Mauri is the life force that moves through you.

It is your inner vitality, your steadiness, your spark.
When mauri is strong, you feel clear, anchored, and able to respond rather than react.
When mauri is depleted, everything can feel heavier than it needs to.

For ruahine raising mokopuna, mauri is often given outward first to mokopuna, to whānau, to responsibilities.
This check-in is a way of calling that energy gently back to yourself.

Mauri is not something you have to earn.
It is not something that disappears.
It can become tired, burdened, or quiet but it remains.

Tending your mauri is not selfish.
It strengthens your capacity to lead, to nurture, and to stand steady as pou within your whānau.

This practice is a simple return:
Notice.
Name.
Realign.