January 7, 2025 • 29 mins
Exploring Reflection Yoga: A Day of Mindfulness w/ Tiffany Powell
In this episode, Just Blane & Becks visit Reflection Yoga Studio, expecting a hip hop dance class but instead finding themselves in a vinyasa yoga session. Co-owner Tiffany Powell welcomes them and introduces various types of yoga and the studio's offerings, including flexible class schedules, memberships, and special workshops taught by experienced instructors.
The visit emphasizes the mental and physical benefits of yoga, inclusivity for all skill levels, and building a mindful community. The hosts participate in a gentle yoga class, experiencing different yoga poses and props, and discuss the positive impact of yoga on mental health and injury prevention, especially for athletes.
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00:00 Welcome to the Yoga Studio
00:26 Getting Ready for Yoga
02:20 Exploring the Studio
04:16 Meeting Instructor Alicia
04:43 Starting the Yoga Session
08:21 Yoga Poses and Adjustments
13:17 Relaxation and Shavasana
14:28 Discussing Yoga Types and Experiences
15:42 The Creative Freedom of Yoga
16:18 Yoga for Everyone: Flexibility and Strength
16:39 Mental and Physical Benefits of Yoga
17:31 Yoga in Professional Sports
17:56 Hot Yoga vs. Non-Heated Yoga
18:14 Building Community Through Yoga
22:08 Exploring Class Schedules and Memberships
25:09 Special Workshops and Programs
26:40 Final Thoughts and Farewell
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(00:10):
We're here.
We are here.
Where are we?
Uh, Reflection!
I thought we were doingYou're about to work today.
It's a yoga show.
It's a yoga day.
I
thought we were doing hip hop dance today.
Well,
that would explain this.
That would explain this.
Now this is Maybe they'llget you in some Zumba.
Alright.
I
don't know.
Let's go check it out.
Let's
see if Tiffany is here.
Because she's the one
(00:30):
that invited us.
Well, yes.
Hello, welcome.
How are we doing?
We are, uh, absolutely fantastic.
Fabulous.
Alright, so We got youchecked in for a vinyasa flow.
Alright, are we ready?
Yes, we're absolutely ready.
I mean,
what do I need to do to be ready?
That's the question.
If you brought a map, great.
(00:51):
Oh, we gotta get a little comfy, so weneed to remove our shoes, take off our
coats, and then we got Alicia going togo through a little float with you guys.
Okay, now these are tear away pants,so should I rip these off too, or what?
That's up to your comfortand how easy it is.
So we come over
here, where do we put our goodies?
If you want to walk
right over here to the left of ourdoor, we've got our little cubbies
(01:13):
that you can put all your gear in.
Oh, alright,
I like that.
Let's see here, let's see here.
So, shoes?
No shoes, and if you're wearing anuncomfy coat, you want to take that off.
Let's
do
this.
I mean, I'm assuming thatwe're no socks for this, right?
That is up
to preference.
Some like socks, you don'twant to take them off.
(01:35):
What are you going with today, Blane?
I'm gonna
go with socks.
Yeah, it is, it is a little cold out.
I like to kind of slidearound a little bit, too, so.
So, I'm ready.
Alright, so
grab a mat.
Grab a mat.
No, hold on a minute.
Blane's going to be the girl today.
I will take this off.
He
really is.
You know, that's everyday tech, really.
(01:56):
Now, are you guys talking about meover there, or what's happening?
Of
course.
Hey, we got our matching shirts on today.
I
know, see?
I did have my daybreak stuff on.
Nice.
Alright, now.
It takes me a little bit longer to getready, so if the class starts at 6 a.
m., I'll be here at 545.
Yes.
Okay.
A few minutes before is alwayspreferred to get your set up.
(02:16):
We set up some blocks foryou in case you need them.
Alright, alright.
Here we go.
Alright, let's go check it out.
I'm ready.
Oh.
Oh, wow.
Wait a minute.
There are
like, is that a galaxy?
What is it?
It kind of looks like it.
I mean, we've got, we'resurrounded by stars.
I love that.
I love that.
So is this a yoga studio or is it a,uh, uh, what is it, a planetarium?
(02:36):
Yeah,
exactly.
I could get lost in here.
Are we going to listen to some PinkFloyd next here, Tiff, or what?
That's instructor Tiff.
So depending on who your instructoris, your music will change.
Okay.
We might have some ACDC going in.
I don't know.
Metallica.
I don't know.
Are we going to relax today?
I don't know what it is.
I mean,
we've done hot yoga before and we didsome kind of, there was some music going
(02:59):
on in there, but this is nice though.
Very calming and restorative.
Depending on your class, you can havea power class, a Vinyasa, a Hatha,
Whatever type of yoga is your preference.
Why are you swearing at me?
We just got here.
So you're gonna have to tell mewhat that is because I don't know.
We
have descriptions on ourwebsite of every class option.
(03:20):
We have about 45 classes a weekto choose from starting at 6 a.
m all the way until about 7 30 at night.
Oh my gosh.
And then we
have workshops mixed in monthly fordifferent other modalities and we
have massage therapist who comesin and teaches classes for pain and
other things, different anxiety.
for all ages.
Tell me about that, uh, thatVanessa and that Showansa.
(03:43):
You mean
Vinyasa?
Oh, okay.
I thought it
was Vanessa.
I thought
it was two teachers orsomething here you had.
What is it?
No,
it's just the type of yoga and thetype of flow that you're practicing
during your main part of your class.
Okay.
So there are like different types of yoga.
I knew there were like, you know,a couple of different kinds.
There's
a lot.
How many?
Do you know?
I don't know how many.
(04:03):
We should ask our instructor.
Maybe she knows.
If somebody out there knows.
Sure, there's
a long list.
So Alicia's waiting
for us.
Alicia is waiting for youand ready to practice.
Let's do it.
