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Glen Kojima
Real Estate Agent & Yoga Enthusiast
Born and Raised on Kauai

Namaste!  My name is Glen Kojima, and I am proud to call Kauai my home. After earning my MBA from the University of Washington in 1987, I returned home to help run the family business. Over the years, I transitioned into the real estate industry, where I now serve as a sales agent with the Kauai Realty Team.

My journey also led me to yoga, a practice I started 13 years ago. While I still face challenges with certain postures, I’ve learned to embrace the philosophy of "practice"—there’s always room for growth. Over time, I’ve developed my own approach, what I call the "IN" theory. I practice with INtention, INtegrity, and withIN each posture, focusing on the present moment—free from distractions or expectations. This same mindset guides my work in real estate, allowing me to approach each transaction with mindfulness, authenticity, and a deep commitment to my clients’ needs.

Whether I’m assisting clients through Kauai's real estate market or deepening my yoga practice, I always strive to stay rooted in the present, applying my "IN" theory to create meaningful connections and positive outcomes.  Looking forward to practicing in the "HOT ROOM" with you!

I have been a Hot Yogi since 2018, when I walked into the yoga garage to “sweat” because I missed being in the sweat lodge of my heritage.  I was so blown away by the practice that I was hooked!  It was the most a person could participate in mind, body and soul on the size of a mat!  Not to mention the cardio/detox factor.  For me it was my new church and ceremony. It engaged the Ayurvedic principles that I adore and am schooled in but it was so hard at first!  25 years in the Sonoran Desert I was good with 100+ degrees yet I was on and off that first year lucky to make it in 1 or 2x week.  Struggling hard to get through those postures, balancing life and “trying” to stay on my mat.  With constant support from Jen Niccore and Marvin Nunez, Yenna was amazing there at that time too!  It was the day one of the teachers said, “you live life how you live on your mat”.  I freaked out, as in that moment I realized how much I was cheating myself with excuses.  It was an eye-opening check point for me to decide to get serious.   At that time, I weighed 165 and my waist was a plump 32”!  It was difficult really difficult, regardless of what anyone says, to fold yourself with all those rolls, but I was dedicated to my new practice that was giving me benefits beyond belief!  I would fall off the wagon for 6 months and back and it wasn’t until February 14, 2020 that I committed to something great!  ME and this journey in Hot Yoga at an engaged new level. …regardless of anything work, body diet, state of mind.  I did a 40-day cleanse starting on New Years Day 2020 and prior to Covid, my intuition was telling me to clean up my act and by February I began my dedicated journey with 26/2, and a revamp of my eating patterns and habits, I would be vegan that year.  Minimum hot room 3x week and I would go as much as I could and just stayed present against all odds of life relationship hacks and an unrelenting job that was like a pressure cooker.  I wanted more.  Those of you that know me know yoga clothes under the work uniform, strip, practice, dress, back to work.  I worked my practice within an unforgiveable schedule. Because that’s how much it makes me feel so fantastic!! 

  By April 2021 I did a “Total Body Transformation” program and I went from that same place with my body amidst the added yoga as I wanted          transformation.  So, with 26/2, added Hot Vinyasa, Hot Yoga Sculpt, a dedicated weight training program, workshops, coaches and a refined diet to macro calculated eating and many many ceremonies and prayers I arrived on my 56th birthday in 2021, 128lbs and a waist of 26”.  My practice then catapulted exponentially from this transformation!  

Dedication amazing words of wisdom from our dedicated teachers on Kaua’i and beyond belief, I finally felt like I had a working platform to arrive at new heights.  I traveled to Mexico in May of 2022 and got my 300 hour Hot Yoga teacher training certification led by world renowned Gianna Purcell, and the amazing Kiley Enmark with the 105F Team out of Chicago, was the hardest thing I’ve done ever, and I’ve done Half Ironman’s!,  This greatly challenged me and depended my practice even more.  Then I found myself at Kaua’I Hot Yoga upon return from Mexico and an 8 week rest, I studied in every class at KHY and gave 26/2 a break.  Returning a couple months to that practice with a new found ability and foundation that finally seemed to sink in.I am grateful each and every day for all he dedicated Yogi’s and Yogini’s in our community it truly is a tribe of rock stars, superhumans and some of those most love filled people on the planet.  I love this practice and now spending my time in the classes at KHY since 2022, I love this studio it is my favorite.  I love Garland’s loving attitude everyone is made to feel welcome.  Marvin is the Bomb with timeless messages from the wisdom offered in every class with his experience, Cheyenne in da Hot Sculpt YES!  and the countless teachers that bless us with their wisdom and knowledge multiple times a day!!!  I feel through all these teachers I have taken home bits of magic from every class that has shaped my practice in such a short time in miraculous ways.  

The offerings are fantastic it covers all my faves beyond 26/2 and her Sound Bath’s are amazing.  No one hits the gong like G!  Spectacular!  I think the first time I heard her Gong I thought I was flying through the clouds above the Himalayan’s, it’s all our teachers bringing in the wisdom of the Ancients SPOT ON! These teachings their predecessors, our Ancestors bringing the vast vitality it simply highlights and reminds us that we are indeed the fabric of Stardust and Rainbows.  My favorite classes at KHY:  26/2 and all its class variations, I loved the Intermediate taught by Sandy, I miss that one!  Hot Yoga Sculpt, Sound Baths Special Events, Cold Towelettes infused with essential oils.  The music, The Vibe, The Showers and Cold Plunge.  It’s FAVE CITY.  One day I’ll get to Hot Pilates if I can get my dog Elvis to wake up earlier!  

MY NEW BUSINESS:  Crow Star Woman Botanical Studio LLC.  “Herbal Alchemy for the Skin, Soul, and Senses.”  Rooted in Indigenous plant medicine, Crow Star Botanicals crafts high-vibrational skincare, raw chocolate, herbal elixirs, and mystical remedies. Each product is crafted as a ritual to nourish the body, uplift the spirit, and reconnect us to the Earth.  Started 4/7/2017.  Currently I am in design, formulation and production so I can get enough products created prior to my formal launch.