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Meet me at Table 51

Some trivia: Whether at Bob Evans or C.J. Cannon’s, Living Yoga Studio was up and running.
Russ and his wife usually eat breakfast at Table 51. Elise, who is now 58, didn’t get started with yoga
In what is a regular feature, Russ breaks bread with until her late 30s. (She has a degree in journalism from
someone you may or may not know. the University of South Carolina. Rather than pursue
a newspaper career, she ended up in public relations.)
Elise Mahovlich was living in Lake George, New In the mid-’90s, she bought a VHS tape that was to
York in 2004 and decided to make a major change serve as an introduction to yoga. By her own admission,
in her life. Elise Mahovlich though, she let it “gather dust” for several months.
She considered an in-state move (to Ithaca, home of But once she got started with yoga, there was no turning back.
Cornell University) but, ultimately, she couldn’t resist the “It’s really life-changing,” she said during our conversation
lure of Florida’s endless summer. at Bob Evans. “It’s a blueprint for living a healthy, happy life
How did she end up in Vero Beach? of integrity.”
“I threw a dart,” she said. She became a certified yoga instructor in ’04 which led
Yes, she moved here without knowing anyone. her to owning a yoga studio in Vero Beach.
“What I knew, for sure, is that I wanted to open up a yoga “What took me so long to get to Florida?” she remembers
studio,” she said. saying to herself.
She moved here shortly after the back-to-back hurricanes For more information about Living Yoga Studio, call Elise
– Frances and Jeanne – of September ’04. By January ’05, at 772-978-1099.

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