Health & Well-Being • January 2010 7
New business to combine yoga,
massage therapy under one roof
When husband-and-wife team Daniel
and Megan Liske open the doors of
their new business March 1, it will be
the culmination of years of dreaming
and planning.
"I've been talking about it since we
were dating," laughs Megan, as she
surveys the 1029 South Railway Street
property that will become Yoga Fire
and Massage. "We finally figured it's
now or never."
The business will combine a yoga
studio and massage therapy clinic
under one roof, bringing Megan
and Daniel's individual talents
and interests together. Megan has
been teaching yoga on a contract
basis through various Medicine Hat
studios and gyms since 2002. Daniel,
who has been a registered massage
therapist for approximately nine
years, currently works out of Green emotional and physical benefits. In symbols into their classes — Megan
Tree Wellness Centre. fact, she says she lost 40 pounds in says she is more interested in yoga as
The two career paths work well
an eight-month time frame when she a form of exercise.
together, Megan says, since both are
first took up the activity.
"I really want to show people how
focused on health and well-being. "I developed this confidence about good it is for them, without making
Daniel, a member of the Massage myself, and I'm not sure it was it feel totally foreign to them," she
Therapist Association of Alberta directly related to losing the weight," explains.
(MTAA), is skilled in therapeutic Megan says. "It's just that when you
Megan teaches primarily power yoga,
massage and can treat all kinds of feel healthy, you feel better about
but will be offering everything from
conditions — from headaches to yourself. It just brings about a whole
early-morning energize classes to
injuries to chronic pain. His office transformational change."
hot yoga to beginners' introductory
and clinic will be located in the rear
After years of working out of other courses.
of the business, while Megan's yoga
people's studios, Megan is excited
studio will occupy the front half of
For more information about Yoga
to have her own space. While many
the space.
Fire and Massage and the services
instructors put a lot of emphasis on the
the Liskes will be offering, call 403-
Megan fell in love with yoga in high spiritual side of yoga — incorporating
487-5150.
school, when she discovered its traditional Indian chanting and
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