Maui Yoga Path - Testimonials

Big, big step forward. When doing the camel I have never been able to reach my feet in any circumstances. I have never even been able to sit on a block in No.. 3 position on top of a block in No. 2 position. Today I sat on a block in No 3 position and reached my feet. My knees were in tension but no more than most of what Yoga works for. Amazing! Just thought you should know. --Seagull

Aloha Deni, Mahalo for this morning's class. I appreciated your skillful "eye" and the hands-on adjustments you performed on me. Your ability to recognize how asana can be enhanced allowed me to experience my asana on a deeper level. Mahalo nui loa, Janie

Hi Deni, I just wanted to write and thank you for all your great instruction which has been so helpful to me in everyday life and in my running. I went for a run yesterday with your voice in my head, " thighs and knees back, extend the dorsal spine, buttocks down!", and had one of my best runs since beginning my rehab and resumption of running. So it really makes a difference to me and I really appreciate not only what you do, but how you do it, clear and concise... Best Regards, Bill

HI Deni, I came to some classes and had a private with you in Sept. Many people ago for you probably. I really appreciate what I received from you but I haven't acted on too much of it yet. Think of you almost every day. I am listening to Light on Yoga, and recently went to the Iyengar Centre here in Victoria. I am hoping to see you in the spring in Vancouver. Hope you are well. Thanks for all you shared with me. --Judi

Hello Deni, I was there in October and took 2 of your classes and loved them I was wondering where I could purchase the blankets and a bolster that were used - I will be ordering a dvd in a few days the Yoga Core Conditioning one my only regret is that I had to come home and that I didn't find you sooner during my stay. When I return - (someday) this will be one of the first things I do - come for more "therapy" for my mind, body and soul you were a wonderful teacher and I thank you for the
lessons. --Mary Beth

Aloha Deni! It's Julie from Vail, Colorado. I came to some of your classes last month in Kihei. I am really missing the Iyengar practice. We talked about how there are no Iyengar classes here in my community. The closest studio is in Denver, 2 hours away. Do you have any ideas for me? Is there a great DVD series I could do or should I just work through Light on Yoga? I feel Iyengar is the best practice for my body and I want to keep it up. I enjoyed your classes so much. Thanks for everything. I'm so glad I found you. I hope you are great. I wish I lived there then this would all be just right! Joyfully, Julie

Thank you for the amazing peace and serenity you have given to me while i was on Maui in April. Your class released heat from my hips that had been giving me pain for MONTHS!!! Amazing light...well studied yoga studio...healer!!!--Maggie

Lovely, well-stocked yoga studio offering excellent classes with Deni, a dedicated and competent teacher, trained directly by BKS Iyengar.--Gayne

Thank you so much for all the yoga classes and your friendship during my time here. What you have created with your studio and your teaching is very impressive and I was honored to have been a part of it. I am sure we will see each other again, hopefully sooner rather than later. I hope you have a wonderful time in India! Love, Nancy

Thank you! Your students are like the flowers; different sizes, different colours, some hidden, some revealed. Some strong and sure, some a little weak at the knees. Some open, some closed. No matter the differences between the flowers, they are all thankful for the sun that nourishes them, helps them grow, and helps them to be strong and sure. You are the sun to your students. Sometimes you are hidden by clouds, being time or distance, but you always remain our sun. Thank you for shining on us! Love, Katherine and all your students

Hey D - I miss Maui Yoga Path. You got me started!! Nobody teaches tadasana like you. Your verbal cueing is so amazing. Thanks Deni --Steve

Deni: I want to personally thank you for your instruction on the yoga path. I really appreciated your time in Maui that you spent with me and it was rewarding to be in Vancouver with you. I was so impressed that there were people of all ages at the retreat. It made me realize how yoga is for anyone who is willing to commit. Since I have been home, my husband practiced yoga with the DVD. He is very stiff, but if I can get him to doing it more regularly, maybe he will come to your sessions when we return to Maui. Thank you for all you do. Laura

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the wonderful Yoga seminar. Your teaching has (of course) changed my life,my decisions first of all re Maui, and secondly my lifestyle. I do try to practice my Yoga several times a week and if I don't I get cranky!! I tell everyone that you are the best teacher in the World! and I mean it - thank you again for your patience, your wisdom, and your dedication - and for just being YOU. Namaste, Sharon

