FLOW 2.0W I N T E R '15

FOUNDING EDITOR IN CHIEFVINA CRISTOBAL

CO-FOUNDER/FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

PETER CHENG

WRITERSSASHA ANDERSONRAELYN BATACAN

CHELAN CRANEELLISE KAKAZU

ASHLEY ONZUKA

PHOTOGRAPHERSSTARR BENSON BRITTANY REIS SHAWN SAITO

MARKETING/PR RAELYN BATACANGIRLIEH MAE BARIT

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DESIGN: VINA CRISTOBALPHOTOGRAPHER: BRITTANYREISMODEL: COURTNEYCAZIMERO-GRAYFEATURED DESIGNER:NATURAL VIBE CLOTHING

VIDEOGRAPHERSASHLEY ADRIANORACHEL KAMITA

KAHEALANI UEHARA

TABLE OF CONTENTSCLICK A PICTURE. ENJOY.

FOUNDING EDITOR IN CHIEFVINA CRISTOBAL

CO-FOUNDER/FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

PETER CHENG

WRITERSSASHA ANDERSONRAELYN BATACAN

CHELAN CRANEELLISE KAKAZU

ASHLEY ONZUKA

PHOTOGRAPHERSSTARR BENSON BRITTANY REIS SHAWN SAITO

MARKETING/PR RAELYN BATACANGIRLIEH MAE BARIT

FRONT COVER:

DESIGN: VINA CRISTOBALPHOTOGRAPHER: BRITTANYREISMODEL: COURTNEYCAZIMERO-GRAYFEATURED DESIGNER:NATURAL VIBE CLOTHING

VIDEOGRAPHERSASHLEY ADRIANORACHEL KAMITA

KAHEALANI UEHARA

TABLE OF CONTENTSCLICK A PICTURE. ENJOY.

a word from the editor

While we’re featuring friends we made in 2014,we’re also introducing those we’re just getting toknow in 2015. They’re eager to tell you theirstories, each one more unique as the pages turn.

We plan to become bigger and better this year.And if we are or aren’t doing our job, let us know athnlflow@gmail.com or go on any of our socialmedia to interact with us! We’d love to hear yourfeedback.

And we hope you’ll “go with the flow” in the nextyear.

Best,Vina CristobalFounding Editor-in-Chief

Happy New Year, Flow Fam!

So I wanted to do the first-ever Video from theEditor, in place of the traditional Letter to the Editorthat you often find in magazines - just one of themany changes that has happened since our firstissue launched last April. That way, it can be moreinteractive and casual, and you can actually placea voice to a face while viewing the Letter to theEditor (or in this case, a video).

The new year is all about changes. Rather thanonly staying true to the old, let’s also getacquainted with the new. We introduced a newlogo, with thanks to Mark Galacgac. We justfinished helping with the coordination of “Blessed,”a benefit concert hosted by Jon Jon Ulep fromGlorified Supply Company (Issue 1). So manythings have happened.

FEATURING

streetlight

cadence

the bougies

FLOW JAMS: VOL. 4

prie

NOW AVAILABLE ON SOUNDCLOUD

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN WHILE YOU READ.

a word from the editor

While we’re featuring friends we made in 2014,we’re also introducing those we’re just getting toknow in 2015. They’re eager to tell you theirstories, each one more unique as the pages turn.

We plan to become bigger and better this year.And if we are or aren’t doing our job, let us know athnlflow@gmail.com or go on any of our socialmedia to interact with us! We’d love to hear yourfeedback.

And we hope you’ll “go with the flow” in the nextyear.

Best,Vina CristobalFounding Editor-in-Chief

Happy New Year, Flow Fam!

So I wanted to do the first-ever Video from theEditor, in place of the traditional Letter to the Editorthat you often find in magazines - just one of themany changes that has happened since our firstissue launched last April. That way, it can be moreinteractive and casual, and you can actually placea voice to a face while viewing the Letter to theEditor (or in this case, a video).

The new year is all about changes. Rather thanonly staying true to the old, let’s also getacquainted with the new. We introduced a newlogo, with thanks to Mark Galacgac. We justfinished helping with the coordination of “Blessed,”a benefit concert hosted by Jon Jon Ulep fromGlorified Supply Company (Issue 1). So manythings have happened.

FEATURING

streetlight

cadence

the bougies

FLOW JAMS: VOL. 4

prie

NOW AVAILABLE ON SOUNDCLOUD

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN WHILE YOU READ.

O N E W I T H T H E O C E A N

TEXT: ASHLEY ONZUKA PHOTOS: BRITTANY REIS

O N E W I T H T H E O C E A N

TEXT: ASHLEY ONZUKA PHOTOS: BRITTANY REIS

*Editor’s Note: Brittany Reis actually conducted theinterview with Koa, but Ashley Onzuka wrote the articlebased on audio transcriptions from the interview.

Va’akoamaikalani Elijah “Koa” Aluli, founder of Ocean TherapyCollective, is the most down-to-earth person you’ll ever meet.His main goal with Ocean Therapy Collective is not to see itslogo everywhere, but to feel its positive vibe everywhere.

After multiple attempts to write an article to accurately capturethe essence of Koa’s words, I decided to have you, the readers,feel the humble depth to what Ocean Therapy Collective truly is.

Ashley Onzuka: What is the mission statement of OceanTherapy Collective?Koa Aluli: The mission statement is that the ocean is healingand we believe that no matter what you do, whether it’s surfing,swimming or just looking at the ocean. We’re about spreadingthe word about how the ocean can heal all things. It’s to spreadawareness. That’s kind of one of the things that we’re going toembark on here soon - teaming up with certain nonprofits tohelp kids get in the water.

