Shared Breath, Unity, Community, Connecting inner guidance with infinite presence. AlohaYoga invites you to go beyond Asana practice. Blend the ancient teachings of the eight-limbed path of Patanjali's Yoga with the heart and breath centered Hawaiian tradition of sharing Aloha.

Explore somatic movement, gain strength, flexibility, health and increased joy in your life.  Our bodies are the divine doorways, our breath is the key. Now, enjoy companionship along the journey.

Located in beautiful Hawaii, Aloha Yoga offers unique mini retreats and private group sessions in beautiful natural settings and several yoga studios and dojos in Honolulu. " We are a hui of several Yoga Teachers and Healing Arts Practitioners, Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Massage, Ayurvedic Chef, Meditation Teacher, Wellness Coach dedicated to sharing the jewels and benefits of yoga and aloha.

We offer Sanscrit chanting private sessions and group practice, mantra medicine, low aerial yoga,  Ayurvedic consultations, TCM, meditation practice, sound therapy sessions, healing arts and a variety of yoga and theraputic movement classes including traditional jujuitsu and the associated healing arts.

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Yoga 6 days a week on Oahu

Aloha Yoga & Hawaii Zenyo Jujutsu Kai- Still and Moving Center

LOCATIONS:

Aloha Yoga at Still and Moving Center:  M, T, W, TH, F, S)

Aloha Yoga -  on the  Pali: (W)

Zenyo Kai Jujuitsu (M, W, F)

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Aerial Yoga with Katie Fisher

Take your yoga to new heights! Supported by the aerial silk hammock, enjoy the benefits of inversions and balance poses that might not be available in your daily asana practice on the floor. Everyone can build confidence, strength and flexibility – all with a smile. Katie is excited by all the healing and injury rehab possibilities of aerial yoga, not to mention its relief of spinal compression. Get taller – well, just a little! This practice offers phenomenal myofascial release, and it’s cheaper than a massage! Kindle or re-kindle your joy of yoga.

This class offers complete body-conditioning workout using the aerial hammock, aimed to improve flexibility and strength while refreshing circulatory and lymphatic systems. In this class we focus on precise and correct body mechanics, originating from the core and involving big muscle groups. Hanging inversions in the hammock help decrease compression and increase circulation in the spine. A restorative series of movements concludes the class, leaving students feeling relaxed and renewed. 

Aerial exercise carries body movement traditionally done on the floor into the vertical dimension. Aerial Yoga provides the yoga student with a safe opportunity to increase spinal elogation with the support of the aerial hammock. Aerial Fitness provide additional ways to condition,  and stretch the body with the fun of being off the floor. Aerial Dance uses free hanging aerial silks rather than hammocks, eventually working toward Cirque du Soleil type movement. Students can always choose to enhance their skills by scheduling a private or duet lesson with one of our aerial teachers

Contra-indications for aerial classes: glaucoma, heart-conditions, fused spine, pregnancy beyond doctor recommendation. Inverted poses are not recommended during your period.

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 Intro to Vinyasa Flow with Atmarama Diaz

Wednesday 5:45-7pm ($5-10 donation) Learn traditional Ashtanga Yoga approach along with an emphasis on a step by step description of each Asana and the flow of Prana (life force).

Vinyasa Flow with Atma Atmarama Dasa.

Class Description: Classes begin with an introduction to Vinyasa. Moving towards standing and sitting postures, twists, back bends and inversions as the class progresses and each individual's practice ripens. Who: This an active yoga flow style. Beginners welcome.Bring a mat.

Class location: Daijinju Temple

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Easy Does it Yoga: 

This is a class for people at all levels who want to stay moving, but don’t want to experience pain or a yoga class that moves too fast. Michael likes to spend one-on-one time with students to assess their starting points and needs. He welcomes non-yogis, beginners, weekend warriors and Seniors. In his class, you move through a gentle warm-up of sequences and stretches with breath control and increased self awareness. The goal is not to do a perfect pose but to increase your own functional abilities at the level where you are now. EASY DOES IT Yoga helps to stretch and tone overworked muscles and a restore pain-free range of movement. It helps to increase stamina, improve balance and prevent injuries. We will incorporate breath and mental exercises to help calm your mind and energize your spirit. Toward the end of the class you will be offered various meditation techniques to rejuvenate and enrich the rest of your day.

