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Life with Yoga

WHO AM I?

It was 1969, the year of the Woodstock Music Festival. Swami Satchidananda opened up this historic event with a unifying OM, vocalized by thousands of participants. Although I was not there, this is the spiritual revolution era that influenced my yoga practice. I was a young 15 year old hippie and attended a kundalini yoga class in New York. The depth of relaxation experienced in savasana was the spark igniting my path. I found deep peace during a turbulent time in a teenagers life.

It's been over 40 years since I first stepped onto the yoga mat. There have been numerous luminaries and instructors along the way. Early in my search for some meaning to Life's challenges, I was introduced to Swami Satchidananda's book Integral Yoga Hatha. I still hold this old book in my library as the origin of my yoga path.

In 1976, I attended a retreat with Amrit Desai. His teaching was based on a personal kundalini rising experience. On his mat the postures suddenly revealed them self in sequence without his direction. He had tapped into a higher source. Amrit Desai then taught an approach called Meditation in Motion, trusting the body to move in a smooth sequential order, based on divine guidance. Amrit Desai is founder of Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Lenox, MA, named after his guru Swami Kripalu.

It was also during this time that Ram Dass came to the University of Florida. I was an art education student there but seeking as much information as I could on the vegetarian diet and spirituality. Ram Dass had recently returned from India, from his guru Neem Karoli Baba. He shared Hindu chanting with us and the power of OM. I followed Ram Dass on retreat and satsangs while living on the east coast. It was my first encounter with chanting and hearing the names of the Hindu deities.

The student becomes teacher. I am now offering classes for 25 years rooted in traditional Hatha Yoga. It's a meditative asana flow focusing on the mind/body unity, breathing and the subtle anatomy.

Being a previous special events organizer, I hosted the annual Bisbee Yoga Expo in southern Arizona (2005-2010) and served as the President of the Arizona Yoga Association (2007 -2009). Now a new resident of the Big Island for nearly three years, Hatha Yoga classes are currently offered at our hOMe studio in Kalapana Seaview Estates.

Blessed to be the wife of John Galleher for four decades, mother of David, Crystal and Jesse and to be 'Nani' to our sweet, smart, sparkling granddaughter Kiva.

I love to dance, love the Hawaiian ocean and enjoy the importance of being a gardener.

I am an artist and a pisces.

~ OM ~

CLASS SCHEDULE ~ Hatha Yoga

MONDAYS <> 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

THURSDAYS <> 8:30 am - 9:45 am

hOMe Yoga Studio in Kalapana Seaview Estates

12-6989 Kamoamoa Street

Donation $8

Open to students of all levels

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" Your ability to verbally describe the various postures, where we might still be holding and how to release more deeply is very specific and helpful. I especially like coming to your studio for the smaller classes. You are providing a wonderful service to our community. We are very fortunate to have you. Mahalo! " Isla

" I took yoga with you about 20 years ago. I would like to get back into yoga and wondered if you had your CD and cassettes. If either are available I would like to purchase one or both of them.

I recently joined the gym and am trying to go there 3 days a week and do yoga 3 days a week. They have yoga classes but so far they just don’t match the practice I had with you! You’re the best! " Dori (February 2019)

ON THE PATH

Marcia Galleher (mar-see-ah) E-RYT 500 is registered with Yoga Alliance, 'grandmothered' in 2006 by documenting 5,000 hours of teaching experience prior to December 31st, 2002.

After many years living and teaching in Bisbee, a small town in southern Arizona, Marcia and her family moved to the Big Island in 2015. She was an instructor at Kalani Honua before it closed in May of this year. Marcia continues to teach classes rooted in Hatha Yoga at her hOMe studio in Kalapana Seaview Estates.

Marcia's intuitive based teaching emphasizes inner awareness, the union of mind/body, conscious breathing and the subtle anatomy offered in a meditative asana flow. Postures (asana) are held still and also practiced in a slow moving sequence. Attention is on the ease and steadiness of mind and body.
Practice on your own 'island' (own mat) in a safe and comfortable environment.