AO: What do you want people to feel about Ocean TherapyCollective?Koa: I want them to feel that it’s a lifestyle and that we all live asocean people. We utilize that to basically get away from ourstruggles whether that’s mental or physical. I want it to be thatit’s not just one person’s company or a person, I want it to benoticed that it can be all of us who believe in the same thing thatthe ocean is healing and that we do utilize it in that way. It’s not

*Editor’s Note: Brittany Reis actually conducted theinterview with Koa, but Ashley Onzuka wrote the articlebased on audio transcriptions from the interview.

Va’akoamaikalani Elijah “Koa” Aluli, founder of Ocean TherapyCollective, is the most down-to-earth person you’ll ever meet.His main goal with Ocean Therapy Collective is not to see itslogo everywhere, but to feel its positive vibe everywhere.

After multiple attempts to write an article to accurately capturethe essence of Koa’s words, I decided to have you, the readers,feel the humble depth to what Ocean Therapy Collective truly is.

Ashley Onzuka: What is the mission statement of OceanTherapy Collective?Koa Aluli: The mission statement is that the ocean is healingand we believe that no matter what you do, whether it’s surfing,swimming or just looking at the ocean. We’re about spreadingthe word about how the ocean can heal all things. It’s to spreadawareness. That’s kind of one of the things that we’re going toembark on here soon - teaming up with certain nonprofits tohelp kids get in the water.

AO: What do you want people to feel about Ocean TherapyCollective?Koa: I want them to feel that it’s a lifestyle and that we all live asocean people. We utilize that to basically get away from ourstruggles whether that’s mental or physical. I want it to be thatit’s not just one person’s company or a person, I want it to benoticed that it can be all of us who believe in the same thing thatthe ocean is healing and that we do utilize it in that way. It’s not

a clothing company. It’s more of a lifestyle brand. It’s all aboutthe feeling and what the ocean brings to you, whatever that maybe. It’s not about the clothing, it’s about the feeling.

AO: What is the significance of “lifestyle in the ocean andhealing through it” (referring to Aluli’s Instagram bio)?Koa: The way we will start doing here in 2015 is to heal throughthe ocean with our new project called “Ocean Waves Healing.”We will be teaming up with some nonprofits to spread that to thekids and the community.

AO: What is the significance of “rooted in the ocean- humbledby mother nature” (referring to Aluli’s Instagram bio)?Koa: “Rooted in the ocean” and “humbled by mother nature” issimply explaining how I’ve grown through my life, Growing up, Ihad a lot of, you know, trials and tribulations and falling short ornot making it or making it. With that, with the ocean by my sideand mother nature being present all the time, the ocean is myroot but I’m constantly healed and humbled by mother naturebecause it’s everywhere you are. It’s about connecting withpeople that believe in it and who are really about it.

AO: Who is your greatest inspiration?Koa: Who inspired me was [the life of] my brother. That’sdefinitely one of my biggest inspirations. Constantly looking atpositive things in life is my outlook, period. And a lot of thisstems from when I lost a brother, my older brother, when he wasjust 22 years old. I was only a freshman, 15 years old. Hebecame mentally ill and he was a pro-surfer, straight-A studentat Kamehameha, full-blown you know? It all pretty much, that’swhere I could say, that’s what I meant to say that it’s apart of theinspiration. It's that. In losing my brother, I turned to the ocean

a clothing company. It’s more of a lifestyle brand. It’s all aboutthe feeling and what the ocean brings to you, whatever that maybe. It’s not about the clothing, it’s about the feeling.

AO: What is the significance of “lifestyle in the ocean andhealing through it” (referring to Aluli’s Instagram bio)?Koa: The way we will start doing here in 2015 is to heal throughthe ocean with our new project called “Ocean Waves Healing.”We will be teaming up with some nonprofits to spread that to thekids and the community.

AO: What is the significance of “rooted in the ocean- humbledby mother nature” (referring to Aluli’s Instagram bio)?Koa: “Rooted in the ocean” and “humbled by mother nature” issimply explaining how I’ve grown through my life, Growing up, Ihad a lot of, you know, trials and tribulations and falling short ornot making it or making it. With that, with the ocean by my sideand mother nature being present all the time, the ocean is myroot but I’m constantly healed and humbled by mother naturebecause it’s everywhere you are. It’s about connecting withpeople that believe in it and who are really about it.

AO: Who is your greatest inspiration?Koa: Who inspired me was [the life of] my brother. That’sdefinitely one of my biggest inspirations. Constantly looking atpositive things in life is my outlook, period. And a lot of thisstems from when I lost a brother, my older brother, when he wasjust 22 years old. I was only a freshman, 15 years old. Hebecame mentally ill and he was a pro-surfer, straight-A studentat Kamehameha, full-blown you know? It all pretty much, that’swhere I could say, that’s what I meant to say that it’s apart of theinspiration. It's that. In losing my brother, I turned to the ocean

because my parents were also separated. It’s what we hear toooften these days, that the kids are really left to find their ownway. I’ve been fending for myself since I was 8 years old. Youknow, my mom was working all the time, my dad was nowhere tobe found. But really, that’s where this is a big part of my outlookon life. The fact that now he’s in Heaven and now he’s healed;he’s not suffering, he’s now himself. And definitely my mombecause she taught me to look at the positives in the mostnegative things.

