Alarmanda Te Whare Tapa Wha

 Taha tiana is about how your body feels and how you care and look after it. Refueling your body helps you to feel mentally well. Good physical health is required for your optimal development. This includes the foods that we put into our bodies and the physical exercise that we do. By eating healthy and getting out and getting exercise we can strengthen our taha tiana. For Māori the physical dimension is just one aspect of our health and wellbeing and cannot be separated from the aspect of mind, spirit and whanāu. 

The most important thing about your taha tiana is learning what you can do to nurture this. This includes making sure that you drink enough water, eat healthy foods, getting out and getting some fresh air and exercise and getting enough sleep. Sometimes your tinana might not be where you’d like it to be and this might be beyond your control but there are many things that you can do to nurture it.