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We specialize in teaching Ashtanga Yoga (traditional Mysore Style), Pregnancy and Mom & Baby Yoga Our classes are located in central Honolulu.

Pregnancy and Mom & Baby yoga at Wainani Wellness Center in Kaimuki. Ashtanga Yoga Led Full Primary Series at Samadhi Hawaii in Kakaako. Ashtanga Yoga Mysore Style at a private location. Please visit our website for more information on these locations.

01/07/2025

Sarah Osborne started apprenticing with us in September 2024 and over the last nine months she has assisted every morning in the second session, after doing her own practice first. Glen and I have enjoyed sharing what we know and seeing her grow and gain confidence in adjusting and teaching in the Mysore space.

We’d like to congratulate her on doing such a great job as Purple Apprentice #13.

Sarah is diligent, courageous, learned fast and I’m proud of all the great work that she has done.

I know everyone will be sad that she’s not around all the time but she’s not going anywhere, she’ll still be on her mat practicing and helping with cover when we are away. I was telling one of the students that you may still find her assisting us from time to time, as the learning never ends.

I’d also like to thank all the students for welcoming Sarah into the Purple Mysore room and being patient as she learned how to do some of the more complex adjustments. Without you we could not give this opportunity to the apprentices.

The first month or so Sarah did a lot of down dogs and then slowly learned more and more. Here are a few moments over the last few months of Sarah adjusting and being adjusted. Today July 1, 2025, her final day, we learned Tic Tocs with 🫶🏼

Photos and videos:
Parivrtta Trikonasana/
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Prasarita Padottanasana C/
Janusirsasana/ Joey
Marichyasana C/
Marichyasana D/
Ustrasana/ Mia
Supta Vajrasana/ Mia
Parighasana/
Viparita Dandasana exit/
Backbend drop backs/ Suzy
Backbend drop backs/ .gumi
Backbend drop backs/ Joey
Handstand/ Sisley
Durvasana/ with Cathy Louise
Durvasana/
Tic Toc/ Sarah with Cathy Louise
Tic Toc/ Megumi
Krounchasana/ Sarah

Our other apprentices over the past 23 years: Erin, Mara , Jill , Kara, Laura , Yoko , Brynne .caleda, Kelly .m.kennedy, Pratima, Tami mara_lynncole, Gene, and Megumi

15/06/2025

Mahalo 💜

with .repost
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Three posts that deeply touched me this week (all shared on stories):
1. Always grateful to read your reflections on Sharathji. Thank you for sharing such heartfelt memories.
2. A beautiful reminder that, slowly and methodically, we can rediscover our practice - with grace, strength, and acceptance - no matter the circumstances we’re in.
3. So happy to hear you’re finally free. I’ve thought of you often over the past few years. I hope this experience brings you strength, and that you move forward with lightness and peace. Sending love.

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Come & practice with us daily this week.
We’re open everyday. Everyone’s welcome!

24/05/2025

Yoga for Women Workshop
Saturday, September 13, 2025
$160

Cathy Louise presents a one-day workshop in Honolulu designed to inform and empower women with knowledge that relates to their experience of yoga. This is not your mother’s birds and bees lesson, nor is it a clinical discussion with your doctor; it’s a frank exploration of a woman’s life, from puberty through menopause, and the effects these stages have on your practice, as well as how you live yoga off the mat.

Cathy Louise has been teaching yoga for 34 years. She had her first child at 38, then twins at 40. She’s now 59 and the consistent element through all these years has been her yoga practice. She loves to help women find their power and know that they are not alone in their journey. It’s important to know that your own female experiences are not bad or negative, they are shared by many women. Yoga shows us how to adapt, be compassionate, and loving to ourselves.

The discussion will be wide-ranging, including menstruation, pregnancy, peri-menopause, menopause, body image, nutrition, sexuality, health issues such as fibroids, breast cancer, osteoporosis, hysterectomy, and much more. Bring your questions and stories to share. Each session will include a yoga practice.

8:00–10:00am Session One
Entering womanhood: puberty, menstrual cycle, body image, nutrition, vitality. Yoga practice: energize and strengthen.

10:30am–12:30pm Session Two
Exploring midlife: sexuality, fertility, work and home, creativity. Yoga practice: balancing energy.