AO: What drives you to continue OTC?Koa: My inspiration. Really to just spread the word of how theocean can heal anything. I really believe that.

AO: Describe the designs of OTC. Koa: So, majority of our designs - all of them except the originalone - are designed by my friend Kenny Vidinich (One VibeStudios) and we definitely need to give him a shoutout becausehe’s the man. But anyways, the visions behind them are toinvolve the ocean and kind of capture your eye with the wordsitself: "rooted in the ocean- humbled by mother nature.” It’s moreabout the message and that’s where I’m trying to head with it.

AO: If you had to describe OTC in 3 words, what would they be?Koa: Ocean. Waves. Healing.

AO: Where do you want to see OTC in the future?Koa: Worldwide. Spreading a worldwide movement of peoplewho believe in the same thing.

HIT THE GROUND RUNNINGFunded by generous contributions from the Hogan Family Foundation, this is a practical program that provides in depth learning through contact with Hawaii’s entrepreneurs. The small class size is designed to provide careful nurturing. We aim to prepare students to start and do new things-wherever their careers may lead them.

•China and India study missions•Learn the art of persuasion•Network with business leaders•Excellent mentoring and coaching•Internship opportunities•Lifelong friends, mentors and memories

website: http://www.chaminade.edu/hogan phone: 808-440-4280 email: hogan@chaminade.edu youtube: search “Hogan Entrepreneurs”

Hogan Entrepreneurs Program Features

because my parents were also separated. It’s what we hear toooften these days, that the kids are really left to find their ownway. I’ve been fending for myself since I was 8 years old. Youknow, my mom was working all the time, my dad was nowhere tobe found. But really, that’s where this is a big part of my outlookon life. The fact that now he’s in Heaven and now he’s healed;he’s not suffering, he’s now himself. And definitely my mombecause she taught me to look at the positives in the mostnegative things.

AO: What drives you to continue OTC?Koa: My inspiration. Really to just spread the word of how theocean can heal anything. I really believe that.

AO: Describe the designs of OTC. Koa: So, majority of our designs - all of them except the originalone - are designed by my friend Kenny Vidinich (One VibeStudios) and we definitely need to give him a shoutout becausehe’s the man. But anyways, the visions behind them are toinvolve the ocean and kind of capture your eye with the wordsitself: "rooted in the ocean- humbled by mother nature.” It’s moreabout the message and that’s where I’m trying to head with it.

AO: If you had to describe OTC in 3 words, what would they be?Koa: Ocean. Waves. Healing.

AO: Where do you want to see OTC in the future?Koa: Worldwide. Spreading a worldwide movement of peoplewho believe in the same thing.

HIT THE GROUND RUNNINGFunded by generous contributions from the Hogan Family Foundation, this is a practical program that provides in depth learning through contact with Hawaii’s entrepreneurs. The small class size is designed to provide careful nurturing. We aim to prepare students to start and do new things-wherever their careers may lead them.

•China and India study missions•Learn the art of persuasion•Network with business leaders•Excellent mentoring and coaching•Internship opportunities•Lifelong friends, mentors and memories

website: http://www.chaminade.edu/hogan phone: 808-440-4280 email: hogan@chaminade.edu youtube: search “Hogan Entrepreneurs”

Hogan Entrepreneurs Program Features

http://blessedproject.com

http://blessedproject.com

The Blessed Project (stylized as “BLSD Project”) hopes to shedlight on Hawaii’s communities by igniting a movement ofcompassion. This project gives everyone a chance to have apositive impact on our youth. With every BLSD shirt that ispurchased, a shirt is given to a child in need. The BlessedProject is all about blessing others, one shirt at a time. Here, wespeak to Stacy Potes, co-founder of The Blessed Project.

Blessing others is a blessing in itself.

Q: What’s the story behind the Blessed Project, how did youcome up with this idea?Stacy: The Blessed Project started in a moment. When I wassitting in my house, looking around and realizing that I’m soblessed to have my family, a house, and food everyday.

I realized that life is not always going to be that feeling when youare always so happy and everything is going well in your life. So Iwanted to remember it, that moment. So I decided to actually tattoomy wrist. So I did this (preceded to show the tattoo that simply, yetbeautifully, stated “blessed”), just to remind me that even when lifeis not going so well, we are so blessed. So that’s how it all started.

Q: What does being blessed mean to you? What is your definition?Stacy: Being blessed is realizing all of the things that you have,that you might take for granted, but others don’t have. Theirthinking about wanting those things all the time, but we’re able tohave them everyday. Also, to me... being blessed is the feeling ofblessing others. Not just realizing that your blessed, but being ableto in turn help someone out in that way, in that area.

From the company'sKaka'ako shirt drop.

Credit: Nalu Rivera

Q: So when someone purchases a shirt,you give one to someone else in need, isthat how it works?Stacy: Yeah, so with every purchase of ashirt, we keep track of the numbers andthen we give a shirt to a child in need. Wetry to focus our giveaway shirts onchildren. How that works is... we try totarget one community at a time. Wepartner with different organizations. Thefirst one was in Wahiawa through Surfingthe Nations, which is one of the biggestfood drive distributors in Hawaii. We justwent out during their food distribution,looked for all children, and then passedout shirts to them.

The Blessed Project (stylized as “BLSD Project”) hopes to shedlight on Hawaii’s communities by igniting a movement ofcompassion. This project gives everyone a chance to have apositive impact on our youth. With every BLSD shirt that ispurchased, a shirt is given to a child in need. The BlessedProject is all about blessing others, one shirt at a time. Here, wespeak to Stacy Potes, co-founder of The Blessed Project.