Aloha Deni: I came home feeling so inspired and alive not to mention how good my body felt. If I could describe the weekend, I would say that you opened up my heart and I experienced "LOVE". I even had a lovely cry the following day, reliving the weekend. It was truly an amazing weekend. I love the way you teach your classes. I have kept up my yoga with other classes and will now create a space in my home. See you in Maui this winter. Namaste, hugs and much love, Belle

Hi Deni...I want to thank you again for a wonderful yoga experience while visiting Maui last week.
I am back in Southern California and I know I will return soon. I hope to take part in one of your retreats. You inspired me to get back to my regular yoga practice… Marlena

Thank you so much for all of your instruction an inspiration. It has made such a big difference in my life and I think about it and all you've said so much. For me, you and the Maui Yoga Path are Maui's biggest attractions. And I hope to see you in Vancouver in May….Julie

Once again I want to thank you for the wonderful 5 days of yoga that I experienced with you at the beginning of November.Â I feel so blessed that I am able to spend time with you at my own personal "yoga retreat". Everyday I try to practice, spend time quietly reflecting/praying, and stay connected within myself. You have given me (and others) such a gift! Happy holidays to you and hope to be back in late April 2012.....Joni Leone

Dear Deni, Thank you so much for sending out such a wonderful email. I truly needed to receive your wise message this week. It helps to keep my focus and maintain discipline. I'm back in Oregon, studying away. I feel that many doors are opening for me right now and I have to keep working on self improvement. I got all the yoga props you've recommended to me and now I practice on my own. I also take at least 4 yoga classes per week in the local yoga studio. Unfortunately, it is far from your level of education, but it still helps me to move forward. I would also like to thank you for valuable advice you gave me back in September. Being your student was an eye opening experience and I hope to continue our friendship in the future. Namaste, Katerina

Deni, Thank you for the wonderful workshop - I am feeling refreshed and enthused about my yoga practice.Thanks again for being you. Namaste! Sharon Rohwer

Dear Deni, I wanted to express my gratitude once again. I found your teachings really made a difference to me. You definitely deepened my understanding of my body and of yoga, I am grateful to you. Thank you so much.Happy travels.Warmly,Carol Ann

Hi Deni, I am halfway through Light on Life, and loving it. It's deep reading, so I'm tasting it slowly, trying to absorb all it has to offer. I realize that it's more of a bible, to refer to over and over as I learn and grow. Thank you for your teaching, and for somehow transferring your passion to me. and when sitting. Namaste, Gayle

Thank you, Deni, for all your wonderful kindnesses and care to both Gerry and I. Gerry was doing a bit last week and will need to formulate a daily home routine ( which will definitely take a bit of work as the wheels are in motion). I am so appreciative of our time together. You are truly a gift .You so generously and graciously give, share and lead so many that all may experience , not only the Yoga path but also the life path by your knowledge and wisdom. A life journey of always thanksgivings and blessings. A heartfelt thank you. Take good care, God Bless Hugs and love Elaine

Dear Deni, Every day I feel more and more released from old bonds that I had put on myself. Emotional and mental. Thank you for teaching me to show up for myself with a daily yoga practice. This daily practice has been the key to setting me free. Your grateful student, Katherine

Deni, I want to tell you that as a kid I wore braces on my legs and have had trouble with my hips for years I think by you showing me how to bring my hip in maybe they will get strong and I will feel better. Anyway thanks so much and I will see you Monday, Sue

Greetings Deni, What a great learning experience I had last weekend at your workshop. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. Thank you again for all your energy. Namaste, Julie O'Donnell

Hello Evan and many thanks for the wonderful, yoga classes we were able to enjoy while on Maui. You are a gifted teacher and learned much from you. We finally listened to your Gypsy Plum and several others. You have an incredible voice and we will enjoy your music. Have an amazing New Year. Warm Regards. Janice & Jim

I have just returned from two weeks on Maui. A friend made our travel arrangements, and in fact, I was reluctant to go, thinking I'd be happy to stay at home (Doylestown, PA) and do yoga for two weeks with my wonderful Iyengar and Anusara instructors here. So I didn't know until I arrived that the Mana Kai had a yoga studio, much less that it was an Iyengar studio. Deni was in India, so I took Evan's classes and workshop all week. What a gift!! Thank you! I would like to be informed of retreats and workshops so that I can potentially return in the future -- just for the yoga. Aloha and mahalo, and best wishes for the new year! Sincerely, Pam

