Overview

Mauri Tau is our way of extending our mindfulness and wellbeing tools to more communities. It helps build knowledge, skills and behaviours that strengthen whānau and community wellbeing while also deepening understanding of tikanga māori and mātauranga māori. It's the same kaupapa māori and tikanga-driven resilience and mental health programme based on the Te Whare Tapa Whā health framework, that we teach within our Atawhai course, just packaged in a succinct and easily digestable format for one off workshops or series.

We tailor these sessions for all audiences, from Primary Schools through to Corporate settings.

Program Details

Mauri Tau sessions cover:

• Introduction to TKI kaupapa
• Māori approach to yoga
• Introduction to mindfulness
• Introduction to meditation
• 7 Pillars of Mindfulness
• Te Whare Tapa Whā (Māori framework for wellbeing)
• Te Hā (Connection to your breath)
• The work of Byron Katie - Questioning our thoughts & Three Types of Business
• Karakia & elements of māori culture through waiata or games
• Gratitude and Self Compassion practices
• Mindful communications

Outcomes

A few of the outcomes of these sessions include:

• Improve focus, concentration and ability to emotionally regulate
• Deeper awareness of emotions and how to respond
• Understanding of Te Whare Tapa Whā and how to implement into the workplace
• Apply stress reduction tools that promote a relaxed state of mind
• A deeper understanding of tikanga māori and mātauranga māori through Whanaungatanga and team bonding
• Leave each session with practical tools curated for the workplace
• Trauma-informed teaching
• Improvements in internal and external communication
• Staff feel pride in and loyalty to the company
• Strengthened sense of culture and community
• Decrease in mental health impacts such as overwhelm, brain fog and procrastination

Format

TKI offers these workshops in a number of formats from one-off seminars through to a series of 90 minute sessions.

Based on a 6-week programme of 90 minute sessions we cover:

Class One: Whakawhanaungatanga, introduction to mindfulness, the pillars

Class Two: Introduction to te whare tapa wha, introduction to meditation, te hā

Class Three: Introduction to yoga, karakia, waiata

Class Four: Three types of business, mindful communications, gratitude

Class Five: Self compassion

Class Six: Recap of each class. How to maintain a personal practise of the tools and teach them to others.

NOTE: One-off seminars will encompass an overview of everything above in a concise and impactful way.