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Luna Mae is 3! I can’t believe it, but I also can because of how much you’ve grown. Like how you speak in full sentences and use words like “also” and “actually”. It’s so bittersweet to watch you get older. We love the big girl you’re becoming but still miss the little baby you were. Such is life!! Happy birthday sweet girl. We love you forever 💛🌙✨

Last 2 photos are from a year ago when she had just turned 2 🥹

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Aloha! I’m Jess Kraus, owner of Mantra Auto Detailing + Restoration. I originally launched this business as Kraus Mobile Detailing back in February 2025, bringing top‑tier mobile detailing to the North Shore with the Kraus touch. At the time, I didn’t yet have a name that truly reflected the level of work I wanted to deliver. Kraus served as a solid placeholder while I built the foundation of the business.

Now, after a year and a half of leaning fully into high‑end detailing, ceramic coatings, and now clear coat restoration, it was the right moment to evolve. MANTRA Auto Detailing + Restoration represents the standard, craftsmanship, and intention behind every service we provide - not just on the North Shore, but across Oahu.

Whether it’s a detail, a ceramic coating, or a full clear coat restoration, we look forward to serving you and helping you protect and maintain your vehicle.

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Sweet moments lately. Never bored. Always full of love & gratitude for this sweet little life 🤎

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peak summer 🌞 the only goal is to sloooow down to savor these moments a little longer

little story: I drive past Waimea almost every day and each time I see the bright blues and calm ocean, I find myself daydreaming about floating in that water for hours.

yesterday, as I sat on my inner tube in the bay with Luna chill as ever on my lap, I took it all in. I was right in my daydream. and when it was time to go, she asked for 4 more minutes 😌🙌✨

this was also the most she had ever swam by herself. she’s been so scared of deep water so this was a huge day for her! proud mama!

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Honest thoughts… did I actually ruin this roll or is it a happy accident?

The sun flares & double exposure took over this film from our last surf trip, but looking back at the scans, I’m pretty stoked on them. A sweet little reminder of beautiful, unplanned moments we don’t control. ✨

Slide 3 is my favorite, but let me know which one I should frame? 🖼️

P.S. For those wondering where I get my film developed locally here on O’ahu, I always take my rolls to @treehousehawaii. Keep supporting local! 🤙

#MentawaiIslands #35mmsurf #surfmom #FilmIsNotDead #SurfTravel

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Something happened last week and I’m still not over it..

👉🏽 The theme of this week was to Work Hard, Recover Harder. And we f*cking did. We also PLAYED HARD, HEALED HARD, LAUGHED HARD AND LOVED HARDER.

Badass hiking, jumping off waterfall cliffs, Temezcal ceremony, deep conversations, Vinyasa + Yin yoga and looong juicy meditations.. it was edgy, memorable, fun, and a week for the books 📚

👉🏽 But here’s what gets me 🥺 The unofficial theme of this retreat was (re)kindling relationships.

Whether it was a father and his grown son,

A mother and her teenage daughter,

Besties living on opposite coasts,

College roommates,

A couple spending their first week alone since having a child,

A couple just six months into their relationship — or a couple celebrating their 20 year anniversary.

This Retreat not only brought these pairs of individuals closer, but it also allowed each guest to rekindle their own relationship with him- or herself.

Through sitting in extended periods of silence and stillness, to new movement patterns..

To being with nature (literally sleeping amongst the treetops), and surrounded by a new culture + new friends.

Each guest experienced a new reality through their experience in El Salvador. And this new reality on Retreat week inevitably leaves them changed upon returning home.

The transformations here hit different.

Grateful to be witness to this life-changing work.

Our retreat family expanded by 25 + I can’t wait to see where we all meet up next 🌍

📸 @satori.frames for all the moody vibes
📍 @antiresort | @visitmizata

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sun, sweat, & souls hugs were the themes of this 🧘🏼‍♀️ retreat. grateful for the time spent with my yoga fam & the chance to introduce @corey_repasy to the retreat life. ty for creating an amazing community @vinyasanista @kierstie_payge @dharma_kollective. s/o to @satori.frames for capturing some of these moments!

#elsalvador #yogaretreat #retreatlife #mindfultravel

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To capture the raw moments where the space & the teachings are written on the heart space. Where the shala curates a transformation steadily. To create in this way by being present… when you can feel something just by seeing it. That is art in its purest form.

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Step into our first Morning practice of the 2026 retreat season in one of the dreamiest shalas! 🌴☀️🇸🇻🌊

📸 @satori.frames
📍 @visitmizata
🧘‍♀️ @vinyasanista

#yogaretreat #yoginisofinstagram #retreatcenter #yogaretreatdestination

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Feeling quite a few emotions right now since we stepped out of the daily routine and into “vacation mode” (kinda😅). Why does it feel so hard to take time off! How silly is it that there’s this underlying feeling of if I’m not online for a few days then the things I’ve worked years to build will just disappear?? Will anyone care anymore? So silly, right!?

I told my friend recently that I felt like I was on an escalator and if I stopped doing the work, it would carry on without me.

And she said - how cool you’ve built something with momentum.

I never thought of it like that. Thanks @hayleyroseclark for the perspective shift 😘

Social media, constant information overload, 100s of emails and messages I can’t seem to keep up with - no surprise why it feels hard to step away for even a day!

And now Jess & I are about to set off on our 4th surf and yoga retreat together (second as guests) and our 1st time leaving sweet Luna with our parents. It’s incredible, exciting, and heartbreaking all at once.

I already know this retreat is beyond necessary - individually, as a couple, professionally (so important as a teacher in any form to also remain a student). But it doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye (it’s one week chill natalie).

It’s hard to step out of routine, even when the routine is long, busy, sometimes-chaotic, days. It’s hard to leave the familiar. But it’s always where we grow the most.

I’m excited to see who we become on the other side of this. 🤎

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We’re getting excited about the new collection in progress 🌞

This sweet moment where my daughter Luna is helping me decide the fabrics and colors for the new designs. Possible swimwear designer in the future? To carry on the Earthy Surf legacy?

So grateful for my family being so supportive and invested in this passion of mine 🤎

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Dreaming about these waves ~

This footage has been sitting on my phone for almost a year.
Partly because life got busy… but maybe also because this was a bucket list trip manifested and I wanted to do it justice.
Sharing it almost makes it feel final.

I dreamed about this trip for so long.
When the opportunity arrived, it was a full body moment of “oh my gosh, this is IT. This is what I’ve been calling in.”
All I had to do was say YES.

But saying yes also meant:
booking the flights, making the payments, taking time off work, traveling across the world - planes, trains, and boats with my 1 year old.

Saying yes meant showing up for ALL of it.

Oh, and the trip was in 2 months 😅

I think we wait for “the right time” more than we realize…
the right season, the right version of ourselves.

It wasn’t easy to say yes.
But it would’ve been way harder to say no ~ and that’s how you know.

I’m really glad I didn’t wait on this one 🌊

I’ll keep saying yes… the things that stretch me the furthest always seem to give the most back.

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