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especially as it pertains to controlling one's own life/destiny, claiming one's rights, and shedding stigmas and outdated belief systems that hold us back from reaching our fullest potential.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
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:
-Beginner Levels
-Yoga
-Theatrical Pole Choreography
-Specialty Classes
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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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Lyn
Pole & Fitness Instructor
Lyn is a lover of nature and movement, and enjoys combining the two by dancing in the trees. She started taking classes at Pole Hale to learn new tricks, meet like-minded people, and become more comfortable in her ever changing body. After massage school, studies in kinesiology, and years of sports training Lyn looks forward to continuing her journey in dance and self-love here at Pole Hale as a forever student, instructor, and now owner of Pole Hale.
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Lyn teaches:
-Beginner Levels
-Intermediate Levels
-Advanced Levels
-Fitness
-Specialty Classes
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Veda
Pole & Movement Instructor
Veda grew up dancing and performing, taking dance classes from ages 6-21 that included hip-hop, contemporary, aerial silks, and even an internship at Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Since starting pole in 2011, she has gotten more in touch with her body and more comfortable with being sensual. Her Liquid Motion training and then teaching Liquid Motion/Movement Sanctuary has really helped with that.
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Veda is really passionate about creating community, organizing events such as Saturday in the Studio to highlight other women and bring people together to share their skills and passions.
In addition to poling, Veda has over 15 years experience in the education field (tutoring, rock climbing instruction, belay certification, rappelling/scout certification, outdoor educator, and science education).
Veda teaches:
-Movement Sanctuary
-Choreography
-Specialty Classes
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Max
Pole Instructor
Max has been with Pole Hale for the past 5 years as a student. This last year she upgraded to instructor!
Max started her pole journey to enhance body awareness and to become unashamed in her sexuality. Her favorite part of pole is that it has healed her relationship with women. It also allows her see the light in everyone without judgement! The body positivity at the studio is amazing and makes her feel so comfortable in her own skin.
Max's primary hobbies outside of pole are cross training, scuba diving, and being immersed in a fantastic book, but her main hobby is sleeping.
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Max teaches:
-Beginner Levels
-Beginner Choreography
-Specialty Classes
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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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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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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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Victoria
Pole Instructor
Victoria Roos is a multidisciplinary movement artist with a rich background in dance, circus, and aerial acrobatics. She holds degrees in Contemporary Dance, Functional Range Conditioning (FRC®), and a BA in Circus Arts from CODARTS in Rotterdam, with a specialization in aerials. Her movement style is grounded in technical precision, creative expression, and a deep understanding of the body in motion.
Victoria lived on the Big Island from 2015–2018, where she performed and taught with Kahilu Theatre, Cirque Ê»Ohana, Kona Aerials, and Aerial Arts HawaiÊ»i. She then moved to Maui to join the cast of Ê»Ulalena as an aerialist, while also founding Cirquelicious Entertainment and Aerial Dance Maui, creating opportunities for artistic collaboration and community performance.
She discovered Pole during the pandemic and quickly fell in love with its strength, sensuality, and versatility. She has since taught Pole Tricks at Body & Balance Lahaina, Heels choreography at FuzionFit Pole, and performed frequently with the local band The Lamonts as a featured pole dancer. Now back on the Big Island, Victoria is excited to grow as a pole instructor and share her passion for movement, expression and empowerment with the Pod Kona community.
Victoria teaches:
-Advanced Pole
-Choreography
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