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Visit Maui School of Therapeutic Massage

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elping people free the shackles of pain and return to the activities they love drives Frances Salvato’s sense of purpose. As the director of education at Maui School of Therapeutic Massage, Salvato has witnessed the sometimes miraculous results of targeted bodywork. Sam, for example, loved his daily end-to-end walks along Sugar Beach, but a pain in his lower back was making it more and more difficult. When his doctor told him he needed spinal fusion surgery, Sam balked and asked for time to think about it. At a community outreach event, Sam saw Maui School of Therapeutic Massage

students providing free massages. He asked the event supervisor if she could refer him to a professional, and that is how Sam came to Salvato. “Sam told me his health history and the prognosis from his doctor. He also said that he did not want surgery,” Salvato remembers. “He had seen his contemporaries go through similar procedures, resulting in their lifestyles changing from energetic to barely active. I shared with him stories about clients who had successful surgeries and how they used massage before and after surgery to achieve a quicker recovery time.”

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Frances Salvato is director of education at Maui School of Therapeutic Massage in Makawao. Salvato performed a series of assessments prior to massage to ensure treatment safety. The day after the massage, Sam called Salvato to tell

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Eventually, Joe discovered that massage and exercise were his keys to staying drug- and pain-free. Salvato remembers a particular poignant moment after one of Joe’s massage sessions: He hugged Salvato, thanked her for her work, and said, “Health, there is no better high.”

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her that he took his usual Sugar Beach walk, and he felt great. Four years later, Sam is still pain free and walking Sugar Beach. “He never had that back surgery,” says Salvato. On the other end of the spectrum, there was Joe — a healthy young man who injured his back powerlifting and became addicted to pain killers following surgery. “He struggled with his recovery for a long time,” Salvato recalls. “Each time he had a medical procedure done, and there were many, he would fall off the wagon.”

ocated in the heart of Wailuku, Evolution Yoga Maui is a community of practitioners dedicated to sharing the teachings of Baron Baptiste Power Vinyasa and united by the desire for self-discovery through asana practice, meditation and self-inquiry. “Our belief is that life is a magical ride that should be lived with joy, gratitude and true connection,” explains Reda Boustani of Evolution Yoga Maui. “Through dedicated practice, we strive to be an inspiration to our

community as a whole. By being authentic and living in integrity, we can be present to something bigger than ourselves. We share the beliefs that life should be lived with gratitude, kindness and humbleness. These beliefs guide our teachings, which are focused on helping you connect to yourself, your community and to the rest of the world.”

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Fitting in with healthy times

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nother New Year has arrived along with a slew of resolutions made about how to improve ourselves — our bodies, our minds and our circumstances. While improving our circumstances involves dealing with employment and interpersonal relationships — and another feature altogether — the bodies and minds part can be dealt with by joining the Maui Family YMCA in Kahului. As part of an organization that has been around since 1844, it has the know-how to get its members into shape. There are many fitness choices available, so why join the Y? For starters, the Y has programs and services for all ages and fitness levels. “We’re different from a gym,” explained Senior Program Director Jason Justus. “We feed everything — your body, your heart and your soul. “There is a sense of belonging here. We encourage the whole family to join the Y,” continued Justus. “There’s a family mentality here,” agreed Fitness Coordinator Jodi Birdsong-Ottman. “You come in and make friends so they know you; everyone at the front desk knows your name. You’re not just a number — and they really do know your name. “There’s a sense of welcoming here that is different from any other place I’ve been. It’s comfortable. Everyone accepts you. You’re not being judged and looked over,” added Birdsong-Ottman. The Y is constantly evolving, as well. For anyone who hasn’t been to the Y recently, you’d be amazed at the changes. It has kept the best things that they have been doing: It still offers child care for members, which makes it convenient for parents who want to get fit but have no one to look after their young children. Every second Friday of the month, “Date Night” is available for parents with keiki ages 2 to 12 years. Parents may drop the keiki off and enjoy a child-free date, while