Alright, let's go.
Alicia!
Hello there.
Hi Alicia, thanks.
Becks and Blane wereexcited to be here today.
(04:25):
We're so excited to have you.
So
Blane was wondering if we'regonna just start working out
and getting going to ACDC.
He brought the pants, he'sreally like ready to go.
Is that this kind of class?
I mean,
we could make it that kind of class.
Hey!
So yeah, if you want tojust come to your seat.
So sit down in the middle of your mat.
Okay.
(04:46):
Cross legged.
Whatever, how does that feel?
That feels, I mean, mybody's a little tight.
Okay,
would you like any props?
We have blankets, bolsters.
You know what, I'm going to gograb you a bolster to sit up on.
I like that.
Okay.
She also mentioned a blanket.
(05:08):
Yeah.
I like that.
Is this turning into nap time for you?
I was going to say, I willtell you that my favorite yoga
position is the newborn baby.
And it's,
it's
just nap time.
I don't know if that's
called newborn baby yoga.
I think it is, yes.
I don't know, is it?
No, I mean,
you know, I did some of thoseunderground yoga classes out in L.
(05:29):
A.
Okay,
got it.
They had different poses.
So, she's bringing me a prop.
Yes.
So, you can use blankets, but why don'tyou have a seat up on this bolster.
So in all seriousness, like,this is pretty fantastic that
you do have accommodations.
Yeah, this is pretty standard
as well.
Oh, no, that's super, I see.
Alright.
(05:50):
I could do with it.
Okay.
And I've got a blanket for youguys, just in case you need them.
So yeah, every teacherhas a different playlist.
They, it's, they have a lot of, oh.
You're good.
Do I need anything?
Just your mic.
Okay.
You're good.
Um, they have, like, a lot offree control as instructors.
(06:12):
We have some of the best,in my opinion, instructors.
They are creative, they will helpyou, they'll help guide you through
your flows, they'll help you,they'll adjust you, make sure that
you are comfortable in your space.
(06:33):
Oh, I love
that.
I'll put two.
We were playing around about, hey,let's play this song, let's do
this, I want to play some music.
But now, I'm like totally interestedin hearing her play these things.
I don't want to hear, I don't want any,I want to see what she puts on for us.
That's what's fun about allour different types of yoga, is
(06:55):
because, is that we get to choose.
Yeah.
We get to be creative, we get to.
Move our students andourselves in different ways.
And it's so fun.
Yeah!
Love it, love it.
Well, what do we have in store today?
We're excited.
Let's do it.
Let
me
get
connected to this.
(07:17):
Start to breathe.
Feel the rise and fall of your chest.
Sideways.
Going to
the window.
(07:42):
Softening your
shoulders.
Alright, inhale your arms around and up.
Palms touch, exhale hands to heart center.
Inhale around and up.
(08:06):
Exhale, hands to heart center.
Inhale, around
and up.
Exhale, hands to heart center.
Inhale, your arm up.
Exhale, drop your right handand tip over to the right.
(08:31):
So feeling all of that.
Stretch from your hip to your fingers.
Inhale, your arms up.
Exhale, drop your left foot.
And then roll onto your hands and knees.
This is a great time to moveyour bolster out of the way.
(08:57):
Knees directly under your shoulders.
Shoulders.
Nope.
That is not true at all.
Under those hips.
Knees directly under your hips.
That's the advanced move.
Yeah.
Shoulders over your wrists.
(09:19):
Spread your fingers wide.
Press your pointer knuckle andyour pinky knuckle into the mat.
Inhale.
Exhale, round through your spine, dropyour tailbone, tuck your chin for cat.
(09:42):
Inhale, scoop out your spine,tailbone and chin come up for cow.
Exhale, round.
Inhale, scoop.
Exhale, round.
(10:04):
Inhale.
Right.
Bring your knees apart, toes together.
Sit your hips back.
Reach your arms long for child pose.
(10:26):
Maybe roll your forehead on the mat.
Walk your hands over to the left.
Sinking down through your right hipand reaching with your right fingers.
(10:53):
Walk your hands over to the right.
Breathing.
Sink down through your left hipand reach with your left fingers.
Walk back to center.
(11:16):
And
would you, hmm?
Oh, did you say up?
No,
walk back to center.
Would you guys like, or wouldyou like an adjustment here?
Or no?
Do you want to look at that?
What that's like, Blane?
Yeah.
Yeah,
let's do it.
Alright.
(11:43):
Inhale.
Exhale.
Is it okay if I touch you?
Yes.
(12:03):
Okay, inhale.
Exhale.
Walk your hands back to your
(12:26):
knees.
Bring your feet out to the side.
Feet around, kneesbent, feet on the floor.
Just going to grab right behindour knees and then just roll back.
(12:56):
Grab your hands around your knees
and roll from side to side.
Maybe circle out through your hips.
Just anything that feelsgood in this moment.
(13:17):
All right, come back to stillnessand then send your legs long.
Arms next to you, your handscan be up or face down.
Just on the mat next to you.
Close your eyes.
(13:44):
Start to sink a little deeper.
Allow yourself to
exist here in this moment.
Not changing anything.
(14:08):
Allowing yourself to be here.
Exactly as you are.
What's today?
When did we come here?
Can I
get a two hour nap?
Yeah, that's fine.
I actually don't know.
I'm unsure.
Yeah, that's uh, So whatdid we get there though?
(14:32):
Which type of yoga was that?
So, I mean, that's kind of most types.
That's, you know, Hatha, Vinyasa.
This was more of a warm up.
And then a Shavasana.
We didn't go through any,like, flow or anything.
But, um, that is something youcan expect from anything that
(14:54):
says gentle or, um, restore.
This is kind of The warm up for that.
Stretching.
Now, how long have you been doing this?
