Tai Mai, Tai Atu, Tae Ora: Tides of Ultimate Vitality
Kaydy-Moana Jones
Session type: Regular forum session
Key words: Connection, culture, identity, whakawhanaungatanga, ancestral regional knowledge
Abstract
Come with me as I share pūrākau (cultural stories) of my iwi (tribe). Hear how I have been guided by these ancestral teachings and woven them into a model of personal practice, Tai Mai, Tai Atu, Tae Ora, which guides my interactions. This is an opportunity to see an example of how our own life experiences and learnings, both historically within our genealogy and lived within our own lifespan, can be harnessed into an authentic model of practice for the self. I hope it will allow you to reflect on what this may look like for you.
The purpose of Tai Mai, Tai Atu, Tae Ora is to articulate my expression of kaitiakitanga. Within my expression, kaitiakitanga is when mauri ora (ultimate vitality) is realized by nurturing the hearts and minds of others through movement, kai (food) and connection within domains of te taiao (the natural world), allowing opportunity for an experience which activates transformation.
About the presenter/s
Ko wai au?
Ko Te Whakapunake o Te Matau a Maui Tikitiki a Taranga te maunga
Ko Te Wairoa Hopupu Honengenenge Matangi Rau te awa
Ko Takitimu rāua ko Kurahaupo ngā waka
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu rāua ko Rongomaiwahine ngā iwi
Ko Te Rauhina te marae
Ko Kaydy-Moana Jones ahau
Grateful acknowledgements to the people of the lands of Lutruwita
Who am I?
The place which was hooked by Maui is the mountain
The river of long bubbling swirling uneven waters is the river
Takitimu and Kurahaupo are the canoes
Ngāti Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine are the tribes
Te Rauhina is the meeting house
I am Kaydy-Moana Jones
I humbly greet you all and the people and places from whence you come,
I travel to you from Te Matau a Maui (The fishhook of Maui) on the East Coast of the North Island of Aotearoa.
I see our engagements with people as opportunities to act as kaitiaki (nurturing the divine potential within everyone).
Within my expression, kaitiakitanga is when mauri ora (ultimate vitality) is realized by nurturing the hearts and minds of others through movement, kai (food) and connection within domains of te taioa (the natural environment), allowing opportunity for an experience which activates transformation.
I look forward to coming together and learning of all your different expressions of kaitiakitanga as we share time and space on the lands of Lutruwita.
Mauri ora