Taha Wairua

Taha Wairua 

In health, we are currently doing a unit on taha wairua (also known as spiritual well-being). You're spiritual well-being relates to various things; your values and beliefs, personal identity, self awareness, traditions, culture, religion, your goals, what you believe in, the way you live, and much more. 

At the very start of this unit, we did an activity on our personal identities. We wrote down as many things as we could thing of that make us us, and then chose the five most important ones. From their, we were given scenarios and asked which ones we would use during said situation. This is my identity page:

As part of this module or unit, we also had to do a task where we took a personal values assessment and had to answer some questions about a couple of the values we chose.

FROM THE VALUES YOU CHOSE, WRITE ABOUT THE TWO THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU	WHY IS THIS VALUE IMPORTANT TO YOU?	RECALL A MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU REALLY ‘LIVED’ THIS VALUE.	IF THIS VALUE IS NOT BEING RESPECTED BY OTHERS, HOW MIGHT YOU FEEL OR REACT?
Reliability	It’s important to me for my friends, peers, and teachers to be able to rely on me so they know they always have someone to go to, no matter who they are.	My friends can always rely on me, I don’t share things that people have asked me to keep secret with anyone else, which I hope shows I’m reliable.	I wouldn’t trust someone who isn’t reliable
Respect	Respect is a very important value to me, more so treating everyone the way they deserve to be treated and treating everyone equally.	I’d like to think I’m always as respectful as I can be, but I went to the memorial on Deans ave last night. It seemed like a respectful thing to do, especially considering one of my best friends was affected by it.	I strongly dislike people who disrespect others who haven’t done anything to deserve it.

Hauora Reflection

What is the 'Whare tapa wha', and how does it illustrate Hauora?

The Whare tapa wha illustrates the four dimensions of Hauora, or Health. 

. Spiritual wellbeing, physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing and social wellbeing (Taha Wairua, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Whanau and Taha Tinana). It's useful to know the four dimensions of Hauora to help keep yourself healthy

How did you cope with team challenges and how did you relate to others?

I wasn't here for some of the team challenges, but for the challenges I was here for, we worked well to prepare our presentation, and we worked well together when we were trying to find the right words to write the definitions and meanings for different things.

How did you participate with others and how did you contribute to your team?
Our team worked well together, we didn't come across too many problems/challenges. I'd say the most challenging thing was finding the right definitions. I helped my team prepare for the presentation by helping to finish the Whare, and helping wrote some of the definitions for the last few words. I think next time, I would make sure our team prepared a bit more before doing our presentation.

Problem Solving and Conflict

Problem Solving

What did you learn about?

I learnt about different conflict styles and about positive and negative thinking. I also learnt how to change a negative thought into a positive one. 

When discussing 'thought challengers' what did you notice about yourself?

What solutions can you try when you face a challenge during the Business and Enterprise kete? Give an example
You can think of a few solutions and decided which one would work best, what needs to change for what ever is going wrong to work and what the outcome will be. For example, if you can't decide/can't agree on what product to sell, you could think of which one might be more successful or come up with a compromise.

Can you redesign the Joint Problem Solving template to work for more than two people?
You could if you came up with different ways for everyone involved to end up happy. Discuss the shared problem, have each person come up with a different solution, discuss any consequences of each solution, choose the solution that will have the best outcome and use it.

Conflict
What did you learn?
During this module, I learnt about different ways of resolving conflict, as well as how to avoid it. For example, listening to what the person has to say and showing empathy in order to see the situation from that person's point of view. I learnt about the three main types of conflict; Aggressive, Passive and Assertive.

When discussing conflicts what did you notice about yourself?
I noticed that when I have a conflict I usually try to find the most peaceful or passive approach/solution.

How can you reduce conflict during the Business & Enterprise kete? Give an example.
To avoid and solve any conflict that may come up during the Business and Enterprise kete, we could firstly come up with a few solutions for the problem. Then we could decided which one works best for everyone/which one has the best outcome, and use it. For example, if we can't agree on what product we want to make and sell at the Market Day, we could come up with a few different products, and choose which one would either be more successful, less expensive to make, or which one is the most unique.

Mindfulness and Resilience

Resilience
What did you learn about?
I learnt about resilience, and why it is important. I learnt that resilience is about not giving up when something is difficult, and trying to find a solution to your problems before deciding you can't fix them or solve them.

Was there anything you felt was difficult to understand? Why?
There wasn't anything I didn't understand. I already knew a fair amount about resilience. I understood what it meant and why it was important, and how it's a good quality to have.

How did you relate to the 'Who moved my cheese?' video?
I'm not sure. I guess I don't really mind change, depending on what it is.
Mindfulness
What did you learn about?

I learnt that mindfulness and being mindful, is about being in the moment. Using your five senses (sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing/sound) to take note of the small details that surround you. It also involves noticing and understanding other peoples body language/body cues, which can determine how someone is feeling. Being mindful taught me that it's important to notice whats happening around you, and being aware of body cues can help you understand how someone is feeling.

Was there anything you felt was difficult to understand? Why?

There wasn't anything I found difficult to understand, I understood/understand why being mindful is important and why paying attention to body cues is helpful. I understand how using each of your five senses can be used to be mindful and I understand how to notice/recognise body cues.

When talking to  classmate how do you know how they're feeling?

If you pay attention to a persons posture, actions, facial expressions and body cues, you can interpret and determine how they are feeling or whether they're having a good or bad day. For example, when someone is happy, they tend to have softer eyes, usually smiling but not necessarily. People who are happy also usually stand straight (they have good posture), they don't slouch their shoulders and they hold their head up high.

How can you apply your new knowledge to the Business Kete?

I can use resilience in the Business Kete to figure out any problems I and my group might have, like trying to buy everything we need and still stay within our budget to ensure we make a profit, or when trying to figure out what our product will be and how we're going to promote it/advertise.