Carol Magie is all about uplifting the collective, and that’s exactly the mission she has centered as the new owner of End of the Road Yoga on Sheridan Street.
Though she has been a part of the studio since the organization’s early days in 2022, Magie launched into the leadership role just two months ago in October when the founding owner, Cindi Rahn-Kloehn, stepped back from the position.
“I’m very, very big on community and that’s why I took on the studio,” Magie said, “I want a space where the community can come and where they can just show up as themselves.”
Magie says it’s been a positive thing for patrons — who range from teenagers to seniors — to see continuance in the studio despite the ownership transition.
“They didn’t want to see it go away. They love coming here and they just feel better when they leave on some level, whatever that might be for them: emotionally, spiritually, physically, whatever reason you came in,” Magie said.
End of the Road Yoga features six instructors, with occasional guest event hosts. Each brings their own specialities, including Functional Movement, Reiki, Restorative Yoga, Sound Healing and Physical Wellness. This allows the studio to offer a variety of classes and workshops, including Meditation, Yoga Flow, Slow Flow, Yoga Nidra, Hatha and more.
“It takes a team, and I have the right people to help me do it, because what I love is working with the people,” Magie said, “I could not do it without them, and would not have done it without them.”
Magie brings decades of her own experience in the health and wellness space to End of the Road Yoga, including a background as a physical therapist. She grew up in Ely but left in 1985. She took her first Bikram yoga class in Park City, Utah in 2007 and “ended up loving it.”
After that first encounter, Magie pursued hundreds of hours of training to sharpen her ability to lead as a yoga instructor and helped open the PC Yoga Collective in Utah.
Now that she has lived full-time in her home on Burntside Lake since 2022, Magie has finally been able to achieve a long-time goal: running her own studio.
“I am here to teach, lead, inspire, to share all my life experiences, bring that to the table and help everybody break through anything that might be holding them down and to rise,” Magie said.
“Us raising the collective vibe in my hometown community, back where I grew up, it’s just really special and I feel very passionate about it,” she said.
A priority has been building partnerships with other local health and wellness leaders. She invites those who specialize in a related practice to reach out, as she hopes to continue opening the doors to special events run by guests - whether their focus might be arts, astrology or herbs.
“I’m all about anything under that holistic wellness umbrella. Come to me with ideas and I’ll feel them out. I want this space to be utilized in that way,” Magie said.
Outreach to the community is also among Magie’s priorities. She encourages anyone who is curious to drop in and “just give it a try.”
“We are so warm. We are so welcoming, and you will feel like you are seen and heard and guided,” Magie said.
Those interested in learning more may access Magie’s website at ElevateWithCarol. com or the studio website at EndoftheRoad.Yoga. For inquires or partnership requests, [email protected].