Hi Deni, Saw you back in June during my vacation....received a personal yoga program from you for my foot (s/p surgery). I am practicing the program and have returned to weekly classes. Also set up a yoga room in my home. My foot is improving and more importantly, my energy is shifting....realigning w/truth. Thank you, Mahalo, Tracey

Hello Deni, I'd hoped to have another class with you but it's not to be. I'm on my way home. If I think back to my many fine teachers, in many disparate fields, I find you in the top echelon! I honor everything about your teaching...the intelligence, warmth, integrity, knowledge, competence, heart, balance, generosity... Thank you so much! I will try to continue, knowing I'll find some of these things in a teacher, but I very much doubt I'll find them all. It has been a deep pleasure, and I hope the universe lets us meet up in May 2011 at your Vancouver Workshop. Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you in Vancouver. Sincerely, Valerie

Deni, Just a note to let you know my niece and I really enjoyed our first yoga class. I am glad she got to experience yoga at an early age and hope it will be an experience that helps shape her future. I appreciated the way you taught and the energy you brought to the room. I look forward to future classes. Thank you, Chris

Hi Deni, Just a quick note to say thanks to my teacher who inspires me and keeps me motivated to get on my mat each day. I am so happy that I was there this morning to do yoga with you. I went a little deeper today thanks to your teachings.My heart is smiling and it feels so good.Namaste, Barbara

I loved my work with you last Saturday morning on Maui. I am doing a spontaneous practice at home now to start my day - influenced by YOU! Thank you so much - and Aloha nui loa, Anita

Hi Deni, I really loved your yoga classes while I was visiting last week !! I will be back in six months and I will see you again. I told my girlfriends it would be a great place for a mini yoga retreat, mahalo, Teri

Hi Deni...Michelle and I wanted to thank you for a great introduction to Yoga, and we are looking to continue working on it here in Calgary. Thank you for everything and see you the next time we are in Maui...Dan

Dear Deni...Thank you so much for an excellent retreat. I so appreciated your high level of knowledge and experience, especially the fuller teachings of yoga. I had several insights and am strengthened in my commitment to my well-being. I love the CD of chants. I was just saying how I needed some new music - this is perfect for exercising, just listening or chanting along. Thanks for a wonderful gift. It was really good for me to spend my birthday doing something healthy and spiritually focused with a group of other like-minded people. May you ride the wave that seems to be shifting things around for you. Many blessings of clarity and courage. Much aloha, Jasmine, Big Island

Dear Deni: Back in Montreal, I just wanted to let you know again how much I appreciated your classes. It has been so much a wonderful experience and I feel that you transformed my life in many ways. For the first time in my life, I feel that I have the power to improve my physical strength and that I have a certain control over my polio condition regardless of the fact that the doctors kept telling me that I could never become stronger. Every time I heard this comment, there was a voice inside of me saying that it was not true but it was hard to feel that I was right against the medical establishment. Your love and dedication as a teacher gave me just what I needed to start believing in me and I wish to thank you again. By the way, I just love your CD music and I can't wait to have your video. I am presently trying different yoga studios and I will not give until I find something suitable for my needs. Best regards and looking forward to see next December, Ginette

Hi Deni, Well you keep your promise...I feel like I am climbing to a new level.The new level is going to require me to weigh a little less (or I will never be able to hold myself up for long in the inversions). So I have begun the work on my diet. I started a year ago, but I am re-doubling my efforts. Thank you for your core yoga classes. I get it (I think!). I am doing the movement in the hips and shoulders every day. I think I am seeing a real change in my shoulders...at first I thought I had injured myself, but now I realize that I am just breaking through some stiffness that has been there for decades.Thank you for inspiring me to show up for myself every day. I am pleased to say that one lady I had shared my story with has also decided to show up for herself every day. She has challenged herself to one year, but is taking it 30 days at a time. Another friend of mine decided to take up yoga after seeing the benefits that it has wrought in me. And that is how it works isn't it...you inspire me...I inspire them and they inspire someone else! I just wanted to thank you for being there, for being a flame of inspiration for others to ignite from! Your faithful student, Katherine

Hi Deni, I just wanted to thank you once again for you sharing your Yoga knowledge experience with me. Your classes were the highlight of my Maui trip. Marleane Scott, Nevada

Hi Deni! I enjoy seeing what you are doing there in paradise. My brief time working with you over Christmas has served me very well. I returned to Seattle and committed to a regular yoga program beginning with two intro series. It has made a huge difference with my arthritic knees and general well being. I've also signed up for rowing 2x a week which compliments and is complimented by the yoga. So, I just wanted to say thank you again for facilitating my launch into a much healthier life. Have a great day Sara

