Calendar
Weekly class calendar
View or download this week’s Monday through Sunday schedule of classes at Kalani. Class descriptions can be found by scrolling below.
Class pricing is determined by and paid directly to teachers unless otherwise mentioned. We’re thrilled to offer these partnership opportunities with local teachers. Thank you for choosing to learn and grow with us!
Events & Workshops
ECSTATIC DANCE
SUNDAY MORNINGS
Rise and shine with us every Sunday morning at the mothership of the dance that changed the world! Ecstatic Dance at Kalani created the template for this worldwide phenomenon of weekly community dances held as ritual dance experience. A beloved modern tradition that transformed our local community and the lives of thousands of dancers from around the globe.
Each Sunday opens with an invigorating yoga warm up led by a phenomenal cast of rotating local teachers. Next we flow into the opening circle, and then a two and a half hour classic Ecstatic Dance, and then closing circle.
Our Sunday dances have long been the heartbeat of the Big Island dance scene; a rhythmic pulse of expression and connection. An outlet for the body, mind and spirit, the container is held to safely move through all levels of emotional release. Let’s dance our prayers together!
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE & HULA SERIES
Our center is proud to partner with Hua ʻĀina and Kumu Leialoha Ilae-Kaleimamahu for these Hawaiian cultural class series, including Hula and Hawaiian Language, hosted on the lands of Ke’eke’e (where Kalani Retreat Center resides). These series each offer a unique opportunity to connect with Hawaiian culture and enrich your experience on the Hawaiian islands.
If you would like to register for future Beginner Hula classes or future Hawaiian Language classes, please select the reach out to our team at [email protected] as a minimum of 8 students must be reached per class.
Prospective students can learn more by following the links below and contacting our team to be put on a mailing list for these specific class updates.
LEARN TO BELLYDANCE SERIES
FOUR WEEK SERIES
WEDNESDAYS ON OCTOBER 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th
FROM 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
BLUE MOON ROOM
Learn to Bellydance with HaileyIn this 4-week series, explore the fundamentals of bellydance and learn to combine movements into flowing combinations. Each class will begin with a warm-up and conditioning, followed by a short cool-down at the end.Learn new ways to move your body, deepen your technique, and gain confidence in yourself. Class is open to all levels and drop-ins are welcome.$100 for all 4 weeks$25 drop-inStudents can Venmo if they want to sign up in advance, but drop-in payment at the class time is also available.Venmo @haileylinneahttps://venmo.com/u/Haileylinnea
Ecstatic dance 25 year birthday bash weekend celebration!
November 13th-15th
55$ Early bird pricing until September 22nd!
Kalani is honored to celebrate 25 years of Ecstatic Dance, a practice that has grown from its roots here at Kalani on Hawaiʻi Island into a worldwide movement of embodied expression, healing, and connection. For a quarter century, this community ritual has invited thousands of people to move beyond words, rediscover themselves through dance, and experience the profound joy of authentic presence.
Join us November 13–15th for a weekend honoring the past, present, and future of Ecstatic Dance. Together we’ll celebrate the facilitators, musicians, visionaries, and dancers who helped shape this living tradition into what it is today.
Throughout the weekend, you’ll enjoy daily Ecstatic Dances, contact improv, workshops, yoga and movement classes, sound baths, and panel discussions featuring both the original creators of Ecstatic Dance and current facilitators sharing stories, wisdom, and the evolution of this global movement. There will also be opportunities to connect with community, reflect on the legacy of the practice, and dance into its next chapter.
Whether you’ve been dancing for decades or are stepping onto the dance floor for the very first time, this anniversary celebration welcomes you exactly as you are.
BLESSFEST
January 28th-31st, 2027
BlessFest is a gathering for all lovers of the earth and of the divine. It’s a celebration vehicle for the expansion and evolution of human consciousness through heart centered world music, song, chant , yoga, dance, embodiment, dharma talks, storytelling, and education on health, sustainability, and giving back to local communities.
BlessFest encourages us to face challenging aspects of being human with compassion, self inquiry, tolerance, and equanimity. It is a community that joins in ancient and contemporary sacred practices as a means of recalling and remembering the inherent peace and blessings that lie within, and sharing that with the world for a revolution of heart.
BlessFest also holds as part of its mission the belief that celebrating the beauty of life and tending to its struggles are not separate acts, but two expressions of the same grace — and so directs a portion of its proceeds toward those navigating real hardship in the world. Learn more on the Giving Back Page on the BlessFest website.
