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BLOOMING LIFE YOGA STUDIO + SCHOOL LOCAL STUDIO, WORKSHOP AND TEACHER TRAINING SPACE TURNS SIX
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A small Zionsville business found a way to survive amidst the pandemic-related shutdowns of many unique businesses that make up the heart of the community. Blooming Life Yoga Studio + School has operated one block east of Main Street for the past six years, serving its loyal client base of members who come for physical and mental wellness. 4 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2021 / atZionsville.com
This month marks its sixth anniversary, and quite a few changes have been made in that short time. When the doors to the business closed in mid-March, the studio made some adjustments and reopened on June 1, under new ownership and with the addition of a virtual class platform. Member-turned-owner Kristen Barfield and her husband Geoff took the reins of Blooming Life in June. “We bought it June 1, during the pandemic - it was kind of crazy,” Kristen Barfield says. [The former owners] wanted to get the community on a live-stream platform and they loved it, and our teachers were on board learning the new technology. We have safety protocols with social distancing, and a mask-on policy until you’re on a mat.” Barfield, 48, had been working as a registered nurse, and had been coming to Blooming Life since stumbling across it before the doors officially opened in 2015. She says her commitment to the studio has been similar to other members who come through the door and stay, drawn by its atmosphere. “I walked in [six years ago] before it was open to practice yoga, and wanted to try a new studio,” Barfield says. “The second I walked into the studio I knew I was at my new home.” Throughout the month of December, Blooming Life focused on mental health, stress and anxiety. “Given the challenges now, people are suffering from isolation, missing family and a sense of community,” Barfield says. “We focused on mental aspects of yoga, meditation, and body nourishment to feel good mentally. Teachers share the benefits of the physical side, but emphasize how it helps filter stress from the body and not accumulate.” Classes are taught by 15 independent contractors, and the studio also functions as a school for yoga certification. Barfield completed her certification in 2015 and atZionsville.com / JANUARY 2021 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / 5
teaches courses. She describes former owner Lily Kessler as a friend and mentor. Kessler and her husband Michael remain on board for the teacher certification process. Virtual classes are held with live instruction, and Geoff has helped in getting the livestream platform up and running. Yoga and meditation classes are always the focus, and Blooming Life has also added bounce classes with mini trampolines for an element of cardiovascular focus. The classes also help with balance, bone density and immune-system support. Blooming Life’s current January promotion includes two weeks of free classes for frontline responders and teachers. A new-student special features one-month unlimited trials of all classes for $39. The studio will offer free community yoga on the first Sunday of each month, 22592 EMBGMC_Zionsville.ai
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beginning January 3, from 11 a.m. to noon (10 spots only). Teacher training classes are now available as well. Barfield laments the loss of local businesses who have had to close their doors permanently, leaving Blooming Life as the only yoga studio left in town with in-studio instruction. “My husband and I decided to take the leap and just do it,” Barfield says of the decision to assume ownership. “I couldn’t let the studio close. We’ve all invested time and energy into the studio and we have this community, and closing the doors was unacceptable. Physically, mentally, emotionally and financially, we are invested in making sure those doors stay open every day.” Blooming Life Yoga Studio + School is located at 30 South Elm Street in Zionsville. For more info on classes, workshops, pricing and more, visit bloominglifeyoga.com.
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FRESH HOPE IU MEDICAL RESEARCHERS PRESENT PROMISING CANCER STUDY RESULTS
Zionsville residents and IU Medical researchers Dr. Bryan Schneider and Dr. Milan Radovich Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photography Provided
Anyone who has beaten cancer likely often wonders, “What if it comes back?” Two Indiana University School of Medicine researchers, Dr. Bryan Schneider and Dr. Milan Radovich, have exciting new findings, however, that spell good news for cancer patients. Schneider and Radovich came up with a biomarker finding for women diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer that is now being taught and used worldwide. This pioneering research is part of the larger IU Precision Health Initiative, which
received $120 million in funding from the IU Grand Challenges Program to also research diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Type 2 diabetes, multiple myeloma and pediatric sarcomas (childhood cancers). According to Schneider, breast cancer remains one of the most common cancer types for women in the U.S., with more than 250,000 women affected annually and approximately 40,000 dying of the disease. Triple-negative breast cancer tends to target young women and black women. Because it’s an aggressive form of breast cancer, even though it makes up a minority of cases, it causes a disproportionately high rate of mortality. 8 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2021 / atZionsville.com
“Women with triple-negative breast cancer who had Stage 1 through 3 disease are treated with chemotherapy followed by surgery,” says Radovich, noting that there are two post-surgical outcomes. Either chemotherapy melts all of the tumor away (this occurs in approximately one-third of patients), or patients have residual disease post-surgery. “Even though we remove that cancer, they are at high risk of their cancer coming back, usually with a vengeance as the disease most often metastasizes to other organs and becomes lethal,” Radovich says. Schneider and Radovich analyzed ctDNA
Triple Negative Breast Cancer
based biomarker to predict if cancer will come back is being used across other cancers as well. In December of 2019, Radovich presented this data in front of a packed audience of 6,000 physicians and scientists at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. In addition, the work of Schneider and Radovich was published in JAMA Oncology, a prestigious peerreviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association. “The real goal behind this is to take care of those patients who are in a tough situation,” Radovich says. “For those patients who are ctDNA-negative, we envision a future where we can tell them that they are in a situation where there is a really good chance of doing well. It also allows us the potential to think about strategies down the road that decrease the amount of therapy patients get, so they suffer fewer side effects.” For those deemed high-risk, physicians can implement innovative strategies in an attempt to improve outcomes. “As Hoosiers, we should be proud of what our state is doing in advancing research that has implications across the country and internationally,” Radovich says. “IU has been a leader in this concept of using DNA and genomics to guide therapy for more than 20 years, long before it had become a hot topic in the New York Times or Time magazine. What you’re seeing today is an evolution of decades of work in this area.” (circulating tumor DNA), which is DNA shed from tumors into the bloodstream. With cutting-edge technology, a blood sample could be taken and the presence of cancer detected. “We found that if we take this blood sample after chemotherapy and surgery, and we detect this tumor DNA, those women’s cancer will recur,” Schneider says. “If they are negative, those women have a good chance that the cancer won’t come back and therefore have a better, superior outcome.” Physicians in the cancer-fighting world are eager to hear more about these findings, as the concept of using a blood-
In addition to ctDNA, doctors also looked at circulating tumor cells in the study. Much of that work came out of Purdue University.
Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive type of cancer that lacks common traits used to diagnose and treat most other breast cancers. About 1 in 8 U.S. women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
TNBC 15%-20%
In 2017, an estimated 255,180 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in U.S. women.
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TNBC is more likely to spread to other parts of the body and reoccur after treatment.
TNBC is more likely to affect African-American and Hispanic women.
This research, which took place at 22 sites across the country, is made possible with funding from the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer and the Walther Cancer Foundation. It is part of the Indiana University Precision Health Initiative Grand Challenge.
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Led by Milan Radovich, PhD, and Bryan P. Schneider, MD, and using the most cutting edge technology, researchers have discovered which patients are most likely to remain disease free and which are likely to relapse following treatment for triple negative breast cancer.
In a new clinical trial, the team will be harnessing information from ctDNA analysis to determine a specialized treatment plan.
According to Schneider, the sequencing of the first human genome propelled much of 12/19
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Schneider and I are proud to lead our genomics program. We apply genomics to patients with cancer here at IU Health.” To date, they have sequenced more than 5,000 patients. “It’s been a game-changer to tailor therapy for individual patients,” Radovich says. “We imagine a day where genome sequence can be done at your bedside or as part of your routine visit with your doctor. Your genome analysis can then help guide therapies.” Both doctors say they feel blessed to have the opportunity to deal with patients during a difficult journey. science to where it is today.
to see the fruits of that labor.”
“When the first human’s entire blueprint was mapped out, that set the stage for the entire code for which we’re built and how cancer is formed,” Schneider says. “As we have the ability to use genomes in real time in a few days for much cheaper, we’re starting to learn in a logarithmic fashion. Now we are starting
Radovich adds that scientists can now sequence a genome in a couple of days for a few hundred dollars. “It’s unbelievable how commoditized and quick it has become, and how applicable it is to patient care,” Radovich says. “Dr. 10 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2021 / atZionsville.com
“We get to see the limitations in where we are, go back to the laboratory, and think about some of the things we can do and advances we make that we know will impact the patients when we see them next week,” Radovich says. “That’s an unbelievable feeling, and one that we are incredibly passionate about.”
