Mauri — heart locus
Vital essence · relational life focus
The heart point marks mauri as lived through relationship, care, and continuity rather than as an isolated inner object. Its position is a cautious body-map convention that keeps the requested mauri focus visible without collapsing mauri into a biomedical heart function.
Point 2 of 2 in Māori Tā Moko + Mauri
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Hirini Moko Mead, Tikanga Māori: Living by Māori Values (scholarly_modern)
Mead documents Māori relational values, whakapapa, and spiritual language that inform the heart as a teaching anchor; the coordinate is not a canonical anatomical prescription.
Mason Durie, Whaiora: Māori Health Development (scholarly_modern)
The model's wairua and whānau dimensions support the relational reading of a heart point; the visual placement is editorial.