{"id":8853,"date":"2010-07-27T09:16:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T13:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=8853"},"modified":"2010-07-27T09:16:36","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T13:16:36","slug":"new-yoga-studio-combines-zen-with-the-art-of-emba-business-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2010\/07\/new-yoga-studio-combines-zen-with-the-art-of-emba-business-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"New yoga studio combines Zen with the art of EMBA business plans."},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Follow your bliss. It\u2019s sage advice that rings true for Cybele Chamas<\/strong> (EMBA \u201904) as she combines her passion for yoga with her business acumen to launch Miami-based CORPO Yoga Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chamas began practicing yoga more than a decade ago. She\u2019s spent time in the corporate world too—and she knows how tension takes its toll in that environment.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe in the power of yoga and the benefits it brings to people and communities,\u201d Chamas said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I decided to combine what I love with a business opportunity—and launch a new yoga studio in a Miami neighborhood that did not offer that kind of service to its residents.\u201d<\/p>\n Three months after its opening, CORPO Yoga Studio now employs more than 20 teachers and offers more than 40 yoga classes per week.<\/p>\n Breathe in. Breathe out. And use yoga for business team building.<\/em><\/p>\n In addition to the studio offerings, Chamas is bringing yoga to the business world.<\/p>\n \u201cMy Executive MBA (EMBA) business plan project created the foundation for launching my program for integrating yoga into team-building corporate activities,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know the typical business retreat agenda—sitting in a room all day, eating cookies and watching PowerPoint presentations. Our approach offers a break in that routine, providing a chance to relax, meditate and re-energize as well as learn to become more open to support from others to achieve goals.\u201d<\/p>\n Chamas applies skills learned as part of the EMBA program at Florida International University (FIU)—including finance, marketing, research and management—into running her yoga studio.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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