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Maui Family YMCA is an official Spinny location the Y staff provides fun and food. The youngest keiki must be potty-trained and completely out of diapers. The Y still has the best outdoor pool on Maui — 25 yards long and heated to an average temperature of 83 degrees — especially important during the winter months. Group fitness classes for adults remain a popular option. The Y offers instruction in the latest fitness buzz including SPINNING, Zumba, Cize dance and TRX, a new style of resistance program that uses your own body weight. There are a variety of yoga classes, a popular stretch class, Pilates and even a step aerobics class — “because members want their step.” The afterschool care programs help to keep children occupied in a safe, productive manner at five area elementary schools: Haiku, Kihei, Lihikai and Pomaika‘i in Kahului and Pu‘u Kukui in Wailuku. Additionally, for members as young as 6 to adult, the Y offers martial arts classes and guitar and ukulele classes. The ever-popular day camps — Camp Moana at Kahului YMCA, Camp Nalu at Kihei Elementary and,

seasonally, Camp One at Pomaika‘i Elementary — during school breaks makes sure children have somewhere to go for fun and engaging activities when school is not in session. Camp Keanae is the affordable cliff-top retreat run by the Y for small or large groups. It offers a variety of accommodations and amenities depending on individual needs. Kula Country Farms delivers fresh organic vegetables for members. Just fill out an order form that is available at the front desk, turn it in by Friday at 5 p.m. with cash or check, and your order is delivered to the Y the following Tuesday at 10 a.m. for you to pick up. For all new members, a fitness orientation is scheduled with Birdsong-Ottman who explains the facilities, gives an overview of classes and features available, and makes sure you understand the gym equipment and how to use it safely before beginning your fitness regimen.

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many had experience using it in school. Continued from Page T3 A new program the Y is In keeping with its misparticulary excited about is sion to welcome the whole the Diabetes Prevention family, the Y now offers a Program. According to “Fit Pass” for members Chronic Disease Program aged 13 to 15 years who Director Seth Abdallah, this wish to use the cardio and weight-room equipment. It newest program provides recognized that students as support to participants by giving them the tools they young as 13 years desired need to reduce their bodyto use the cardio and weight equipment since weight by 7 percent and to

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participants with peer support as well as coaching from the Y’s certified lifestyle coaches. The cost for this program is $429 per person. Installment payments are accepted, and those interested are advised to check with their individual health insurance companies to see if the cost can be covered under their current policy. The Maui News / CATHERINE KENAR photo For more information Maui Family YMCA in Kahului offers something for about the Maui YMCA Dievery age and fitness level. abetes Prevention Program, administered by Abdallah. email Abdallah at achieve a goal of fitting in The program size is de- seth.abdallah@mauiymca 150 minutes of exercise .org or call 242-9007. signed for groups of 8 to per week. Coming up in April is 15 people, and it asks that These goals have been participants be prepared to the Kids Triathalon and proven by the Centers for pledge to a year-long com- Healthy Kids Day, which is Disease Control and Premitment. During this time, a 5K fun run. vention and the American “Last year our Fun Run Diabetes Association to be classes will be held teachwas cancelled because of ing how to read nutrition effective in reducing the the hurricane so I’m jazzed labels, how to calculate risk of developing Type 2 for this year,” offered Birdbody mass index, how to diabetes. song-Ottman. “We’re conmanage daily stress and Participants must be 18 tinually brainstorming other topics important to years or older and be conabout doing more and more learning healthy habits. sidered pre-diabetic based This program is conver- to incorporate kids and get on healthcare provider sation-driven and commu- them in.” screening or by taking a “With teens, it’s so hard nity-based providing risk analysis questionnaire

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to keep them engaged with anything without their cell phones,” explained Justus. “So that’s one of those things we’re trying to incorporate here — that the teens have a sense of belonging with the adults. They’re our future members.” For members convenience, there is a free Maui Family YMCA app available for smartphones, which lists class schedules. “We try to offer challenges to keep people motivated and challenged,” added Birdsong-Ottman. “Everyone has a Y story,” said Justus, smiling.