1:30–4:00pm Session Three
Accepting aging: perimenopause, menopause, body types, medical issues, wisdom. Yoga practice: adaptation, maintaining strength, and quiet mind

Held at a private location on Poipu Drive, Portlock, Honolulu. Plenty of free street parking.

Space is limited, please register early to secure your place.

Link in bio for details to register or visit www.purpleyoga.com

04/05/2025

.louise.broda with .repost
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1990, for my 25th birthday Beryl Bender Birch gave me an Om pendant necklace. was my first Ashtanga Yoga teacher. I loved the yoga and I LOVED the gift. Over the years, the necklace always reminded me of her.

2010, right before my 45th birthday, I was walking into Kalama Beach Park with my kids, stepped on to the sand, whipped my T-shirt off and suddenly found my necklace in my hand, just the chain. I panicked and retraced my steps to see if I could find the pendant. After failing to find it, I walked over to Glen and told him it was lost. I cried and remember saying that something must have decided that after 20 years of wearing the necklace I didn’t need it anymore.

I mourned the loss of the pendant. It represented years of yoga, sweat, effort, learning and, more importantly, it represented Beryl.

2013 we invited Beryl to teach at Purple Yoga Hawaii. I hadn’t seen her in over 20 years and it was a beautiful reunion. I recounted the story of losing the Om pendant and we reminisced about the old days. I realized that the age that I was, 48, was the age that Beryl was when I first started being her student.

A few weeks ago, Glen gave me a chain and said I should find an Om to go with it. We scoured the internet and found one on eBay. It is the exact same design of the one Beryl gave me!

As I wear the necklace now I’d like to believe that it’s the same pendant; that someone found it at the beach, and years later listed it on eBay. I’ll keep this one safe.

Cathy Louise in then and now photos. Thank you for recreating the feel of the 1995 photo.

26/03/2025

Bandhas Workshop with Cathy Louise

Well done everyone who attended Bandhas Workshop on March 23, 2025 held

Cathy Louise thanks you all for asking great questions, giving her quizzical looks, having a few “ah-ha” moments and looking within to see what you are doing with engaging mula, uddiyana bandha and connecting it to your breath!

It’s time to put into practice what you learned. Keep asking more questions and don’t be afraid to veer off bandha course if you aren’t sure if you are engaging them. Everything is a learning experience!

Thank you for assisting Cathy Louise during the workshop.

.albers

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See you on the mat, daily Ashtanga Mysore practice at Monday thru Friday 6:00-9:30am and Sunday 7:00-10:30am. Classes held in Kaimuki . Link in bio for more information.

21/02/2025

It’s Bandha Time in Honolulu! Don’t miss out on this in-depth look at uddiyana and mula bandha.

“Engage your bandhas,” says the teacher. But do you really know what you are engaging and how vital bandhas are for an effective yoga practice? Cathy Louise presents the theory, sharing practical knowledge as well as anatomical diagrams of the pelvic floor and abdomen, and simple exercises to directly connect you with these areas. She draws on her own experience of losing her bandhas during two pregnancies, and regaining control of them after both vaginal and c-section deliveries.

This is an interactive workshop so come prepared to do yoga. Please avoid eating at least 2-3 hours before the workshop.

This workshop is highly recommended for anyone practicing Ashtanga Yoga. Beginners and experienced practitioners of all vinyasa-based styles of yoga are welcome.

will assist Cathy Louise during the workshop.

Space is limited

Sign up: link in bio or www.purpleyoga.com

06/02/2025

Surya Namaskara A & B (sun salutations) are a wonderful way to begin our Ashtanga Yoga practice. They start the engine, begin to create internal heat, set the rhythm for what is to come and it’s an immediate check-in on breath and bandhas.

Last Friday 01/31/2025, after I finished teaching my online Ashtanga Full Led Primary Series class I practiced five each of Surya Namaskara A & B, did three backbends and then last three sitting postures of closing sequence. It was a nice sealing off of my teaching week.

Treat the Surya Namaskara A & B as a gift to your self each time you practice!