I've learned so much from you in the short time I've been coming and as well as my family members that have joined me. Your amazing and have so much knowledge to share in a class that we dont want the class to end. Thanks for such excellent yoga instruction and over all body wellness. I overheard you mention the other day about working on a DVD - I would very much be interested in purchasing one from you when it's completed. Sincerely Lois

Deni, My thanks again for another inspiring transformational retreat. It was a divine and beautiful group and you make it a safe place for us to be comfortable to share and reveal who we are with all our inperfections.Your unigue gift of sharing your truth with all of us has helped me to commit to this yoga path on and off the mat. I choose to be responsible for me. I know yoga has the answers to help bring that awareness. Gratefully, Barbara

The retreat with Deni was TRULY Transformational! It is said that there are many paths to enlightment and your teachings have certainly shown me many new ones to explore: yoga, pranayama, walking meditation, journaling, movement to open the energy body... WOW! Experience = transformation. Thank you for sharing your beautiful energy and vast knowledge, which has greatly improved my life and many others. Christine

I am going to a yoga class this morning, looking forward to the pleasant exertion of stretching and strengthening my body. The class is given at the Mana Kai Maui Resort. This is my first time here, and I find the location and approach the entrance. The resort is a hi-rise condominium complex located directly next to the shoreline. Two women introduce themselves to me and are asking me questions, and I am getting flustered, wondering where do I pay, and which one is the teacher. Then I see a third woman standing near the door, greeting students. Her black hair is pulled into a tight bun. She is wearing a black leotard, and her face and eyes radiate kindness. I say hello and ask her for her name. "Deni," she says. Her posture is disciplined but relaxed and grounded, and her eyes reveal she is empathetic and perceptive enough to pick up on my nervousness. I feel better. Class starts with a breathing/meditation exercise, then we begin to move and stretch. During a standing forward bend, with my face to my knees, I notice with gentle surprise that the cut on my shin has all but healed. Being in and out of Maui ocean water has been good for me. The cut would have taken twice as long to heal at home. As Deni talks us into poses, she provides a wealth of instruction on body adjustments, yoga history and pose variations for those (like me) who need it. She circulates around the room, assisting many of the students individually and works with me several times, encouraging me and helping me get deeper into the poses. At the end of class, my body feels engaged and deeply relaxed. The other students and I extend our respectful farewell to Deni and put our props away. Then, I walk out the door of the basement yoga studio and contemplate the ocean in front of me. The waves seem to be beckoning to me. A school of thimble-sized fish darts about in the aquamarine water at my feet. I can't resist shedding my t-shirt and shorts and wading in for a quick dip. The transparency of the water and the rocky area jutting out promise good snorkeling, so I leave to find Z and entice him back with tantalizing but vague remarks about this wonderful beach he "just has" to see. Aloha, Teresa

We have both been taking yoga classes from Deni for about five years. The Maui Yoga Path is the best yoga program we have ever been involved in and Deni is the best yoga instructor we have ever had. We, as well as other couples we know plan trips to Maui just for more of Deni`s instruction in this excellent program. We have taken many group classes at the Maui Yoga Path, which are remarkably geared to all levels. We have also been to retreats, workshops and had personal instruction in Deni`s program all of which were the most informative instruction we have ever had. We feel truly blessed to be able to participate in the Maui Yoga Path and have met many others who feel the same way we do. We feel Deni and The Maui Yoga Path are a real asset to the Mana Kai. Sincerely, Kris and Anji

Dear Deni, You have always been Mana Kai's best kept secret! Lucky for me, I found my way to your Maui Yoga Path a number of years ago. It was a life changing experience. In all my travels, I have yet to find anyone with your knowledge and dedication. I eagerly look forward to spending my mornings in your classes when I am in Maui. How fortunate for the Mana Kai owners and guests if you 'grace' their marquis with your name. Much Aloha, Yolanda

Deni, I wanted to take this opportunity to express what a great spiritual teacher you have been for me. I am so grateful. The day I walked into the Maui Yoga path changed my life. Thank you for the time and effort you give to your Yoga lessons that helped me to connect to a deeper awareness inside myself. I loved the asana practice you created each day for us. I always left class feeling lighter and happier. I take home with me the Maui Yoga Path and know I will hear you when I get on the mat. My teacher, enjoy the summer. Namaste, Barbara


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