{"id":62686,"date":"2015-12-21T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T05:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=62686"},"modified":"2015-12-21T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T05:36:28","slug":"winter-solstice-yoga-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=62686","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice Yoga Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i went to yoga earlier this week and my teacher told me about the special yoga class on sunday.  my 2 favorite teachers were doing a special once a year Winter Solstice class and i really wanted to go.  so i went home and checked my calendar and found out i had to work.  oh well.  anyway, i pick up Nao-san this morning to take her surfing.  we talked a little and she told me she came to hawaii to do yoga.  yoga?  really?  so i told her about the class and she wanted to go.  omg, that was perfect!  it was 8:30am the class was to start at 9am.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3516.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3516.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3516\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62689\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe get there early and it was fully packed!  30 people already made reservations so my teacher told us we couldn&#8217;t join.  we waited anyway because there&#8217;s always hope right?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3517.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3517\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62690\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nanother reason i wanted to go was because there was a live harpist that was going to play.  soothing sounds while doing yoga?  omg!  so we waited and waited.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3524-e1450664198849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3524-e1450664198849.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3524\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62691\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen my teacher said &#8220;you guys can join us!&#8221;  omg!  super happy and lucky!  Nao-san is really into yoga and i was telling her how lucky she got to come on this special day.  the only day of the year with something like this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3510-e1450664240257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3510-e1450664240257.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3510\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62688\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nseen this lady with a cool yoga mat.  i want to get one too!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3531.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3531\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62693\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nour class was about maximizing the sunlight, every single minute.  tomorrow is winter solstice so it&#8217;s the darkest day of the year.  so from there on, it&#8217;s going to get lighter and lighter each and every day.  it was pretty spiritual in there and i really felt like i got something really positive out of the class today.  full body and mind workout.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3529.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3529\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62692\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nmy 2 wonderful yoga teachers that helped made my mind, body, and soul much better than ever.  the best in hawaii.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3509.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3509\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62687\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we went surfing!  omg, there was pretty much only us.  we scored!  it was Nao-san&#8217;s first time and she did great.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3536-e1450664221960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3536-e1450664221960.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3536\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62694\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNao-san&#8217;s a very interesting girl.  spent many years growing up in Israel and Boston.  speaks perfect english and has a very free spirit.  we had lots to talk and laugh about.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3534.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_3534.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3534\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62695\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ncurry plate and smoothie from the spot.<br \/>\nyoga, surf, eat, and rainbows.  another perfect day in hawaii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i went to yoga earlier this week and my teacher told me about the special yoga class on sunday. my 2 favorite teachers were doing a special once a year Winter Solstice class and i really wanted to go. so i went home and checked my calendar and found out i had to work. oh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}