I have been, so I've been practicing for
About 14 years that I've been Andthen I took like a break and then
(15:20):
When I started coming here Or Istarted coming to a studio pretty
regularly around 2000 or 2018 Andthen I became an instructor in 2021.
So I've been teachingfor about three years.
Do you have a,
do you have a favorite type of?
(15:40):
Vinyasa is my favorite.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
Why?
Um, I feel like you canget very creative with it.
You can, it's not, it's not superstructured and you can flow and
you can, it's, you can make alot of mistakes and it's okay.
Yeah.
That's one of my favorite thingswhen I was talking to you guys and
(16:01):
I was like, my wrists are under myhips, you know, it's, um, it's okay.
You show up as you areand there's a lot of, um,
permission to be yourself.
So who are the peoplethat this is ideal for?
Like
(16:22):
everyone.
Everybody thinks that yoga,you have to be super flexible.
You have to be, I am not.
I, I am not naturally, um, flexible.
It, everything that Ihave, I've had to work for.
And it's not, it's still not that much,but, um, if you were looking to build
(16:44):
strength, um, either physical or mental,we do a lot of mindfulness as well.
I feel like, uh, yoga really,that was why I kept with it.
It helped me mentally.
Um, as well as physically.
I had a lot of trauma and it's helped menavigate that more than anything ever has.
(17:10):
So you probably
see a lot of that in your classesand it creates a safe environment
and a safe space being here withyour community too I would imagine.
Yes, yeah.
She says she's not
flexible, but I think over a minuteago, I saw her and she did this.
I thought there was two people up here.
And I was like, and they're really tight.
But you know what, it isreally good for the mental.
(17:31):
Um, I was, once upon a time,I was a professional wrestler.
Yes.
I did yoga two, three times a week.
Not only was I doing it.
But there were other wrestlerswho did it, and it was to get the
flexibility, but also it was that mental.
It puts you in that mind frame.
I know that's a weird
two
things to put together,but it really did pair up.
A lot of professional athletes do, right?
(17:53):
We hear all the time thatthey're practicing yoga.
And I'm going to talk about this, becausehot yoga, not everybody can do this.
Like, I hate to say it, but I
love
it.
I love
it, but not everybody.
It's not for everybody.
This type of yoga is for
everybody.
And I love a good hot yoga class.
Get out there, sweat itout before you start.
(18:14):
But I feel like there's somethingabout a non heated space.
Yes.
That there's something special about it.
It really does foster community andum, it, people want, want to be here.
They want to stay.
They want to
Get to know their instructors.
(18:35):
Their selves.
Their selves.
Yeah.
And their peers.
You make a good point with
that.
Because after hot yoga,everybody's like, we out.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Take your shower and getout of that hot room.
Yeah.
This really is such a beautiful space.
So thank you so much for theclass and inviting us here.
I would love to learn more.
I know Tiff, I know you.
Tiffany is out waiting for usto give us more details about
(18:58):
the specials and everything.
One more thing you have Blane?
Yeah, I
mean I could sit here all day andtalk about this stuff, but yeah, oh
me too,
but here's something for you and Becausethe hot yoga is something different But
if you can get into that right mind stateIt doesn't matter what the temperature
is because you got the monks in TibetYou got all that stuff going on over
(19:19):
there and then those those You Entities,that's what I'm going to call them,
because those, it's almost inhuman, whatthey can do and how they, like, that's
years and years of practice, like,what type of level of that zen have you
hit, like, can you get to that state?
Those are crazy states, right?
Personally, no, but that's the point.
(19:41):
The point is, like in mindfulness,it's not to shut everything out.
Mm-hmm . It's to allow your mind,you know, your mind to flow and
be okay with all the things thatare going through your brain and
just allowing them to be and exist.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's incredible.
It's an incredible, I,I, I call it an art.
Yeah.
(20:01):
It's an art.
Really.
Well, that's why
they say you're practicing it.
Right.
You're always learning andgrowing and it's new every time.
That's, you know what,this might be my new game.
You can't beat yoga.
I don't think you can.
Right?
Even the monks
can't beat it because they're still
doing it.
You can level up.
You can level up.
But, but then who's the, who'sin what area, in what capacity
(20:22):
is what I'm trying to say, right?
Right.
Like who's
the judge?
Yeah.
Would you be?
I love this.
Blane makes
everything a game.
I do.
I'm a game.
I have to be at the gate.
Well, but that's the thing.
In yoga, like you were saying,hot yoga and all of that.
Sometimes, like, I'll be in this room.
No extra feet.
Um, my teacher will not turn on thefans and I will be dripping sweat.
(20:47):
And there is nothing more satisfyingthan being like, I did that.
I moved through that andI kicked my own butt.
Yes.
And then you paid for it acouple of days down the road.
I was
so sore.
It's like the best feeling.
Well, I don't know.
I really, I could talk about yoga all day.
(21:08):
Let's save that for another timeand let's go talk to Tiffany.
Tiffany Powell.
Yes.
We know her from, actually fromour CPA business, Sapphire.
Yes.
In Daybreak.
Oh, that girl does it all.
She does.
She's a powerhouse right here.
Oh my word, her and her husband.
Yes, they are, they are.
Entrepreneur mind, that is our girl.
She would come to the, to the networkingmeetings and having different businesses.
(21:30):
It felt like,
she'd be like, oh, weopen this, we open that.
Reflection Yoga Studio.
Reflection Yoga.
She's got Sapphire Bookkeeping, of course,and then also the Hive Party Rentals.
Let's go talk to her about the studio.
for inviting us to your beautiful studio.
This was fantastic.
Beautiful.
(21:50):
We even got him to calm down for a minute.
It was weird.
He was quiet
for a whole, like,
ten seconds.
I know.
And still.
And still.
That's always a blessing.
Like us.
I was in it, man.
I was in it.
See, and I'm the weirdo that, becauseI have four kids, I like the 6 a.
m.
class.
