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Meet your teachers

Two facilitators, one intention: a week that meets you exactly where you are. Ari and Ash lead every retreat together, as equal partners with different strengths and one intention.

Meet your teachers

Two facilitators, one intention: a week that meets you exactly where you are.

Ari and Ash lead every retreat together, as equal partners with different strengths, one intention.

Ariana
Ariana

Originally from the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona, Ariana has called Maui home for the past 18 years. Surrounded by the island's natural beauty and rhythm, she draws inspiration from the balance between strength and softness that embodies yoga.

Teaching since 2017, Ariana is a 500-hr registered yoga teacher and certified personal trainer who weaves together mobility, stability, alignment and a breath-centered awareness in her classes, combining yoga flow with functional strength to build resilience from the inside out.

Rooted in gratitude, Ariana teaches with grounded presence and compassion. She believes yoga is more than a practice — it's a way to live with intention, balance and connection.

Ashley
Ashley

Ashley was hooked by the moving meditation of vinyasa yoga. She transferred her growth from her mat to creating a life of fulfillment, becoming a fitness instructor. In 2011, she completed her 200-hr yoga teacher training in Chicago, and continued training there to become certified in Yoga Sculpt (yoga with weights), Hot Power Fusion (Bikram style), Yin Yoga, Barre, and Mobility.

Her style of teaching is to help guide and inspire others to deepen their practice and enrich their lives. Each class incorporates the flow of vinyasa, building core strength, guided by the beats and rhythm of music and breath. Students find increased endurance, flexibility, circulation, and strength — all while having fun!

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