Marika is a Yogini, Ceremonial Dancer, Soul Surfer, Mother, Practitioner, and Alchemist. She has been practicing yoga for 30 years, and teaching for 16 years in Hawaii and Costa Rica. She is Yoga Alliance certified and is experienced guiding a wide variety of classes including Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Yin-Yang, Elemental Flow, and Restorative Classes.

Pranayama (conscious breathing) and invoking our sacred “ha”/breath is a fundamental part of Marika’s classes. Her sessions inspire: presence; awareness, self-discovery, connection, strength and flexibility; expansion and growth; love and compassion; opening and receiving; and purifying and transforming.

Marika’s other forays in the moving and healing arts include Reiki, Hula, Hawaiian Holistic Healing, Lomi-Lomi, and African dance and drumming. Marika is also a devoted mother, avid surfer, freelance writer/editor, published book author, and photographer. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Child Development, and a PhD in Human Ecology.