At Akiko’s Buddhist B&B
- Yoga
- Zazen Sitting Meditation
Yoga
Photo courtesy of Susan Forbes
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Days: Mondays and Thursdays
Time: 6:00 - 7:45 p.m. Cost: $10 Leaders: Heather (Monday) Lucy (Thursday) Place: Motonaga Garage Gallery at Akiko's Buddhist B&B Text Akiko to attend: (805) 225-3313 Class size: 11 limit Mats, blocks, bolsters, blanket, straps provided. |
Zazen Sitting Meditation
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Deepen Your Practice. Deepen Yourself.
Photo courtesy of Akiko Masuda
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Zazen, meaning "sitting meditation," is a key practice in Zen Buddhism, focusing on direct experience of reality and cultivating awareness of the present moment. It involves sitting upright on a cushion or chair, and observing.
Days: Wednesday and Friday Time: 6:45 - 8:20 p.m. Cost: Donations appreciated Sensei: Akiko Masuda Place: Wailea Zendo at Akiko's Buddhist B&B Text Akiko to attend: (805) 225-3313 |
At Hakalau Veteran's Park
Hakalau Farmers Market
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Slow down and enjoy your neighbors at our Market.
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See you Tuesday!
Date: Tuesday afternoons Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm Place: Hakalau Veterans Park Find fresh produce, local arts and crafts, and delicious ready-to-eat foods from your neighbors. There's always something new to discover at our Market! If you don't want to attend the market but still would like to support our farmers and get the best produce available anywhere, you are in luck! Subscribe to the Market's newsletter to find out which farmers are continuing to provide produce and other products. |
At the Hakalau Jodo Mission
- Buddhist Services
- Special Gatherings
- Classes and Workshops
- Presentations
Buddhist Services
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Classes and Workshops
Bon Dance Practice
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Our instructors, Odori Sensei Jane Heit and her Tsukikage Bon Odorikai (Moonlight Dance Club) assistants, will teach us both traditional and new bon dances. Some of the traditional dances highlight the experience of early Japanese plantation workers. Great exercise, graceful movements, and fun...
Place: Hakalau Jodo Mission Social Hall Dates: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Cost: Donation ($10 recommended) Contact Sensei Jane Heit to register: [email protected] |
Bonsai Workshop
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Bonsai enthusiast Phil Hulbert conducts this monthly workshop with the following objectives:
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUESTED. IF YOU HAVE THEM, PLEASE BRING TOOLS AND TREES TO WORK ON. |
Place: Hakalau Jodo Mission Dining Room
Dates: 2nd Saturday of the Month Time: 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cost: THIS WORKSHOP IS FREE CONTACT PHIL HULBERT to register or request more information: TEXT to (360) 791-8091 EMAIL [email protected] |
Bowl of Light Breath
Bowl of Light Breath is a unique technique, developed by Joshua Jahelka, designed to restore quality of life through restoring quality of breath. This breathwork helps one gently expand their lung capacity, while also strengthening and stretching one’s diaphragm through very slow, deep, and expansive breathing. Through this breathing and the use of vocal sounding one is able to release physical, emotional, and energetic blockages, rebirthing the practitioner into a clear, calm, and peaceful state of well being.
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Our instructor Joshua Jahelka is a certified yoga instructor, but found his real passion in teaching breathwork. He has been focusing on developing and teaching this breathing technique for the past seven years.
In advance of your first class, please:
Days and Times:
Bring your own water, yoga mat, blanket, towel, and/or pillow to sit or lay on comfortably, plus an additional blanket if you get cold easily. |
Qigong
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Qigong, pronounced “chi gong,” was developed in China thousands of years ago as part of traditional Chinese medicine. It involves using exercises to optimize energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being. Qigong has both psychological and physical components and involves the regulation of the mind, breath, and body’s movement and posture.
