Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, December 3rd from 6:30 - 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday December 1st at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Please join us for a Thanksgiving Day Benefit Class to support our scholarship program. Since 2021, thanks to our generous students and members, we have raised over $12,000 and awarded 57 scholarships. This has allowed our community to continue to support our students with weekly yoga classes and workshops.

Connect with your 'ohana on this special day. Together, let’s continue to deepen our practice and harness it for the stability and strength it can bring in our daily lives.

Thanksgiving Benefit Class

All-Levels Class with Chris Havener
Thursday, November 28, 2024
8:00 - 9:30 AM HST
In-Person and Online
By Donation
Click below to sign up.

You will have the option to select online or in-person for this class.

Our scholarship program provides access to Iyengar Yoga classes and allows participants to stay connected to our 'Ohana. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization, we depend on your generosity and support to sustain these programs. If you are unable to attend the benefit class and would like to make a donation, click the Donate button below.

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, November 4th from 6:30 to 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday November 3rd at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Right Action with Equanimity
with Gwi-Seok Hong and Marlene Patton

FREE

Space is limited. Sign up now!

During the turbulence of the current election cycle, we would like to gift this special session to IYSDC members (limited to 25 attendees). As yoga practitioners, we seek balance of body, mind, and spirit, especially when emotions run high. Can we cultivate equanimity (upeksa) so our actions can be pono? Let's create the communities we want to live in, with clear minds and open hearts.

Geeta Iyengar, BKS Iyengar's eldest daughter, wrote Yoga: A Gem for Women in 1983, providing important, insightful, necessary guidance to adapt āsana and prānāyāma practices to women's cycles of life. Among the most useful are her recommendations for menstruation. So many women attest to how much learning her menstrual sequence has alleviated pain, cramps, headaches, backaches, irregular cycles, and so much more! Come and learn this wonderful sequence and enhance your relationship with your monthly cycle.

Gwi-Seok Hong has specialized in yoga for women's health for over 20 years. She loves sharing the wisdom of the practice and hearing how much these lessons have benefited women over the years. She has been a student of Lois Steinberg's since 2001, who wrote Geeta Iyengar's Guide to a Woman's Yoga Practice, which is the basis for much of Gwi-Seok's teaching.

Saturday, October 12th

1:00–4:00 pm

$55

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday October 6th at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor, teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Celebrating Our IYSDC Community

Good food, good people, and good fun!

COMMUNITY SHARING

Saturday September 21st

5:30–8:00 PM

At our studio: 1132 Koko Head Ave, 2nd Floor

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday September 1st at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, August 6th from 6:30 - 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, July 2nd from 6:30 - 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Inner Sanctuary in Times of Turbulence

Join us for a special class combining Iyengar Yoga asana with an immersive sound bath experience.  Led by Gwi-Seok Hong, this class will engage participants in supported, recuperative poses accompanied by the beautiful sounds of crystal singing bowls played by  Marlene Patton.  We will conclude the session with a short vocal toning to support the chakras. We offer this not to deny nor run away from the turbulence of the world, but to nourish ourselves inwardly, so that we can be fully present in all that we do.  

This is a fundraiser for Iyengar Yoga Silent Dance Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization supporting the Iyengar Yoga community in Hawaii since 1977

Suggested donation: $15–$40

OPEN TO ALL
Class size is limited and preregistration is required
Please bring a sticky mat; all other props are provided

Gwi-Seok Hong is a senior-level Iyengar Yoga instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments (hip/back pain, neck/shoulder pain, knee pain) and women's health. Gwi-Seok combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of yoga.

Marlene Patton is a music educator and musician with a longstanding interest in Sound Healing and Music Therapy. She has a background in various facets of music therapy and studied Sound Healing with Jonathan Goldman, an American musician, author and spiritual teacher in the fields of Harmonics and Sound Healing, among others.  Marlene is an active Iyengar yoga practitioner.

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, June 4th from 6:30 - 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday June 2nd at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, May 7 from 6:30 - 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Free Intro Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday, May 5th at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday, April 7th at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, April 2nd from 6:30-7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, March 5 from 6:30 - 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday, March 3rd at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, February 6 from 6:30 - 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday, February 4th at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

The new year is a great time to start a yoga practice!

In this 4-class beginner's series, you will learn the foundational elements of Iyengar Yoga to help you gain strength, mobility, awareness, and relieve stress. Each class will build upon the previous class in a progressive and supportive manner.

Learn Iyengar Yoga with Ann-Marie, who is a seasoned teacher at our Center. This class is great for students new to Iyengar Yoga, returning students, or those who would like a review of the basics.

Offered in-person at our Kaimuki studio. Click below for more information and to sign up.

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday, January 7 at 4:00 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Teaching since 2001, Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, January 2 from 6:30 - 7:15 pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style)

Join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.

It is a way of narrating, describing, or sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

Among the traditional instruments used for a kirtan are the harmonium, the tabla and flute. Being in Hawaii, the ukulele seems appropriate and works quite well!

Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Join the next Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie
Tuesday, December 5 at 6:30-7:15pm
at our studio

For more information and to reserve your spot, please contact Laurie at laurie@yogamoveshawaii.com. 

Those who wish to make a donation to support these events and our center can do so by clicking below. Mahalo!

Free Yoga Class

Invite your friends and family to try Iyengar Yoga for free the first Sunday of each month.

The next free class is on Sunday, December 3 at 4 pm. These introductory classes are held in-person at our Kaimuki studio and taught by Gwi-Seok Hong.

Gwi-Seok is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of Yoga.