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Go beyond bodywork with Healing Catalyst’s Denise LaBarre

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f you visit Healing Catalyst in Upcountry, you won’t get a conventional massage — you will get so much more. Practitioner Denise LaBarre employs a unique blend of massage, psychotherapy and traditional healing methods rolled into one therapeutic treatment approach. LaBarre, a universitytrained linguist with a background in psychology as well as a licensed massage therapist, uses her hands, her intuition and decades of skill and experience to translate the body’s messages for the mind. “I don’t do the healing,” she explains. “That’s up to your body and the divine. But I help you make connections on physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels that catalyze deep and lasting healing.” Clients come to LaBarre’s Healing Catalyst with issues ranging from stress, joint problems and back pain to fibromyalgia, anxiety and depression. “Our bodies naturally use sensation and symptoms to communicate with us,”

Therapist Denise LaBarre (above) of Healing Catalyst. • Cover of her new book (left). LaBarre says of her healing philosophy. “But early on, we are taught to ignore our body’s messages and suppress unwanted emotions. At some point, the body begins to signal a back-log of suppressed or stuck emotional energy with physical problems. I help people reconnect internally to hear what their bodies have been trying to communicate through pain, illness and disease.” The results, LaBarre notes, are often fast and dramatic. “I’ve seen people resolve 10 years of knee pain or a long-held shoulder issue in a session or two,” she says.

In 2010, LaBarre published her book “Issues in Your Tissues: Heal Body and Emotion from the Inside Out.” The book, available at several Maui locations and from Amazon, has stories, cartoons and exercises that get readers back in their bodies to breathe better and make healing connections for themselves. “Your healing answers are just waiting for you to breathe in to them,” LaBarre writes. “What Denise (LaBarre) does in person is light years ahead of even what she describes in her book,” says client Ted Faught, who read the book and then booked a

session with her on Maui. “Maybe it was just exactly what I needed, but it felt like a light went on, and I hadn’t even realized my bulb was out. I am blown away and forever grateful.” Sessions generally start out resembling a traditional spa massage, then evolve into a customized treatment geared to the needs of a specific client. No two sessions look or feel the same, and

play and emotional release are important factors in many treatments. In fact, LaBarre prides herself on her ability to “hold safe space” and get her client’s inner child to come out and play. Her office is full of toys and it is not unusual for LaBarre to go outside with a client to jump on her huge trampoline or chop out years-old rage. LaBarre’s groundbreaking

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work, through hands-on private sessions, workshops, lectures and publications, provides the catalyst that reconnects people with the energetic aliveness they were born to enjoy. She is available for 90-minute private sessions in her Makawao office. For more information, call 575-2244 or visit www.healingcatalyst.com or www.mauihealer.com to make an appointment.

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Want optimum health and a whole lot of fun? Join a gang — Judy’s Gang

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ost people would agree that “moving and grooving’ has physical benefits, but Judy Ridolfino knows firsthand that dance can be a salve for myriad health issues — including those that accompany aging.

A dance impresario and instructor, she’s witnessed how dance helps with balance, flexibility, strength, stamina, mental acuity, and even memory loss associated with FRANK KRAU photos dementia and Alzheimer’s Judy Ridolfino dances disease. into fitness at her Wailuku studio.

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order, and it’s fun!” A single tap class at the request of neighbors in 1986 blossomed into a career focused on dance and fitness. Held on a Monday night, that first class gave people something to look forward to after the weekend, Ridolfino remembers. Today Ridolfino teaches 27 dance/exercise classes a week between her Wailuku studio, Judy’s Gang, Inc., and Kaunoa Senior Center. “This is your hour,” Ridolfino says, regarding the popularity of her classes. “You don’t have to think about work or that eternal todo list when you escape into dance or exercise. It doesn’t matter if you want to be a performer or a ‘dancer for an hour,’ you feel great afterwards because you did something good for yourself.” Among Ridolfino’s regulars are seniors in their 90s who live full, independent lives because, she says, “they are smart enough to keep exercising.” A woman in Ridolfino’s stretch class is hitting the century mark next month, which sparked a little goodnatured gloating as Ridolfino says, “I can’t wait to say I have a 100-year-old student to prove all my theories correct!”

