THE POD KONA
Pole | Yoga | Fitness | Massage | Community | Retreats
OUR MISSION
MISSION STATEMENT: To create a safe space for like-minded people to build community around proactive wellness and inspire that community to live a progressive, joyous, and empowered life.
When you sign up for something at The Pod, you aren't just taking a yoga class, climbing a pole, or getting a massage. You are joining an ohana. As members of this pod family, we are here to unconditionally support one another in all facets of life, in a space of total inclusivity. The following concepts are the heart of our organization and remain at the core of all that we do:
Community: Human connection is one of the primary objectives of our existence. Lack of connection can lead to isolation, depression, loss of meaning, and fear. As such, community is the backbone of our mission. We are here to learn from, share with, and support one another in not only physical wellness, but all aspects of our life’s journey.
Proactive Wellness: We believe that prevention is the best medicine. In making an intentional effort to take care of ourselves, mind, body, and spirit before problems arise, we spend less time being reactive and having to fix things and more time getting to enjoy life by preventing those issues before they begin.
Progress: This life is a journey without a destination. Here at The Pod, we emphasize progress over perfection. We have the constant work of learning/growing, mentally, emotionally, and physically. By meeting ourselves where we are at right now, we provide ourselves the space we need to take pride in our accomplishments (however big or small), build on what we have learned, gain new strengths, and increase our abilities going forward.
Pure Joy: We believe that curiosity, play, and exploration are the foundations of joy. At The Pod we honor exploration of movement, dance, sensuality, and trying new things that place us outside of our comfort zones.
Empowerment: At The Pod, we honor the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially as it pertains to controlling one's own life/destiny, claiming one's rights, and shedding stigmas and outdated belief systems that hold us back from reaching our fullest potential.
OUR INSTRUCTORS
Who We Are
Maive
Owner/Pole & Yoga Instructor, LMT
Maive is new to the pole world, but fell in love fast and hard. She has been a lover of dance since an early age and being able to combine that love with feats of strength and acrobatics is a dream come true.
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Maive is also a 500 HR registered yoga instructor. She loves offering yoga classes at the studio that support and enhance your pole journey.
Having a background in theatre and a flair for the dramatic, Maive has found a way to incorporate it into pole and is keen on getting you into one of her Theatrical Pole Choreos to get you singing, dancing, and sweating to those showtunes.
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Maive teaches:
-Pole
-Yoga
-Theatrical Pole Choreography
-Specialty Classes
-Licensed Massage Therapist
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Meg
Studio Manager/Pole & Yoga Instructor
As our Studio Manager, Meg leads and oversees the daily operations at The Pod and is an integral part of our team. Additionally, she teaches a variety of classes for all levels.
Meg has been perfecting her pole journey for over 7 years. Having a background in various movement arts, pole was a wonderful addition to her repertoire. She is constantly working on perfecting those basics! Teaching and encouraging students has become her passion and she leads her classes with high energy!
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Meg teaches:
Beginner Levels
Intermediate Levels
Advanced Levels
-Choreography
-Pole Lab
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Madison
Pole & Yoga Instructor
Madison Mae has been dancing her whole life; having trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary and hip hop. This passion for movement and love for creative expression led her to become a 500HR certified yoga instructor, and two years ago she began her pole journey. In pole she has found a dynamic outlet that blends strength, grace, and artistry. Madison also enjoys the community and sisterhood that comes from the POD, and is excited to share the joy that is the pole world. When she’s not at pole or teaching yoga; Madison can be found gogo dancing, surfing, or fishing.
Madison teaches:
-Intro to Pole
-Beg/Int Pole
-Yoga
-Choreography
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Katie
Choreo Instructor
Katie began her pole journey 3 years ago in California, where she dove deep into choreography and chair dance. She had instantly fallen in love! Pole quickly became the perfect combination of her love for dance and her desire to express herself in a different, more sensual way. Embodying free movement as a woman became ever more important. She grew up in a world of dance and gymnastics, so wiring her brain away from perfection and being a performer proved tough. Katie focuses now are on tapping deep into the emotions, and then expressing and expelling them through movement. At the end of the day, Katie just LOVES to have fun and she's hoping you will too!
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Katie's goal is to offer different styles of choreography from slow flow and sensual, upbeat and fun, to different themes such as throwbacks from the 90s/early 2000s and “feeling myself.”
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Katie teaches:
-Choreography
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Dina
Pole Instructor
Dina’s pole journey started when she was 3 years old. The pole was horizontal and called a barre. She danced ballet until she started architecture school. Now, she dances on a vertical pole and is a practicing licensed architect.
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Dina started taking pole classes in 2022 and began teaching January of 2025. As an instructor her main focus is to have the students feel comfortable in class and on the pole, and to encourage them throughout those tough spots! She is also continuing to learn on the pole, taking advanced level progressive classes along with various choreos, yoga classes, workshops and more when she can. She loves learning new tricks and her favorite part is being intimidated by a move, and then getting it (and giggling at the progress shots).
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Outside of dance and architecture, Dina loves to be surrounded by nature, good people, and good food. Her favorite thing to do is finding different ways to relax. In this chaotically fun life, sometimes the best part of it is the quiet space in between.
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Dina teaches:
-Pole Basics
-Intro to Pole
-Pole Lab
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Brittany
Yoga Instructor
Brittany originally moved to kona in 2014 with yoga being a fundamental aspect of her life. Her practice started in 2004 and has been ever growing and evolving. From yin to vinyasa to ashtanga to breath work , pre/postnatal flow , Buti , and much more she loves expanding her knowledge, creating dynamic flows and always enjoys a challenge. From her verbal cues to hands-on adjustments, alignment is always in the forefront along with her jamming playlists. If she’s not on her mat then you will find her out fishing and connecting with the ocean.
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Brittany teaches:
-YinDizzle
-Buti Yoga
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