Taha Tinana

Taha Tinana

What is Taha Tinana? 

Taha Tinana is one of the four dimensions of Hauora, a maori philosophy. In English, it is physical well-being. Taha Tinana revolves around your health, hygiene, and body. We need to take care of our Taha Tinana, and keep it healthy in order to have a healthy body.

How do I keep my Taha Tinana healthy?

There are many ways to take care of your Taha Tinana. It mostly revolves around taking care of your body and health.

  

Diet and body -

- Exercise everyday to keep help oxygen flow to your brain and keep you healthy.

- Eat healthy food to keep a healthy diet and help your body function properly and healthy.

- When buying food, look at the nutritional information before buying and see if it is healthy.

- Sleep at least 8 hours a day.

 Hygiene -

- Keep yourself clean and tidy, so that bacteria will not get you sick.

- Brush your teeth everyday to keep them clean.

- Shower daily and wash your hair.

How is Taha Tinana demonstrated in real life?

Taha Tinana is demonstrated everywhere in life. Taha Tinana can be demonstrated in school in PE class, exercising, washing your hands before having a meal, showering everyday, brushing your teeth in the morning and night, going grocery shopping and reading the nutritional info, eating our food, etc. 

*Taha Tinana is very important, as it covers a HUGE part of our life.

*These pictures I drew are of someone looking at the nutritional information, someone washing their hands, and someone exercising.