{"id":92,"date":"2021-11-09T01:45:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T01:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marciayoga.com\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2024-04-15T22:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:51:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marciayoga.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"92\" class=\"elementor elementor-92\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d04f636 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d04f636\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a7b801\" data-id=\"3a7b801\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf9894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cbf9894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>1979<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-683c60e\" data-id=\"683c60e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f198b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87f198b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/marciayoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MarciaYogaWheelEnlarged.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-622\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marciayoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MarciaYogaWheelEnlarged.jpg 633w, https:\/\/marciayoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MarciaYogaWheelEnlarged-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-386a525 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"386a525\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2004<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be22b5f\" data-id=\"be22b5f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799e0f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"799e0f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/marciayoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MarciaUstrasanaKalani-Medium.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-623\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marciayoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MarciaUstrasanaKalani-Medium.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/marciayoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MarciaUstrasanaKalani-Medium-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc138be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc138be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1911b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1911b7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68f742bb\" data-id=\"68f742bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19711579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19711579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #333399;\">WHO AM I?<\/span><\/h2><div><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>It<\/b> 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 teenager&#8217;s life.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>It\u2019s<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\"> been over 50 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\u2019s challenges, I was introduced to Swami Satchidananda\u2019s book Integral Yoga Hatha. I still hold this old book in my library as the origin of my yoga path.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">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 &amp; 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\u00a0 on retreat and satsangs while living on the east coast.\u00a0 It was my first encounter with chanting and hearing the names of the Hindu deities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>When<\/strong> stepping onto the spiritual path, one becomes &#8216;led&#8217; by a force that becomes palpable. On the Spring Equinox 1976, in Boston, Massachusetts, I was invited to a rebirthing seminar with Leonard Orr. In that full moon event I learned how <em>we each create our own reality, <\/em>a new concept at that time. This truth opened the door to see into my past lives through the assistance of one of the event facilitators. There was a unifying convergence within myself from that experience&#8230;and the journey continues. In Gainesville, Florida, I was initiated into the Sufi Order and given the name &#8216;Shireen&#8217;, translated as <em>a beautiful woman with a high ideal of Love.<\/em>\u00a0 Then I met John, the love of my Life.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\"> student becomes teacher. I have been offering classes for 30 years rooted in traditional Hatha Yoga. It\u2019s a meditative asana flow focusing on the mind\/body unity, breathing and the subtle anatomy with philosophical aspects of yoga weaved seamlessly throughout the class.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Being<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a previous special events organizer, I hosted the annual Bisbee Yoga Expo in southern Arizona (2005 \u2013 2010) and served as the President of the Arizona Yoga Association (2007 \u2013 2009). Now a resident of the Big Island for seven years, Hatha Yoga classes are being offered at our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/homeyogapahoa.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hOMe Yoga<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> studio in Kalapana Seaview Estates, at <a href=\"https:\/\/kalani.com\/\">Kalani Oceanside Retreat<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Blessed<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\"> to be the wife of John Galleher for four decades, mother of David, Crystal and Jesse and to be \u2018Nani\u2019 to our sweet, smart granddaughter Kiva and brilliant baby grandson, Oliver Sage.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>I love<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\"> to dance and being a gardener. I follow astrology and the Mayan Dreamspell calendar, as a source of interpreting the waves of Life&#8217;s changes. This has been a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u00a0lifetime of being an artist and a Pisces.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>Marcia<\/em> (mar-see-ah) ~<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>&#8221; I really love your material, vision and way you combine it all together through yoga! 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