Spa Pono in West Maui!

Spa Pono is located inside Sports Club Kahana, fitness center. We have two beautiful and spacious treatment rooms with an ambiance of elegant aloha.  We use very soft, silky sheets and the temperature of the room can be adjusted for your comfort.  Before or after your massage, please enjoy and shower and complimentary use of our infrared saunas located in the locker rooms.

At Spa Pono, you will get a great massage for an amazing price. We hire therapists with five diamond hotel experience who are skilled in Swedish, Lomi Lomi, Deep Tissue, and Neuromuscular Massage.  Your massage will be customized for you based on your needs and preference. 

*Prices
60 minutes – $80
90 minutes – $115

*club members get an additional discount

Come down to Sports Club Kahana and get a free tour of the  facility:

4327 Lower Honoapiilani Hwy.
Lahaina, Hawaii

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808-669-3539
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For those who love yoga, Sports Club Kahana in West Maui is the place to go.  We have the best yoga teachers on Lahaina side working at our fitness facility including Julie Mitchell, Claudia Micco, and Tiffany Langley.   Not only do you get great yoga, but also all the additional amenities of a health club including infrared saunas, showers, tanning, and equipment.  For a fabulous spa experience, take a yoga class and finish with a massage in one of our beautiful massage rooms.  You get it all at Sports Club Kahana.

Interested in a Maui yoga retreat?  We can plan one  for you or ask your favorite yoga teacher to contact us to coordinate a retreat.  We can also host yoga workshops and mind/body continuuing education courses.

Contact Monica at monica@sportsclubkahana.com for yoga questions.

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By John Fischer, About.com

Take a trim, tidy New England whaling town, plunk it in the middle of the Pacific, sketch in some rainbow-crowned mountains, and add a generous helping of palm trees. Stir in the biggest Buddha outside of Asia, a banyan tree the size of a city block, and a history that reads like an epic novel, and you might come close to defining Lahaina, Maui.

Whaling Past:

This fun-loving historic town was once the capital of the Hawaiian kingdom and the seat of power for the Kamehameha dynasty in the early nineteenth century.

By the mid-1800s, with as many as 400 ships at a time berthed in the harbor, spilling up to 1,500 sailors ashore, Lahaina went on to become the lusty port of the Yankee whaling fleet. The whalers went wild until a band of puritanical missionaries arrived from New England. The battles between the whalers and the missionaries became legendary.

Missionary Past:

The missionaries built the first high school west of the Rocky Mountains, Lahainaluna, and, in a move that changed the course of Hawaiian history, installed Hawaii’s first printing press.

They introduced a written form of the Hawaiian language and forced the Hawaiians to change their way of dressing, introducing the mu?umu?u, a close version of the New England nightgown to cover the bodies of island women.

Historic Sites:

Lahaina today is a reflection of its colorful past. Approximately 55 acres of the town have been set aside as historic districts containing several sites designated as National Historical Landmarks.

An excellent walking tour is available. Walking maps are readily available marking the historic sites including the Baldwin Mission House, Seamen’s Hospital, Lahaina Prison and much more.

You can preview many of these sites in our Lahaina Photo Gallery.

Shopping:

Replacing the grog shops and ship’s outfitters that once lined Front Street are art galleries, boutiques, convenience stores, gift shops and numerous restaurants.

Lahaina has become one of the most popular shopping areas in Hawaii, Art has become so popular that it is celebrated in a weekly event called “Friday Night is Art Night in Lahaina.” People stroll from gallery to gallery viewing art, meeting artists, watching them work, listening to music, and sampling refreshments.

Boat Excursions:

Where whaling ships once laid anchor, a fleet of pleasure boats dock, waiting to take visitors on sunset dinner cruises, snorkel and dive sails, whale watching excursions and picnic trips to other islands.

Lahaina Harbor is also home to many of the world’s finest cruise ships that anchor off shore. Presiding over the harbor is the old Pioneer Inn with its fascinating nautical memorabilia, nice lodging and good food and drink.

Dining:

The restaurant scene is equally exciting. Added to the menu of fine seafood establishments overlooking the harbor are a host of innovative restaurants specializing in Hawaii Regional Cuisine.

Some are situated in meticulously restored historic buildings, and all serve the freshest local ingredients prepared with a masterful blending of classic Asian and Continental techniques with the unique taste of paradise.

?Ulalena:

Lahaina is also home to the Maui Theater and ?Ulalena, a multi-faceted theatrical experience depicting Hawaiian history with a modern twist. Brilliant dancers and exquisite talent have brought ?Ulalena to the forefront of Island entertainment.

?Ulalena explores the relationships between people, nature and mythology and integrates Hawaiian chants and dances, original music and choreography, and state-of-the-art lighting and projections.

Warren and Annabelle’s Magic:

Equally delightful entertainment can be found at Warren and Annabelle’s Magic.

Without any hesitation or doubt in my mind, I can tell you that Warren Gibson is, quite simply, the best magician I have ever seen live or on TV.

In addition to being the best slight-of-hand magician performing today, he is also one of the funniest entertainers that I have seen anywhere. An entire evening at Warren and Annabelle’s magic will last about four hours starting with cocktails and pupu’s in the lounge.

Annual Events, Hilo Hattie and Getting There:

Throughout the year, events such as the Ocean Arts Festival, the International Festival of Canoes, and the Taste of Lahaina food festival celebrate everything from whale-watching to Polynesian voyaging and the burgeoning culinary arts.

Every Halloween, the streets of Lahaina are filled with tens of thousands of costumed revelers who dress up lavishly and compete for the prize in what is known as the “Mardi Gras of the Pacific.” If you’re on Maui for Halloween, this is a must activity. The keiki (children’s) parade is wonderful.

Lahaina is home to West Maui’s only Hilo Hattie store where you will find a huge selection of aloha wear as well as other gifts, jewelry, t-shirts and Hawaiian memorabilia and food. It’s located in the Lahaina Center, just a block mauka (towards the mountains) of Front Street near the Hard Rock Cafe and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.

Lahaina is convenient to Maui’s major resort areas and is connected to the Ka?anapali Resort by the restored sugarcane train, the Lahaina-Ka?anapali and Pacific Railroad. The Lahaina Express shuttle runs from 9am-10pm, connecting various stops in Lahaina to K?aanapali. The major pickup points in Lahaina are at the rear of the Wharf Cinema Center along Front Street and at Hilo Hattie.

Free parking is available, but limited, especially during popular events. The best free lots are on the south end of town across from the Kamehameha School and across from the Lahaina Shores Hotel. Numerous fee lots are also scattered throughout town, the largest of which is near Hilo Hattie at the Lahaina Center. Participating Lahaina Center merchants will validate your parking ticket allowing for a reduced rate.

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