Oho refers to being awake, alert, creative, energised, attentive, surprised, or agitated. Mauri oho provides intense energy that can enable us to get things done very quickly to protect ourselves from danger or threats. When we perceive a threat, we can move quickly to try and resolve the threat.
- You focus a lot of time on something that annoys you or you are concerned about
- You have difficulty focusing on other things that may seem less important
- You have more energy
- Feeling agitated, angry, snappy
- That you are more grumpy than usual/less tolerant of others
- You may be talking a lot about what you’re concerned about
- That you’re more active than usual – that you spend too much time away from family and friends
- You’re not sleeping or eating well
Unlike being in mauri tau, we’re operating on stress, anger, anxiety, fear, or worry which can cause us to become snappy, tearful, sleep deprived, exhausted, and burnt out. Like the tide, too much oho can be like a large wave that crashes on us, swamping our wellbeing and damaging our health.
- Being in a space to action your plans
- Able to meet the needs of others and your own
- Being in a space to action your plans
- We can take a leadership role or actively support others to
- Sometimes we miss the small things, or fall out of routine
- We may overstep boundaries and upset others who may not be in that same space.
- Not working well with other whānau
- Pushing others to meet your expectations before they are ready
Reflections
Take some time and reflect, or discuss with your friends and whānau some of the following points:
- What does mauri oho look like for you? For your whānau? (What are you doing, feeling, thinking, noticing?)
- When is it helpful for you?
- What are signs that it’s no longer helpful? (These are our indicators to move towards tau.)
- What do you do to move from mauri oho to mauri tau or mauri noho? Below is also a list of suggestions. Have a go with identifying things you can do, and what ideas your whānau have.
