A Portland, Oregon-based operator of child care centers has acquired a Lancaster operation and is using it as its first foray into the Buffalo Niagara marketplace.
Friends open yoga studio after pandemic forced many to close
Photos courtesy of Ahimsa Yoga)
Cassandra Whitney and Nicole Matta weren’t originally interested in opening a yoga studio.
At the end of March, the duo opened Ahimsa Yoga and Wellness in the Country Club neighborhood at 1303 E. 6th Ave., where Trouts Fly Fishing operated before moving near the South Platte River.
“There was a fire of studios going out of business or moving online, but yoga is a community-based activity,” Whitney said. “It’s not the same online because part of the beauty of yoga is how you can really support and build off of each other.”