by Still & Moving | Jun 20, 2023 | Past Fitness Classes
In-person & OnlineFridays, 8:00-9:00am HST with Georgia Ortega July 7,14, 21, 2023& Katharine Harts July 28, 2023 Sign Up for Online class Sign Up for In-person class You are invited to explore your mind-body connection through breath support and...
by Still & Moving | Jun 8, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
Bringing Creativity and a Touch of Magic to Award-Winning Coffee By Sarah Hodges Just a little over a year ago Emily Rose Carr Hunt painted the finishing touches and opened for business at PeleKai Coffee, located inside Still & Moving Center. Little did she...
by Still & Moving | Jun 7, 2023 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it!By Renée Tillotson, inspired by Cliff Tillotson Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. – Author unknown My husband Cliff used to have a poster with that...
by Still & Moving | Jun 7, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Kevin Capretto:Fighter with a Heart By Sarah Hodges Kevin Capretto is a real fighter, in the best sense of the word. At the same time, Kevin has been the friendly voice and face making zoom classes approachable for thousands of Still & Moving Center’ online...
by Still & Moving | Jun 7, 2023 | Past Yoga Classes
In-person & OnlineMondays 5:30-6:45 pm HST Sign up for In-person classes Sign Up for Online classes Restorative + Yoga Nidra This class is for de-stressing and re-balancing our energy. This combined yoga practice will renew and ready us for a calm evening, good...
by Still & Moving | May 4, 2023 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
I usually count on my plane rides between the continental US and Hawai’i as a time to power through 5 hours of work. Taking my seat next to Ki-Lin Reece, I found myself dropping that plan. Thank goodness!As I listened to my seat partner’s background and current work,...
by Still & Moving | May 4, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
By Sarah Hodges Across the Hawaiian Islands, a hui (group) of passionate musicians, historians, and Hawaiian cultural practitioners gather together to help lift the vitality of Hawaiian music. With diligence and attentiveness to detail, they carefully piece together...
by Still & Moving | May 4, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Elizabeth Lenz-Hill:Stepping into the Fear, Dancing into the Fear By Renée Tillotson Elizabeth Lenz-Hill began dancing at age 5 and joined the Hawaii Ballet Theatre for Youth by age 8. In a lot of ways, dance came easily for Elizabeth. Her body formed naturally into...
by Still & Moving | May 4, 2023 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
In life, as in dance, follow that internal sense of music that is always playing within you. By Elizabeth Lenz-Hill Most dance teachers conduct their classes by calling out the counts. “And a ONE, and two and three and four.” I had a wonderful dance teacher who...
by Still & Moving | Apr 6, 2023 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
In late January, our family found ourselves at the hospital for two significant reasons on the opposite ends of the life spectrum. Standing at a still point – awake, observant – we can recognize and celebrate sacred moments of transition that happen in...
by Still & Moving | Apr 6, 2023 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
A Deathbed Meditation By Renée Tillotson Imagine, if you will, that our universe came into being not with a bang, but with a breath – a great, long out-breathing. And imagine that this universe will pass away with something like an in-breath, back into...
by Still & Moving | Apr 6, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Naomi Kanai:Dancing from the Fountain of Youth! By Renée Tillotson Naomi Kanai serves as a poster child for finding the fountain of youth through movement! At this year’s Still & Moving Center birthday celebration, Naomi danced step-for-step with dancers a...
by Still & Moving | Apr 6, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Yumi Inamine By Renée Tillotson Yumi Inamine took my breath away as she moved onto the dance floor at Still & Moving Center’s 12th birthday celebration. Her dance looked effortlessly unrestrained. As one of Elizabeth Lenz-Hill’s Contemporary Dance students, she...
by Still & Moving | Mar 22, 2023 | Past Dance Classes
In-personMondays, 6:45 – 7:45 pm HST Georgia invites you to experience contemporary dance techniques through somatic practices that encourage inner awareness and greater movement efficiency. Set to an engaging playlist, the class includes a thorough warm...
by Still & Moving | Mar 20, 2023 | Classes, Current Classes, Feldenkrais, Fitness, Mindful Fitness, Mindful Movement, Seniors, Women
Live Online Thursdays, 11:00 am -12:00 pm HST Improve the quality of your movement to improve the quality of your life! The Feldenkrais Method™ of somatic education is a life-changing practice of learning through movement. By unwinding our habitual patterns of moving,...
by Still & Moving | Mar 9, 2023 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
By Renée Tillotson When our family member Diana arrived in Mumbai, India, she and her cohort of yoga teacher trainees were enveloped in blossoms. Literally. She had landed in the middle of a joyous, devotional festival in which people were pouring thousands...