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" You were the best yoga teacher I ever had. I tried several teachers, but none resonated with me like you did." Jan

" I am so grateful for your classes..They are like pure honey to my soul." Zenne

STUDENTS SAY

"What a super class! It was just what I needed! Opened my breathing and my Heart Chakra, oxygenated my brain. " Tao

"Thank you for class today... couldn’t have come up with a sequence nearly that perfect for what I needed today!!!!" Zina

" You will always hold a place in my heart as my first true yoga teacher. You are remarkable! I still, and always will, compare my teachers to you....most don't measure up. " Nancy

"You really are the best. I think of Muhammed Ali saying that he is the greatest, but you my dear are truly "The Greatest"!! Your meditation practice plus telling us exactly what to do in practice is really wonderful. I could keep my eyes closed and focus inward the whole time. Really no one is quite like you." Bill

" You have a masterful ability to keep your students in the present, as you afford each the opportunity to practice each pose consciously and deeply to whatever depth they wish."

"You and your yoga classes have been a great inspiration to me over the past 13 years and I feel your talented teaching and my yoga practice are a huge factor in helping me to grow older gracefully. Thank you so much for your dedication to becoming the wonderful teacher you are." Yvonne

"Thank you for your most excellent instruction. Your devotion is an inspiration. I gain a lot from your teachings that a book can't compare to." Carmen

"You are such a blessing in my life, bringing yoga and peace to me through your teaching and kindness. Yoga has really changed my life and a huge part of that is your philosophy and teaching style. I cannot thank you enough." Cheryl

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Crystal Harmonics Sound Journey

CRYSTAL HARMONIC SOUND JOURNEY

CANCELLED / POSTPONED

SATURDAY

March 16th

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Kelley Rasch

Experience deep healing through the vibrational medicine of frequency and sound. Sound acts as a powerful medium for clearing away stagnant energy and brings balance to your system for greater health and vitality. Rest as you are bathed in the high frequency vibration of quartz crystal bowls specifically tuned to resonate with your chakra system along with chimes, bells and a didgeridoo.

hOMe Studio

12-6989 Kamomoa Street in Seaview

$10 Donation

Yoga Therapy for Hip Health

YOGA THERAPY FOR HIP HEALTH

SATURDAY

March 23rd

10:30 am - Noon

Justine Shelton

C-IAYT, E-RYT 500

AVI Certified Viniyoga Therapist

Tight hips can cause low back pain and even affect the tracking of our knees. Join Justine for a practice to loosen the hips in all directions and bring greater freedom of movement to your low back, pelvis and legs. Learn how to use PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) to create more space in your body in a gentle way, inviting the body to cede more space in the tissues, giving you a feeling of more freedom of movement. Practice is open to all levels.

hOMe Studio

12-6989 Kamoamoa Street

$10 Donation

Classical Indian Raga Music

CLASSICAL INDIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE

SATURDAY

March 30th

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Joanne / Deborah Masterson / Laurie Kali

Our Indian classical music program features Raga Jinjhoti played on the 22-string mohan veena, asian drum, and tanpura. This Khamaj raga expresses the sweetness of young love. The courtship between the two young lovers is filled with an intoxicating, overflowing desire to give everything to each other—flowers, affection, sweets, play, and love. Through its nonlinear patterns, the music cuddles and coaxes the listener towards union with the Divine. Several short Indian folk songs complete the early evening offering.

hOMe Studio

12-6989 Kamoamoa Street

$10 Donation

CHAIR YOGA

CHAIR YOGA FLOW DVD

with Marcia Galleher

40 minutes. $14 (click to purchase)

Gentle, invigorating movement of postures with awareness to breath and meditation. Find freedom from stress and strain. Increase flexibility, promote ease of breathing, maintain strength and stabilize an attitude of positive well being, all from practicing Yoga in a Chair!

Practice 10 minutes of Chair Yoga with me from

this online YouTube video