Open Mic Night
FIRST TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH
HALE ALOHA LANAI
NEXT DATE: TBD
FROM 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Visit the Hale Aloha lanai the first Tuesday of every month from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm to experience the rich local artistry of Puna or offer your song, dance, comedy or other talent to the audience. This is event is free for all attendees from our surrounding community. The Hale Aloha shop will be open during this time and has a variety of drinks and snacks available for purchase while you enjoy the atmosphere and acts. We look forward to seeing you there and celebrating the arts with you!
Class descriptions
Classes subject to change. View the weekly class schedule for the most up to date list.
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
This class covers one of the world’s best methods of self defense, the martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This practice is suitable for all ages and skill levels, though please check the class title for which classes are geared more towards adults and which classes are geared towards children.
- BUDDHI YOGA
Buddhi is a high energy practice that encourages individuals to push through perceived limitations and transcend into personal power and freedom. Buddhi combines energetic yoga techniques, focused breathwork and advanced body movements fused with explosive music in an upward momentum that connects the body with mind and spirit. Whatever your fitness or spiritual goals, Buddhi will help you to find and achieve ultimate health and spiritual wealth, and attain empowerment and oneness for total well being.
- COMMUNITY LAULIMA
“Many hands make light work” is the intention behind our Laulima work parties! Learn and share new skills in a fun collaborative setting by participating in lively projects that nurture the land and community.
- CONTACT IMPROV JAM
An open, guided space for movement, connection, and improvisation. All levels are welcome to drop in, explore, and play in a supportive community environment. Emphasis is on restorative, consensual, therapeutic ways of engaging in Contact Improvisation.
- CORE VINYASA
Move with the breath and strengthen your core! This class begins with some gentle seated stretches and sun salutations to get the blood flowing, followed by standing asanas (postures), and Pilates inspired exercises to strengthen the core. Modifications will be given for the beginning student and advanced options will be provided for the more experienced yogi.
- ECSTATIC DANCE
Ecstatic Dance is a celebration of life, music and personal expression through free form movement and dance. Kalani is recognized as the birthplace of this community ritual and continues to serve as an inspiration for other ecstatic dance communities worldwide. Join us weekly for music by live DJs and artists as a practice of embodiment and positive energy to begin your week.
- GARDEN CLUB
Get your hands dirty! Learn and share new gardening skills in a fun collaborative setting by participating in projects that mālama the ʻāina (care for, honor and serve the land) within the community gardens and agricultural grounds of our center. Come prepared for engaging with the outdoor elements with good shoes and sun protection, and learn about the abundant plant life in our thriving tropical lowland forest environment.
- HOLISTIC MOVEMENT
Holistic Movement is a multidimensional embodiment practice developed by Olha Amanita after a lifetime of exploration in dance, energy, and sacred geometry. Drawing from ancient Egyptian movement technologies, this method helps rewire the nervous system, shift internal patterns, and awaken new pathways for expression, awareness, and vitality.
- Kama Dance Yoga
Kama means love, pleasure and connection in Sanskit. This energetic class invites you to connect to your body/mind/spirit while deepening your joy and pleasure of moving your body. Set to uplifting music, this class combines meditation, yoga asana and pranayama (conscious breathing) with a mix of dance styles~including African, Latin, Tribal, Funk, and Country. All are welcome, no experience necessary.
- Kundalini BLISS FLOW
Awaken your vitality and deepen your connection to self through a fluid, integrative approach to Kundalini Yoga. Drawing from ancient yogic traditions alongside KRI/Yogi Bhajan kriyas and meditations, each class weaves movement, pranayama, mantra and sound into an uplifting, transformative practice. Come as you are, explore your edges and leave feeling energized, grounded and inspired.
- KUNDALINI YOGA
Come practice Kundalini Yoga with Silke, inspired by the teachings of Yogi Bhajan. We’ll start with an easy warm-up, move into a powerful kriya, and give ourselves time to wake up and recharge. It’s a simple, energizing practice to help you connect with your body, mind, breath, and spirit—and feel good in your whole self.
- LAUHALA WEAVING
As with all his artistic endeavors, including painting, building surfboards and woodworking, Roy Ruiz has been weaving lauhala as a means to connect to Puna and its indigenous culture. Under the tutelage of Kumu Lynda Saffery, he has been practicing this Polynesian craft for almost 20 years and was encouraged to take on the role of being an alaka’i (guide) to future weavers. In this class, students will learn Hawaiian protocol (chanting), gathering and preparation of materials, weaving terminology in ʻŌlelo Hawai’i and a beginner’s project of an apo lima (bracelet or arm band).
