Best Yoga Teacher James Onnikian When it comes to the best yoga teacher, MauiTime voters think James Onnikian is number one. Surprisingly, running a yoga studio on Maui wasn’t his first passion. In fact, he’s a world champion kickboxer, well studied in the methods of martial arts. He feels that yoga and kickboxing offers the best all-over body workout. That makes him even … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: James Onnikian
Best Yoga Teacher on Maui
MauiTime Best of Maui 2012: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: Lysha Kamisato Wernig
Best Yoga Teacher Lysha Kamisato Wernig Local girl Lysha Kamisato knows fitness. She is a certified Kitaido Yoga instructor, AFPA certified personal trainer, Mad Dogg Athletics certified spinning instructor, certified TRX trainer and she was Miss Maui in 2004. Born and raised in Lahaina, Kamisato began her fitness career in 2002 when she taught yoga at the Westin. She … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2012: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: Lysha Kamisato Wernig
MauiTime Best of Maui 2011: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: Nadia Toramon at Maui Yoga Shala
BEST YOGA TEACHER Nadia Toramon, Maui Yoga Shala 618 Hana Highway Paia, HI 96779 283-4123 http://www.maui-yoga.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maui-Yoga-with-Nadia-Toraman/254232642148 Many Maui residents have taken a class or few with Nadia Toramon. She has coaxed a yogi or yogini out of many a Mauian and her yoga shala in Kuau has become a place of … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2011: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: Nadia Toramon at Maui Yoga Shala
MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: Mary Grace
Mary Grace, Maui Yoga and Kickboxing Though its aims are tranquility, flexibility and inner calm, yoga is deceptively complex. Because of this, it’s important to have a good teacher, one who can help you get you into—and out of—those pretzel-esque poses with, if not effortless grace, at least no injuries or embarrassment. Mary Grace has been practicing yoga since childhood and … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: Mary Grace
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: Nadia Toraman
YOGA TEACHER Nadia Toraman I wonder if those who voted in this category experienced cognitive dissonance, given that namaste, a word commonly exchanged among yogic practitioners, means “the divine in me recognizes the divine in you,” or something along those lines. Basically, we are all merely sparks, miniscule pieces, of Brahma, and thus the same and, paradoxically, … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Yoga Teacher on Maui: Nadia Toraman