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t’s back to the future for Serene Yoga and Healing, which has moved to a new studio within its old location, the


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Ayurveda Center building. While the two businesses will operate separately, their proximity cre- ates a natural pairing, says Ayurveda Center owner Mary Rober- son, PhD. “Ayurveda and yoga are sister sciences,” she says. “They both describe theory and practice for the health of the mind, body and spirit.” Yoga is the larger system, including practices such as the


cultivation of qualities of character and relationship, breathing, physical poses and meditation, explains Serene White. Ayurveda is designed to facilitate holistic health through proper diet and lifestyle, as well as through many of the practices of yoga. “Many people who do hatha yoga turn to Ayurveda to further enhance their health,” she notes. “In addition, many consumers of Ayurveda also practice yoga.” After five years teaching yoga at the Ayurveda Center,


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White moved last summer to establish an independent business, cultivating a community of yoga students and enhancing her offerings as a yoga teacher, yoga therapist and massage thera- pist. Roberson says when she found the Ayurveda Center “in transition with our yoga offerings, I created a win-win solution by having Serene rent the classroom space within the Ayurveda Center building. We really missed having Serene here.” To celebrate their collaboration, the Ayurveda Center and


Serene Yoga and Healing are co-sponsoring an open house 4-6 p.m. September 24 at 665 Emory Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN. For more information, visit AyurvedaCenterTN.com (865-482- 0981) or SereneYogaAndHealing.com (865-789-9731). See ads, pages 18 and 33 .


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