Started Practicing Yoga: 1999 Became Teacher: 2002 (Bikram's Yoga College of India) How I got into yoga: After a car accident in 2003, I was diagnosed with a disc herniation in my lower back. I wasn't able to sit upright, I could only lie on the floor with my feet elevated. My doctors told me I would eventually have to undergo back surgery - which I didn't like the sound of. I had fallen out of my yoga practice, became weak, lazy and tired. Everyone was telling me something different. My chiropractor said I needed adjustments, my physical therapist said I needed to do elliptical running, my neurosurgeon said I needed to make an appointment to cut out the disc, and my Yoga teacher was telling me, "Lock the Knee!" I found that yoga was the only remedy with lasting results. The... Read the profile >>
Objective To expand peoples knowledge of yoga and how it effects their body. To help people understand the value of proper breathing, yoga asanas, and how it can improve their lives. Dorian Bio From the age of 6 dorian has been practicing the ancient technique of yoga. From an early age he accepted the teachings of Paramahansa Yoganda and became a disciplined disciple. Although the bulk of his practice was rooted in deep meditation and Kriya Yoga he later discovered the art of a more extensive Hatha practice to form a marriage between the two. "you must master the body first and then the mind will come next." These are the words Dorian lives by in his practice. "When I was sixteen and visited India for a month I fell in love with a culture that was so rich in wisdom... Read the profile >>
Elyse is the founder of CrossFit 808. Her passion for life and sports have led her in many directions--from dancing and gymnastics as a child, to playing basketball in high school and college, helping Punahou School to a state basketball championship and Princeton to an Ivy League title. Before moving home to Hawaii and opening her own CrossFit gym, Elyse was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, where they finished the season with 23 wins and only 11 losses. More recently though, Elyse's passion has been CrossFit. Elyse is a top female athletes in the CrossFit Games. While she is one of the smaller female competitors, she has never let that stand in the way. Last year she placed 11th at the 2010 CrossFit Games. This year she earned a... Read the profile >>
North Shore Yoga Co-op
"I grew up in Malibu, CA and graduated from UCLA with a BS in Psychobiology with a concentration on neuroscience and a BA in Dance. Confused at the so-called irrelevance that one major has with the other? My motive is to connect the ever-dichotomized mind and body. I've always been frustrated with the mutual absence the fields of science and art have with each other. Finding this continuum between the subjects has become a significant goal. I taught creative movement to children ages 4-12 and noticed that dancing not only expanded the physical abilities of the children, but the imaginative and mental growth was outstanding as well. I found dance provided an emotional release, sewing a therapeutic purpose. While teaching dance, I trained to become a yoga instructor through Maha Yoga and... Read the profile >>
Mariane Uehara embodies the passionate, free-spirited nature of a native Brazilian. She is also a self made woman, and has put herself through college while working on various social-environmental projects. In 2006, she fulfilled her dream and moved to Hawaii, where she discovered the best of both worlds: a balance between a healthy, outdoor lifestyle and the opportunity to develop her career and life goals. Mariane is currently a full-time graduate student at Hawaii Pacific University (Master of Arts in Global Leadership and Sustainable Development). She is the assistant coach for the HPU cross country team, and also coaches triathlon and running clinics. Mariane is one of Hawaii's top elite runners and triathletes. In 2010, she established her company, "Free Lifestyle." ... Read the profile >>
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Purple Yoga / Open Space Yoga / Aloha Yoga Kula / Honolulu Club // Yoko started yoga while in the IT industry in Tokyo. She moved to Oahu in 2005 and decided to devote herself to the study of yoga. // She graduated from Yoga Hawaii’s teacher training in 2006 and extended her teaching skills with Yoga for Kids and Prenatal Yoga. She has completed an apprenticeship in Pregnancy Yoga with Cathy Louise Broda at Purple Yoga, and is currently her Ashtanga apprentice. Yoko is also a Shiatsu therapist (MAT-11603) and is training to be a doula. // Yoko practices and teaches Ashtanga yoga, and spent three months at Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India. She also studied Sanskrit and Yoga Sutra chanting under Dr. M.A. Jayashree while she was there. Read the profile >>