Blessing others is a blessing in itself.

Q: What’s the story behind the Blessed Project, how did youcome up with this idea?Stacy: The Blessed Project started in a moment. When I wassitting in my house, looking around and realizing that I’m soblessed to have my family, a house, and food everyday.

I realized that life is not always going to be that feeling when youare always so happy and everything is going well in your life. So Iwanted to remember it, that moment. So I decided to actually tattoomy wrist. So I did this (preceded to show the tattoo that simply, yetbeautifully, stated “blessed”), just to remind me that even when lifeis not going so well, we are so blessed. So that’s how it all started.

Q: What does being blessed mean to you? What is your definition?Stacy: Being blessed is realizing all of the things that you have,that you might take for granted, but others don’t have. Theirthinking about wanting those things all the time, but we’re able tohave them everyday. Also, to me... being blessed is the feeling ofblessing others. Not just realizing that your blessed, but being ableto in turn help someone out in that way, in that area.

From the company'sKaka'ako shirt drop.

Credit: Nalu Rivera

Q: So when someone purchases a shirt,you give one to someone else in need, isthat how it works?Stacy: Yeah, so with every purchase of ashirt, we keep track of the numbers andthen we give a shirt to a child in need. Wetry to focus our giveaway shirts onchildren. How that works is... we try totarget one community at a time. Wepartner with different organizations. Thefirst one was in Wahiawa through Surfingthe Nations, which is one of the biggestfood drive distributors in Hawaii. We justwent out during their food distribution,looked for all children, and then passedout shirts to them.

Q: How much shirts would you say, the Blessed Project has given away sofar?Stacy: So far we’ve done three shirt drops, so Wahiawa, Waipahu, andKaka’ako. I think around 300 shirts. We did a Kalihi shirt drop. That was onDecember 18th. We planned to give at least 100 on that alone. [Editor’sNote: At the Kalihi shirt drop, BLSD Project actually gave awayapproximately 40 shirts to children in need.]

Q: The BLSD merchandise can be primarily purchased through theonline store [click here]. Is it also available in boutiques around theisland?Stacy: We are not in any stores. We are trying to figure it out…it’shard since we are giving a shirt away, but we are at Art & Flea everymonth.

Q: As you mentioned, you primarily give away shirts to children. Whydo you focus on the youth rather than the older demographic?Stacy: The reason for that is... I’m a teacher at Leilehua, so I’vecome across students that can’t do their work because they don’thave school supplies or they can’t focus because they haven’t hadanything to eat all day. So that kind of softened my heart for theyouth. Another reason why is...I feel that if we can impact the youththat are in need, they can break the cycle. They can take it as alearning experience and see some hope and positivity in their lives.Maybe they’ll find inspiration to try and be better people themselves.

Some of the kidsthat the BLSDProjecthave helped.Credit: Nalu Rivera

Q: How would you describe the feeling of giving back to the communityand the youth?Stacy: Yeah! That feeling is something that I wish everyone could feel.It’s something that’s really addicting. If I could do that everyday, that’swhat I would do. So my goal is to get everyone to experience that atleast once because I think that we can make a change in Hawaii withthat feeling.

Q: Is there a motto that you live by or something that drives you tomake an impact in other people’s lives and the community?Stacy: Yeah, basically we’re blessed so we can bless others. Wewant to kind of start a movement through that - so kindness,compassion, and giving. People can join in on that movement byeither purchasing a shirt or even doing something. They might hearabout the project and then the next day they do something nice forsomeone else. It doesn’t have to be a monetary thing - just that spiritin them is what we can hopefully spread.

Q: Is there anything else you want to let the community know?Stacy: I don’t do it alone. We have a team that comes out and helpsmy husband [Kelly Potes] and I.

Kelly Potes (left, inwhite), Stacy Potes(far right,in green) and theBLSD Projectvolunteer team.Credit: Nalu Rivera

Q: How much shirts would you say, the Blessed Project has given away sofar?Stacy: So far we’ve done three shirt drops, so Wahiawa, Waipahu, andKaka’ako. I think around 300 shirts. We did a Kalihi shirt drop. That was onDecember 18th. We planned to give at least 100 on that alone. [Editor’sNote: At the Kalihi shirt drop, BLSD Project actually gave awayapproximately 40 shirts to children in need.]

Q: The BLSD merchandise can be primarily purchased through theonline store [click here]. Is it also available in boutiques around theisland?Stacy: We are not in any stores. We are trying to figure it out…it’shard since we are giving a shirt away, but we are at Art & Flea everymonth.

Q: As you mentioned, you primarily give away shirts to children. Whydo you focus on the youth rather than the older demographic?Stacy: The reason for that is... I’m a teacher at Leilehua, so I’vecome across students that can’t do their work because they don’thave school supplies or they can’t focus because they haven’t hadanything to eat all day. So that kind of softened my heart for theyouth. Another reason why is...I feel that if we can impact the youththat are in need, they can break the cycle. They can take it as alearning experience and see some hope and positivity in their lives.Maybe they’ll find inspiration to try and be better people themselves.

Some of the kidsthat the BLSDProjecthave helped.Credit: Nalu Rivera

Q: How would you describe the feeling of giving back to the communityand the youth?Stacy: Yeah! That feeling is something that I wish everyone could feel.It’s something that’s really addicting. If I could do that everyday, that’swhat I would do. So my goal is to get everyone to experience that atleast once because I think that we can make a change in Hawaii withthat feeling.