For more information on Ashtanga Yoga Mysore program with .louise.broda and Glen + Pregnancy and Mom & Baby Yoga classes with Cathy Louise ~ message us, email info@purpleyoga.com or call (808) 944-8585

スーリヤ・ナマスカーラA＆B（太陽礼拝）は、アシュタンガヨガの始めにうってつけの練習です。エンジンを始動させ、体内の熱を作り出し、これから動くリズムを作り、呼吸とバンダにすぐに取り掛かれるからです。

先週の金曜(2025年1月31日)、オンラインでアシュタンガレッドプライマリー・シリーズの指導をした後、私は自分のためにスーリヤ・ナマスカーラAとBをそれぞれ5回ずつ行い、後屈を3回、クロージングのラスト3ポーズを練習しました。それは一週間の指導を締めくくるのにぴったりの素晴らしいものでした。

スーリヤ・ナマスカーラAとBを、練習のたび自分へのギフトだと思ってみましょう！

#アシュタンガヨガ
#レッドクラス class
#マイソールクラス
#キャシールイーズ
#キャシー・ルイーズ先生 Louise teacher
#ヨガ

13/01/2025

Mysore Cotton Yoga Rugs from India

$60*

Rugs are now available at the studio during Ashtanga Mysore hours Sunday 7:00-10:30am and Monday-Friday 6:00-9:30am.

Purple Yoga Hawaii at HCB
1122 Koko Head Avenue, Ste 3
Honolulu, HI 96816

Rugs can be shipped to you, USPS Priority (Medium Flat Rate Box). Shipping to Hawaii or US Mainland, costs will added at time of sale. Please message us if you are interested and let us know your first and second choice. We will then send you a link to pay online.

*Hawaii GE Tax 4.712% will be added.

14/12/2024

Purple Yoga Hawaii Holiday Schedule

We will be closed
Christmas Day 12/25/24
New Years Day 01/01/2025

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ASHTANGA YOGA MYSORE

Monday – Friday 6:00–9:30am
Sunday 7:00–10:30am

Location: HCB, 1122 Koko Head Avenue, Suite 3 (entrance studio via stairs at the back of building)

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PREGNANCY YOGA
Sunday 9:00–10:15am

MOM & BABY YOGA
Sunday 10:30–11:45am

Location: Wainani Wellness Center
1144 10th Avenue, Ste 302

For more information email info@purpleyoga.com or call (808) 944-8585

13/11/2024

It is with a very heavy heart that we wanted to let you know that Sharath Jois passed away yesterday, 11 November 2024.

Our deepest condolences to the Jois family.

We had a very special time in September 2005 when Sharath came to Honolulu for a week-long Ashtanga Yoga Workshop. A dear friend recalled that on his last morning in Honolulu, on his way to the airport, he stopped at the studio at University Square and watched our students practicing. He then came to the front of the room and led us all in the closing chant.

Sharath, you were kind, gentle, funny and thank you for all that you shared. You will be dearly missed. May you fly free. Rest in Peace. Love and Light.

A Hui Ho, until we all meet again.

28/10/2024

Mysore Cotton Yoga Rugs from India

$60 (+ Hawaii GE Tax 4.712% will be added)

The rugs are not stored at the studio so pick up must be pre-arranged to be collected during Mysore class hours (Sunday 7:00-10:30 and Monday thru Friday 6:00-9:30am)

Rugs can also be mailed in a USPS Priority (Medium Flat Rate Box). Shipping to Hawaii or US Mainland, costs will added at time of sale.

Please message us if you are interested and let us know your first and second choice. We will then send you a link to pay online.

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Opening Hours

Monday	06:00 - 09:30
Tuesday	06:00 - 09:30
Wednesday	06:00 - 09:30
Thursday	06:00 - 09:30
Friday	06:00 - 09:30
Sunday	07:00 - 10:30

Website

http://www.purpleyoga.com/

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We are dedicated to a progressive way of teaching, with a long-term view of improving our students' physical, mental and spiritual well-being. We are mindful of each person's needs and abilities, and promote a supportive and friendly environment that's fit for inspired learning and sound practice. So why do yoga? A regular practice creates a more flexible, stronger, lighter and fitter body. It also reduces stress, focuses the mind and heightens a sense of connection. As you advance in yoga, you explore and work with the subtle, energetic body. Yoga's ultimate goal, through the meditative practices, is self-realization. Please call or email if you have any questions, or drop by the studio. Namaste, from the owners, Cathy Louise Broda and Glen Butcher.