Māori words and phrases

Yoga is known as the best approach to join body, psyche and soul. Yoga has been demonstrated as a powerful approach to lessen stretch and to kill nervousness. It is this union with the vast through contemplation and samadhi that speak to the "burden" (yoga) or uniting of all perspectives (body, mind,soul). Along these lines yoga is an immediate individual affair of the interrelatedness of all life and of every single living thing. Yoga is substantially more than basic stances and relaxing.…

The Behavior Change Project has prompted us to select a strategy that is proven to reduce stress. I have decided that for this project I will practice yoga as my stress reducing strategy. I chose yoga because I can honestly say I have never heard any negative feedback about it. I know people who do it or have done it, and they have nothing but good things to say. I also like the fact that it not only benefits to my state of mind, but also my physical body. I want to try a technique that involves…

The Vedas are ancient scripts from an unknown religion in India, first recorded in about 1500 BCE. The four sacred text collections that compromise the Vedas are: Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda. The first, Rig Veda means hymn knowledge and describes how the universe was created from a being that existed before existence, and created the universe by his sacrificing himself. From this being its pieces constructed everything known, while specific pieces were used to refer to the…

Yoga is seen by many as a low impact exercise consisting of stretching with different pose positions held of a specific time, while controlling your breathing. By some it is seen as part of their religion. The religion that practice yoga is Hinduism. In Hinduism there are several types of yoga. The 3 yoga’s that I will be writing about in this paper are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Jnana Yoga. The first yoga I have chosen is Karma Yoga. Karma is usually looked at as something bad but in yoga it…

About The Child's Pose is a popular beginner's yoga pose. It is frequently utilized as a resting position in among more difficult poses throughout a yoga practice. How To Come to all fours (Table Pose) exhale and lower your hips to your heels and forehead to the floor. Place your knees together or spread your knees somewhat apart, if more comfortable. 2. The arms can be overhead with the palms on the floor, the palms or fists can be stacked under the forehead, or the arms can be alongside the…

Yoga’s history is vast and complex, and the way it is practiced generally differ from one another. General practices of yoga in North America differ from yoga practices in India for several reasons. The practices we recognize today are the result of the creative merging and development of philosophies over thousands of years, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Yoga is practiced in India mainly because of their religion and their beliefs. North America on the other hand, practices yoga as…

traditional poi dance. • Haka and waiata – Learn traditional song and dance. PŌWHIRI – THE MĀORI WELCOME The pōwhiri, a central part of Māori protocol, is a welcoming ceremony that takes place on the marae. The intention of a pōwhiri is to formally unite the manuhiri (visitors) with the tangata whenua (hosts) through a series of rituals of encounter. This process is discussed in the book, Marae: The heart of Māori culture (2015) to which I have summarised below: 1. WERO The wero, meaning ‘to…

The Māori worldview is holistic and cyclic, and refers to the core ideas and beliefs which govern the way in which Māori perceive and interact with the world around them (Newman, 2016). A key aspect of this view is determined by the many different cultural concepts. Māori cultural concepts all originate from the creation narratives, stories of atua (gods), and are not isolated, but are related to one another (Carter, 2016). Understanding these concepts gives a greater depth of understanding of…

I) Introduction: This is a significant case regarding Māori freehold land in Environmental law. Mrs Grace (the plaintiff) declined to negotiate the sale of her land with the Minister of Land Information (the defendant) for the purpose of a motorway. Her land, was needed for the building of a state highway in Wellington. In the Environment Court, Thompson J stated that it was not “fair, sound and reasonably necessary” for Mrs Grace’s land to be taken, following the requirements of the Public…

Question 1: Māori Magna Carta or Mega-Fraud? The quote from the preface to The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākehā from Tasman to Today provides a fascinating insight into the contemporary conceptions that people have of the Treaty of Waitangi. The quotation is broad in its content and has so many different facets. I am taking the approach that each of the various aspects speaks to the principal question posed in the quote, and is, is the Treaty of Waitangi a Māori Magna Carta or…