Yoga on the Big Island

Scuba Sunday with Yoga

Another diversion from our relocation experience.

Where else but in these islands could you find someone like Anthony who combines all these characteristics into a single individual.

He is first and foremost:

An outstanding surfer

Followed by being:

A native Hawaiian

A weight lifter

A yoga instructor, and

A Harley-Davidson Sportster rider

Anthony's yoga classes at Spencer's Health Club are sometimes two hours long and arduous; often including the five Tibetan rites (Five Tibetan Rites).  My premise is that if you can make it to each of his three classes during the week, further exercise is really unnecessary, at least from a health perspective.

The benefits of these yoga classes are many, but for me the best thing is the feeling of peacefulness and total absence of stress after we finish.  And Anthony nearly always says during the relaxation period, "Just imagine, of all the places on this crazy earth, we get to live in Hilo, Hawaii."

I'd like to get a streaming video interview with Anthony one day and publish it here.

In the meantime, I have also made some good friends in the class.  In fact on "Scuba Sunday" where we meet up with the Hilo Dive Club some of the other yoga students came as well.  Here we (me, Kathleen and Vicki) are trying one of the more taxing yoga positions, i.e., "stacked feet with twisted hand," while a bemused tourist looks on and takes our picture as well.

And then there is our friend Jim, who is quite flexible enough -- enough to astound Kathleen at least.

Life is good on the Big Island.

Blog 8 How We Found Our Home – Part III

I had mentioned earlier how we loved the Hilo “wow house,” but that it was more than we hoped to spend.  However, we were pleased to learn that since our first exposure to the home in May, the owners had dropped the price.  Twice we had bought sandwiches during this second house hunting visit and used the house’s lanai to dine by the ocean.  During our last lunch there, I said, “I wish we could somehow swing a deal for this place.” Pictured below is the lanai where we had lunches and pondered living on the water. 

Kelly said, “Why don’t you make the owners an offer,” and lo-and-behold the owners invited us to dinner that evening.  We got along great, had a fine meal and many laughs.  So the following day, I scribbled down an offer that primarily focused on giving us some time to sell our California house and some time to see a rebound in the equities market.  We learned later that it is what’s called a “Purchase Money Market Agreement of Sale.”  With this approach the seller provides the financing, but the buyer takes title to the property at closing. 

Here is another view from one of our bridges. As you can see, the coconut palms and ocean were calling to us. 

With some negotiating back and forth, we were able to reach a deal acceptable to both parties.  We signed the papers on the last day of our stay and flew back to the mainland to prepare for the move.