CHRISTY O HARRIS received a Master of Fine Arts in Dance & Somatics from University of Colorado at Boulder, and served as adjunct faculty in the Movement Studies department at Naropa University and CU-Boulder from 1998-2008 until relocating to Kauai, Hawaii. She received certification from the American Society for the Alexander Technique in 1998, after completing a 3 year, 1500 hour training at Alexander Technique Institute in Boulder CO.

A dedicated student of Rinzai Zen meditation and Yang style Tai Chi, she completed yoga certifications in 2016 and 2023, and developed a somatic approach to yoga and restorative stretching. Her teaching methodology is characterized by anatomical mapping, hands-on guidance with verbal cues, repetition, refined simplicity, and spontaneous discovery and response.

JUNKO TAMAOKI was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, and her yoga journey began in 2009. She was very surprised to learn “effortlessness” during practice by the teacher. She is a certified yoga instructor and massage therapist based in Oahu, Hawaii. The teacher taught her many things about breathe control, not too much for yourself and simply enjoy your life! In 2019, she completed RYT-200 hour training in Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin with Livewell Institute. In 2021, she completed RYT-300 hour training with Yoga Mu. She believes accurate practice means no injuries. Good health brings happiness to you, your family and friends. Daily practicing is a good check list in her life. She enjoys teaching and loves to see people smile.

“The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present” 
-BKS Iyengar