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The purpose of yoga is to unify the body, breath and mind, creating a balanced all-around development of human potential. Yoga is the idea that something changes, being uninterrupted attention, the unifying of two things and the movement of one point to a higher point. Yoga requires nothing more than the desire to feel better and think clearer in all areas of life. |
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| Reflecting the Hatha yoga approach of the union of opposites, asanas contain two qualities of sthira (steadiness, alertness) and sukha (inner joy, ease). Vinyasa flow yoga is a flowing sequence of specific postures coordinated with the movements of breath. Based on the principles of vinyasa, a sequence is a group of related poses which connect in progression based upon the alignment, purpose, & complexity of the poses. The sequence is initiated, sustained and interconnected through the rhythm of the inhale and exhale. | |
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Mary Bastien,
RYT and Rain Magyar started Open Space Yoga November of 2004 on
Maunakea Street in Hawaii’s historical Chinatown. They both saw
Chinatown as not only a cultural melting pot, but as a
developing neighborhood filling with new art galleries and
boutiques. Open Space Yoga has now moved over to Nu’uanu Avenue on
the second floor of the Perry Block building, built over a 100
years ago. Mary began her yoga practice in 1997 and continues to study with her teachers, Shiva Rea and Rod Stryker. |
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Instructor Profiles |
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Mary Bastien began her yoga practice in 1997 in Venice, CA. She completed her first teacher training with Shiva Rea, Max Strom, and Saul David Rea. Shortly after Mary met Rod Stryker and has since been his student studying Yoga in the Tantric Lineage. In 2005 she came to Hawaii to share the Vinyasa Flow/ Tantra Hatha Yoga approach to practice and opened Open Space Yoga. Mary has also been studying Ayurveda under Dr. Suhas and applies basic Ayurvedic principles to asana practice. |
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Collette O’Keffe is originally from Minnesota where she was exposed to many styles of yoga, including Kripulu Iyengar, Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga. She moved to Hawaii in 2004 and became a certified, registered yoga teacher through Yoga Hawaii. Collette continues to learn from Shiva Rea, Angela Farmer, Krishna Das & others who have influenced her style of Vinyasa Flow. This style of Vinyasa Flow truly fits her personality, open, fluid, ever-changing and non-judgemental. Collette truly embraces the dedication to connect to a deeper experience, including chanting, asana, meditation and happy healthy living. |
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Growing up in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Stacey Carpenter began practicing yoga in 10th grade. Yoga has been apart of her life ever since and she continues to study, practice yoga in the Krishnamacharya lineage with interests in Ayurveda and using yoga as a way of healing. She completed her yoga teacher training with an Ashtanga Intensive at Yoga Hawaii and is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 200 hour level. She finds much of her inspiration from Shiva Rea and Erich Schiffmann. |
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Jennifer Reuter is a certified yoga teacher of Prana Vinyasa Flow Yoga under Shiva Rea, known worldwide as a leading teacher in this style. Jennifer currently resides in both Hawaii and Santa Monica, CA. She strongly believes that the study and practice of yoga has brought her happiness, peace of mind, love and aloha….and, because of this, her passion is to increase the yoga experience within herself and to share it with all in her life. She is ACE certified and is registered at the 500 hour RYT under Shiva Rea. |
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Brigitte Synder’s deep love of yoga began in 1990, first exploring the asanas to heal a lower back injury. She received training from several esteemed master yoga teachers while living in LA and went to receive her teaching certification from the President of the Southern California Yoga teacher’s Association. In 1999 she began studying with her mentor Rodney Yee, who ignited her passion for the nuances of the body. She continues her training with Rodney Yee by assisting him in his classes taught in his nationwide yoga conferences. Her years of training in a variety of styles allows her to share a unique expression of yoga which combines her love of strength and fluidness of vinyasa with the dance of yoga. |
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Murti Hower has been practicing Hatha Yoga since 1982. Murti par ticipated in a two year teacher’s training through the Iyengar association with ongoing studies directly with B.K.S. Iyengar. He continues to expand his teaching techniques through studies with Rodney Yee & Shiva Rea. Murti discovered the healing power of yoga through personal experience by relieving his own chronic lower back pain, which inspired him to develop techniques that allow students to heal their bodies through yoga. Murti is Registered at the 500 hour level. |
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Before Maria Steele studied Kundalini Yoga she was practicing Ashtanga Yoga for 6 years. After the first time she practiced Kundalini Yoga she new that this was the yoga for her! Kundalini yoga has brought everything together and is the most effective tool she knew to dive into the sweetness of yoga. Maria shows others how they can experience the divine within, (mind, body and spirit). |
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Loren Moreno studies in the Krishnamacharya lineage with Vinyasa yoga teachers Claudia Micco and Beth Shaw of YogaFit, and has also trained with Shiva Rea, innovator of Prana Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Loren came to yoga as a way to heal following two invasive surgeries, but soon found the practice to be much more. He believes yoga truly is a way to clear space in the body, mind and spirit and is a life long study & practice. |
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Roxana Barrientos has been practicing Kundalini and Hatha Yoga for 7 years. Practicing prenatal yoga has allowed her to deepen her connection with her baby and mentally prepare her for giving birth. She believes that every pregnant woman will benefit from practicing Kundalini Prenatal Yoga; it coincides with the natural strength of all mothers and the Hawaiian culture. |
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Janna M. Steele, RYT has been practicing yoga since 2000. Janna decided to pursue yoga as a method of injury prevention. As soon as she began taking yoga classes she knew that yoga would be more than just another form of exercise. When she was in college getting her degree in the Science of Human, Nutrition, and Exercise; she became part of her university's fitness staff. She recently graduated from Yoga Hawaii's Teacher Training and is a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She is currently working as a personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness on Bishop St. and pursing her nursing degree at the Hawaii Pacific University. Janna truly loves yoga and sharing it with other people. |
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Laura Dunn draws an enthusiastic following of students to her Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow classes, which she has been teaching in Honolulu for the past six years. Laura completed teacher training at Yoga Hawaii in 2004 and continues her training today as an apprentice to Cathy Louise Broda. She made her first visit to study Ashtanga in Mysore, India in 2006. In addition to her Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow classes at Purple Yoga, Laura teaches at Yoga Hawaii. Laura has a BA in Religion and studied Sanskrit for three years under Professor Rama Nath Sharma at the University of Hawaii. She integrates this knowledge of Sanskrit language as well as yoga scriptures into her classes. |
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Yoga has led Jaime Schrack on a wild adventure from her laid back island life, half way around the world to a bustling cosmopolitan city. Shortly after completing the Birkam Yoga teacher training in 2002, she was offered a job, a plane ticket and an apartment. Unable to turn it down, she found her self living in Hong Kong. This was her first big taste of what it meant to be “flowing with grace”. “Things just seemed to fall into place”. She spent the next four and a half years teaching full time at Pure Yoga in Hong Kong, during this time she attended teacher trainings with Baron Baptiste (Power Vinyasa), Paul Grilley (Yin Yoga) and Anna Forrest (Forrest Yoga). It was also at this time that she began her study of Anusara Yoga under Patrick Creelman, which has heavily influenced her style of teaching. Jaime is currently studying Cranio Sacral Therapy, a practice that continues to heighten her sensitivity and awareness in her yoga and her daily life. |
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