communityspotlight DRISHTIQ YOGA
Discovering Your Inner Light by Gayle Wilson Rose F
ollowing a chal- lenging
pregnancy and the birth of her second son, Amy Vetter, owner of Mason’s Drishtiq Yoga, was dismayed by her doc- tor’s order to keep her heart rate low. As a runner, swimmer and all-around fitness buff, she couldn’t imagine adopting a sedentary lifestyle. Besides expanding her family, the Ohio native had just accepted a partnership in a Florida accounting firm and was try- ing to manage a challenging work/life balance. She needed the stress relief of exercise more than ever. Although she had sampled yoga in years prior, it didn’t suit her, but she gave it a second try and found redirection. Following each of her yoga prac-
tices, Vetter learned more about yoga’s mind-body connection and experienced
a euphoria she hadn’t felt be- fore. As the ac- counting firm’s demands for her time grew, she knew she needed to make a change and decided to become a partner in a
South Florida yoga studio. Still yearn- ing to learn, she went on to earn her registered yoga teacher (RYT) 200-hour training certification through the Yogafox studio, in Delray Beach, Florida. With her RYT-200 credentials and
a passion for yoga firmly planted, Vetter returned with her family to Ohio with a dream to start her own yoga studio. She opened Drishtiq Yoga, in Mason, in 2013. “I credit my yoga practice for showing me how to change my life. It’s given me so much joy and balance. Best of all, I now get to share that with mem- bers of my community.” Vetter explains that the two things
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distinguishing Drishtiq Yoga from other yoga studios are its sense of community and myriad class offerings. There are tra- ditional classes such as ashtanga, Vinyasa and hatha, specialty classes for children and expectant mothers, hot yoga for more of a power practice and moonlight yin for those that want a class to open their joints and meditate. As for her most popular class offer-
ing, Vetter shares, “Students really ap- preciate the variety we offer and mix up their yoga practice throughout the week between heated and non-heated classes. Many appreciate the balance of the yin classes to offset the power and heated classes.” “With 15 instructors (the major-
ity RYT-200 certified) and 16 types of classes, from beginner to advanced, heated and not, there’s something for just about everyone”, notes Studio Manager Kari Carpenter. “Our students range in age from 3 to 75.”
Vetter gets joy from witnessing yoga beginners rediscover a connection to their body. “It’s almost as if I can see the happiness rising out of them at the end of a class. Then, to see them continue and expand through other yoga class types is so rewarding.” From her own experi- ence, Vetter knows that involving family in a yoga practice can have long-lasting, positive effects. Her husband and young sons have been practicing with her for the past five years and are as enthusiastic as she is.
Always bear in mind
that your own resolution to succeed is more im- portant than any other.
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