Barre at the Brewery Event in Downtown Hartford By Alexa Morawski and Erica Morawski
even better when our Barre class was held inside the brewery. Last weekend Hartford Sweat hosted a Barre class in “Hartford’s Living Room,” aka Hog River Brewing Company. We got the chance to chat with Lauren Skau Taylor, our Barre instructor for the afternoon, to discover how this fun fit- ness event came into fruition.
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AM: Could you tell me a little bit about yourself and Hartford Sweat?
LST: I have a background of 12 years of ballet and dance as a child. Fitness, dance and movement have always been a part of my life. In 2013 after completing a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, I took a few Barre classes, and fell in love with how the classes complimented my Yoga practice. I became certified in 2014 through Balanced Body Barre and then in 2017 through Exhale Barre Training. I currently teach Hot Power Yoga, Yoga Sculpt, and Barre.
I am a Speech/Language Pathologist by
day, and a Yoga and Barre Instructor before and after school hours. My day job includes working with nonverbal students who have
arre class followed by an ice-cold beer is enough to make any week- end great, but this past weekend got
significant needs such as Autism Spectrum Disorder. My job, which I love, comes with a lot of responsibility and definitely some stress. Yoga and Barre are my fitness and therapy.
Hartford Sweat is a spectacular, friendly
Yoga and Fitness Studio right in downtown Hartford. The owners, Rakyel and Tory Bro- gan, focus on a supportive community for teachers and yogis. The studio does a little over 40 classes a week, centered around the practice of yoga like Hot yoga and Bikram, Power, Yin, and Restorative as well as more up-beat with toning and cardio including Barre, Yoga Sculpt, and Zumba.
AM: How did you get involved in teaching this event?
LST: I started teaching Barre at Hartford Sweat in 2016, the same year that Hog River Brewing Company opened. I saw an article about the brewery, made a visit there, and really enjoyed the vibe and expansiveness of the place, not to mention the quality of their beverages. Many similar places (breweries and wineries) were doing Yoga classes at the time, but I didn’t see any doing Barre in this area. So I talked to Ben & Joy Braddock, the owners [of Hog River Brewing Co.], and they were very open to the idea.
AM: What made you both decide to blend Barre and beer?
LST: Both Hartford Sweat and Hog River Brewing Co. are small businesses dedicated to helping bring people to the city and exposing them to all the unique offerings the city has to offer. This like-minded thinking made it an easy fit when I brought the idea to the table.
It wasn’t really that I thought Barre and beer belong together, it was more about how to get people together to get a really great workout in a fun and unique atmo- sphere; especially people who may not oth- erwise try a Barre workout thinking that they weren’t coordinated enough, or fit enough. In the Brewery, it’s about the workout, but also about having fun, laughing with friends, making new ones and relaxing afterwards with a beer, wine, cider, kombucha or cold- brewed coffee or tea.
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