In January 2006, Paula Bortolotto, an avid runner, found herself sidelined with a hip injury and unable to train for an upcoming marathon. Wanting to maintain her fitness level, she turned to yoga and loved it so much that she soon became an instructor. Not only did her hip pain soon disappear, but she began to experience yogas other health benefits more energy and better sleep habits, just to name a few.

In 2011, she opened the Anahata Yoga Center in Mason and has never looked back. Now experienced and certified in several different styles of yoga, she shares her knowledge with every student who walks through the doors of her studio.

What the business does: Anahata Yoga Center is a place for holistic health, primarily using Yoga asana [postures/positions] techniques, explained Bortolotto. We have the areas only aerial Yoga using hammocks, called BAT yoga, where the body is suspended upside down using parachute type fabric.

The studio, located at 770 Reading Road, Suite D in Mason, next to Ace Hardware, features 2600 square feet of space, complete with lots of natural light, cork flooring, and geometric murals. Classes, taught by highly trained instructors with ample experience in yoga therapy, include yoga for beginners, family yoga, vinyasa alignment, gentle yoga flow, yoga for athletes, and BAT yoga. There are also various workshops offered throughout the year. The center also has a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher Trainee Yoga Program that is currently underway, and will start again in the early fall.

How the business started: Bortolotto feels that yoga and the benefits therein, truly changed her life for the better. With yoga in my life, I feel the best I have ever felt. I have taught yoga all over the Cincinnati area and in 2011 found the perfect property where I opened Anahata Yoga Center, said Bortolotto. My passion is to share all of what yoga has to offer, with each and every student who walks through my doors.

The word Anahata is a Sanskrit word for a wheel of energy located at your heart.

Recent developments: Now until the end of May we are having unlimited yoga classes, including BAT yoga, for $59.00 a month, said Bortolotto. We also are running a sale of health products, books, CDs and BAT yoga hammocks, where you can suspend at home; now until the end of April.

For more information, visit the Anahata Yoga Center website at: http://www.masonyoga.com or call the center at: (513) 204-5647.

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