Maha Fusion

Did the Sunday class and enjoyed the teaching by Murti. For overseas visitors it cost $15 which is well worth it. I loved the space as it is casual and no frills. Really good to find real yoga. Blessings

One year ago I had stage 4 prostate bone and anal Cancer. Today I make my one year free of cancer. Because of chemo I have major neuropathy problems. I found this yoga class has calm the soreness on my hands and feet. This class has brought me to a new level of having the soreness go away. As I continue taking this yoga class I find myself getting more strong and balanced. Yoga is now part of my life and the teachers are awesome they help you stay align while teaching the class as a whole. Thank you for your dedication to your students and want to bring the best out of you. I humbly ask you to join this yoga class you will benefit from it no matter if you had health problems or not.

I have practiced yoga with hundreds of instructors and Murti Howard and Larina Hawkins are my favorite.Although only a minor reason why you should continue your yoga practice here, the fact that the first three classes are free is kickass cool.The duo teach hatha yoga five days a week in a breezy, open-air classroom at the Waikiki Community Center. Parking is free at the center (enter from the Liliuokalani side of the block, not the Paoakalani side of the block). The entire second-floor classroom floor is covered with a thick spongy surface that you can put your yoga mat or or borrow one of the ones Murti or Larina provide. There is very little chance of slipping or hurting yourself. Maha Fusion also provides straps and blocks, which they use in every class to support good form. The class is gentle, restorative, and yet designed with pose progression such that even students who have been practicing for decades will find their edge of challenge.Murti's yoga heritage goes back to Rodney Yee, whom I believe is a master of restorative, restful poses, but Murti also folds in traditions of ashtanga, a more acrobatic and spectacular yoga practice. We also use methods employed by those who practice kundalini yoga, micro yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar yoga and vinyasa yoga. Murti is an avid read in yoga theory and makes his students well aware of the vast survey of yoga teaching through commentaries and the sutras. Go Rumi!Larina is a dancing yogini! Larina teaches classes in conjunction with Murti, and usually heads up the Saturday class. Her hatha-based practice folds in elements of ecstatic dance. Students in her class will find themselves moving about the classroom in addition to engaging in a challenging vinyasa flow. Larina has a very healing and gentle spirit about her and the sharpest eye when it comes to adjusting students' form. With the slightest touch or brush of her fingertips she will have you executing poses with the accuracy.What I love the most about this practice is the flexibility is brings to my own practice. I am an athlete and strong and experienced in practice, yet there are days when my body, like anyone's is not having it, has had it, and does not want me to be there. Those are the days that I am thankful I practice with these two. I am never made aware that I suck that day and never am I guilted into going beyond what I should be doing that day. Larina and Murti break down each pose is broken down into krama or various expressions of a pose, from the slightest expression of a pose to its grand finale, and each student is invited to find a variation of the pose that suits them that day. There are some days when I am a full wheel and some days I am a man on his back with just his hips raised off the floor a little. The students in the classes range from 30-something to 70-somethings, from surfers and athletes to grandmas and grampas. The rapport between students is remarkable, and is probably due to the fact that in every practice the students engage in partner yoga whereby they assist one another in obtaining the proper form or in engaging in more challenging poses with the support of another person. It is common to for students at the center to greet one another with hugs and kisses on the cheek. At least several times a year there are vegetarian potlucks after classes on Sunday where students catch up, and every month there is a meditation group held at the beach. In sum, Murti and Larina have created a yoga community.I recommend practice at Maha Fusion very much for the novice practitioner and those who have been practicing for a long time.

The teachers are prepared, experienced, professional, caring and realistic.The main products of the courses are the gentle strength of yoga exercises, the calm of directed yoga thought. Others are friendships, support, release, joy and fun. The mastery of the teachers is shared, rather than imposed. The level of each class is determined by each student's abilities and aims. No one is pushed -- nor abandoned. Each is aided to do what is possible; and, personally, I am always amazed by what I am able to accomplish.All this in Waikiki (without the risk of getting "rained out" in some park) and at incredibly modest prices. A win-win deal, whether you're just visiting or live here!

On vacation and walked to the class from Waikiki beach with ease. The instructors were incredibly warm and welcoming. It was the first class I had been to with two instructors and definitely made a difference as one would lead with clarity and the other made really insightful adjustments to my poses. Definitely would recommend this class and will certainly come back when I'm in town.

This takes place indoors at what I think is a daycare or elementary school during the week. It's a little warm due to the lack of air conditioning and breeze. The first class is free. The owners\instructors are very nice and friendly, as are all the other students. I'm not the type to get into the spiritual side of yoga, and there's quite a bit of that going on here. I'm more of a competitive yoga person, where I want to be able to hold a crow pose longer than anyone else in the class and shout expletives when I crash to the ground. This is not really that kind of place. I'm sure lots of people would love it, but it just wasn't for me.

I love this facility and found the parking was easy! Which is saying alot for Waikiki... you just don't feel that you are surrounded by towers at this place... but the real treat is the teaching there. Murti and Larina are a dynamic duo and its nice to have someone correcting and assisting with postures while the other leads! Its nice to have both genders represented. They both bring a lovely attitude of reverence and fun to the practice of Yoga... find yourself on their floor and you come away like I did... more peaceful and restored.

Recently, I was introduced to a yoga class with Murti and Larina located near the beach of Waikiki. It was fabulous! They are a perfect blend and match. Having the two instructors allowed for some individual attention and realignment of postures. They both have so much knowledge and experience. I could feel my heart opening and after a couple of days, I felt as if I was taller. My hips were opening as well and I felt so great. Thank you from a little Calgarian snowbird. Hope you can come here for a yoga retreat!!!