And I want to get it done beforeanything starts for the day.
We actually offer a 6 a.
m.
on Saturday and Sunday.
(22:11):
Every week?
Every week.
So that those that have sports and kidsactivities or church or anything else
that goes and muckies up your weekend Youcan come and relax before the day starts.
Listen, that is not weird at all.
That is Becks kind of languagebecause I'm up at 5 a.
m.
Most days.
So you know what just roll over here.
You're like three minutes from my house.
That's right You make it so easy.
(22:33):
So classes begin at 6 a.
m.
and go all the way to During
the week 730, Sunday nights,we have an evening class at 6,
so it just depends on the day.
But we have classes from allday, all evening long as well.
Oh my gosh, so nice.
So, I gotta know, do youhave membership pricing?
We do a
little bit of it all, because wewant to make it cost effective
(22:53):
and affordable for everybody.
So we do punch passes, whicha lot of places don't do, on
top of the monthly memberships.
So we start at four classes a monthand go up to unlimited, starting at 75.
75.
And then up to 179 for unlimited.
So what I heard is you made it
so easy and you were able tojust sign up right online.
You can do everything online if you haveany problems or for those that are tech
(23:14):
challenged you can call the studio oryou can pop in and Alicia or Mackenzie
are our front desk people and theywill help you get set up over the phone
or in person and because everything'snot super full yet you can just show
up for a class when you're ready topractice and they'll get you checked in.
Awesome.
So that's reflection.
No S on it.
ReflectionYoga.
com?
(23:35):
No, Reflection.
Yoga.
I love that.
Reflection.
Yoga.
He made it really easy for us, Blane.
Now, I heard you mention, wehad our class with Alicia.
Yes, she's wonderful.
How many instructors do you have?
We have about 12 to 15 justdepending on the day of the week
and what's going on are substitutes.
That's insane.
(23:55):
We
have at least 40 classes a week.
40 classes?
Wow.
You take all of them?
You in here?
Oh, heck no.
There is
no more excuses, right?
It is the new year.
There are no more excusesto skip that workout.
It is time.
So why don't you take, this is your
business, why don't youtake us around and show us?
Tell us what's going on.
(24:16):
So we
have our little retail area with allyour accessories for those that need
a bolster at home to help stretch.
We know Blane enjoyed thepillow for his Shavasana.
We got some blocks for thosethat aren't as flexible.
If you need a mat, we sell mats.
And then all just someother adjustment items.
Some straps and whatnot.
Um, we ask that you do bring a mat.
(24:38):
We have mat rental or youcan buy mats in studio.
And then we actually featureHugger Mugger, which is actually
a local company here in Salt Lake.
You got your own branded mats yet?
No.
Oh.
Not everybody likes a branded mat.
You heard
it here first, but you couldjust put something on it.
That's true, that's true.
Not
everybody likes a branded
mat.
(24:59):
So what can we expect?
I know, I know Blane talked alittle bit about this with the grand
opening, but what, what can we expect?
And, um, I know you had a little flyerup here with some additional information.
Yep, so we've got also, we've gotrotating workshops every month.
We help partner with a massagetherapist who's also yoga certified.
So she does workshops for anxiety, hippain, and everything else to kind of
(25:20):
bridge the gap between those that areexperiencing pain and then maybe don't
think they can always do practice.
And so that helps those injuries.
I'm seeing, I'm seeing that you'vegot classes all the way, you've
got workshops all the way in May.
Yeah.
You are organized lady.
We gotta keep it proactive.
I mean that, but that's why thatyou got all this stuff scheduled.
There's yoga for kids.
(25:42):
Yep.
That's a big one.
What
kid doesn't need to check out from theirscreen time and have a little mindfulness?
Now, the one I'm really Impressedin really more than anything and
we talked about this off here Butthe yoga for teen sports because we
talked about this Yoga for athletesof all kinds huge because to me and we
talked about it is injury prevention
(26:02):
It's absolutely injury prevention andalso it's mental awareness Because like
my daughter is 10 and she's playing clubsoccer and they don't stretch if they
spend five minutes Before a practicestretching, they're kind of left to do
it on their own, but they really needmore, especially as their bodies are
developing and their muscles are growing.
They're going to have injuries andthey're going to destroy their muscles.
(26:23):
So this will help combat thatand then help teach them how to
properly stretch and prepare forall the activities they're doing.
You know,
you, you are a hundredpercent right on that.
I had two girls who played girlstackle football and so important.
We just can't express that enough, right?
Like the stretching and all of that.
One last thing.
What do you want to shareout to our viewers today?
(26:44):
Anything else that we missed orthat you'd like to highlight?
No, we just really want this to be acommunity for everybody, for residents
around to come and experience andtake their time to be mindful and
take that moment for themselves.
Um, we've tried to build a huge communityto where everybody feels comfortable.
Leave all your problems at thedoor and just take that hour
(27:04):
out of your day to just refresh.
Love that.
Tell people where we are.
What's the address here?
So we are at
12544 South Pasture Road,Suite G in Riverton.
Right across the streetfrom Bangor and In N Out.
That's what everybody knows where it's at.
So do you
hit In N Out after this then?
Is that what you're doing?
No, but there's a
coffee shop and so that's where we go.
(27:26):
Coffee then
yoga or yoga then coffee?
Yoga then coffee.
I don't want
to do coffee at 5.
30.
That's a little too early.
No, that could
get a little risky in here.
You know what?
I'm going to have to ask thatquestion because I might get upset.
People might get upset aboutme out there if I don't.
What's the properetiquette for a yoga fart?
Cause it happens!
I don't know about proper etiquette.
(27:47):
Try and hold it in.
How do I hold it in?
No, let's just say we'rejust being ourselves.
Absolutely,
you can excuse yourself.
We have restrooms.
We have a front space.
