We are so proud to be a part of Joan's journey, and what an exciting journey it is! An author, philanthropist and yoga Instructor Femme Achiever, Joan Awa teamed up with Fökai for a Bookgiveaway event in 2016 for Fokai Femme’s #teamTeiya fundraiser. It was an appreciation gathering, to celebrate the sacrifice and undying love of family. (See our Teiya post for more info) Clusters of family, friends, and supporters poured into the shop to purchase their #TeamTeiya Fokai shirts, throwing Teiya’s signature shaka and sharing her amazing journey to recovery. Others lined up for autographs from Joan who donated her limited edition children’s book “Nana and Jose’s Coconut Day” as a gift of appreciation to those who came out to support the cause.
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Fokai Femme Achiever: Joan Awa
1. I love the ocean 2. ...and the moon and the sun... 3. ...let's not forget about the stars. 1- How could you/do you make a positive contribution to the world? Teach others to find inner peace and share it with others. 2- How could we all make the world a better place? Practice patience, compassion, understanding, have good intentions in what we do and being mindful of our actions and words. 3- What is your favorite quote?
"Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.” Yasmin Mogahed
She recently moved to the Philippines to pursue her goals. With her recent move came a career change. Joan is now pursuing her passion as a yoga instructor. Joan is now teaching live stream yoga sessions on Namastream.com and if this sounds interesting to you, you can join her for 'F*ck Yeah Friday' Yoga session. This course is for beginners and experienced yoga practitioners alike and is a really great way to start your day.
Joan still makes time for her literary works and enjoys writing about traveling, nature, profiles and art. Some of Joan's journey has been captured in her works (listed at the bottom) and over the last 3-4 years she has created books for an array of ages and interests.
In January 2018 she will publish, “Puengan Gualafon/ full moon night’" this will be another children’s story and will be accompanied by interactive poetry activities.
“(Puengan Gualafon) is about the physical or non-physical characteristics of the moon, and is bilingual,” said Awa.
In addition to her 2018 Release she will publish "Yes, Yoga. Because, Buddha. My life, MY RULES" autobiography on how Joan found peace, love and happiness and shared it with others.
Like we said, PROUD to have this Femme Achiever on our Team. You can find Joan spreading good vibes and good reads everywhere she goes and follow her on Instagram @joan_awa
“Everything I write is tied with Guåhan. It's for Guåhan. I need to acknowledge my home for raising me with such vigorous culture, language, history, tradition … and I want to share it with my fellow Guamanians and those who are interested in learning about our culture,” -Joan
Check out Joans other books:
'Nana and Jose’s Coconut Day' (2015)
'Shadows In The Water' (2016)
'Crossing Exes & Oh’s' (2017)