri Tau, simple, everyday tools to calm the chaos, reset your wairua, and make sure what you’re carrying doesn’t weigh down the people or places you love.

Comment “hauora” below if you’re ready to learn how to leave stress at the door and bring more balance into your life.

When I teach my tamahine karakia, it’s about giving her something real she can lean on when the world feels heavy. The w...
08/09/2025

When I teach my tamahine karakia, it’s about giving her something real she can lean on when the world feels heavy. The world will always teach her to care for her tinana and hinengaro but her wairua deserves the same protection. Karakia is how we create that balance, how we remember that spirit needs tending just as much as mind and body.

The beautiful part is watching her carry it into her own life. She even reminds us to do karakia with our kuri. Proof that wairua care can be woven into the simplest, most ordinary moments.

If you’ve been searching for a way to feel more grounded, to strengthen your wairua day by day, this is where you begin.

Comment “tihei” below if you’re ready to breathe more life into your daily practice.

Karakia existed long before Europeans arrived here. These practices weren’t “introduced” they’ve always been part of ou...
07/09/2025

Karakia existed long before Europeans arrived here. These practices weren’t “introduced” they’ve always been part of our cultural landscape.

Over time, karakia was adapted into religious spaces, the types and times they are used changed, but its roots sit much deeper.

Today, we’re seeing a revitalisation of more traditional forms of karakia. Karakia that move beyond religion and back into connection with whakapapa, atua, and the whenua.

Karakia as hauora.
Karakia as grounding.
Karakia as us remembering who we are.

The beautiful thing about revitalisation is people get the choice of pick what is best for their wairua.

Do you use karakia in your daily life?

Comment tihei below if you want to explore more traditional karakia

One of the biggest lessons for my hauora has been realising I don’t have to hold everything alone. Stress, mamae, worrie...
05/09/2025

One of the biggest lessons for my hauora has been realising I don’t have to hold everything alone. Stress, mamae, worries, expectations. They weigh heavy when we try to keep them all inside. But our tipuna knew the whenua was not just where we stand, it’s where we return what we cannot carry.

For me, that looks like lying flat on the ground and letting Papatūānuku steady my heartbeat. Walking barefoot outside when my thoughts are too loud. Pressing my hands into the soil and breathing deep, reminding myself I don’t need to hold it all in my shoulders, in my jaw, in my puku. The whenua is strong enough, ancient enough, to take some of that weight.

This is part of Mauri Tau, remembering that balance doesn’t come from doing more, but from releasing what pulls us off-centre. You are not weak for letting go. You are wise for knowing you don’t have to hold everything alone.

What’s one thing you’re ready to release back to the whenua today?

comment "hauora" below if you’re ready to return to yourself.

We are woven from many different threads, whakapapa, whenua, wairua, and the mātauranga we gather along the way. The mor...
04/09/2025

We are woven from many different threads, whakapapa, whenua, wairua, and the mātauranga we gather along the way. The more we weave in practices that sustain us, the stronger we stand in our mana.

That’s what Te Whare Pōra Mauritau offers: not just weaving harakeke, but weaving mātauranga Māori, raranga, karakia, pūoro, and the skills that feed our hauora every day. Each thread makes us steadier, fuller, more whole.

What threads are you weaving into your life right now?

You don’t need fancy tools to steady your mauri.Just a quiet breath.A small ritual.A powerful return.Let the kupu of kar...
04/09/2025

You don’t need fancy tools to steady your mauri.

Just a quiet breath.
A small ritual.
A powerful return.

Let the kupu of karakia settle into your bones. Let them anchor your mauri.
When life feels scattered, you don’t have to be. This is how we come home to ourselves.

This is how we hold space for healing.

Comment tihei below and I’ll send you the link to our most loved karakia sets made for real life, deep breath moments, and everyday grounding.

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