HOUSE OF HOPE ISAIAH 117 HOUSE HELPS CHILDREN AWAITING FOSTER PLACEMENT
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Ginger Summers
Ronda Paulson
had opened Isaiah 117 House after learning both contractors and community members have offered services for free. that foster children start their journey by sleeping in conference rooms at Department Working as a Boone County volunteer “Once people hear about it they want to of Children’s Services (DCS) offices. for CASA (Court Appointed Special help,” says Summers, noting that DCS may Advocates), Ginger Summers was a voice “When I heard what Ronda had done, I got remove newborns up to age 18. for abused or neglected children. One day chills because I realized that this was my several years ago, Summers accompanied a lottery home she was describing,” Summers When case workers handle removals, CASA case worker for a child removal, and says. “I wanted to do that in my community.” children are often dirty, famished and it was an eye-opening experience. infested with bugs. At DCS offices, the only place to take a bath is often in a drug-testing She wasn’t the only one. Paulson opened “The look of pure devastation and fear in sink. When children arrive at Isaiah 117 Isaiah 117 House in July of 2018 in Carter their eyes when the case worker told them House, however, they can get clean, eat a County, Tennessee. As of November 2020, that they were going to be moving and going individuals and groups in 35 states and two meal, take a nap or play in the backyard. The into a foster home just broke my heart,” countries have inquired about how to get an primary goal is to love on the children. Summers says. Isaiah 117 House built in their area. There are currently four homes in Tennessee. “They have just experienced the worst day It only got worse when she inquired as to of their life, so we want to help make it a In Indiana, one exists in Evansville with whether the case worker considered the little bit better,” says Summers, who serves another expected in Vincennes in the fall particular situation a difficult extraction. The as Boone County’s expansion coordinator. of 2021. case worker said it was a comparatively easy extraction, and that difficult extractions can The cost to build a home and operate it for The Boone County location is in an include calls to police, stepping over fecal expansion phase, which lasts for six months. one year is $75,000. On April 22, Isaiah matter, and picking bugs off of the child. 117 House leaders will hold a fundraiser During this time, Summers educates the community about the mission of Isaiah 117 luncheon at the Boone County 4-H “It took all I had not to lose my composure,” Fairgrounds from noon to 1 p.m. Children as well as the impact it makes on children. says Summers, who told her husband that in Boone County are eager to help, too. Kids if she ever won the lottery, she was going to in three Zionsville neighborhoods put out “It’s raising awareness and getting people buy the biggest house possible and fill it full lemonade stands in the fall and collectively excited, because so many people want of foster children. raised $800. to help but don’t know where to start,” says Summers, adding that churches have Last March she heard about a foster parent donated land, mayors have deeded land, and “It’s mind-blowing what can be done in Tennessee named Ronda Paulson, who Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photography Provided
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when people are aware of what’s going on,” Summers says. Though they do not currently have a location for the Boone County house, the organization’s leaders are hoping it will be within 10 to 15 miles of the county’s DCS office in Lebanon. Isaiah 117 House locations have no exterior signage due to confidentiality reasons. While it will be located in Boone County, the Isaiah 117 House will also serve Hendricks and Montgomery counties, as well as other counties if there is a need. The
home, which will include three bedrooms and one-and-a-half bathrooms, is equipped with a big backyard and a 6’ privacy fence with a jungle gym. “Usually the first thing they want to do is go outside and play, and just be a kid,” Summers says. Every child who comes to Isaiah 117 House leaves with three new outfits, two pairs of pajamas, a new pair of shoes, and school supplies. The organization also provides foster parents with items such as car seats and pack-and-plays.
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Summers says children in every community are affected, regardless of socioeconomic status. “That’s something a lot of people don’t realize,” she says. “These children are our future leaders so we need them to know that this is not their fault, and while this is not a great chapter of their book, it doesn’t have to define them. They can overcome this. They matter.” To learn more about Isaiah 117 House in Boone County or to make a donation, call 423-518-3760, extension 623, and visit isaiah117house.com.
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VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT LIONS PARK
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The Zionsville Lions Club (ZLC) is paving the way for many future generations to be able to enjoy Lions Club Park. The entrance to the park is adorned with bricks that have fallen into disrepair, and the ZLC is hosting a virtual fundraiser to replace and repair the bricks. “A lot of the tree roots have deteriorated the surface,” says Tim Reinhart, ZLC board member. “Due to that, the bricks are uneven and they need to be pulled out. The surface needs to be smoothed out and corrected so we have a nice base. We thought this would be an opportune time to do a fundraiser and put the bricks back
in better condition than they are currently. We thought we’d kill two birds with one stone.”
in order to raise funds. The club is selling personalized paver bricks for $100 each on its website.
The current bricks were installed in the mid-1990s during a similar fundraiser.
“For that cost, there will be three lines of text,” Reinhart says. “If you get too wordy you might need to buy another brick. We do offer a discount if they purchase two or more, for $90 per brick.”
The club’s Fall Festival, its largest fundraiser, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “About 75% of our profit or revenue comes from the Fall Festival and Fourth of July fundraisers,” Reinhart says. “We weren’t able to have bounce houses or food sales, so our fundraising has suffered a bit like many other nonprofit groups.” In response, ZLC members got creative 14 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2021 / atZionsville.com
The park was established in 1940. “I think pretty much anybody in Zionsville either walks their dog through the park, watched their grandkids play ball there, or attends one of our events throughout a normal year,” Reinhart says. “So, it’s a very well-known area and we’re very proud of that fact.”
This spring, the current personalized bricks will be temporarily removed, cleaned and put back into place.
the restrooms and the playground clean, especially now during this pandemic,” Reinhart says.
“Depending on the weather, the project will probably take about a week for all the work to be completed,” Reinhart says. “Also, the bricks will be engraved here locally.”
Sales of the bricks will end in late winter or early spring.
The park requires dedicated volunteers and funding to stay up and running.
“The work may be done by club members, but we’re also looking at having it done professionally so we don’t have to do this again in 20 years,” Reinhart says.
“We have a lot of volunteers who help keep
Families will be able to visit their bricks
for years to come. “I feel like it’s a way to cement your name into local history,” Reinhart says. “You know the park isn’t going away any time soon. I think these bricks are a nice way to display your family name, or in memory of a fallen family member or military member.” To purchase a brick, and for more information, visit zionsvillelions.com. Lions Club Park is located at 115 South Elm Street in Zionsville.
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