Maya Parish Yoga

I’ve been practicing yoga for over 40 years. It’s very rare to stumble on such heart and excellence in a yoga teacher, especially while travelling. I took one class with Maya Parish at the Mauni Lani Health Club. Experiencing her gift for teaching I followed her to her studio and to the heavenly grassy lawn at the Mauni Kea Resort for her group classes. My sons, in their twenties, who are martial arts snobs, both said hers was the best yoga class they’s ever been in. Maya was so accomadating to come to work privately with me to establish a travelling practice. This is a highly wonderful, simple yet highly
refined yoga experience. Maya is the Best.

In planning a family vacation back to my favorite resort on the Big Island I decided to look into yoga classes, or private sessions. Random chance and very good fortune led me to reach out to Maya to schedule time. She was delightfully prompt in replying and scheduling a breeze so I set up for two sessions.
While I have practiced yoga for years I am sadly a very infrequent practicer of yoga.
As for Maya, what a delight! She was kind, understanding and has a wonderful spirit in leading one through «their yoga». For one session it was myself and my wife’s son and girlfriend and a second session myself and wife’s son. Maya was positive, thoughtful, peacefully energetic, helpful and adapted to each of our abilities in leading us through not only the poses but reflecting us back to the beautiful surroundings and spiritual aspect of our practice. I cannot recommend her enough, with my only regret that I did not reach out sooner and schedule more sessions. When we return to the Big Island we certainly will check and hope Maya remains here with her yoga teachings as we would certainly schedule time with her again.
Namaste
Paul N

I heard about Maya’s class from the resort I was staying at and took my first group class in a shaded, grassy spot overlooking the ocean. After years of sporadic yoga practice with many different instructors, it was the best group class I’d ever taken: challenging, original, soulful with a few well-​placed adjustments. In my remaining week on the island I scheduled two private classes for me and my wife to fit our schedule, which we both enjoyed enormously, and have returned to our home on the mainland inspired to begin a more regular yoga practice. I only wish she could be our instructor here!

While vacationing with family on the Big Island, Maya led us in an intergenerational private class, nine of us from age 5 through 72. What a wonderful class! Gentle but authoritative, Maya led three age groups by offering modifications to the poses so our class was geared for our ages and yoga experience. I’m only sorry we didn’t get in touch with Maya sooner — we would have asked her to come to us every day!

My wife booked a private lesson with Maya for us while we staying in Mauna Lani, I am so glad she did. Five of us took the class and we were all at different levels, Maya was able to work with all of us individually. If you are looking for a Yoga class with a great instructor look no further and book your class with Maya you will not be disappointed. Thank you so much for working with us Maya, it was a pleasure meeting you!

Best yoga offered on the Big Island of Hawaii! I highly recommend Maya’s class to all yogis out there. I appreciate her beautiful teaching style and accommodating weekly class schedule. Her private classes are the best. NAMASTE

A friend recommended Ms Parish when I was in Kauai and I had the privilege of getting to know her style in a small group setting. I also took a larger group class with her in Kona (Big Island) and enjoyed that very much as well. I’ve been studying yoga for fifteen years, and I have come to see centeredness and generosity as key qualities for a yoga teacher. Maya has a wonderful balance of both of these, and an abundance of aloha spirit. She has a great «mat-​side manner» which to me means that she is available for adjustments and questions, but knows how to give her students their own space to go deep. I recommend working with her if you get the chance.

Maya is a very multifaceted yoga instructor with an intuitive understanding of the poses needed by her students to succeed with their practice. Whether a novice or level II yogi, Maya makes each session diverse and fun. Her passion, determination and encouraging style of practice will make you want to return and improve with each session.