Q: Is there a motto that you live by or something that drives you tomake an impact in other people’s lives and the community?Stacy: Yeah, basically we’re blessed so we can bless others. Wewant to kind of start a movement through that - so kindness,compassion, and giving. People can join in on that movement byeither purchasing a shirt or even doing something. They might hearabout the project and then the next day they do something nice forsomeone else. It doesn’t have to be a monetary thing - just that spiritin them is what we can hopefully spread.

Q: Is there anything else you want to let the community know?Stacy: I don’t do it alone. We have a team that comes out and helpsmy husband [Kelly Potes] and I.

Kelly Potes (left, inwhite), Stacy Potes(far right,in green) and theBLSD Projectvolunteer team.Credit: Nalu Rivera

Q: Is the team just volunteers or do you know them personally?Stacy: Kind of both. We know them personally and they come outjust because they are kind people that want to help thecommunities.

Q: If there are people that want to help, how would they go aboutit? Do they just contact you?Stacy: Yes! They can contact the Blessed Project through ourwebsite, email, or Instagram.

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Founder Tiare Thomas of Aloha Dreamboard strives to help peoplemake their dreams come true through a fun and simple activity.PHOTO: Aloha Dreamboard

Days before the New Year began, I began to see the endless gaggle of people penningtheir New Years’ resolutions to become “better people.” You know the typical: losing a tonof weight, resolving things with their significant other, hiking to the top of Mount Fuji. Stufflike that.

In ‘Forbes’ magazine, “just 8% of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions.” Most of usstrive to be part of that statistic each year, but struggle due to life’s various circumstances.Fortunately, Hawaii-based motivational coach Tiare Thomas has the solution to make surepeople’s goals are met.

With Aloha Dreamboard, Thomas ensures that her clients achieve their goals the right waythrough a series of monthly dreamboard workshops she holds at the Akakura House inWaikiki. These dreamboards - more commonly called “vision boards” - are board-filledcollages embedded with designs and images from old magazines and books. Theseimages would relate to a certain goal or goals that an individual wanted to achieve,regardless of the time frame of the goal or the number of steps to reach those goals.

When a close friend of Thomas, Noelani Love (yoga studio owner and jewelry designer),invited her to make a dreamboard at a friends house in 2009, Thomas had just come outof a series of overwhelming challenges in her life, so she was happy to join. So Thomastook the leap of faith, and that’s where the vision began.

“[Love] said, you know this is a great way to figure out our new goals in life,” she said.“So I was inspired to do it. Once we actually did our dream board, everything startedcoming true really really quickly [within the first two weeks]...it was almost scary to mebecause I wasn’t used to manifesting things so quickly, and it started to help me in a lotof ways, like building my confidence, and believing more in myself.

"Because my dreamboard was helping me so much, I began to share it with close friendsof mine who were going through trials and tribulations of their own. I enjoyed sharing thistool with them, because I saw how happy it made them. After a while, my friends beganto tell me that if I were to do workshops, I could share dreamboarding with others whoalso may need help and are looking to reset their goals and dreams."

In 2010, Thomas kickstarted her own dreamboard workshops, which were mainly held atFresh Cafe. Thomas also hosted workshops at Iolani School and Kapiolani CommunityCollege. Finally, she launched Aloha Dreamboards in mid-2014 - a dream come true fora young entrepreneur like Thomas.

Some of the dreamboardsfrom one of Thomas'sworkshops,"Champagne Dreams."PHOTO: AlohaDreamboard

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Founder Tiare Thomas of Aloha Dreamboard strives to help peoplemake their dreams come true through a fun and simple activity.PHOTO: Aloha Dreamboard

Days before the New Year began, I began to see the endless gaggle of people penningtheir New Years’ resolutions to become “better people.” You know the typical: losing a tonof weight, resolving things with their significant other, hiking to the top of Mount Fuji. Stufflike that.

In ‘Forbes’ magazine, “just 8% of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions.” Most of usstrive to be part of that statistic each year, but struggle due to life’s various circumstances.Fortunately, Hawaii-based motivational coach Tiare Thomas has the solution to make surepeople’s goals are met.

With Aloha Dreamboard, Thomas ensures that her clients achieve their goals the right waythrough a series of monthly dreamboard workshops she holds at the Akakura House inWaikiki. These dreamboards - more commonly called “vision boards” - are board-filledcollages embedded with designs and images from old magazines and books. Theseimages would relate to a certain goal or goals that an individual wanted to achieve,regardless of the time frame of the goal or the number of steps to reach those goals.

When a close friend of Thomas, Noelani Love (yoga studio owner and jewelry designer),invited her to make a dreamboard at a friends house in 2009, Thomas had just come outof a series of overwhelming challenges in her life, so she was happy to join. So Thomastook the leap of faith, and that’s where the vision began.

“[Love] said, you know this is a great way to figure out our new goals in life,” she said.“So I was inspired to do it. Once we actually did our dream board, everything startedcoming true really really quickly [within the first two weeks]...it was almost scary to mebecause I wasn’t used to manifesting things so quickly, and it started to help me in a lotof ways, like building my confidence, and believing more in myself.

"Because my dreamboard was helping me so much, I began to share it with close friendsof mine who were going through trials and tribulations of their own. I enjoyed sharing thistool with them, because I saw how happy it made them. After a while, my friends beganto tell me that if I were to do workshops, I could share dreamboarding with others whoalso may need help and are looking to reset their goals and dreams."

