I fell in love with yoga several years ago when my best friend Kerri Pickett-Hoffman invited me to a hot yoga class at Sumits Yoga. Everyone’s body has a way it wants to move. For me, that way is yoga. I decided to take a teacher training with internationally renowned yoga instructor Gabriel Azoulay because I wanted to grow in my own practice.
In June 2012, I had a dream that I owned a yoga studio in Boise’s North End. A few days later I learned that the Hollywood Market was for sale. I submitted an offer, and in late July 2012, picked up the key to my dream.
The first time I stepped into the space, I fell in love with the amazing energy and history of the building. The former owner Margaret Lawrence, operated the market for 45 years. Her mantra sign “Happiness is Spoken Here” was hung outside the building and now hangs inside the yoga room.
Platform Architects and Level Construction were hired to completely transform the 112 year old former market into a new space for happiness. Gabriel Azoulay agreed to return to Boise and conduct teacher trainings in his unique H3 (hot, happy, healthy) flow.
Infrared heating in our studio offers many benefits to a yoga practice such as improved flexibility, circulation, oxygenation of organs and detoxification. The heat warms the muscles and joints so that students may safely enter postures deeply and effectively with minimal risk of injury. Our yoga focuses on deep breathing techniques known for improving conditions like asthma and creating deep relaxation and mental clarity.