I don't know
that I'm bringing Blaneto our next yoga class.
I think we might have to leave him tothe class where nobody else signs up.
(28:07):
We are not practicing yoga with Blane.
No, no more.
You and I can go and Blane will have tostay home and practice in his old home.
That's right, yeah.
Hey,
thanks so much for having us out here.
Of course, absolutely.
We'll be back.
Yes, we will.
Weekly.
Yes.
Maybe two, three times a week.
That would be great.
That would be so muchbetter for your health.
That would be good for your health.
We're
going to be checking in on youquarterly to see that flexibility
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and how far along you've come along.
Let's see.
Okay, so that's a good starting point.
Justin, get that on camera.
That's a Blane.
We'll
measure it again in about six months.
We'll reset all of your prior yoga.
Now,
you know what?
I got steel plates and stuff all inme too, so I do need some alignment.
I'm not even kidding about that.
Listen, we
actually have a class for alignment andwe have a class for paint and all of our
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instructors are amazing with adjustments.
Oh, see, I'm part Ironman.
No kidding.
That's part of it.
We can work on that.
Yeah, I love it.
We'll be back.
Thanks
again, Tim.
We're here.
We are here.
Where are we?
Uh, Reflection!
I thought we were doingYou're about to work today.
It's a yoga show.
It's a yoga day.
I
thought we were doing hip hop dance today.
Well,
that would explain this.
That would explain this.
Now this is Maybe they'llget you in some Zumba.
Alright.
I
don't know.
Let's go check it out.
Let's
see if Tiffany is here.
Because she's the one
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that invited us.
Well, yes.
Hello, welcome.
How are we doing?
We are, uh, absolutely fantastic.
Fabulous.
Alright, so We got youchecked in for a vinyasa flow.
Alright, are we ready?
Yes, we're absolutely ready.
I mean,
what do I need to do to be ready?
That's the question.
If you brought a map, great.
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Oh, we gotta get a little comfy, so weneed to remove our shoes, take off our
coats, and then we got Alicia going togo through a little float with you guys.
Okay, now these are tear away pants,so should I rip these off too, or what?
That's up to your comfortand how easy it is.
So we come over
here, where do we put our goodies?
If you want to walk
right over here to the left of ourdoor, we've got our little cubbies
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that you can put all your gear in.
Oh, alright,
I like that.
Let's see here, let's see here.
So, shoes?
No shoes, and if you're wearing anuncomfy coat, you want to take that off.
Let's
do
this.
I mean, I'm assuming thatwe're no socks for this, right?
That is up
to preference.
Some like socks, you don'twant to take them off.
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What are you going with today, Blane?
I'm gonna
go with socks.
Yeah, it is, it is a little cold out.
I like to kind of slidearound a little bit, too, so.
So, I'm ready.
Alright, so
grab a mat.
Grab a mat.
No, hold on a minute.
Blane's going to be the girl today.
I will take this off.
He
really is.
You know, that's everyday tech, really.
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Now, are you guys talking about meover there, or what's happening?
Of
course.
Hey, we got our matching shirts on today.
I
know, see?
I did have my daybreak stuff on.
Nice.
Alright, now.
It takes me a little bit longer to getready, so if the class starts at 6 a.
m., I'll be here at 545.
Yes.
Okay.
A few minutes before is alwayspreferred to get your set up.
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We set up some blocks foryou in case you need them.
Alright, alright.
Here we go.
Alright, let's go check it out.
I'm ready.
Oh.
Oh, wow.
Wait a minute.
There are
like, is that a galaxy?
What is it?
It kind of looks like it.
I mean, we've got, we'resurrounded by stars.
I love that.
I love that.
So is this a yoga studio or is it a,uh, uh, what is it, a planetarium?
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Yeah,
exactly.
I could get lost in here.
Are we going to listen to some PinkFloyd next here, Tiff, or what?
That's instructor Tiff.
So depending on who your instructoris, your music will change.
Okay.
We might have some ACDC going in.
I don't know.
Metallica.
I don't know.
Are we going to relax today?
I don't know what it is.
I mean,
we've done hot yoga before and we didsome kind of, there was some music going
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on in there, but this is nice though.
Very calming and restorative.
Depending on your class, you can havea power class, a Vinyasa, a Hatha,
Whatever type of yoga is your preference.
Why are you swearing at me?
We just got here.
So you're gonna have to tell mewhat that is because I don't know.
We
have descriptions on ourwebsite of every class option.
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We have about 45 classes a weekto choose from starting at 6 a.
m all the way until about 7 30 at night.
Oh my gosh.
And then we
have workshops mixed in monthly fordifferent other modalities and we
have massage therapist who comesin and teaches classes for pain and
other things, different anxiety.
for all ages.
Tell me about that, uh, thatVanessa and that Showansa.
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You mean
Vinyasa?
Oh, okay.
I thought it
was Vanessa.
I thought
it was two teachers orsomething here you had.
What is it?
No,
it's just the type of yoga and thetype of flow that you're practicing
during your main part of your class.
Okay.
So there are like different types of yoga.
I knew there were like, you know,a couple of different kinds.
There's
a lot.
How many?
Do you know?
I don't know how many.
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We should ask our instructor.
Maybe she knows.
If somebody out there knows.
Sure, there's
a long list.
So Alicia's waiting
for us.
Alicia is waiting for youand ready to practice.
Let's do it.
Alright, let's go.
Alicia!
Hello there.
Hi Alicia, thanks.
Becks and Blane wereexcited to be here today.
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We're so excited to have you.
So
Blane was wondering if we'regonna just start working out
and getting going to ACDC.
He brought the pants, he'sreally like ready to go.
Is that this kind of class?
I mean,
we could make it that kind of class.
Hey!
So yeah, if you want tojust come to your seat.
So sit down in the middle of your mat.
Okay.
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Cross legged.
