Te Reo Yoga Cards

By Shirley McLeod

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Te Reo Yoga Cards

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He mauri te reo Māori nō Aotearoa māu, mā tātou katoa

Make Te Reo Māori an essential part of New Zealand for ALL of us!

This project will develop a set of bilingual instructional yoga cards for anyone who wants to learn Te Reo and move their body with yoga. 

The idea is to have these cards as quick references for people wanting to move their body, still their mind, open their hearts and have deeper connection to others i.e. a yoga or a Hauora approach. All of this while learning or strengthening Te Reo Māori. This caters to ALL levels of yoga practitioner and ALL levels of reo speakers. The kaupapa is to uplift and empower everyone on a Hauora journey.

We feel that Te Ao Māori and the ancient teachings of yoga blend beautifully together to create a framework for overall wellbeing.  Both philosophies teach us that everything starts with our individual wellness. This leads us to better relationships with others, a clearer purpose in life and a greater connection to the world around us.
This project builds on our previous mahi:

Shirley’s Yoga Deck provides the framework, design inspiration, base content for 41 yoga poses (in English), and development process for the Yoga Cards idea.
Jase’s work to integrate a Hauora yoga framework based on Te Whare Tapa Whā into his yoga studio, yoga teacher training, and M3 Mindfulness for Children programme.

 
In 2016, 15% of New Zealand adults were able to speak basic Te Reo Māori.  By 2040 the government wants one million New Zealanders to have the ability and confidence to talk about basic things in Te Reo Māori.  We are both passionate about learning Te Reo Māori and also the practice of yoga! So - we thought we’d join the two worlds together.  With our instructional cards, you can learn Te Reo Māori whilst moving your bodies with yoga!
Each of our yoga cards will have instructions for each posture in Te Reo and Pākehā. These cards are for all level of Reo Speaker… plus all level of yoga practitioner. You can practice in your time, at your level, at home, in the office or at kura!
The project commences with a wānanga with yoga and Reo experts to define and refine kupu hou for the most common yoga poses, and the cues to get into each posture.  Once photography is completed for all the postures,  we will use the design framework from Shirley's Yoga Deck to move quickly to create the Te Reo Yoga Cards (with both Te Reo and Pākehā instructions) and have them printed and ready to share with you all.
We need your help to get these cards out there! If you’re passionate about your wellbeing, plus the wellbeing of your tamariki and kaumātua… Āwhina mai i a māua!
If you, like us, are passionate to see our Te Reo Māori, live and thrive and be learnt in a new and innovative way, then please, support our crowd-funding campaign!
 
About us:
Jase Te Patu– Jase Te Patu is of Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent. He has been teaching in the health and wellness industry for 27 years. These skills helped him to step more recently into the space of sharing yoga, meditation and mindfulness for adults and children alike! 
He is an international yoga and meditation teacher trainer, co-owner of Awhi Yoga Studio in Wellington, facilitator, key note speaker and creator of M3 - Mindfulness for Children aged 5-10 years. Jase’s students include the All Blacks, the Hurricanes, the Pulse, the NZ School of Dance contemporary students and many more high- performance athletes. In the past Jase was a presenter/trainer for Les Mills International. He has also taught dance in schools throughout Aotearoa and travelled Australasia as a professional performer.  
Jase was the winner of the NZ Exercise Industry Awards – Body/Mind Teacherof the yearin 2018. He also won a NZ Lifekeeper’s Award for Suicide Preventionfor all the work he does in the mental health space for men and youth alike. He is an Ambassador for Youthline and was also the recipient of the Regional Local Hero medal as part of the New Zealander of the Year Awards 2018. Yoga has been a beautiful space to utilise ALL of Jase’s tools in his kete and he’s excited to keep sharing his love of HAUORA and Te Ao Māori!

Shirley McLeod– Shirley McLeod is Wellington-based project manager, certified yoga & mindfulness teacher, and mum of two, of Pākehā decent.  Shirley is the founder of Yoga With Me, New Zealand’s largest teacher-led social media community for the encouragement of yoga, meditation and wellbeing.  In 2016 she developed and self-published the Yoga Deck – a set of 41 instructional yoga pose cards and 16 sample sequences – to share the practice of yoga with more people across Aotearoa and the world.  Shirley is currently filming a set of yoga videos to complement the Yoga Deck cards.
Shirley was runner-up New Zealand Project Manager of the Year in 2013 and a finalist in the NZ Exercise Industry Awards – Body/Mind Teacher of the year2016.  Through her day job at Te Puni Kōkiri as a founding team member of the Māori Housing Network since 2015, Shirley has a deep appreciation and respect for te reo and tikanga Māori.

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2019-03-26 22:07:55 +1300

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2019-03-26 20:58:37 +1300

"Mindfulness, biculturalism & hauora are essential in my mahi as a ece kaiako so these will be a wonderful resource to have. Ka mau te wehi."

Shannan Wong

2019-03-24 18:42:00 +1300

"Ka rawe! I am super excited about this initiative ❤️"

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"Kia kaha korua. I am forwarding this to Kōhanga Reo National Trust to consider as a way of supporting Kaiako to extend their Reo and consider your kaupapa as a way of incorporating mindfulness for mokopuna. "

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"Kia kaha. Cool-as kaupapa."

Tracey Taylor

2019-03-13 17:11:24 +1300

"This is a perfect idea Jase. Im getting a set for myself and Milly. Nga mihi Tracey Taylor"

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Te Reo Yoga Cards

He mauri te reo Māori nō Aotearoa māu, mā tātou katoa

Make Te Reo Māori an essential part of New Zealand for ALL of us!

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