Highlighting Area Female-Owned and -Operated Businesses
What We Do: Most Unique Thing About
I own a children’s yoga the Business:
program that teaches yoga to I believe what makes my business
TLIGHT
children in their schools, childcare unique is the right thing at the
centers, after school programs, right time. Many people today
clubs, organizations, health and are realizing that holistic activities
fitness studios and more. We teach and lifestyles benefit themselves
yoga to children of all ages in a and their families. Starting a child
fun, age-appropriate way. early on this can only encourage a
healthier lifestyle. In addition
How It Began:
children today are very over-
I had an epiphany in the middle
scheduled, stressed out and sleep
of the night in September of
deprived. Yoga offers them an
2003, woke my husband to tell
avenue to learn how to discipline
him, researched children’s yoga
themselves, control their emotions,
USINESS SPO
on the Internet and I have been
relax in tense and difficult
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building my business ever since.
situations and more
I initially did all the behind the
scenes work to start a business, How to Find Us:
The Children’s School of Yoga
registering, licenses, etc. as well as The Children’s School of Yoga
Owner: Doreen Foxwell
getting certified to teach yoga, as I 2 Lake Street, 3rd Floor
was already a student of yoga for Monroe, NY, 10950
four years. I then began to market 845.782.YOGA (9642)
and promote it in January ’04 www.thechildrensschoolofyoga.com
and by April of ’04 I had to hire
another teacher. Since then we have
grown into nine different counties
covering the Hudson Valley, NY;
Bergen County, NJ and Pike
County, PA.
Our Primary Clientele:
Children
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Virtual vs. Real World Skills online education,” Cunningham
“A distance education used
So how does all this hard work in explains. “Virtual meetings,
to be a second class degree,” Dr.
the virtual world translate to the using Blackberries—so much of
Benke adds, “but persistence,
real world? the current workplace conducts
dedication and self-motivation are
It’s no surprise that being business electronically that being
skills that are directly transferable
able to successfully communicate able to communicate via electronic
to the real world.”
electronically is a huge advantage means is imperative.”
to those who complete an online In addition, the discipline
Leah Byrons is a stay-at-home mom who
degree. required to complete online courses
is considering taking some online classes to
“Employers and even conveys to employers that you can
beef up her resume before she returns to the
traditional education places multi-task and manage your time
working world.
a much higher value on successfully.
20 I Tri-County Woman July/August 2009
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