$10-$14. Monthly pass available. Theraputic and easy. Learn simple routines for home review to help move painfree throughout your daily life. Based on Viniyoga techniques and many years of theraputic bodywork training.

Come to these classes if you want to: · Reduce tightness · Decrease aches and pains · Prevent injuries · Learn about your Body · Energize your spirit · Calm your mind · Feel better at the end of your daThis is a class mostly for mature adults of all levels who want to stay moving, but don’t want pain or a yoga class that moves too fast. Michael likes to spend one-on-one time with students to assess their starting points and needs. He welcomes non-yogis, beginners, and weekend warriors. In his class, you move through gentle, basic sequences of stretches to unwind dysfunctional pain patterns we create at home, work or playing. You will learn how to re-balance your body’s tonic and phasic muscles to fire in a correct sequence that supports all your activities. Pain Free Yoga helps to stretch and tone overworked muscle systems and relieve chronic pain patterns. Reduce tightness, aches and pains. Prevent injuries. Learn how your body works and how to make it work better for you. Energize your spirit. Calm your mind. Feel better.

Location: Still & Moving Center:

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Yin Yoga:

Yin Yoga, also know as Taoist Yoga, targets connective tissue, specifically ligaments and tendons in the joints and spine. Over time, practice of yin yoga can lengthen these tissues, increasing range of motion. As connective tissue accounts for about fifty percent of the body’s resistance to range of motion, focusing on connective can dramatically increase flexibility. The intensity and physical benefits of the practice depend on duration of the asana and the temperature of the muscle.In order to lengthen the connective tissue, we extend the duration of the postures, engaging in static stretching. When the muscle is fully stretched, the stress reaches the connective tissue. In yin yoga, asanas are usually held for three to five minutes. Because of the long duration of asanas, one of the key values cultivated in the practice of yin yoga is patience. It is quite a meditative practice.If the muscles are cold, they will be less elastic, and more therapeutic stress will be transferred to the connective tissue. For this reason, it is recommended that yin yoga be practiced earlier in the day, before physical activity that warms the muscles and increases their elasticity. However, some note that practicing yin yoga after a strenuous day is psychologically soothing.David Sanders has been practicing and teaching Yin Yoga since 2003, under the guidance and teaching of one of his teachers, Alan McGrew while at Kalani Resort on Big Island, Hawaii. Alan is a student of Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers, authors of the current practice known as Yin Yoga.

Steatch and Sweat: In this one hour class we will quiet the mind, warm and stretch the tissue and develop strength and focus. This is a challenging class, accessible for all levels, if you’re willing to explore and expand your edges. Class is a consistent format of basic and challenging poses and movements, so that the students can learn the flow and develop poise and grace. Participants are encouraged to work to their comfort level, guided by the first ‘rule’ of yoga; non-harming (Ahimsa). This class is serious fun!

 Michael Merrimer LMT. of Balance Point Health Center. Licensed Massage Therapist and Personal Health Advisor

$10-$14. Monthly pass available. Theraputic and easy. Learn simple routines for home review to help move painfree throughout your daily life. Based on Viniyoga techniques and many years of theraputic bodywork training.

