by Sarah Hodges | Apr 3, 2025 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
April 2025 Have you ever longed for a really good teacher? Still & Moving Center dancers and wanna-be dancers felt that longing for many years when it came to Tango. Every so often, a local Tango teacher would hold a Milonga in our Barefoot Ballroom, but it was...
by Sarah Hodges | Jan 16, 2025 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
The Wright Stretch & MELT Method January 2025 | By Sarah Hodges Leslie can remember massaging family members in pain when she was growing up. If her mom mentioned having back pain, young Leslie always could find the exact spot to bring relief. She could just...
by Sarah Hodges | Nov 4, 2024 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
So Magnificent!And this year’s Diwali cast Novemer 2024 | By Sarah Hodges Every year since 2018, Still & Moving Center staff member Doris Morisaki has graced our audiences with her fantastical narration of the Ramayana, while our students, teachers, and...
by Sarah Hodges | Oct 3, 2024 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
Rising PhotographerOctober 2024 | By Sarah Hodges Our dear, once-little Kaiehu Helelā is making a place for himself in the big world, and we are so proud of him for that! Congratulations are in order: This summer, after his first semester, Leeward Community...
by Sarah Hodges | Sep 5, 2024 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
Celebrating Magnificence in our ‘Ohana: Doris & Mark Morisaki, Sharing Exuberance By Sarah Hodges It takes a certain kind of courage to get up on a stage in front of hundreds of people, all eyes swiveling to see what’s about to happen. And even more so when it’s...
by Sarah Hodges | Aug 7, 2024 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
Celebrating Magnificence in our ‘Ohana: Gilad Janklowicz By Sarah HodgesI’m always very inspired to hear of someone who can make their greatest passion their life’s work. Our “Bodies in Motion” teacher Gilad Janklowicz is one of those special people who lives his life...
by Sarah Hodges | Jun 12, 2024 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
Breadshop in Kaimuki, Hawai’iAdventuers in the Kitchen with Chris Sy By Sarah Hodges As I speak with Waialae Avenue’s Breadshop owner Chris Sy, I’m reminded of a summer in the South of France when my host family would bring a fresh loaf of bread each...
by Sarah Hodges | May 9, 2024 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
By Sarah Hodges I feel very honored to have a writer and human being with such an authentic voice as Sarah Hodges to pen the lead story this month. Sarah even illustrates her own writing! Perhaps you should know that the same beautiful, talented individual who so...
by Sarah Hodges | Apr 4, 2024 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
Somatic Healingwith Alex Greene & Red Beard Somatic Therapy By Sarah Hodges I’d never heard of self-inducing tremors and shaking in the body for the purpose of healing. Nor could I imagine how much stress these little shakes could release. That is, until I...
by Sarah Hodges | Apr 4, 2024 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
By Sarah Hodges Tip: Start your day by setting an intention Reflect on how you start your day. What mentality do you awake to? Are you stumbling along some mental default, or captaining the great ship of your mind? Give your morning routine a new spin. Set...
by Sarah Hodges | Mar 7, 2024 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
Spice Indian MartFood & Family with Bharat and Priti Shrestha By Sarah Hodges I turn the corner onto Kalākaua Avenue, my aunt close by my side. She excitedly tells me there’s a new Indian shop in her neighborhood, pointing up to the storefront with orange...
by Sarah Hodges | Feb 8, 2024 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
Icky Love Art Loft & Gallery with Jaimie Nagle By Sarah Hodges I came upon Icky Love Art Loft & Gallery on a Friday afternoon with my friend who’s visiting from Germany. We’ve just come from sipping hot chai tea at Tradition Coffee Roasters in Kapa’a...
by Sarah Hodges | Feb 8, 2024 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
By Sarah Hodges Tip: Invite someone you’ve wanted to get to know or catch up with for tea When was the last time you just sat and had tea with someone? Totally present, no distractions, no appointments to rush off to, just you and someone else sharing presence, maybe...
by Sarah Hodges | Aug 10, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
By Sarah Hodges EPIC ‘Ohana’s vision and innovative approaches are tremendous steps in vastly improving our foster care system. From attorney to the director of EPIC ‘Ohana, Laurie Tochiki at EPIC ‘Ohana is transforming the foster care system to make it...
by Sarah Hodges | Jan 5, 2023 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
By Sarah Hodges When my dear friend Sarah Hodges told me her ‘greatest teacher… for this moment’ story below, I knew that you’d enjoy hearing it, too. Let’s listen in to Sarah: Ever since a treacherous flight when I was 6 years old, every plane trip I’ve taken has...
by Sarah Hodges | Jan 5, 2023 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Choose one thing (big or small) that you thought you could not do… and go do it. By Sarah Hodges We often tell ourselves we are not capable of doing certain things. Some of these perceived limitations are well-founded – No, I cannot jump from one tall building to the...
by Sarah Hodges | Nov 3, 2022 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Try taking a day off from electronics and technology By Sarah Hodges Our lives are busy, and even in the “down time” we have all our big and little devices to occupy and enthrall us. So, how about a change of pace? What might you do with a day completely off “screen”...
by Sarah Hodges | Nov 3, 2022 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
Photo by Andy Stenz As I write this, I can hear the happy humming and clanging of the house next door’s deconstruction. I hear what sounds like cheery workers listening to Hawaiian music, carefully disassembling the house piece by piece to salvage...
by Sarah Hodges | Jan 13, 2022 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
One morning as I paddled out with a young beginner surfer, I heard her from behind me crying out that her arms were too tired to keep going. I waited for her to catch up and then reminded her of Dory in Finding Nemo, and how she would sing to herself “just keep...
by Sarah Hodges | Jul 8, 2021 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
In order to adapt to changing times, we must be willing to see in new ways. In March of 2020, like so many other business owners, Kat Lin-Hurtubise, owner of the hospitality company Gourmet Events Hawaii, faced unprecedented circumstances. As the world headed into...
by Sarah Hodges | Jul 8, 2021 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Reina Hoori 祝部玲奈 Enthusiastic Hula Student: Finding the Aloha Spirit In 2020, amidst a rapidly changing world, Reina Hoori, her husband, and their two teenagers moved from Japan to Nebraska, departing from friends and the familiarity of their home...
