The Marantz School of AcroSage™

Amiracle and Benjamin, have been co-creating in relationship for the past 12 years. In 2002, along with Benjamin's father, (who recently made his transition Dec. 26th 2010) purchased 3.2 acres in Kailua Kona on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii. They call their home the Banyan Tree Sanctuary www.banyantreesanctuary.com where they have established and organic vegetable farm and exotic fruit orchard. They share sustainable farming techniques and offer vacation rentals with healing services and a beautiful redwood and white cedar 12 sided temple available for workshops.
They have traveled, studied, taught, performed internationally and have now settled down with a deep knowingness that the purpose of their relationship is to create an opportunity for growth for full self expression for lifting their lives to their highest potential for healing every limiting belief or small idea they ever had about themselves.

Hiking Maui's Haleakala Crater 2008

       Benjamin Marantz, creator of AcroSage, has been actively practicing, teaching and organizing workshops around the world since 1987 showcasing this revolutionary mind/body/spirit healing technique. His background in drama, circus performance, competitive acrobatics, massage and interpretive partner yoga have evolved into what is known today as AcroSage. With students now in Germany, Italy, Sweden, England, New Zealand, Bali, Japan, Canada and across the U.S., AcroSage is now internationally recognized as a leading modality in the field of inversion therapy. Many off-shoots of AcroSage have sprouted as a result of Benjamin's teachings, including, 'AcroYoga', 'Tula Yoga', 'Body Mudras', 'Elevated Yoga' and the established European School of 'Inversion Therapy' under the direction of former student Paul Terrell.
         Benjamin's career began in his teens as an apprentice at the PAF Playhouse (a professional theatre founded by his father Clint Marantz) in Huntington, New York. He later went on to study mime with the renowned mimist Tony Montanaro at the Celebration Mime Theatre in South Paris Maine. There, also began his circus arts training under Bob Berky and Fred Garbo (former teacher with the Ringling Brothers Circus) For the next 25 yrs. Benjamin toured with different partners, performing vaudeville comedy from European cabarets to world class expos. In 1984 he began training with the Waikiki Acrobatic Troupe in Honolulu and in 1984 & 85 he won 2 gold, 2 silver and a bronze medal at the U.S. National Sports Acrobatic Competitions. It was with the Waikiki acrobats that his knowledge and expertise flourished with the eventual birthing of the AcroSage Technique. In 1987 he and 12 other circus arts 'comrades' established Hawaii's Volcano Circus and BellyAcres, a 10 acre circus artists' community, on the Big Island of Hawaii. (Still active today with 33 members and a thriving community performing arts center called S.P.A.C.E. under the direction of Graham Ellis.)
        In 1990 Benjamin's focus shifted from the performing arts to the healing arts. That summer at the Edmonton, Canada Buskers Festival, he presented AcroSage for the first time publicly. With great Canadian press coverage and the local approval, AcroSage was officially launched as a viable healing technique. Since then, Benjamin has traveled on 5 continents spreading his passion and joy by empowering those ready and open to discover this powerful healing modality to help in their shift into the new paradigm.
   In 2002 Benjamin took a break from teaching and traveling and with his wife Amiracle and father Clint purchased 3.2 acres in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii and established the 'Banyan Tree Sanctuary' an organic farm and place for meditation. For the past 8 years he has focused on learning sustainable living techniques and organic farming skills. As Benjamin's Father has moved back to Oahu, where he lived for 22 years, they are now actively looking for a new owner to help take the Banyan Tree Sanctuary to its next level.