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With a kayak from Valley Isle Marine Center ant to get your exercise while out on the ocean? Valley Isle Marine Center in Wailuku carries a full line of Ocean Kayaks that will let you make a splash in the water. “Kayaking raises your heart rate, it’s low impact and you get some resistance training,� says Valley Isle Marine Center CEO Mark Tracy. “You are moving and breathing while you paddle. There’s a lot of abdominal benefits as you are twisting and bending. On the peddle side, you’re moving the biggest muscles of your body. The best part is, you can stop anytime and rest or even ratchet up the kayaking by going swimming.� Valley Isle Marine Center

has most models manufactured by Ocean Kayak in stock and in all colors such as ever popular Sunrise in a varigated yellow and orange mix. The Envy is a green and white slurry and the Surf is the blue and white slurry. There are also yellow- and fuschia-colored crafts and the Venus is stable, easy to transport and designed to accommodate a female center of gravity. “Ocean Kayaks was the manufacturer that invented the sit-on-top kayak concept and design back in 1971,� says Tracy. “As opposed to sit-inside kayaks, as exemplified in the eskimo kayak, the sit on top is easy to use and safer. Anyone who wants to get on the water can

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Loretta Schenk of Valley Isle Marine Center showcases a rainbow of Ocean Kayaks that are an affordable, durable and safe way to get you fit out on the water. do so easier in an Ocean Kayak. These are the kayaks that are used in all the kayak tour companies and kayak rental companies in Hawaii because they are easy to use, durable, safe and affordable.� Valley Isle Marine Center has represented Ocean

Kayak on Maui for more than 30 years. Ocean Kayak has been the kayak of choice for Mauians who like to dive

and fish from their kayaks or simply cruise and sight see. Fishing models are offered with pole holders and other fishing-friendly features. Two new models recently introduced include the 16-foot Predator Pedal, the ultimate fishing kayak. The Predator features a propeller powered by pedals. Rugged construction and fast, these features also allow moving the craft in reverse; a benefit appreciated by fishermen when hooked up to a feisty fish. A smaller version of the Predator is the Malibu at 13feet, which also has the peddal propulsion. “Visit Valley Isle Marine

Center to see all the new 2018 models including the ever popular two-person kayaks. Ask about our special sale pricing on discontinued and overstock models. We offer quantity discounts to commercial operators.�

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deal health comes from a balance in a variety of practices for the mind, body and spirit. At Om Maui experience a highly qualified staff that will put and keep you on track with your health goals. Its wide range of class formats, alongside private training and massage services, helps you find balance in your mind and your body. Om Maui’s philosophy is rooted in offering a variety of wellness practices so that clients can build their physical and mental well-being in a balanced and effective manner. Balance is the key to overall health and wellbeing, so Om Maui has created a space where clients can find their perfect balance of cardio, strength training, yoga, healing and relaxation. With small group classes of 15 people or less, Om Maui is able to provide individual attention for each class participant. Its studio is unique in that it is designed as a shared space where

Om Maui in Pukalani guides clients to body and mind balance. Photo courtesy Om Maui

clients can work cardio, build strength, improve flexibility and find mental balance and inner peace. Specialty Pilates Reformer & Springboard classes are open to a maximum of four participants per class providing a uniquely individualized setting for clients to gain core strength and improve alignment and stability. The new spring schedule will feature more Pilates Reformer & Springboard classes to meet the needs of the varying schedules of clientele. Alongside new classes, monthly workshops at the studio, as well as accredited trainings for fitness professionals will be offered. Workshops will delve deeper into the techniques and philosophies behind the different formats the studio of-

fers. The first workshop, Partner Spin + Stretch, will be held at 1 p.m. Feb. 10 just in time for Valentine’s Day. Om Maui has recently added new certified personal trainers to its team. Personal training is a great option for anyone recovering from an injury or illness; anyone with specific goals; or anyone wanting to work with a trainer one-on-one in addition to attending group classes. A combination of individual attention and peaceful environment creates the perfect place for you to enjoy building strength, stamina, flexibility and overall well-being.

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