My granddaughter has taken several seasons of dance classes at Hawaii Dance Bomb. Miss Miranda was…read morea friendly and knowledgable instructor for preschool dance. She was energetic and made the classes fun and interactive for the kids. They offer the kids fun projects to work on during down times, which helps keep their minds occupied. My granddaughter has also attended their special dance camps for days when school is out. These classes have been convenient for us. You can even host birthday parties for the kids at the studio. Prices are affordable. Snacks can be purchased for reasonable prices. The center has a small shared parking lot.

This studio is located at the end of King Street, near the Humane Society, with super easy parking…read moreright in front of the building. Always a win when you're bringing a kid. I brought my son here because he loves to dance. And they have a free trial class, so why not right?! He was a little shy his first time, but the environment was welcoming and relaxed, which really helped. The space has a fun, positive, and pleasant atmosphere. Miranda, the teacher, was especially wonderful--very kind, patient, and great with kids. You can tell she genuinely enjoys what she does and knows how to make children feel comfortable. Overall, this place seems great, and I really believe my son is going to love it here. Looking forward to many more classes!

I had a 90 minute massage yesterday with Melia and it was…read moreabsolutely amazing. She is truly a healer. I literally felt like I was touched by an angel. I've had massage therapy all over the world (retired Flight Attendant) and I am also a retired LMT. I cannot wait for my next visit. Mahalo!

After 3 or 4 mediocre massages back at home over the past couple years, I wasn't expecting anything…read moregreat. I was flat out wrong. Both my wife and I agreed it was our best massage ever. I had Alyssa and she had Craig. We did 90 minutes and both felt the extra 30 minutes was worth it. We were in the covered lanai with the ocean about 75 feet away. If I wasn't going home tomorrow, I'd do another one. Really good and, we think, very fairly priced for Hawaii.

Mylene is amazing. It was the best massage I've had. Her hands are so strong, so while it hurt,…read moreit hurt so good and I definitely needed it after a year without having a massage and undergoing a lot of life changes and stress. She instantly knew that my shoulders and neck were so tight. It won't be the last time I see her, that's for sure!! She's awesome!

My wife and I had the best 90 minute massages, walked in with a lot of tension and pressure and at…read morethe end of the session I was definitely looser all around and the knot in my shoulder suppressed.

I thought long and hard about leaving this review. It wasn't something I initially wanted to do…read more However, after being alerted to and reading Mark's response to Maria, I can't ignore my need to speak out any longer.  As a preface, you should know that I attended this school for roughly 2 weeks at the beginning of January 2019. I dropped out early so as to not lose the bulk of my tuition money.  The main reasons I left were because of a) the delicate emotional boundaries I felt Mark crossed and b) the complete lack of hygiene and failure to take normal massage protocol seriously. A: During my brief time there, the MAJORITY of our time was spent on activities meant to cultivate "awareness" (a very vague term, and how exactly it's measured I don't know). They felt like expensive time-fillers (some of them literally involved us just staring at each other to the point where you either laughed or had to look away), and often made other students very emotional. Classes started to feel a lot more like group therapy sessions even though Mark insisted they weren't. In my opinion, he sent very mixed messages about this, as he would often encourage students to "go further" into their emotions when they were clearly experiencing distress. It felt like a precarious line to walk, especially when dealing with students who had very obviously experienced trauma in their lives. As I said, the bulk of our time was spent on these emotional exercises. I felt they were excessive and overshadowed the more technical aspects of our curriculum. B: As for hygiene, we were encouraged and supposed to wash our hands before practicing massage. However, we would also do some activities that had us outside on the grass, barefoot, rolling around, etc. NO ONE washed their feet or clothes after such activities, potentially contaminating tables and bodies with the abundance of chicken feces that lay on the grass outside. As far as I saw in my two weeks there, none of the official rules on non-perfumed (essential) oils were enforced and some of my classmates added them to massage oils enthusiastically. The ground rules about deodorant discussed on day one were never addressed again. In this regard, it was a free-for-all. When I dropped out, I was contacted by Mark a few times. He wanted to make sure I was making the right decision, and asked if I needed more time. In retrospect, it all felt like a means to make sure no money was lost on me. I wish I had taken a screen shot of this, but I thought it was also suspicious that after having dropped out, Mark posted on our class's FaceBook page that he had made a tax mistake and that everyone was going to have to pay an extra $200 or so. While I can't be certain this was a means to recuperate money lost on me by shifting the burden onto other students, I CAN be certain that a business should and MUST eat the costs of their mistakes. I am a business owner myself, and this is completely unacceptable and shows a lack of respect for your customers. If you can't afford to make mistakes, hire someone to ensure that you don't.  Mark reached out to me even months later, noting that I had liked Maria's negative comment here on Yelp. He described her as a very "disgruntled individual," perhaps in an effort to sway me in coming back. If anything has deterred me from coming back, it's Mark's response to Maria. Before you throw a whole bunch of money to study at this school because of it's ideal location, ask yourself if you want to support the character of someone who retaliates against a dead person, someone who can no longer defend themself, on Yelp. Whatever Maria's issues were in life, her suicide doesn't negate her opinions or experience. You would think that someone who claims to be "trauma informed" would perhaps be more sensitive to the privacy, reputation and dignity of a human being and the family and friends she left behind, instead of trying to use it as a means to showcase his own generosity and virtue. If anyone I knew committed suicide and then I later found such a despicable response to one of their old comments by a BUSINESS OWNER, I would never patronize that place again. It's mindblowingly disrespectful and selfish. Even if the statements you've made are factual, it is simply not your place to announce this kind of information to the world in order to make your business look better. Also, no where in her review did she refer to you as "new age-y." Mark, instead of focusing on the ONE negative review by bringing to question the emotional and mental validity of the person who wrote it, you would have done better to encourage your more recent graduates to write positive ones.

Pacific Center for awareness and bodywork is a great choice for aspiring bodyworkers. Graduates…read moreleave with both the skills to be able to provide the 10 series (of structural integrarion) as well as profound awareness skills which enrich their ability to; feel, communicate and listen deeply. There is a rich community environment which is the foundation of the learning and practice. Over the almost 2 decades that I have been on Kauai, and owned a day spa, I have hired a select handful of graduates. I really love the communication, authenticity and integrity that these folks bring to the table! If you are a massage therapist looking for a school, you have found it!

We visited the beautiful island of Kauai last month and had an amazing massage from Nozomi and…read moreRyan. Nozami was my masseuse, and she paid attention to the area we discussed prior to the massage that needed attention. She was very cautious with the injuries I have and did such a great job! We had our massage at the Hilton, while we wish the view of the ocean was more visible it didnt affect our massage as you are facing down anyways. After the massage we went and sat ocean front and enjoyed the tiki bar on property. It was overall such a wonderful time, we highly recommend you treat yourself with this experience. I mean after all you are on vacation! On a side note, Ryan was super sweet! We got stranded at the hotel due to the lack of Ubers and cars in general on the island. Ryan was still at the hotel finishing up another massage when we were ready to go, and he offered to take us back to our hotel! Way to go above and beyond!

Great service and very clean space. I enjoyed my massage so much. I recommend this place.read more