New wellness business opens at local mall: Dayton Business

A new wellness nonprofit offering yoga classes and meditation sessions will open a location at the Mall of Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek.

Heartfulness Institute, which offers free relaxation and meditation sessions and donation-based yoga classes, will open on Saturday at noon. An all-volunteer nonprofit organization, Heartfulness Institute is an associate organization with the United Nations sharing a similar mission of promoting peace and harmony, according to an organization statement.

Heartfulness has helped people practice meditation and yoga in more than 110 countries, and already has a center located at Lantz Road. The new location is in the lower level of the Mall at Fairfield Commons near Elder-Beerman.

The grand-opening celebration will include:

12:30 p.m.: Inauguration and Ribbon Cutting 1 p.m. Dr. Gary Huber from Cincinnati to speak on Benefits of Meditation

1:30 p.m.: Brian Jones, Cleveland Heartfulness trainer to present on Heartfulness

2 p.m.: Experience of Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation

4 p.m.: Yoga with Janae Christopher (Ayurveda Yoga style)

4:45 p.m.: Experience of Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation

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