By Maryanne MacLeod maryanne.macleod@macombdaily.com; @maryannemacleod

Theresa May

It was either wine or yoga for Cindy Neville, 47, of Chesterfield Township, when her marriage of 22 years came grinding to a halt 2-1/2 years ago.

At about the same time, yoga teacher Teresa May of Chesterfield Township was opening her first studio, Santosha, located in the Kingston plaza on Gratiot, just south of 22 Mile, also in Chesterfield.

The timing, was ideal for both of them.

"I went to my first class and cried in Savasana," recalled Neville, a tax accountant. "I thought: 'I've finally found my way.'" Savasana, or "corpse pose," is a pose of total relaxation, in which students lie on their backs, toes pointed toward either corner of the mat, palms upward.

As for May, "When I told people I was starting a new business, they couldn't believe it - 'Not in this economy!' they said," recalled May, a former manager for a chiropractic office, who dipped into her 401K to realize her dream.

These days, Neville practices yoga at least three times a week at the studio, and additionally, is also half-way through a 200-hour, teacher training program led by May.

And May? She relocated Santosha to an existing storefront -- double the size of her old studio -- in the same plaza, but slightly farther north. Business has been booming.

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