More Information About Qigong
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health/National Institutes of Health Cleveland Clinic Wikipedia |
Our instructor, Sifu Slade Shim, began his practice of Qigong and Traditional Yan Style Tajiquan under Peter Tam Hoy in 1991. He will teach us the discipline and the forms of qigong.
In advance of your first class, please:
Dates: Sundays, November 30 and December 21 Dates in 2026 will be reported in 2026 Time: 2-3 pm. Cost: $10 per session Bring water and a hat. Some of the practice may be outside. |
Tai Chi
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Calm the Mind
Strengthen the Body Activate Internal Energy 
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Our instructor, Sifu Slade Shim, began his practice of Traditional Yang Style Tajiquan under Peter Tam Hoy in 1991. He will teach us the discipline and the forms of this centuries old practice.
In advance of your first class, please:
Time: 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Cost: $15 per session, or $12 per session if the entire month is paid for in advance. Bring water and a hat. Some of the practice may be outside. |
Practice Yoga
Classes focus on safe and active stretching and lengthening of muscles to improve flexibility as well as increasing range of motion throughout the body. Classes are suitable for beginners and for all degrees of flexibility.
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“Practice means choosing, applying the effort, and doing those actions that bring a stable a tranquil state…When this practice is done for a long time, and with sincere devotion, then the practice becomes a firmly rooted, stable and solid foundation.” Yoga Sutras 1.13-14
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Instructor Alison Simpson is a graduate Purna Yoga College at the 200 Hour Foundation Level. In January 2020 she completed training with Jennifer Weinert of Purna Yoga Hilo and has studied with Jennifer for three years. She is certified with Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200).
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Props are available to borrow. If using your own props, bring a mat, strap, 2 blankets, 2 blocks.
Contact Alison Simpson at 808-825-7856 or [email protected]. |
Community Service
- Reviving Hakalau School
- Cemetery Stewardship
We continue to work together, 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month : 2nd Sunday, Hakalau School Green Team, 4th Sunday, Cemetery Stewards. honoring our commitments and vows to be of service. A work menu with specific tasks is assigned to each participant, and Thai lunch is when work is “pau”, as we offer our prayers of gratitude and share food together.
Reviving Hakalau School
Our vision is the creation of the Hakalau Learning Center.
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Contact Akiko Masuda at [email protected] to sign up to work. Need a head count for lunch.
Luckana, Soontaree and Dr. Thii, are Thai and Myanmar angels who prepare extraordinary food, made with aloha and caring. Date: Second Sunday of the Month:
December 14, 2025 January 11, 2026 February 15, 2026 Time: 9:30 a.m. - Noon Place: Hakalau School Attire: Come dressed, fully covered, gloves and hat. Bring Tools: Weed whackers, rakes, lawn mowers, machetes, scythes, pruners, etc. Be ready to work!!! BRING WATER! ENJOY LUNCH! |
2nd Sunday Green Team, December 10, 2023.
Photo courtesy of Easten Tanimoto.
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Cemetery Stewardship
Our vision is legislation to prevent the bulldozing & building upon the graves of immigrants...AND to have these cemeteries maintained by the closest nearby community.
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We clean 2 cemeteries each month: O’okala and Kukuihaele.
Times vary slightly month to month, depending on which cemetery needs more work Akiko will share this information with you. Date: Fourth Sunday of the Month: December 28, 2025 January 25, 2026 February 22, 2026 Time: 9:30 a.m. Meet at 30 Mile Marker, Hwy 19, O'okala Cemetery, gravel parking area. 9:45 a.m. pule 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Group 1: O’okala Cemetery (Akiko) Group 2: Kukuihaele (Marcus & Shigeko) NOON - All gather for Lunch at O’okala. Let Akiko know if you are coming. Need head count for lunch: [email protected] If you are coming, we ask that you commit to stay the entire time. |
Cemetery stewards at Kukuihaele
O`okala, photo courtesy of Easten Tanimoto.
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