Hawaii’s Premier Center 

 for Mindful Movement

Hawaii’s Premier Center

for Mindful Movement

Global Access with 

Live Online Classes

Global Access with 

Live Online Classes 

Move your body – Still your mind – Find center – Find Joy!

Ready to move and melt away your stress? Still & Moving Center Global offers you a wide variety of mindful fitness, yoga and hula classes online. We’re talking about live, interactive classes. Teachers at our wellness yoga center offer Chicago residents the same warm aloha welcome and personalized attention as they do to students joining us in person in Hawaii.  Who knew you could so thoroughly revitalize yourself online?

If you’re planning an outing to Millennium Park, a day at U of C or Northwestern, or time with a friend at Time Out Market, you’ve got a wonderful mindful exercise or meditation class waiting for you before or after your Chicago excursion…  online at Still & Moving Center Global.  Here you can virtually meet up with a loved one or friend to move or meditate together in the same class, even if you live time-zones away from each other.

Fitness & Health for the Love of It

Have you considered taking your health journey in another direction? Mindful movement tops today’s list as the healthiest, happiest way to get fit. No more zoning out, trying to forget how much it hurts or how boring it is to burn calories or build muscle! Be fully present, here now! Move to feel good, move to enjoy life, move to have fun! That’s what we do at Still & Moving Center Global.

With the challenges we face in Chicago and in today’s world, the convenience of an online mindful fitness class may be just what you’re looking for. Our selection of virtual courses available through our wellness yoga studio includes mindful movement classes, workshops, trainings, and even private options. Revolutionize how you do fitness with premiere live online classes.

How about a mindful vegetarian cooking workshop? Take a virtual visit to the Greek Isles with our from your own kitchen and prepare a nutritious meal to serve hot at home in Chicago. You gotta love it!

Yoga & Meditation

 The ancient practices of yoga and meditation can teach you effective ways to approach modern day life in Chicago or wherever you may travel. Whether you’re a beginner or ready for more advanced yoga, our online yoga offerings have something for everyone. For beginners, we recommend Restorative Yoga for the perfect starting point. Try any Vinyasa style Yoga class to work up a good sweat as you tone your muscles and enjoy a dynamic flow in your yoga experience. Spiral Fascia Flow Yoga helps to unwind tension held in connective tissues. We even offer some of our therapeutic yoga classes in Japanese!

While all classes at our wellness and yoga studio seek to provide moving meditation, Still & Moving Center also offers you sitting Meditation classes, always free of charge. From your home in Chicago you can join a teacher in a live, interactive meditation class online. You can also participate in our Sunday Satsang conversations on any number of mindful topics with the delightful, spiritually-inclined seekers.

Hawaiian Hula for Windy Chicago

Did you realize that Hawaiians have dozens of names for the many different kinds of winds and breezes? When you take our authentic Hawaiian culture and hula classes virtually, you learn to appreciate all aspects of nature. You learn to dance like the waves and the lava, as well as the wind. Students from literally all over the world dedicate themselves to our online hula classes with beloved hula teacher Mālia Helelā, who plays the ukulele, sings, translates Hawaiian, dances and cues her students as she teaches. She’s amazing. You can even take online training in Hawaiian Lomilomi massage from Mālia!

Join the Joy Squad

At Still & Moving Center Global you will receive such genuine warmth from your teachers and classmates, you’ll feel as if a bit of Hawaii just came to visit you! Permeating all of our classes, you’ll find the spirit of aloha – of gentle welcome. We choose our teachers for their care as well as their high levels of expertise. You benefit from these highly interactive online classes that take into mindful consideration your body’s own way of moving to feel better and happier.

So join the Chicago Joy squad! Browse our website to begin your virtual fitness journey with us at Still & Moving Center Global. 

Introducing Boutique E

Exercise – Environment – Enlightenment

Being stylish while retaining your comfort is our goal. Find beautiful dance and yoga clothes, books, accessories, and many other options at our new Still & Moving Boutique E. 

Upcoming Events

Jan 22, 2023 January 22, 2023, - April 30, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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The body is resilient. Human beings are born resilient. Nia movement and Nia routines provide the perfect map to develop body and life resilience skills.

Are you ready to systematically approach a new piece of Nia choreography each week? Ready to dive into deep conversation and exploration of how you live Nia in your life and in your teaching? This group experience provides you with week-by-week support, professional guidance, good cheer and friendship within a small, personalized context...

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Feb 05, 2023 February 5, 2023, - April 30, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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    This class is for 7 to 12 year olds 12 week Spring Series: February 5  to April 30, 2023 (no class Apr 9)Sundays 9:15-10:15 amPlus performance for May Day- May 6, 2023 Price: $230Participation in this hula halau (school) is one of the best introductions to Hawaiian language and culture. Children will learn […]

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Feb 16, 2023 February 16, 2023, - May 4, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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    This class is for 3 to 6 year olds 12 week Spring Series:  February 16 to May 4, 2023Thursdays, 4:00-4:45 pmPlus performance for May Day, May 6, 2023 Price: $230Participation in this hula halau (school) is one of the best introductions to Hawaiian language and culture. Children will learn both hula kahiko (ancient […]

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Mar 23, 2023 March 23, 2023, - May 6, 2023,
HI United States
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Who’s interested in having PeleKai Coffee open in the evenings? Award-winning cafe owner Emily Hunt is wondering whether she’ll have patrons if she opens the cafe for evening business.  Imagine coming to an evening class knowing you can: Recharge between work and class with a snack or nice beverage Meet with classmates and teachers at […]

