TRI-Hara is: The art of Marko Kowalski

Marko Kowalski is a consultant, teacher and entertainer. He has dedicated his life to assisting individuals, communities and organizations to integrate the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of their lives. For nearly 40 years Marko has had the honor of learning and developing his skills from many masters of both Eastern and Western influences. The birth of TRI-Hara was inspired by a quote from one of his teachers in 1990:

“The Masters and Samurais always change their art to meet the times.”

It was at this time that he became compelled to include the “heart” in what he already knew. Marko devotes his life to bringing this work into the mainstream.

TRI-HARA IS: a joyful blend of techniques

TRI-Hara includes practices based in non-aggressive martial-arts movements, yoga, tai chi, qi-gong, shiatsu, breathwork, and meditation.  Marko blended these arts for nearly 15 years in the Seattle area, and has recently relocated to Kauai, Hawaii.

  TRI-HARA IS: an art for all ages

TRI-Hara students are as young as five and as old as 101.  Marko works with adults and with elders in retirement homes, and teaches in elementary schools.

  TRI-HARA IS: a way to learn about life

The term “Hara” means center or can mean belly - the lower abdomen area, which is understood to be the center of our physical body.  Underlying every movement we make both in training and in life is the Hara: the area two inches below the navel, which is considered the center or focal point of the body’s energy.  When we learn to breathe from the Hara, we activate this center of energy instead of cramping it.  We learn to create resonating sound from the Hara and eventually move from this powerful center in every aspect of our lives.  When we use the Hara we move with the focused energy of our whole being.  It might sound strange at first, but everyone who has had a “gut feeling” and acted on it has responded from the Hara.  TRI-Hara develops this gut feeling to be spontaneous and alert 24 hours a day.  Once we begin to move, think and act from this center, we are free to use all the energy at our disposal to be creative, to stand up for ourselves, to ask for and receive what we need from life and from others.

TRI-HARA: clear your mind,
energize your body,
embrace your heart

Hara also can mean heart, which is the center of our emotional body.  The Hara also refers to the mind or brain, which is the center of our intellectual body.  The ideal state is when these three centers are aligned and integrated.  TRI-Hara stands for three in one, which is the harmony of mind, body, and heart.  This program aims to align and integrate the mind-body-heart with spirit, our source of life.  This is achieved through intention and assisted by specific techniques.