by Still & Moving | Mar 9, 2023 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Fill your cup! By Diana Gilmore You can only fill others’ cups up if you have a full cup yourself! Do something everyday to fill that internal cup. What fills you back up can vary greatly across individuals, but generally anything that brings immediate calm, peace of...
by Still & Moving | Mar 9, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
The Forge for Athletes With Justin Fukunaga and Jimmy Lin, Physical Therapists By Sarah Hodges Justin and Jimmy both felt something big was missing in the general physical therapy world. Patients would arrive with an allotted time frame – typically whatever was...
by Still & Moving | Feb 20, 2023 | Classes, Current Classes, Dance, Dance, Hula, Hula & Hawaiian Culture, Japanese, Kids, Mindful Movement, World Culture
Fridays, 10:30 – 11:00 AM $20 Drop-in At Still & Moving Center, Indoors We believe that the littlest keiki can dance hula and we have welcomed dancers as young as two weeks old! Caregivers dance together with their keiki so that everybody...
by Still & Moving | Feb 2, 2023 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Leave your shoes outside the door, and your worries too. By Mālia Helelā When I was a young hula dancer, my teacher often reminded us to leave our shoes and the rest of the world outside of the door. We were there to dance hula. Only once we were done, were we to pick...
by Still & Moving | Feb 2, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
20th Birthday of Mālia’s hālau: Na Hula Ola Aloha By Sarah Hodges “Bless this door that only love may enter here.” These were the words Mālia’s kumu (hula teacher) spoke at the blessing ceremony for Mālia’s new halau. Today, Mālia Helelā, Still & Moving Center’s...
by Still & Moving | Feb 2, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
OTracy Wong of Insurance SolutionsNurturing the business ecosystem of Hawai’i By Sarah Hodges It takes many hands to nurture and bring alive strong healthy businesses. Tracy Wong, CIC, MBA, has created her own business, Insurance Solutions, which in turn...
by Still & Moving | Jan 24, 2023 | Classes, Current Classes, Dance, Dance, Hawaiian Culture, Hula, Hula & Hawaiian Culture, Japanese, Mindful Movement, Women, World Culture
In-person & Live OnlineFriday’s 1:30-2:30 pm HST Join Kumu Malia for fast tempo, contemporary hula dances that challenge the body and uplift the spirit! Previous hula experience is a must as much choreography will be covered. Each class begins with a...
by Still & Moving | Jan 19, 2023 | Past Dance Classes, Past Nia Classes
LIVE, Online & In-personLimited Edition Nia Classeswith Guest Instructor Winalee Zeeb Saturday Feb. 11 @ 11:00 am HST Sunday, Feb. 12 @ 10:30 am HST Monday, Feb. 13 @ 8:00 am HST Friday, Feb. 17 @ 11:00 am HST Saturday Feb. 18 @ 11:00 am HST Sunday,...
by Still & Moving | Jan 5, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificent Business/Non-Profit
Dr. Chad Sato, Chiropractor with Mind-Body Specialty By Sarah Hodges “We are given this incredible opportunity to experience life, and the moment we are true to ourselves we can be true to others and experience life so much more fully,” shares Dr. Chad Sato. During...
by Still & Moving | Jan 5, 2023 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Robin Shepard: Yogini Living with Trust By Sarah Hodges One of the great joys life has to offer is its unpredictable nature. Some people choose to plan meticulously, making earnest efforts to chart a clear path, while others throw their arms open to the wind and...
by Still & Moving | Nov 19, 2022 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Calming the Heart: Qigong & Tai Chi with Bruno Ballestrero By Sarah Hodges As a child with two parents who worked as Freudian psychologists, Bruno Ballestrero, an inquisitive young boy from Buenos Aires sensed something missing in the air of his Argentinian...
by Still & Moving | Nov 18, 2022 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Share the gift of presence By Renée Tillotson Tired of malls and the online shopping ordeal at time of year? Here’s a list of tried-and-true activities from our family to relieve some of the emphasis on lavish presents. Give your PRESENCE! Gather your family together...
by Still & Moving | Nov 3, 2022 | Letter from the director, Magnificence in our 'Ohana, Related Meditation & Culture Articles, Related Yoga Articles
Katharine Harts Recent Graduate with even MORE to Teach By Renée Tillotson When you learn, teach. When you get, give. – Maya Angelou Still & Moving Center’s own Katharine Harts – whose Aerial Hammock Dance class most recently performed her...
by Still & Moving | Oct 17, 2022 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
Fashion perfect moments out of ordinary ones By Renée Tillotson Let’s be available. Present. Antennae up! When a moment in the ordinary stream of life shows with an extraordinary opportunity, grab it and go for the ride! Find where it takes you and see what’s created....