In 2010, Thomas kickstarted her own dreamboard workshops, which were mainly held atFresh Cafe. Thomas also hosted workshops at Iolani School and Kapiolani CommunityCollege. Finally, she launched Aloha Dreamboards in mid-2014 - a dream come true fora young entrepreneur like Thomas.

Some of the dreamboardsfrom one of Thomas'sworkshops,"Champagne Dreams."PHOTO: AlohaDreamboard

“It was so awesome. I couldn’t have asked for a better launch party,” said Thomas, whogushed about the success of her launch party on January 4. "We held it at AkakuraHouse, a new location I teach my workshops at. I was so happy to have so manyamazing people with positive intentions all in one room. Clients, Kecia Littman, NoelaniLove, Erik Harris, Britt Yap, McKenna Maduli, Angela Maki Vernon got to share theirtestimonials, their trials and tribulations and whatnot, and ideas of what to do after theworkshop. That was a dream come true for me, not only to to establish AlohaDreamboard, LLC. as a business, but also to have a group of like minded individuals toshare and connect with each other their personal experiences and inspire each otherfor positive growth.”

WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS: Clients take interesting designs and images thatrelate to their goal and bond over their shared motivation to achieve their goals.On the right, Tiare (right) is pictured with a client at her official AlohaDreamboards launch event. PHOTOS: Aloha Dreamboard

To add some spice to her workshops, Thomas played with various themes and collaborated with individuals in her community. For example, she would work with a yoga instructor on having a joint event in which guests would do dreamboarding for the first part, then flow into a yoga session. It “fuses in really beautifully,” Thomas said. Aloha Dreamboard workshops are centered around the concepts of feng shui bagua (an “energy map”), which covers nine different areas - including health, love, and family/friends. Thomas explains, “In 2011 we implemented the Feng Shui bagua into the dreamboard process because the ancient Chinese belief organizes your living space to increase the energy flow or ‘chi’. This creates more structure and a more harmonious flow to the dreamboard process. It is also a great way to organize and prioritize one’s life goals.”

As she realized her dreams were coming true, she witnessed the successes of herclients. From landing the dream job to entering a new relationship, the luck that Thomashad with her first dreamboard had now spread to people she worked with.

"It almost is [like magic],” she said. "Sometimes we just don’t think about it, but thenwhen you go back to your dream board, it holds you accountable and it reminds youwhat you asked for. We ask for a lot, you know? It’s nice to be reminded.”

When asked about how Thomas feels about not having other dreamboard basedcompanies on the islands to learn from and help structure her business, her responsewas, "It’s fun!”. "Just like running any other business, there are challenges. I’mchallenged to trust my intuition and to trust the universe on the fact that what I’m doing isthe right thing. I’m grateful to have an amazing support group. My family, close friends,and other business owners are people I learn from, and ask for their advice. I lovebouncing off ideas with them. And my clients, I also learn a lot from my clients. 2014 wasa great year for us, and our Marketing Director, Kamalei Grace, has played a big part inthat. Her creative ideas and focus on building Aloha Dreamboard, LLC. has helped totake our business to the next level.”

So for those who feel more motivated than ever to jumpstart their goals are encouragedto come to the dreamboard workshops, but Thomas believes that a transformationcomes “when you’re ready.”

Part of AlohaDreamboard's vision is tohelp othersto visualizetheir goals.

PHOTO:AlohaDreamboard

“It was so awesome. I couldn’t have asked for a better launch party,” said Thomas, whogushed about the success of her launch party on January 4. "We held it at AkakuraHouse, a new location I teach my workshops at. I was so happy to have so manyamazing people with positive intentions all in one room. Clients, Kecia Littman, NoelaniLove, Erik Harris, Britt Yap, McKenna Maduli, Angela Maki Vernon got to share theirtestimonials, their trials and tribulations and whatnot, and ideas of what to do after theworkshop. That was a dream come true for me, not only to to establish AlohaDreamboard, LLC. as a business, but also to have a group of like minded individuals toshare and connect with each other their personal experiences and inspire each otherfor positive growth.”

WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS: Clients take interesting designs and images thatrelate to their goal and bond over their shared motivation to achieve their goals.On the right, Tiare (right) is pictured with a client at her official AlohaDreamboards launch event. PHOTOS: Aloha Dreamboard

To add some spice to her workshops, Thomas played with various themes and collaborated with individuals in her community. For example, she would work with a yoga instructor on having a joint event in which guests would do dreamboarding for the first part, then flow into a yoga session. It “fuses in really beautifully,” Thomas said. Aloha Dreamboard workshops are centered around the concepts of feng shui bagua (an “energy map”), which covers nine different areas - including health, love, and family/friends. Thomas explains, “In 2011 we implemented the Feng Shui bagua into the dreamboard process because the ancient Chinese belief organizes your living space to increase the energy flow or ‘chi’. This creates more structure and a more harmonious flow to the dreamboard process. It is also a great way to organize and prioritize one’s life goals.”

As she realized her dreams were coming true, she witnessed the successes of herclients. From landing the dream job to entering a new relationship, the luck that Thomashad with her first dreamboard had now spread to people she worked with.

"It almost is [like magic],” she said. "Sometimes we just don’t think about it, but thenwhen you go back to your dream board, it holds you accountable and it reminds youwhat you asked for. We ask for a lot, you know? It’s nice to be reminded.”

