Allumen Yoga, an infrared hot yoga studio at the edge of RiNo, closed this weekend after two years of business.<\/p>\n
Founder Madeleine Page said the studio at 2590 Lawrence St. hosted its last class Sunday, Sept. 24.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s tough for small businesses always, but especially these days,\u201d Page said.<\/p>\n
Allumen, originally named Third Space Yoga, opened in the 3,000-square-foot space within the S*Park condominium complex in 2021. But, soon after opening, Page said she was hit with trademark infringement for the Third Space name.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat left us without being able to put the word out about operations \u2013 dealing with the rebrand, and the after fact of the pandemic, it was slow growth,\u201d Page said.<\/p>\n
Page said the studio didn\u2019t rebrand as Allumen until last November, and in between that time her founding partner left the business.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe faced a lot of hurdles that in the end with this space we just weren\u2019t able to overcome,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said business was good after rebranding as Allumen, but she still owed back rent, and after the property was sold in March she wasn\u2019t able to work out a deal with her new landlord.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe began to see some really great growth, things are picking up, but with commercial real estate being as expensive as it is we weren\u2019t able to recover from our back rent owed,\u201d Page said.<\/p>\n
The studio posted on Instagram in March forewarning of eviction and asked people to donate to it on GoFundMe, where it raised $6,741 of its $50,000 goal.<\/p>\n
Page, who\u2019s been teaching yoga for about a decade, said she doesn\u2019t have a new location in mind but hopes the business will be able to reopen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a bit of an uphill battle but it\u2019s still to me a success story,\u201d Page said. \u201cThe human connection, our community, our teachers and everything that everyone was able to bring to the space just outweighs everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n
S*Park was built in 2018, and includes a mix of individually owned residential units and ground floor retail. Before Allumen moved in, the space was home to Lacuna Juice and Yoga,\u00a0which closed in 2020 because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n