Whatever, how does that feel?
That feels, I mean, mybody's a little tight.
Okay,
would you like any props?
We have blankets, bolsters.
You know what, I'm going to gograb you a bolster to sit up on.
I like that.
Okay.
She also mentioned a blanket.
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Yeah.
I like that.
Is this turning into nap time for you?
I was going to say, I willtell you that my favorite yoga
position is the newborn baby.
And it's,
it's
just nap time.
I don't know if that's
called newborn baby yoga.
I think it is, yes.
I don't know, is it?
No, I mean,
you know, I did some of thoseunderground yoga classes out in L.
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A.
Okay,
got it.
They had different poses.
So, she's bringing me a prop.
Yes.
So, you can use blankets, but why don'tyou have a seat up on this bolster.
So in all seriousness, like,this is pretty fantastic that
you do have accommodations.
Yeah, this is pretty standard
as well.
Oh, no, that's super, I see.
Alright.
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I could do with it.
Okay.
And I've got a blanket for youguys, just in case you need them.
So yeah, every teacherhas a different playlist.
They, it's, they have a lot of, oh.
You're good.
Do I need anything?
Just your mic.
Okay.
You're good.
Um, they have, like, a lot offree control as instructors.
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We have some of the best,in my opinion, instructors.
They are creative, they will helpyou, they'll help guide you through
your flows, they'll help you,they'll adjust you, make sure that
you are comfortable in your space.
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Oh, I love
that.
I'll put two.
We were playing around about, hey,let's play this song, let's do
this, I want to play some music.
But now, I'm like totally interestedin hearing her play these things.
I don't want to hear, I don't want any,I want to see what she puts on for us.
That's what's fun about allour different types of yoga, is
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because, is that we get to choose.
Yeah.
We get to be creative, we get to.
Move our students andourselves in different ways.
And it's so fun.
Yeah!
Love it, love it.
Well, what do we have in store today?
We're excited.
Let's do it.
Let
me
get
connected to this.
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Start to breathe.
Feel the rise and fall of your chest.
Sideways.
Going to
the window.
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Softening your
shoulders.
Alright, inhale your arms around and up.
Palms touch, exhale hands to heart center.
Inhale around and up.
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Exhale, hands to heart center.
Inhale, around
and up.
Exhale, hands to heart center.
Inhale, your arm up.
Exhale, drop your right handand tip over to the right.
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So feeling all of that.
Stretch from your hip to your fingers.
Inhale, your arms up.
Exhale, drop your left foot.
And then roll onto your hands and knees.
This is a great time to moveyour bolster out of the way.
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Knees directly under your shoulders.
Shoulders.
Nope.
That is not true at all.
Under those hips.
Knees directly under your hips.
That's the advanced move.
Yeah.
Shoulders over your wrists.
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Spread your fingers wide.
Press your pointer knuckle andyour pinky knuckle into the mat.
Inhale.
Exhale, round through your spine, dropyour tailbone, tuck your chin for cat.
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Inhale, scoop out your spine,tailbone and chin come up for cow.
Exhale, round.
Inhale, scoop.
Exhale, round.
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Inhale.
Right.
Bring your knees apart, toes together.
Sit your hips back.
Reach your arms long for child pose.
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Maybe roll your forehead on the mat.
Walk your hands over to the left.
Sinking down through your right hipand reaching with your right fingers.
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Walk your hands over to the right.
Breathing.
Sink down through your left hipand reach with your left fingers.
Walk back to center.
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And
would you, hmm?
Oh, did you say up?
No,
walk back to center.
Would you guys like, or wouldyou like an adjustment here?
Or no?
Do you want to look at that?
What that's like, Blane?
Yeah.
Yeah,
let's do it.
Alright.
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Inhale.
Exhale.
Is it okay if I touch you?
Yes.
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Okay, inhale.
Exhale.
Walk your hands back to your
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knees.
Bring your feet out to the side.
Feet around, kneesbent, feet on the floor.
Just going to grab right behindour knees and then just roll back.
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Grab your hands around your knees
and roll from side to side.
Maybe circle out through your hips.
Just anything that feelsgood in this moment.
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All right, come back to stillnessand then send your legs long.
Arms next to you, your handscan be up or face down.
Just on the mat next to you.
Close your eyes.
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Start to sink a little deeper.
Allow yourself to
exist here in this moment.
Not changing anything.
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Allowing yourself to be here.
Exactly as you are.
What's today?
When did we come here?
Can I
get a two hour nap?
Yeah, that's fine.
I actually don't know.
I'm unsure.
Yeah, that's uh, So whatdid we get there though?
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Which type of yoga was that?
So, I mean, that's kind of most types.
That's, you know, Hatha, Vinyasa.
This was more of a warm up.
And then a Shavasana.
We didn't go through any,like, flow or anything.
But, um, that is something youcan expect from anything that
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says gentle or, um, restore.
This is kind of The warm up for that.
Stretching.
Now, how long have you been doing this?
I have been, so I've been practicing for
About 14 years that I've been Andthen I took like a break and then
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When I started coming here Or Istarted coming to a studio pretty
regularly around 2000 or 2018 Andthen I became an instructor in 2021.
So I've been teachingfor about three years.
Do you have a,
do you have a favorite type of?
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Vinyasa is my favorite.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
Why?
Um, I feel like you canget very creative with it.
You can, it's not, it's not superstructured and you can flow and
you can, it's, you can make alot of mistakes and it's okay.
Yeah.
That's one of my favorite thingswhen I was talking to you guys and
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I was like, my wrists are under myhips, you know, it's, um, it's okay.
You show up as you areand there's a lot of, um,
permission to be yourself.
So who are the peoplethat this is ideal for?
Like
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everyone.
Everybody thinks that yoga,you have to be super flexible.
You have to be, I am not.
I, I am not naturally, um, flexible.
