Page 4 - Colby/Thomas County Chamber October 2016 Newsletter

Classes at Forever Together Yoga began in May 2016 with just four classes, now twelve groups meet each week to study this ancient form of exercise.

Soft music filters through the large wasn’t until she sat in a massage school Williams says the biggest challenge
room, colorful mats line up like class that a substitute teacher helped of teaching yoga is teaching people how
soldiers across the hard wood her truly fall in love with it. By the time to breathe and helping them let go of the
floor, and dozens of barefoot she had finished school and started a expectations of the world. Still, there is
nothing she would rather be doing.
men and women clothed in yoga pants family, Williams had begun teaching
“Yoga has truly changed my life.”
quietly mingle in small groups. classes of her own.
Yoga instructor Bethanie Williams stretches
They’re all waiting for The transition to during a recent workout. The young, Colby
mom opened up her yoga studio in May and
one thing... yoga her owning her immediately joined the Colby/Thomas County
class. own studio Chamber of Commerce.
seemed
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natu-
ing the doors ral next
of Forev- step.
er Together
Last
YOGAYoga in May,
people of all

sizes, ages, a chamber member spotlight May she
backgrounds and opened For-

fitness levels have ever Together

flocked to the Colby stu- Yoga in a former

dio on east Fourth Street to take photography studio. She

classes offered by Bethanie Williams. now teaches stretching, strengthening,

“Anyone can do this,” the 30-year- breathing and doing what she calls,

old mom of two says. “It is adaptable “finding this moment,” in her own

to anybody and any form, depending space. She is also finding success at her

on what you need.” new location. Williams says the com-

Williams knows what she is talking munity and support the Chamber offers

about. The Colby native has been in- is part of that success.

volved with yoga for quite a while. She “Small businesses need to come to-

started dabbling with the ancient form gether to support each other,” she says.

of exercise late in high school, but it “The Chamber is a great way to do that.”

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