- MAILATES
Mailates with Maile is a fun and energizing movement class that blends Pilates-inspired exercises, strength training, and original choreography set to music. Using a portable Pilates bar and functional movement patterns, participants improve core strength, posture, balance, mobility, and body awareness while moving to today’s favorite songs. Suitable for a variety of fitness levels, this class encourages students to build strength, confidence, and connection through movement. A limited number of Pilates bars will be available on a first-come, first-served basis with others available for purchase if students would like. This is a donation-based class. Donations of any amount are appreciated.
- OPEN MIC NIGHT
Visit the Hale Aloha lanai the second Tuesday of every month from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm to experience the rich local artistry of Puna or offer your song, dance, comedy or other talent to the audience. This is event is free for all attendees from our surrounding community. The Hale Aloha shop will be open during this time and has a variety of drinks and snacks available for purchase while you enjoy the atmosphere and acts. We look forward to seeing you there and celebrating the arts with you!
- PARTNER ACRO
This class guides students through poses that highlight strength and balance, while building skills for how to safely and collaboratively blend yoga and acrobatics with a partner.
- ROOT TO RISE
Ground yourself with an invigorating, balanced, alignment-based practice that brings mindful Breath and Movement into harmony. Explore steady, intentional postures at an unhurried pace, cultivating strength, stability, and a deeper connection to your body. Perfect for all levels, this practice invites you to feel grounded, centered, and renewed.
- ROOTS OF YOGA
Practice a meditative, creative flow of asana to integrate the mind and body. Conscious breathing, the subtle anatomy and yogic principles are seamlessly woven throughout each class. Instruction is accompanied by inspiring recorded music. Students can learn more at marciayoga.com.
- SAMBA REGGAE
This class is focusing on Samba Reggae which is a powerful, funky, and exhilarating dance style coming from Bahia, Brazil based on the traditional Afro-Brazilian movements. The dances are empowering while still being sensual and fun.
- SLOW FLOW YOGA
This 75 minute seated and standing yoga flow class connects movement and breath through gentle sequences, designed to promote a deeper sense of clarity, presence + joy. We’ll start with some seated breathwork, moving at our own pace, building some heat to strengthen + stretch the body + mind. All classes conclude with a deeply rejuvenating Savasana, where we relax + absorb all the energy cultivated together through our practice. www.jaredsamyoga.com
- SOUND ALCHEMY INTEGRATION
A dharmic gathering weaving sound, mantra, voice, and community. 4:00 pm Sound Healing – relax and open into our heart space. 4:30 pm Gayatri Mantra / Sacred chanting. 5:00 pm Kirtan – embodied call-and-response community singing where our voices rise in devotion, connection, and celebration. 5:30 pm Voice Activation – opening our voices and aligning our hearts and minds into resonance. 6:00 pm Community Circle, potluck, sharing. Suggested donation $2 – $222.
- SOUND HEALING
A gentle yet profound Sound Journey to recalibrate your energetic & emotional body, awaken soul memory, and aligning you with your soul’s destiny.
- VINYASA YOGA
Woven together with breath, mantra, and philosophy, Robin’s teachings use the physical as a means of accessing and working with the energetics. This class is for those who want to feel strong in the body, clear in the mind, and steady with intention.
- WHOLISTIC BALLET
This class gives keiki and adults alike the opportunity to improve coordination, and balance and increases levity all while learning the basics of Classical Ballet.
Meet Your Instructors
JARED
Jared is a wisdom-seeking yogi, and adventurer based on the Big Island of Hawaii. He is known for his sweet spirit and soothing guidance on the mat, and offers grounding and energizing flow sequencing in his current vinyasa (slow flow) and yin yoga offerings, as well as in the occasional yoga + adventure retreats. Jared is co-creator of Hawaii Full Moon Yoga and Hawaii Blue Hands Retreats, and brings over 20 years of teaching experience to assist in peaceful yoga gatherings that feature intuitive body movement with delicious, organic meals and favorite island spot excursions. Since 2003, he has facilitated friendships and community through a variety of yoga and adventure retreats, and approaches the honor of being a yoga guide with care and gratitude. In his free time Jared may playing Pickleball on the Red Road, teaching Mahjong, or planning his next adventure.
