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Both she and Powell
credit Jonny Kest,
founder of the Center
for Yoga where they
both trained, for the
popularity of yoga in Top left: Abramson and Powell conclude a yoga session.
Metro Detroit. "We
Bottom left: Candles glow during the class.
are very grateful to
Jonny and what he's
done for this commu- Right: Brittany von Behren is helped with proper
nity:' Abramson says. posture by Abramson.
She still "takes tons
of classes each week','
from a variety of
teachers. "It's rare that
I don't take a class every day" And she
"When you utter that first word, you get
teaches 20 classes a week, most of them this twinge of excitement," Powell says.
yoga, but also water aerobics, spinning,
"It's like the greatest job because it's
Pilates and bar.
really not even a job."
By contrast, yoga is Powell's second
"I always want to teach yoga','
career. She spent 33 years teaching ele-
Abramson said. "It's made me more
mentary school, most of it at Hillel Day
grateful for what I have — health, fam-
School in Farmington Hills. That was
ily, friends, a great job, freedom. I'm
after getting her degree in elementary
grateful for just the simplicity"
education and language arts at U-M
and a masters in reading from Eastern
Who's On First?
Michigan University.
Students who come in late to a dark-
Out of the classroom, "I ran, played
ened yoga class might not immediately
racquetball, tennis, did aerobics, step,
discern which of the two is at the helm.
spinning and kickboxing," says Powell,
"People always say we sound alike,"
60, married and the mother of two.
Powell says.
"Once I started, I never stopped. Once
"They're so much the same," says
I ran, I ran every single day. I did the
Joan Sherman of Farmington Hills,
whole gamut
who practices yoga at Sports Club. "The
But in her 40s, she says, the injuries
direction, the inflection, the energy ...
started. After arthroscopic knee sur-
I thought they were twins because I
gery, she took up yoga and Pilates. "I
couldn't see their faces."
thought I would go back [to running],
"I think they're both extremely
but I didn't."
seasoned;' says Lauri Schwalb, a West
Now swimming, walking and yoga
Bloomfield resident who is new to yoga.
fill her days — "usually a couple of
"I feel safe being under their watch."
those a day" in addition to teaching
"They're both wonderful teachers
12-15 classes a week.
and wonderful people," says Ronda
Practicing yoga, she says, has made
Tretzlaff-Diegel, a psychologist who also
her "a bit calmer," although "it's not like
teaches and takes yoga classes at Body
I'm Miss Mellow." And teaching it "has
Language.
made me more compassionate. A lot of
"You can tell when you take an
people go through a lot of stuff. I feel
instructor's class how they live the phi-
like I want to make them feel better."
losophy," the Commerce Township resi-
Both say despite teaching so many
dent says. "You see that there is a kind
classes, they look forward to each one.
of serenity and openness." I I