{"id":76553,"date":"2011-07-01T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com?post_type=feature&#038;p=9325"},"modified":"2017-06-13T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T03:29:43","slug":"heeki-has-it-her-way-in-elle-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/heeki-has-it-her-way-in-elle-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"ELLE CAF\u00c9 with Heeki Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, our guest is Heeki Park, the founder and manager of a well-known yoga studio in the city,\u00a0Yoga Breeze. She organizes workshops around the world, teaches classes and facilitates exchanges between yogin (practitioners of yoga). Upon entering the caf\u00e9, she was taken by the chic interior and didn\u2019t spend long deciding on her order &#8211; a scone with Moreno Cedroni jam, made from fresh Italian fruit.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"fn151elle3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7143\/6728692155_36b9cbbd8a_z.jpg?resize=427%2C640\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heeki is from Seoul. After high school, she decided to attend university in California and it was here that she first encountered yoga. Her interest in it took her to India and then Fukuoka, where she established her studio.\u00a0Although she tries to follow a vegan diet as closely as possible, she had no problem ordering the chocolat gateau and ice-cream parfait (\u00a5924).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"fn151elle1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7142\/6728691669_7f41f638bd_z.jpg?resize=427%2C640\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It won&#8217;t make me happy if I follow veganism strictly,&#8221; she admitted with a smile. &#8220;I want to eat what my body wants, so I won&#8217;t follow any strict diet.\u201d\u00a0Already living actively as an yoga instructor, studio manager and English, Korean and Japanese interpreter, she wants to spread yoga as a way of life. When we asked about the most important things in her life, she told us, smiling, that her partner, who she met in America is number one.\u00a0Tucked into the back of ELLE CAF\u00c9 the VIP room caught her eye and she remarked \u201cit would be ideal for a private yoga class\u201d. Seems she\u2019s always has yoga on her mind, and her aforementioned significant other, as she did a little souvenir shopping in the ELLE CAF\u00c9 shop too!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"fn151elle2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7167\/6728692005_a870e1a99e_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Menu:<br \/>\nWhite x Black Chocolate Parfait \u00a5924<br \/>\nDrink set \u00a5:1,239<br \/>\nELLE CAF\u00c9 Fukuoka Hakata<br \/>\n4F Hakata Hankyu, 1-1 Hakataeki-chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka<br \/>\nTel: 092-419-5832<br \/>\nOpen: 10:00 ~ 21:00<\/p>\n<div><strong id=\"internal-source-marker_0.5051272769924253\">Originally published in Fukuoka Now magazine (<a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/fukuokanow\/docs\/fn151\" target=\"_blank\">fn151 Jul. 2011<\/a>)<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, our guest is Heeki Park, the founder and manager of a well-known yoga studio in the city, Yoga Breeze. 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