LORI
Just over 10 years ago, on a whim, Lori stepped into her first yoga asana class. During that very first practice, she experienced something she can still hardly put into words—a sense of being transported to someplace both forgotten and indescribably familiar. She was immediately hooked. From that day forward, yoga became a meaningful and transformative part of her life. She practiced whenever and wherever she could, exploring a variety of teachers and modalities while continuing to practice weekly with her original teacher and beloved “Yoga Mama,” Marcia Galleher, master Hatha yoga practitioner. As Lori says, “She birthed the practice within me.” That early relationship with yoga planted seeds that have continued to grow and deepen over the years. Yoga has been a steady source of nourishment through physical healing, profound loss, and times of great transition. It has offered Lori a place to listen more deeply, reconnect with herself, and find the courage to take meaningful steps toward her dharma. Her ongoing study and embodiment of the eight limbs of yoga continue to enrich and transform her life, both on and off the mat. Lori’s formal asana training is rooted in Vinyasa with an Iyengar focus, bringing together mindful movement, breath, alignment, and an attentive awareness of the body. Her classes invite students to cultivate both presence and vitality—to find a deep stillness and connection while leaving the practice feeling renewed and revitalized. What students often notice when practicing with Lori is the opportunity to slow down, listen inward, and experience yoga as more than a physical practice. She creates space for exploration, connection, and a sense of coming home to oneself. She is deeply grateful and honored to share what yoga has given her, and considers every opportunity to step onto the mat and guide others through asana a privilege.
MARCIA
Rooted in over three decades of teaching, Marcia (mar-see-ah) continues to value the tradition of Hatha Yoga as a reservoir of healing. As a youth, impacted by a challenging mother, she found peace in her first class in savasana at 15 years old. The stillness she experienced then made an impression to follow the path of yoga for a lifetime. At the origin, Marcia showed up at health fairs to introduce yoga and started teaching in cities when yoga was a foreign word. She has offered numerous one-day yoga events in beautiful locations, retreats in Mexico and Hawaii, served as president of the Arizona Yoga Association and organized annual yoga conferences. The journey continues…
https://marciayoga.com
ROBIN
Robin was a longtime San Francisco yoga teacher and international retreat leader before moving to Puna in 2021. An RYT-500 with study in Vinyasa, Iyengar, Meditation, and traditional yogic sciences and philosophy, her classes combine the power of asana with the precision of alignment. Woven together with breath, mantra, and philosophy, Robin’s teachings use the physical as a means of accessing and working with the energetics. This class is for those who want to feel strong in the body, clear in the mind, and steady with intention.
SIGNA
Signa has practiced and taught yoga since 1988, weaving Hatha Iyengar, Bhakti, Vinyasa, Tantra and Kundalini Yoga into a fluid, all-levels practice, inspired by her lifelong love of dance. Rooted in the eight limbs of yoga, her classes emphasize yogic sound current technology, pranayama and mantra, culminating in a deeply restorative gong savasana. Practice with Signa supports you in feeling more alive, grounded, energized and inspired.
SILKE
Silke started practicing yoga at a very young age, and when she later discovered a yoga book in her local library, it felt like it confirmed something she already knew deep inside. Her first meditation, guided by that book, opened the door to a whole new experience of meeting her inner self, and she was amazed by what she discovered. During her pregnancy in the 1990s, she practiced Iyengar Yoga with guidance from Rita Iyengar, using yoga as a way to support her body and well-being. In 2003, after many years of practicing and teaching, Silke completed her yoga teacher training with Yoga Vidya in Germany, based on the teachings of the master yogi Swami Shivananda. After many years of immersing herself deeply in Hatha Yoga, she was also very inspired by the teachings of Yogi Bhajan and began practicing Kundalini Yoga. Today, yoga remains one of her greatest power tools for staying positive, fit, healthy, and connected to her spirit—and no matter what other paths she explores, she always finds her way back to yoga.
Learning from home today?
DISCOVER the Plants and Animals IN OUR AREA
Follow the first link below to explore Kalani’s surrounding environment and the myriad of plants and animals that share the ʻāina (land) with us.
Select the second link to download our free Plant Bingo packet and practice identifying plants on our campus or in any Hawai’i island neighborhood through this fun educational game.
GROW RESILIENCE: FREE COMMUNITY CLASS SERIES
CURRENTLY CLOSED SERIES
FREE RECORDED PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE
This particular series of free classes have closed for now, though you’re welcome to learn more about these classes and access educational material by visiting kalani.com/grow-resilience.
This series was made available to the public every other Tuesday from April to September, 2023. Classes focused on topics such as growing your own food, the significance of native crops and canoe species, and methods for more sustainable living. These classes were free for all attendees and made possible through partnerships with Vibrant Hawai’i and other community organizations. Learn more about our speaker schedule and find links to recorded sessions by following the link below. We look forward to cultivating a more resilient community with you!
Looking for a retreat?
Explore our selection of multi-day retreats and programs—from yoga retreats to writing and improv workshops—available throughout the year.