What's Happening with the Yoga Studio Damaged in the Three Alarm Fire?

Six weeks ago, Felicia Lorelli got a phone call that all business manages dread – your business is on fire!

Now they are ready to rise from the ashes and reopen on Saturday, April. 6.

Inner Strength Studios occupies one of the spaces in the building on Main Street hit by a three-alarm fire on Feb. 26.

The yoga studio fared better than the other three businesses in the building Lorelli. Inner Strength suffered smoke damage, but the flames did not touch it.

“It was definitely a relief that the fire didn’t burn our area,” Lorelli said.

Inner Strength still suffered its share of damage from the fire.

 “The Fire Department broke out our windows and our front door, and they tore down some of the ceiling to make sure the flames had not spread,” Lorelli said. “Everything smelled like smoke, there was glass everywhere. It was pretty devastating.”

The three other businesses, Lony Salon, Guy's Hair Shop and Pan World Insurance, have relocated, Lorelli said. Inner Strength decided not to move to a temporary location.

Now Lorelli and her partner and business owner Roman Szpond are ready to welcome back students and clients.

“We made some changes,” Lorelli said. “There were things we would probably have done anyway, so we took advantage of the time we were closed to do things we wanted to do.”

The front desk and lobby have a new look, and an area that provides some privacy has been set up for prenatal yoga classes, Lorelli said.

For more information visit the studio’s website at Innerstrenghthstudios.com.