by Still & Moving | Jul 23, 2025 | Barre, Classes, Current Classes, Dance, Dance, Mindful Movement, Women
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
SIGN UP HERE Fridays, starting August 15, 2025 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...
by Still & Moving | Jul 22, 2025 | Barre, Classes, Current Classes, Dance, Dance, Mindful Movement, Women
In-personFriday, August 8th 9:00 – 10:15 am HST Used to love ballet? This class is for you! Always wanted to do ballet? This class is for you, too! Build strength, grace, and body awareness in this welcoming, all-levels Barre class. Move through floor barre, at...
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
In-person & Online Starting August 3, 2025 2:15 – 2:45 pm Free Sign Up Here - IN PERSON Sign Up Here - ONLINE This community circle is offered free of charge. Kumu Malia will lead vocal warm ups and provide translations and context to Hawaiian chants....
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 BOOK NOW Thai Massage, Deep Tissue, Prenatal Massage, Hot Stone Therapy, Swedish Massage You will leave your massage with Allie in awe of the deep relaxation your body can return to. Allie aims to create more harmony and bodily awareness...
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/Scrapping, 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
Saturdays, 10:50 – 11:45 AM Price: $35 Calling all keiki: Come explore vertical space and discover the adventure of aerial dance! In this class, you’ll learn to dance in the aerial hammock, and you build strength, coordination, and balance. It’s like flying! You’ll...
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 Starting June 2: Mondays, 3:00 – 4:00 pm HST Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:30 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...
by Still & Moving | May 19, 2025 | Classes, Current Classes, Fitness, Mindful Movement, Women
From June 10 – July 29, 2025 Tuesdays, 5:30 – 6:30 pm HST Saturdays, 9:30 – 10:30 am HST Unlock the rhythm and elegance of belly dance with acclaimed instructor Andrea de Gruchy—join us in person or live online from anywhere in the world. In this engaging and...
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...
by Still & Moving | Feb 6, 2025 | Healthy Life Tip, Letter from the director, Related Meditation & Culture Articles
By Skyler RielaWe cannot control the vast majority of what happens out in the world and outside of ourselves. We cannot control other people’s emotions or reactions, and trying to do so is crazy-making! But we do have autonomy and choice over our own internal...
by Still & Moving | Jan 30, 2025 | Classes, Current Classes, Meditation & Conversation, Meditation & Culture, Related Yoga Articles
In-studio Livestream & Online Tuesdays, 6:30 – 7:30 pm HST *Starting February 11 FREE Sitting in stillness, we find ourselves. Sitting in community, we find each other. Together we create the space for growth, connection, and peace. This meditation...
by Still & Moving | Jan 16, 2025 | Letter from the director, Life At The Center
By Renée Tillotson Have you ever traveled as an adult with a stuffed animal? In December, just before I left for a Nia / MELT retreat in Costa Rica, my good friend Yvonne Siet presented me with the unlikely gift of a teddy bear for my 69th birthday. Yes, a fluffy...
by Still & Moving | Jan 6, 2025 | Classes, Current Classes, Fitness, Mindful Movement, Women
In-Person & OnlineFridays, 2:45-3:45 pm HST Ready to unwind, increase flexibility, and improve your ability to move as you wish to move throughout your life? Jessica guides you through a somatic practice that helps prevent injuries as you give attention to your...
by Still & Moving | Dec 18, 2024 | Aerial Dance / Aerial Silks, Dance, Mindful Movement
Saturdays, 11:50 AM – 12:50 PM Price: $35 Aerial Hammock Dance is a dynamic, beginner-friendly workout that builds strength, grace, and expressive movement using a soft, supportive hammock suspended at hip height. You’ll start with grounded exercises to...