by Still & Moving | Sep 4, 2025 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
By Thuan Nguyen Commit to putting yourself in a position to feel joyful and excited every day. One powerful way to do this is by making time for play — whether that’s through sports, music, art, learning, or social activities. Some days, it might feel hard to “show...
by Still & Moving | Aug 21, 2025 | Classes, Current Classes, Martial Arts
In-person Tuesdays 5:45 – 6:45 pm HST As a 400+ year old Afro-Brazilian art form, Capoeira combines martial arts, strategy, dance, acrobatics and music. Two people at a time “play” the “game” of capoeira within the circle, the roda. The the rest of the group...
by Still & Moving | Aug 20, 2025 | Past Dance Classes
Mondays, 5:45 – 6:45 pm HST Dance, move, laugh, shake and put JOY into your workout! Nia is an expressive body-mind movement program that offers an artistic and innovative approach to fitness and healing. Blending aspects of Martial Arts, Dance Arts, and Healing...
by Still & Moving | Aug 7, 2025 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
four August, 2025 By Mālia Helelā & Doris Morisaki A powerful unifying force behind the scenes of Still & Moving Center’s massage program is yoga practitioner, massage therapist, and aspiring Ayurveda provider Mizuho Williamson. Life takes many unexpected...
by Still & Moving | Aug 7, 2025 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
By Jessica Eirado Enes 💡 Daily Tip: Start your day with a 3-minute “musical mindful movement improv” session—no rules, just let your body move freely to music. Stretch, sway, shimmy, or shake—sense into your body and be fully present! As you move your body, connect...
by Still & Moving | Jul 31, 2025 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
Alexandra “Allie” Henry by Mālia Helelā “I give the best massages after surfing.” Allie shares the connection she feels between bodywork and surfing. “When I’m surfing, I’m dialed in and my attention has pinpoint focus. There are no distractions. And when...
by Still & Moving | Jul 23, 2025 | Past Dance Classes
2 In-person classesFriday, July 25 & August 1, 20259:00 – 10:00 am HST Join us for a special Floor Barre experience hosted next door to the Still & Moving Center at Honolulu Dance Studio. This class is led by beloved teacher and neighboring studio owner...
by Still & Moving | Jul 22, 2025 | Classes, Mindful Fitness, Women, Yoga
In-person & Live Online Fridays, 9:15 – 10:15 am HST Are you looking for a class you can count on to provide classical yoga? Do you like the principles of yoga with clear instruction of the yoga postures (asana)? This hatha-based yoga class helps you to find...
by Still & Moving | Jul 17, 2025 | Classes, Current Classes, Hawaiian Culture, Hula, Hula & Hawaiian Culture, Japanese, Meditation & Conversation, Meditation & Culture, Sacred Sound, Sacred Sound, Seniors, World Culture
Sponsored by Still & Moving Meditation Fellowship In-person & Online Sundays 2:15 – 2:45 pm Free This community circle is offered free of charge. Kumu Malia will lead vocal warm ups and provide translations and context to Hawaiian chants. Dive into deep...
by Still & Moving | Jul 3, 2025 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
July 2025 By Mālia Helelā Forgiveness is critical to all of our healthy lives and we should all practice forgiveness to live with ourselves. – Roger Epstein If you don’t already know Roger Epstein, you’ll feel enriched meeting him through this story. At 80...
by Still & Moving | Jul 3, 2025 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Inspired by Daniel Tsukayama Reclaim your movement potential by varying your movements throughout the day. Add in unfamiliar patterns – crawl, stretch, balance, reach. Choose stairs. Walk different paths. Explore changes of bodyweight or new movement practices that...
by Still & Moving | Jun 12, 2025 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
From Dustin Each morning—or before any vocal use—begin with a few minutes of gentle happy humming. Close your lips softly, relax your jaw, and let a hum vibrate through your face, chest, and throat like a little light hummingbird as it takes to flight welcoming a new...
by Still & Moving | Jun 12, 2025 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
May 2025 By Doris Morisaki Who knew we had a puppet supervisor for the Broadway musical “Frozen” in our Still & Moving ‘ohana? And she helped take the show to the White House! Indeed we do: our devoted online hula student Sue Makama’e...
by Still & Moving | Jun 12, 2025 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
As I continue to work towards completing my forthcoming book, Mindful Movement – The Art of Self Coaching, our general manager and master of music engages our hearts with his story for Life at the Center. Please enjoy the story below “You Just Gotta Flow”...
by Still & Moving | May 28, 2025 | Bodywork, Current Classes, Healing (Healing: Massage, Bodywork & Therapy), Lomilomi
Bodywork with Yoko Nakajima BOOK NOW Swedish massage, Shiatsu, Lomilomi, Sports massage, Lymphatic massage, Fascia relief, Medical massage, Japanese Seitai, Yurashi massage, Deep Tissue. On the massage table with Yoko, you will experience the peacefulness of being...