It, everything that Ihave, I've had to work for.
And it's not, it's still not that much,but, um, if you were looking to build
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strength, um, either physical or mental,we do a lot of mindfulness as well.
I feel like, uh, yoga really,that was why I kept with it.
It helped me mentally.
Um, as well as physically.
I had a lot of trauma and it's helped menavigate that more than anything ever has.
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So you probably
see a lot of that in your classesand it creates a safe environment
and a safe space being here withyour community too I would imagine.
Yes, yeah.
She says she's not
flexible, but I think over a minuteago, I saw her and she did this.
I thought there was two people up here.
And I was like, and they're really tight.
But you know what, it isreally good for the mental.
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Um, I was, once upon a time,I was a professional wrestler.
Yes.
I did yoga two, three times a week.
Not only was I doing it.
But there were other wrestlerswho did it, and it was to get the
flexibility, but also it was that mental.
It puts you in that mind frame.
I know that's a weird
two
things to put together,but it really did pair up.
A lot of professional athletes do, right?
(17:53):
We hear all the time thatthey're practicing yoga.
And I'm going to talk about this, becausehot yoga, not everybody can do this.
Like, I hate to say it, but I
love
it.
I love
it, but not everybody.
It's not for everybody.
This type of yoga is for
everybody.
And I love a good hot yoga class.
Get out there, sweat itout before you start.
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But I feel like there's somethingabout a non heated space.
Yes.
That there's something special about it.
It really does foster community andum, it, people want, want to be here.
They want to stay.
They want to
Get to know their instructors.
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Their selves.
Their selves.
Yeah.
And their peers.
You make a good point with
that.
Because after hot yoga,everybody's like, we out.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Take your shower and getout of that hot room.
Yeah.
This really is such a beautiful space.
So thank you so much for theclass and inviting us here.
I would love to learn more.
I know Tiff, I know you.
Tiffany is out waiting for usto give us more details about
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the specials and everything.
One more thing you have Blane?
Yeah, I
mean I could sit here all day andtalk about this stuff, but yeah, oh
me too,
but here's something for you and Becausethe hot yoga is something different But
if you can get into that right mind stateIt doesn't matter what the temperature
is because you got the monks in TibetYou got all that stuff going on over
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there and then those those You Entities,that's what I'm going to call them,
because those, it's almost inhuman, whatthey can do and how they, like, that's
years and years of practice, like,what type of level of that zen have you
hit, like, can you get to that state?
Those are crazy states, right?
Personally, no, but that's the point.
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The point is, like in mindfulness,it's not to shut everything out.
Mm-hmm . It's to allow your mind,you know, your mind to flow and
be okay with all the things thatare going through your brain and
just allowing them to be and exist.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's incredible.
It's an incredible, I,I, I call it an art.
Yeah.
(20:01):
It's an art.
Really.
Well, that's why
they say you're practicing it.
Right.
You're always learning andgrowing and it's new every time.
That's, you know what,this might be my new game.
You can't beat yoga.
I don't think you can.
Right?
Even the monks
can't beat it because they're still
doing it.
You can level up.
You can level up.
But, but then who's the, who'sin what area, in what capacity
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is what I'm trying to say, right?
Right.
Like who's
the judge?
Yeah.
Would you be?
I love this.
Blane makes
everything a game.
I do.
I'm a game.
I have to be at the gate.
Well, but that's the thing.
In yoga, like you were saying,hot yoga and all of that.
Sometimes, like, I'll be in this room.
No extra feet.
Um, my teacher will not turn on thefans and I will be dripping sweat.
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And there is nothing more satisfyingthan being like, I did that.
I moved through that andI kicked my own butt.
Yes.
And then you paid for it acouple of days down the road.
I was
so sore.
It's like the best feeling.
Well, I don't know.
I really, I could talk about yoga all day.
(21:08):
Let's save that for another timeand let's go talk to Tiffany.
Tiffany Powell.
Yes.
We know her from, actually fromour CPA business, Sapphire.
Yes.
In Daybreak.
Oh, that girl does it all.
She does.
She's a powerhouse right here.
Oh my word, her and her husband.
Yes, they are, they are.
Entrepreneur mind, that is our girl.
She would come to the, to the networkingmeetings and having different businesses.
(21:30):
It felt like,
she'd be like, oh, weopen this, we open that.
Reflection Yoga Studio.
Reflection Yoga.
She's got Sapphire Bookkeeping, of course,and then also the Hive Party Rentals.
Let's go talk to her about the studio.
for inviting us to your beautiful studio.
This was fantastic.
Beautiful.
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We even got him to calm down for a minute.
It was weird.
He was quiet
for a whole, like,
ten seconds.
I know.
And still.
And still.
That's always a blessing.
Like us.
I was in it, man.
I was in it.
See, and I'm the weirdo that, becauseI have four kids, I like the 6 a.
m.
class.
And I want to get it done beforeanything starts for the day.
We actually offer a 6 a.
m.
on Saturday and Sunday.
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Every week?
Every week.
So that those that have sports and kidsactivities or church or anything else
that goes and muckies up your weekend Youcan come and relax before the day starts.
Listen, that is not weird at all.
That is Becks kind of languagebecause I'm up at 5 a.
m.
Most days.
So you know what just roll over here.
You're like three minutes from my house.
That's right You make it so easy.
(22:33):
So classes begin at 6 a.
m.
and go all the way to During
the week 730, Sunday nights,we have an evening class at 6,
so it just depends on the day.
But we have classes from allday, all evening long as well.
Oh my gosh, so nice.
So, I gotta know, do youhave membership pricing?
We do a
little bit of it all, because wewant to make it cost effective
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and affordable for everybody.
So we do punch passes, whicha lot of places don't do, on
top of the monthly memberships.
So we start at four classes a monthand go up to unlimited, starting at 75.
75.
And then up to 179 for unlimited.