When asked about how Thomas feels about not having other dreamboard basedcompanies on the islands to learn from and help structure her business, her responsewas, "It’s fun!”. "Just like running any other business, there are challenges. I’mchallenged to trust my intuition and to trust the universe on the fact that what I’m doing isthe right thing. I’m grateful to have an amazing support group. My family, close friends,and other business owners are people I learn from, and ask for their advice. I lovebouncing off ideas with them. And my clients, I also learn a lot from my clients. 2014 wasa great year for us, and our Marketing Director, Kamalei Grace, has played a big part inthat. Her creative ideas and focus on building Aloha Dreamboard, LLC. has helped totake our business to the next level.”

So for those who feel more motivated than ever to jumpstart their goals are encouragedto come to the dreamboard workshops, but Thomas believes that a transformationcomes “when you’re ready.”

Part of AlohaDreamboard's vision is tohelp othersto visualizetheir goals.

PHOTO:AlohaDreamboard

“You don’t need to bring anything but yourself, your presence, and an open mind. I willguide you through the dreamboard process. And as for people who have taken myworkshops, to continue to believe in themselves and believe in their dreams, and beopen to infinite possibilities. Practice detachment, and come into things with noexpectations. It’s okay to ask, but it’s also more beneficial to let any expectations go.”

[For more information on events, event registration and prices, head over toalohadreamboard.com or check out Aloha Dreamboard on Facebook, Twitter andInstagram.]

Thomas (center, in lavender) and a group of her clients at one of her dreamboard workshops. PHOTO: Ja Tecson/Aloha Dreamboard

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“You don’t need to bring anything but yourself, your presence, and an open mind. I willguide you through the dreamboard process. And as for people who have taken myworkshops, to continue to believe in themselves and believe in their dreams, and beopen to infinite possibilities. Practice detachment, and come into things with noexpectations. It’s okay to ask, but it’s also more beneficial to let any expectations go.”

[For more information on events, event registration and prices, head over toalohadreamboard.com or check out Aloha Dreamboard on Facebook, Twitter andInstagram.]

Thomas (center, in lavender) and a group of her clients at one of her dreamboard workshops. PHOTO: Ja Tecson/Aloha Dreamboard

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Both Mark and Travis, who met at a haunted tour of Honolulu, alsovisit local estate sales and flea markets in search of new oddities;however, lately a lot of their items have been coming from peoplewho actually get in contact with them, which is great in terms ofstaying connected with their customer base. Mark and Travis areconstantly on the lookout for bizarre items for Hound & Quail, butthey do it because they simply find joy in doing so. In fact, theysometimes get their hands on items that they love too much to seego. But at the end of the day, no matter how quirky an item may be,Mark and Travis have found that all of their items do eventually sell.It is just a matter of waiting for the right owner to find his treasure.

“We like vintage stuff and unusual stuff,” Mark said. “We don’treally like being labeled as an antique store. It’s more of acurated oddities kind of thing. We won’t have any grandma typestuff here. We want everything here to be unique and fun.”

An insidelook atHound& Quail,located onMaunakeaSt.

Amongst the countless mom-and-pop shops that line the streetsof Chinatown lies arguably one of the city’s most mysterioushidden gems – Hound & Quail. Founded in 2011 by owners MarkPei and Travis Flazer, Hound & Quail is certainly not youraverage shop, but rather a “collection of curiosities.” During myvisit to Hound & Quail, I spotted odd items such as a preservedowl and an eerily real autopsy table.

As a full time pilot for Hawaiian Airlines, Mark is able to takeadvantage of layovers by hunting for unique objects to add tothe shop, meaning that not everything you see in the shop isnecessarily from Hawaii. Travis, who works at PunahouSchool, happens to love animals. He often finds it hard to selltheir beloved taxidermies, which are real animals that havebeen preserved and stuffed to still look very real.

Left: Travis Flazer (left) and Mark Pei (right) at their originalKapiolani Blvd. location in 2013. [Credit: Sarah Pacheco ofHILuxury]; Right: A taxidermy of a wolf, which is perched at thecenter of their Chinatown store.

Both Mark and Travis, who met at a haunted tour of Honolulu, alsovisit local estate sales and flea markets in search of new oddities;however, lately a lot of their items have been coming from peoplewho actually get in contact with them, which is great in terms ofstaying connected with their customer base. Mark and Travis areconstantly on the lookout for bizarre items for Hound & Quail, butthey do it because they simply find joy in doing so. In fact, theysometimes get their hands on items that they love too much to seego. But at the end of the day, no matter how quirky an item may be,Mark and Travis have found that all of their items do eventually sell.It is just a matter of waiting for the right owner to find his treasure.

“We like vintage stuff and unusual stuff,” Mark said. “We don’treally like being labeled as an antique store. It’s more of acurated oddities kind of thing. We won’t have any grandma typestuff here. We want everything here to be unique and fun.”

An insidelook atHound& Quail,located onMaunakeaSt.

Amongst the countless mom-and-pop shops that line the streetsof Chinatown lies arguably one of the city’s most mysterioushidden gems – Hound & Quail. Founded in 2011 by owners MarkPei and Travis Flazer, Hound & Quail is certainly not youraverage shop, but rather a “collection of curiosities.” During myvisit to Hound & Quail, I spotted odd items such as a preservedowl and an eerily real autopsy table.

As a full time pilot for Hawaiian Airlines, Mark is able to takeadvantage of layovers by hunting for unique objects to add tothe shop, meaning that not everything you see in the shop isnecessarily from Hawaii. Travis, who works at PunahouSchool, happens to love animals. He often finds it hard to selltheir beloved taxidermies, which are real animals that havebeen preserved and stuffed to still look very real.

