Are you staying committed to your practices? You know, the ones that bring value and richness to your life in many ways. Do you feel motivated to get better, stronger, more flexible and confident in your body each day? Did you know that within the first week into a New Year, over 50% of people’s [...]

By bringing your breath, thoughts and physical well-being into your morning routine, you can lay a foundation of loving awareness for your entire day! Try these simple steps: 1.  Awaken with a few conscious breaths and transition into your morning mindfully:  As soon as your eyes open and you are aware that you are no [...]

Lately I have been feeling so much gratitude for the ways in which my body supports me in living my life to the fullest. I have just recently been jumping courageously off waterfalls, hiking miles in the jungle, and dancing spontaneously with Kaili (and she loves to be held and swung all around when we [...]

A friend of mine who use to live here on Kauai, who started an incredibly beautiful and creative preschool with music classes for kids here, is now living in San Fransisco and has recently birthed a really cool blog titled Family Sponge. When Jadah asked me to contribute to her website with an ab workout [...]

My life is blessed and I give thanks every day, and I feel this gratitude in the resonance of my being.  These are the top on my list when I think of all I am grateful for and blessed with:  My ohana (all of my relatives), my connection to God, my daughter’s laughter and health, [...]

To really describe the accommodations for this January Yoga Retreat On Kauai is not easy to do.  Why?  Because there is a magical essence to this space that must be felt, heard, seen and touched.  It has it’s own pulse, a unique resonance and a divine beauty that speaks to the hearts of those that [...]

There is so much, infinite really, potential in our practices of yoga and fitness.  Isn’t it so exciting and inspiring?! Yesterday in my practice I fused together the disciplines of upper body strength building exercises, cardio blasts, and yoga.  I love this fusion and I have been creating an entire unique and addictive curriculum around [...]

I am super excited to introduce to you my friend, and co-instructor for our January 2012 Yoga Retreat On Kauai, Jana Kilgore! Jana and I go way back. We both played in the same yoga studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan with our yoga instructor Behnje Masson, at the amazing From The Heart Yoga Studio. That [...]

Aloha and CONGRATULATIONS on your pregnancy! 2 supportive, fun and nurturing practices for expecting mamas are being offered at Home Birth Kauai in Wailua. The space that holds the class is wonderful, to be amongst a community of expecting mamas at the same time you are expecting is priceless, and both classes offer something unique [...]

Mark your calendars because this coming April 30-May 6 you are invited to rock with me on Kauai! Come enjoy the expansive moon grow into it’s fullness with us this May, 2012. I will be hosting this yoga retreat with Kimberly Daniels and I am already super excited about the unique offerings that will be [...]