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Yoga and martial arts to fuse in Eagan New yoga studio to open in Fusion Martial Arts in November by Jessica Harper
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the past 16 years. “I have a passion for teaching and love helping people find their inner strength,” he said. Koepke fell in love with yoga while studying dance performance at the University of Minnesota. A few years after graduating, she took a new path as a yoga instructor. “Both dance and yoga involve how the body moves, but dance is done for others and I like that yoga is done for oneself,” she said. Blomquist has owned Fusion Martial Arts
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for 10 years and was interested in expanding upon the business. Despite the recession, Fusion Martial Arts has prospered in the last few years with 2009 marking its second most profitable year, Blomquist said. After learning about the increased demand for yoga in Eagan, Blomquist decided to pursue that avenue, which he felt would be a natural fit with martial arts. At the same time, Koepke, a yoga instructor in St. Paul, had dreamed for years of having her own business. “I’ve spent a few years in management and it seemed like the next step,” she said. Blomquist and Koepke said they have no reservations about competition in the area. “We have something unique with specialized instruction and that is affordable,” Blomquist said. Once open, Fusion Yoga will offer individual classes as well as membership packages. Class will range between $12 and $18. For more information Fusion Yoga or Fusion Marital Arts, visit www.fusionyoga.com or fusionminnesota.com.
To some, yoga and martial arts may seem like opposites. Matt Blomquist, owner of Fusion Martial Arts in Eagan, believes the two can easily fuse together. “It seems like a nice pairing,” Blomquist said. “Both require a combination of mental and physical precision. They are two different paths to the same end.” Blomquist recently partnered with Twin Cities yoga instructor Brigitte Koepke to bring a new yoga studio inside the martial arts business at 1012 Diffley Road. The studio called Fusion Yoga is set to open Nov. 1 and will offer a variety of yoga classes in its private studio, which is expected to cost between $60,000 to $70,000 to renovate. “It’s ideal for families,” Blomquist said. “There isn’t anything like it in the south suburbs that offers a heated environment.” A shared main entrance will allow parents to drop off their children at Taekwondo classes and proceed to the yoga studio, while a separate door off the studio will enable people to bypass the martial arts area. The business partners met last year when Blomquist began taking classes from Koepke to learn to teach yoga. Eventually the two began talking about opening a yoga studio, and from there, Fusion Yoga was born. The partnership between Blomquist and Koepke seemed to have blossomed over the past year as well due to their pasPhoto by Jessica Harper sion for their own craft. Matt Blomquist, owner of Fusion Martial Arts, and Blomquist found his passion for Twin Cities yoga instructor Brigitte Koepke formed a martial arts as a child and partnership to create Fusion Yoga, which is set to open has taught the art on Nov. 1 in the same space on 1012 Diffley Road as f o r Fusion Martial Arts.
Jessica Harper is at jessica.harper@ ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/ sunthisweek.
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