Kei te moe te tinana, kei te oho te wairua–As the body sleeps, the spirit awakens: exploring the spiritual experiences of contemporary Māori associated with sleep

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dc.contributor.authorHaami D
dc.contributor.authorGibson R
dc.contributor.authorLindsay N
dc.contributor.authorTassell-Matamua N
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-06T02:11:22Z
dc.date.available2024-11-06T02:11:22Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-13
dc.description.abstractFor Aotearoa New Zealand Māori, sleep and wairua (spirit) are closely intertwined. During sleep the wairua awakens and journeys across multiple dimensions of time and space to attain the tools and knowledge the individual needs to navigate waking life. While this function of sleep is understood within Mātauranga Māori (bodies of knowledge regarding everything within the universe) (Hikuroa D. 2017. Mātauranga Māori—the ūkaipō of knowledge in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47(1):5–10.), it has yet to be explored within psychological sleep research. This qualitative study contributes to addressing this gap by exploring nine Māori participants’ personal experiences of wairua during sleep. A whakapapa thematic analysis identified two interconnected layers. The first layer contributed to a spiritual explanatory framework for sleep, developed to encompass participants’ beliefs regarding wairua, which were utilised to interpret their sleep experiences. The second layer describes these interpretations, comprised of three central themes: (1) Tohu/Guidance; (2) Ako/Space and time for learning; and (3) Tau/Attaining a state of stability, peace, and purpose. These findings suggest that the spiritual experience of sleep supported participants in navigating their waking lives safely, purposefully, and meaningfully, contributing to Indigenous and Māori scholarship regarding the spiritual and cultural purpose of sleep, and with important implications for clinical, social, and academic approaches to understanding and supporting sleep.
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dc.identifier.citationHaami D, Gibson R, Lindsay N, Tassell-Matamua N. (2024). Kei te moe te tinana, kei te oho te wairua–As the body sleeps, the spirit awakens: exploring the spiritual experiences of contemporary Māori associated with sleep. Kotuitui. Latest Articles.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1177083X.2024.2381749
dc.identifier.eissn1177-083X
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1177-083X
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71932
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1177083X.2024.2381749
dc.relation.isPartOfKotuitui
dc.rights(c) 2024 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectIndigenous psychologies
dc.subjectIndigenous sleep
dc.subjectsleep health
dc.subjectMāori
dc.subjectKaupapa Māori
dc.subjectwairua
dc.subjectspirituality
dc.subjectNew Zealand
dc.titleKei te moe te tinana, kei te oho te wairua–As the body sleeps, the spirit awakens: exploring the spiritual experiences of contemporary Māori associated with sleep
dc.typeJournal article
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