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Mar 27, 2023 March 27, 2023, - May 15, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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7-Week Series:Mar 27 to May 15, 2023(no class Apr 10, 2023)Mondays 5:30 - 6:30 pm HST$210 plus tax What does it feel like to move in and suspend in the air, and have increased body awareness and balance? This is your series, designed for those who are new to the aerial experience. Here is your […]

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Mar 28, 2023 March 28, 2023, - May 9, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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7 Week Series:Mar 28 to May 9, 2023Tuesdays, 7:15-8:15 pm HST $210 plus tax By the end of this 7 week series, you will have co-created a choreography inspired by a piece of music, a poem, a person or a work of art. Class will consist of a warm up, stretching and conditioning, followed by […]

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Mar 31, 2023 March 31, 2023, - May 12, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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7-Week Series:March 31 to May 12, 2023Fridays, 5:30 - 6:30 pm HST$210 plus tax Prerequisite: Intro to Aerial silks and instructor permission. This class is designed for students who have knowledge of climbing, foot locks, inversions and balance work in the knot. Throughout the lessons, we will work on climbs, locks, wraps, and basic progressions. […]

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Mar 31, 2023 March 31, 2023, - May 5, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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In-personFridays, 5:45-6:45pm HSTMar 31- May 5, 2023**Except April 7, 2023 $115 plus tax- regular rate$95 plus tax - starving artist rateStudents will have the opportunity to perform in Still & Moving’s MayDay celebration May 6, 2023    “Throughout my professional dance career, the rhythmical structures that I learned in Indian dance class gave me an […]

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Mar 31, 2023 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Global, HI United States
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Our mission is to bring more peace to the community and to the world. This activity is designed to fill you with serenity and healing that you can spread throughout your community, while at the same time spreading awareness and helping nonprofit organizations throughout Hawai'i continue their amazing work. In celebration of Women's History Month we are proud to be supporting the YWCA in their mission to empower women, fight gender inequality, and eliminate racism.

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Apr 01, 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Global, HI United States
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In-person onlySaturday, April 1, 20237:00 - 9:00 pm By donation: sliding scale from $15 to $25Max attendance 25– Dance to LIVE music with acclaimed musicians – No experience necessary– Receive simple instruction for each of the approximately 8 dances– Dance mostly in a circle and sometimes as partners– A lot like folk dancing, move to words and mantras […]

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Apr 01, 2023 April 1, 2023, - May 13, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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7 Week Series:April 1 to May 13, 2023*Saturdays, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm HST $210 plus tax In this weekly series, keiki aerialists will learn choreography and routine progression. Possible apparatus include aerial hammock and lyra developing sequencing and move progression in preparation for performances. Give your child a delightful chance to fly, dance, have […]

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May 06, 2023 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
HI United States
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Saturday, May 6th, 2023 4:00-5:30 pm HSTMay Day is Lei Day in Hawai’i! Join our hālau - our school of hula - Nā Hula Ola Aloha, and celebrate Lei Day through music and dance. Kumu Malia’s hula dancers will make your heart sing! Malia’s students range in age from preschoolers in keiki hula, to mixed […]

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Jun 12, 2023 June 12, 2023, - June 23, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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KIDS Aerial summer camp (ages 7 to 13)With Katharine HartsMonday to Friday8:30-11:30 am HST Week 1: June 12-16, 2023Week 2: June 19-23, 2023 Price: $325 for 1 week ($300 Early bird pricing until Mar 31, 2023)$570 for 2 weeksPLEASE, REGISTER IN THE CHILD's name, not the parent's. Mahalo!     Give your child a delightful […]

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Jul 02, 2023 July 2, 2023, - July 30, 2023,
HI United States
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Lomilomi Massage Training In-person – “Moving Through Space” - with Mālia Helelā, kumu hula and kumu lomilomi Focusing on the skeletal system and the movement of bones in lomilomi treatments and hula 5 Sundays: July 2-30, 20235:00-8:30pm HST+ closing ceremony July 30 @ 8:30 - 9:30 pm HSTPre-registration is required. Currently accepting students. Please send […]

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Jul 06, 2023 July 6, 2023, - July 27, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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This class is for 3 to 6 year oldsJuly  6-27, 2023Mondays, 4:00-4:45 pm HST Price $75   Children who participate in hula hālau (school) receive one of the best introductions to Hawaiian language and culture. Kumu Mālia teaches the basic moves of both hula kahiko (ancient hula) and hula 'auana (modern hula), as well as […]

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Jul 09, 2023 July 9, 2023, - July 30, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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This class is for 7 to 12 year oldsJuly  9-30, 2023Sundays, 9:15-10:15 am HST Price $75   Children who participate in hula hālau (school) receive one of the best introductions to Hawaiian language and culture. Kumu Mālia teaches the basic moves of both hula kahiko (ancient hula) and hula 'auana (modern hula), as well as […]

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Aug 07, 2023 August 7, 2023, - August 13, 2023,
Global, HI United States
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Add-ons available to AIReal trainees only*While you’re in Hawaii, why not get the full experience! “Still & Moving 3-class pack” (for regular floor-based classes- good for 14 days)  $50 “Still & Moving Bodywork” 10% off massage  "Welcome to Hawaii Sound Healing" Sun Aug 6, 4:30-6:00pm  $45 "Intro to Hula in the park with Kumu Malia" […]

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