by Still & Moving | May 28, 2025 | Bodywork, Current Classes, Healing (Healing: Massage, Bodywork & Therapy), Lomilomi
Bodywork with Alexandra Henry ACAD BOOK NOW Thai Massage, Deep Tissue, Prenatal Massage, Hot Stone Therapy, Swedish Massage, Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT) You will leave your massage with Allie in awe of the deep relaxation your body can return to....
by Still & Moving | May 28, 2025 | Bodywork, Current Classes, Healing (Healing: Massage, Bodywork & Therapy), Lomilomi
Bodywork with Dr. Antonio Provencio BOOK NOW Acupuncture, Deep Tissue, Swedish Massage, Sports Massage, Asian Bodywork, Guasha/Scraping, Cupping Therapy After being diagnosed with fibromyalgia in his early twenties, Dr. Antonio embarked on a self-healing journey....
by Still & Moving | May 28, 2025 | Bodywork, Current Classes, Healing (Healing: Massage, Bodywork & Therapy), Lomilomi
Bodywork with Noe Johnson BOOK NOW Lomilomi, Hot Stone Therapy, Prenatal Massage Want to feel nurtured, supported and empowered on your wellness journey? Noe commits to creating a safe and serene environment for your bodywork. As a licensed practitioner since 2004,...
by Still & Moving | May 21, 2025 | Aerial, Aerial Dance / Aerial Silks, Dance, Mindful Movement
Saturdays, 1:00 – 2:00 PM Price: $35 Have you ever dreamt of floating or flying, freely suspended in the air while also being solidly supported and secure? This is what dancing in a lyra feels like, once you gain familiarity and skills on the apparatus. If you liked...
by Still & Moving | May 21, 2025 | Aerial, Aerial Dance / Aerial Silks, Dance, Kids, Mindful Movement
June 20, 27 & July 11, 2026*No class July 4 Saturdays, 11:30 AM– 12:30 PM Price: $35 Take flight in this limited drop in aerial hammock dance class, where you explore the art of movement through playful choreography, imagination, and body awareness. In a nurturing...
by Still & Moving | May 20, 2025 | Classes, Current Classes, Dance, Dance, Hawaiian Culture, Hula, Hula & Hawaiian Culture, Japanese, Mindful Movement, Women, World Culture
In-person & Online Mondays, 3:00 – 4:00 pm HST Wednesdays, 3:00 – 4:00 pm HST The “I Love Hula” class is a perfect opportunity to enjoy hula fundamentals while uplifting your spirit. This class focuses on the basic steps and hand motions of...
by Still & Moving | May 19, 2025 | Classes, Current Classes, Dance, Women, World Culture
In-person & Live Online Tuesdays, 5:30 – 6:30 pm HST Price: $27 or membership Learn all the fundamental motions for Turkish belly dance, starting with the hip roll and upper body movements. Alana introduces you to all the basic categories of Turkish belly dance,...
by Still & Moving | May 8, 2025 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
In my place this month, our Kumu Mālia shares this touching tale for our Life at the Center story. Mahalo to Malia! – Director, Renée Tillotson By Kumu Mālia Helelā I have long revered and held great aloha for Queen Lili’uokalani. I was a young girl when I...
by Still & Moving | May 8, 2025 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
From Izumi Ponimō’ī For Izumi Ponimō’ī, that is hula. Hula brings such richness to her life, from opportunities to step forward with courage and gain perspective, to connecting with people she never would have met otherwise. Finding a hobby you love and can dedicate...
by Still & Moving | Apr 3, 2025 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
By Renée Tillotson A few years ago, I was earnestly seeking a champion. In my role leading literally thousands of students, teachers and staff members at Still & Moving Center over the last 14 years, I’ve watched countless beautiful life stories of people who...
by Still & Moving | Apr 3, 2025 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
Two May Day HonoreesMay 2025 By Kumu Mālia Helelā Two students have distinguished themselves as shining examples of the aloha spirit. We recognize Izumi Ponimō’ī as our Lei Day Queen, and Yvonne Waioha as the Miss Aloha Hula of our hearts! Read on for a little more of...
by Still & Moving | Feb 26, 2025 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
By Renée Tillotson Our housemaster of music, Dustin Hara, says that he mentioned to me a few months back that he wanted a grand piano for Still & Moving Center. Of course, I would have loved for us own a beautiful piano from which Dustin and others could shower...
by Still & Moving | Feb 26, 2025 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
By Debbie Rosas Dance your way through life I believe we are mysterious… an intricate work of art in a dynamic interplay of motion, emotion, and energy. Expression is the dance of life itself. It doesn’t stop when the music ends; it lives in every action, every...
by Still & Moving | Feb 6, 2025 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
by Megan Leatherman Condensed version of blogpost: https://awildnewwork.com/blog/2016/06/01/lessons-from-the-wild-how-to-shed-old-skin I have been in a kind of weird, cloudy period of change. Like most personal growth, it was happening at a level...
by Still & Moving | Feb 6, 2025 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana
March 2025 Introduction By Renée Tillotson A celebration known in India as Maha Shivaratri took place February 25/26 of 2025: the vigil night of Shiva. In our Still & Moving Center almanac, this whole week is devoted to Shiva’s Dance of Transformation. The idea...
