As corny as it sounds, I had the consistant driving thought that, "if I build it, they will come," when in the planning phases on Indigo.  During that phase I didn't even know it would be called "Indigo," much like I didn't know the names of my children (for certain, anyways) until I laid eyes upon them.  I felt so strongly compelled to create this space that it took a year and a half of planning, convincing (Shannon was MOST reluctant), researching, conceptualizing, writing, re-writing, more researching ~ it was such a process of building long before a nail was ever hammered into the walls.  (And, by the way, they DID come...I'm so thankful for that!!)

They laughed at me ('they' being the contractors who built the treatment rooms) when I said I needed to be open by March.  Phil the painter who helped do the ceilings chuckled at the idea as well.  There were many setbacks and delays ~ which I've come to learn is just part of the process ~ and I didn't open in March...BUT because I was persistant & didn't give up on my vision we DID open in April (sort-of.)  I consider it our 'soft opening' as we were doing services, having a few classes...but I was all on my own, we were still figuring things out ~ I intentionally waited to do any advertising, etc until I knew we had a bit of a routine down.  SO our official GRAND opening was in June of 2006 ~ but April was when Indigo was "born" in my eyes.  As the proud 'mama' of this place, I will never forget how difficult yet extremely rewarding that process was....not entirely unlike birthing children into this world. 

And now, here we are...almost 3 years old!  We're still growing and learning ~ it's still a process.  But we love every intense moment of it.   In the 3 years I've been pregnant twice ~ the summer we opened I miscarried (naturally, so it very much felt like labor but without the sweet rewards).   And then we were blessed with the pregnancy and birth of our daughter Kalista (who is now 13 months old.)  Our son Orion will turn 5 the same weekend Indigo turns 3 (officially, anyways...) and so our family life is one and the same with our 'professional' life.  Wellness, yoga, developing positive attitudes, healhty living and aging are all truly is our passion in life ~ we feel so fortunate to be able to do what we love and support our family in this way.  We appreciate the always growing circle of people who love and support our business and in turn our family...we consider all of our guests a part of our extended family. 

So ~ in this moment I wanted to express my gratitude...to reflect on the birthing experiences in my life that I have been so blessed to have...to publicly thank the many friends, clients, family, etc who continue to support our business.   Namaste~

Abby