Okay yelpers, let me give you all the tasty tidbits on A Polynesian Performance and LokeAnna.
First of all, LokeAnna provides two huge things; a hula and Tahitian performance that you can hire for an event that they will travel to, as well as hula/Tahitian workout classes based out of the tiny town of Ripon two nights a week. She also does a hula workshop based out of the San Jose area once a month. (So I guess that makes it three main things?)
I am an incredibly lucky lady in that I stumbled upon LokeAnna and her hula/Tahitian workout classes in my hometown of Ripon...literally 3 minutes away from my house. I started up in September 2015, and I am loving every second of it. LokeAnna has transformed her garage into a dance studio, and it is quite cool. It's temperature controlled, has a bumping audio system, and she even provides shave ice after an especially intense session to cool down and talk story. I have ALWAYS loved Polynesian cultures, and wanted more than anything to learn the art of dance. And let me tell you, I am NOT a dancer, so this is a very new experience for me that I am embarking on in my late 30's. Sure, I am definitely sore after workouts and creak a bit more, but it really has provided a huge benefit for me in rehab. (Rehab, whaaaa?). Yep. Check it out...I had cancer and had to undergo two surgeries on my abdomen to remove a lot of stuff over the past two summers. (I'm keeping my fingers crossed to be surgery free this summer!). I remember in August 2015 my doctor pleading with me to be patient and that healing takes a long while. Then what do you know, I find LokeAnna and I am doing Tahitian hip shaking movements literally a month later in September. Granted, I probably should have said something, but LokeAnna was great in always showing her students the lower impact strategies if they needed them. Like the other posts have declared, LokeAnna is incredibly supportive and embodies the aloha spirit. read more