Left: Travis Flazer (left) and Mark Pei (right) at their originalKapiolani Blvd. location in 2013. [Credit: Sarah Pacheco ofHILuxury]; Right: A taxidermy of a wolf, which is perched at thecenter of their Chinatown store.

Not only does Hound & Quail offer the community a unique place toshop, but it also stands as a unique place to observe and appreciateart. Hidden in the corner of the beautifully arranged and decoratedshop is a staircase that leads down to ‘The Outpost,’ which is a newconcept for Hound & Quail. ‘The Outpost’ is a basement gallery that,in other words, is basically a permanent space that is used to holdevents and art shows.

"We just wanted a versatile space that could be whatever wewant it to be because space is hard to come by a lot of times,”Travis said. “You pay for space and so, with art, there are a lotof places that show art that’s usually a store that transforms in toa gallery or a work space that transforms in to a gallery. So ‘TheOutpost’ can kind of just stay like that.”

These art shows change at least once a month, sometimestwice, with new shows usually being introduced on First Friday.

“First Fridays are typically when we introduce our new artists,”Mark said. “But, we’re still learning and people are still learningwhere we are. A lot of people don’t even know where we areyet. And we’re still in the part of Chinatown that’s still VERYChinatown.”

Aside from the oddities withinHound & Quail, vintage items,like books, maps, and typewriterslay around the small shop.

In regards to the goals of the company, Mark and Travis definitely make thenecessary strides to reach them. For instance, one of their recently met goalswas to move Hound & Quail to a bigger venue from their previous location nearAla Moana, which was a mere 400 square feet. Another one of their reachedgoals was to add a gallery space to their shop.

“A gallery space was checked [off our list],” Mark said. “I think the next thing wewant to do is, like we said, go in to other stores and keep branching out.” For the future, Mark and Travis want to become more involved in the communityby giving back somehow. One idea is to hold various workshops for thecommunity, in which they could utilize the large space in The Outpost. “I would like to do more community involvement,” Travis said. “Maybeworkshops of some type. It would be great to give back to the communitysomehow.”

One other future goal for Mark and Travis would be to diversify the selection ofitems that are available in Hound & Quail so that the store offers more than justvintage items. In fact, this is something that they have already been working onwith the small introduction of men’s accessories, which include wallets,bracelets, and bags. In doing so, maybe one day we will catch Hound & Quail atone of the monthly Honolulu Night Markets.

“With our stuff it’s sometimes hard,” Travis said. “It’s hard to take a taxidermy ofsomething…so we actually used to just build like a little pop-up area, but thenit’s kind of tricky sometimes with the kind of stuff that we have. Like, it’s not t-shirts that we can easily fold or jewelry.”

In the end, no matter how bizarre the selection of items may be, Hound & Quailis guaranteed to spark enough curiosity in its customers to keep them comingback for more quirkiness.

Hound and Quail can be found at 920 Maunakea St. inChinatown. Business hours vary; check ontheir social media below for details.

Not only does Hound & Quail offer the community a unique place toshop, but it also stands as a unique place to observe and appreciateart. Hidden in the corner of the beautifully arranged and decoratedshop is a staircase that leads down to ‘The Outpost,’ which is a newconcept for Hound & Quail. ‘The Outpost’ is a basement gallery that,in other words, is basically a permanent space that is used to holdevents and art shows.

"We just wanted a versatile space that could be whatever wewant it to be because space is hard to come by a lot of times,”Travis said. “You pay for space and so, with art, there are a lotof places that show art that’s usually a store that transforms in toa gallery or a work space that transforms in to a gallery. So ‘TheOutpost’ can kind of just stay like that.”

These art shows change at least once a month, sometimestwice, with new shows usually being introduced on First Friday.

“First Fridays are typically when we introduce our new artists,”Mark said. “But, we’re still learning and people are still learningwhere we are. A lot of people don’t even know where we areyet. And we’re still in the part of Chinatown that’s still VERYChinatown.”

Aside from the oddities withinHound & Quail, vintage items,like books, maps, and typewriterslay around the small shop.

In regards to the goals of the company, Mark and Travis definitely make thenecessary strides to reach them. For instance, one of their recently met goalswas to move Hound & Quail to a bigger venue from their previous location nearAla Moana, which was a mere 400 square feet. Another one of their reachedgoals was to add a gallery space to their shop.

“A gallery space was checked [off our list],” Mark said. “I think the next thing wewant to do is, like we said, go in to other stores and keep branching out.” For the future, Mark and Travis want to become more involved in the communityby giving back somehow. One idea is to hold various workshops for thecommunity, in which they could utilize the large space in The Outpost. “I would like to do more community involvement,” Travis said. “Maybeworkshops of some type. It would be great to give back to the communitysomehow.”

One other future goal for Mark and Travis would be to diversify the selection ofitems that are available in Hound & Quail so that the store offers more than justvintage items. In fact, this is something that they have already been working onwith the small introduction of men’s accessories, which include wallets,bracelets, and bags. In doing so, maybe one day we will catch Hound & Quail atone of the monthly Honolulu Night Markets.

“With our stuff it’s sometimes hard,” Travis said. “It’s hard to take a taxidermy ofsomething…so we actually used to just build like a little pop-up area, but thenit’s kind of tricky sometimes with the kind of stuff that we have. Like, it’s not t-shirts that we can easily fold or jewelry.”

In the end, no matter how bizarre the selection of items may be, Hound & Quailis guaranteed to spark enough curiosity in its customers to keep them comingback for more quirkiness.

Hound and Quail can be found at 920 Maunakea St. inChinatown. Business hours vary; check ontheir social media below for details.

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