Come to these classes if you want to: · Reduce tightness · Decrease aches and pains · Prevent injuries · Learn about your Body · Energize your spirit · Calm your mind · Feel better at the end of your daThis is a class mostly for mature adults of all levels who want to stay moving, but don’t want pain or a yoga class that moves too fast. Michael likes to spend one-on-one time with students to assess their starting points and needs. He welcomes non-yogis, beginners, and weekend warriors. In his class, you move through gentle, basic sequences of stretches to unwind dysfunctional pain patterns we create at home, work or playing. You will learn how to re-balance your body’s tonic and phasic muscles to fire in a correct sequence that supports all your activities. Pain Free Yoga helps to stretch and tone overworked muscle systems and relieve chronic pain patterns. Reduce tightness, aches and pains. Prevent injuries. Learn how your body works and how to make it work better for you. Energize your spirit. Calm your mind. Feel better.

Location: Still & Moving Center:

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Location; Still & Moving Center

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ALOHA YOGA LOCATIONS:

DAIJINGU TEMPLE:
61 Puiwa Rd. Nu'uanu Valley, HONOLULU 96817

STILL AND MOVING CENTER:
1024 QUEEN ST HONOLULU HI
MAP: http://www.stillandmovingcenter.com/smc_location.html

Guest Faculty: Check schedule where we are teaching. It could be Japan, Big Island, a community college, or a city park 

ABOUT THE TEACHERS:

Katie Fisher Katherine Fisher YTT (Yoga Teacher Training) 200 from Mt. Madonna in 1998. She holds a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM)and has a busy private healing arts practice "7 Treasures of Health & Acupuncture" in Honolulu. Katherine is a volunteer trainer for Acupuncturists without Borders (AWB- Nepal, Mongolia) and advanced studies in Yoga Therapy, Medical Qi Kung, Ayurveda, Herbal Medicine, Tui Na and Lomi Massage, traditional and natural medicine, facial rejuvination acupuncture and Dan Zan Ryu Jujitsu. She is an advocate for life-long health and wellness, Co-Founder of Hawaii Health Guide, co-producer of the multi-cultural Hawaii Healing Garden Festivals. At Still & Moving Center she has taught Tibetan Yoga, Physiology of Yoga, Partner Yoga and will be teaching Ariel Yoga & Alignment Fun this fall.

Michael Merrimer LMT. of Balance Point Health Center. Licensed Massage Therapist and Personal Health AdvisorMichael Merrimer, is a RYT 200 (200-hour Registered Yoga Training) Ashtanga-trained yoga instructor in the Classic style (not the modern Power Yoga version). As a Hawaii licensed medical massage therapist, he has incorporated Yoga, Acupuncture and Ayruvedic perspectives into his clinic: Balance Point Health Center (BPHC) . As principal massage therapist at BPHC he focus on breath control and self awareness to help patients experience a greater understanding of their bodies "from the inside out." He enjoys using both yoga and massage to help people gain better stamina, balance and vigor in their physical health as well as peace of mind for their mental health. Michael has taught Yoga in medical settings and finds it excellent therapy for people of all ages and abilities. He is patient and wants to help newcomers and veteran yogis alike discover the joy of a "beginner's mind." In addition to Yoga classes for beginners, seniors and athletes, he offers separate pranayama and meditation classes to individuals and groups. "An excellent massage therapist with a thorough understanding of body mechanics and the effects of aging, his experience in conducting yoga exercises for medical and community groups has been useful in helping people better understand their body movements and limitations."

Atma was raised as a Vaishnava in the Bhakti Yoga tradition and has studied the teachings of Sanatan Dahrma from a young age. His whole life he has been committed to living a spiritual existence as a healer and yogi. In his teens he studied various forms of martial arts with an emphasis on Tang Su Do. He then gravitated towards the practice of Ashtanga Yoga. He began a more in depth study of yoga at the age of 19 with Tim Miller and Noah Williams in California. Later he had the privilege of going to India to study with Pattabhi Jois Guruji at his school in Mysore. Atmarama has a wide variety of teaching experience, having taught at high schools, fitness centers, temples and privet students for many years. Being a massage therapist as well, he brings to his classes an in depth understanding of the body's structure and functioning.

Anandra George: Private and Group Sanscrit, Mantra and Yoga (Japan, Kauai, Oahu)

DragonFly Ranch: Various guest teachers: