Craig brings yoga to Excelsior

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Craig brings yoga to Excelsior

Fri, 06/24/2022 - 01:21
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Chelsea Craig wanted to practice yoga without commuting from Excelsior Springs to Kansas City to do so. Her solution to that problem: open a studio here. In May, Craig opened Beyond Wellness and Yoga at 461 S. Thompson Ave. in Excelsior Springs. She has two offices for her practice – the new one in Excelsior Springs and her original office in Kansas City. But Craig, who has done yoga for 15-plus years, starting at age 19, sees her business as more than a yoga studio. “I think of the (physical space here as) beyond, a space to check in and tap into the impossible and make it possible,” she said. The studio is “meant to feel like home,” Craig said, sitting and glancing around the space in the front of the studio. “It’s not meant to feel like a yoga studio or a clinic,” she said. Craig offers energy work and acupuncture, along with multiple levels of yoga classes. For her yoga classes, she brings in various teachers, or yogis, to guide the students. “They’re not here to kick your butt,”…

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