So what I heard is you made it
so easy and you were able tojust sign up right online.
You can do everything online if you haveany problems or for those that are tech
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challenged you can call the studio oryou can pop in and Alicia or Mackenzie
are our front desk people and theywill help you get set up over the phone
or in person and because everything'snot super full yet you can just show
up for a class when you're ready topractice and they'll get you checked in.
Awesome.
So that's reflection.
No S on it.
ReflectionYoga.
com?
(23:35):
No, Reflection.
Yoga.
I love that.
Reflection.
Yoga.
He made it really easy for us, Blane.
Now, I heard you mention, wehad our class with Alicia.
Yes, she's wonderful.
How many instructors do you have?
We have about 12 to 15 justdepending on the day of the week
and what's going on are substitutes.
That's insane.
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We
have at least 40 classes a week.
40 classes?
Wow.
You take all of them?
You in here?
Oh, heck no.
There is
no more excuses, right?
It is the new year.
There are no more excusesto skip that workout.
It is time.
So why don't you take, this is your
business, why don't youtake us around and show us?
Tell us what's going on.
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So we
have our little retail area with allyour accessories for those that need
a bolster at home to help stretch.
We know Blane enjoyed thepillow for his Shavasana.
We got some blocks for thosethat aren't as flexible.
If you need a mat, we sell mats.
And then all just someother adjustment items.
Some straps and whatnot.
Um, we ask that you do bring a mat.
(24:38):
We have mat rental or youcan buy mats in studio.
And then we actually featureHugger Mugger, which is actually
a local company here in Salt Lake.
You got your own branded mats yet?
No.
Oh.
Not everybody likes a branded mat.
You heard
it here first, but you couldjust put something on it.
That's true, that's true.
Not
everybody likes a branded
mat.
(24:59):
So what can we expect?
I know, I know Blane talked alittle bit about this with the grand
opening, but what, what can we expect?
And, um, I know you had a little flyerup here with some additional information.
Yep, so we've got also, we've gotrotating workshops every month.
We help partner with a massagetherapist who's also yoga certified.
So she does workshops for anxiety, hippain, and everything else to kind of
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bridge the gap between those that areexperiencing pain and then maybe don't
think they can always do practice.
And so that helps those injuries.
I'm seeing, I'm seeing that you'vegot classes all the way, you've
got workshops all the way in May.
Yeah.
You are organized lady.
We gotta keep it proactive.
I mean that, but that's why thatyou got all this stuff scheduled.
There's yoga for kids.
(25:42):
Yep.
That's a big one.
What
kid doesn't need to check out from theirscreen time and have a little mindfulness?
Now, the one I'm really Impressedin really more than anything and
we talked about this off here Butthe yoga for teen sports because we
talked about this Yoga for athletesof all kinds huge because to me and we
talked about it is injury prevention
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It's absolutely injury prevention andalso it's mental awareness Because like
my daughter is 10 and she's playing clubsoccer and they don't stretch if they
spend five minutes Before a practicestretching, they're kind of left to do
it on their own, but they really needmore, especially as their bodies are
developing and their muscles are growing.
They're going to have injuries andthey're going to destroy their muscles.
(26:23):
So this will help combat thatand then help teach them how to
properly stretch and prepare forall the activities they're doing.
You know,
you, you are a hundredpercent right on that.
I had two girls who played girlstackle football and so important.
We just can't express that enough, right?
Like the stretching and all of that.
One last thing.
What do you want to shareout to our viewers today?
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Anything else that we missed orthat you'd like to highlight?
No, we just really want this to be acommunity for everybody, for residents
around to come and experience andtake their time to be mindful and
take that moment for themselves.
Um, we've tried to build a huge communityto where everybody feels comfortable.
Leave all your problems at thedoor and just take that hour
(27:04):
out of your day to just refresh.
Love that.
Tell people where we are.
What's the address here?
So we are at
12544 South Pasture Road,Suite G in Riverton.
Right across the streetfrom Bangor and In N Out.
That's what everybody knows where it's at.
So do you
hit In N Out after this then?
Is that what you're doing?
No, but there's a
coffee shop and so that's where we go.
(27:26):
Coffee then
yoga or yoga then coffee?
Yoga then coffee.
I don't want
to do coffee at 5.
30.
That's a little too early.
No, that could
get a little risky in here.
You know what?
I'm going to have to ask thatquestion because I might get upset.
People might get upset aboutme out there if I don't.
What's the properetiquette for a yoga fart?
Cause it happens!
I don't know about proper etiquette.
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Try and hold it in.
How do I hold it in?
No, let's just say we'rejust being ourselves.
Absolutely,
you can excuse yourself.
We have restrooms.
We have a front space.
I don't know
that I'm bringing Blaneto our next yoga class.
I think we might have to leave him tothe class where nobody else signs up.
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We are not practicing yoga with Blane.
No, no more.
You and I can go and Blane will have tostay home and practice in his old home.
That's right, yeah.
Hey,
thanks so much for having us out here.
Of course, absolutely.
We'll be back.
Yes, we will.
Weekly.
Yes.
Maybe two, three times a week.
That would be great.
That would be so muchbetter for your health.
That would be good for your health.
We're
going to be checking in on youquarterly to see that flexibility
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and how far along you've come along.
Let's see.
Okay, so that's a good starting point.
Justin, get that on camera.
That's a Blane.
We'll
measure it again in about six months.
We'll reset all of your prior yoga.
Now,
you know what?
I got steel plates and stuff all inme too, so I do need some alignment.
I'm not even kidding about that.
Listen, we
actually have a class for alignment andwe have a class for paint and all of our
(28:51):
instructors are amazing with adjustments.
Oh, see, I'm part Ironman.
No kidding.
That's part of it.
We can work on that.
Yeah, I love it.
We'll be back.
Thanks
again, Tim.
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