“Time will tell how the big studios survive,” Anderson said, drawing a parallel to other struggling independent businesses like bookstores and music stores. “We’re kind of like the record store. We’re another one that went belly up.”

‘We had a good run’

But while some see Mound Street’s closing as sad news, Anderson isn’t one of them. “Personally, I’m just fine. I’m a little burned out,” said Anderson, who has been teaching yoga for 30 years. “A lot of the claims that have been made about yoga and what it can do for your fitness may not really be the case,” Anderson said, noting that he has become more interested in seated meditation, Pilates and other forms of fitness.

Anderson said he could have fought the studio’s decline by adding hot yoga or flow sessions with music but chose not to. “I can’t shake my fist at the heavens and say, ‘Why me?’ The other studios changed with the times and I didn’t,” Anderson said.

Manos said that he’s opted not to change either. The studio now has a Facebook page and does some social media promotion, but that’s about it.