An Example of New Age Business

The story of Tanya Bloch and Lana Grimm is another example of success beginning in Sedona. Lana came from Houston, Texas in 1993, Tanya, her sister, came early in 1994. Both women had visited many times before. They formed a company called Bee Unlimited in April 1995. The name came from a dream that Lana had, of a bee with the world on its wings. They looked up the symbolism of the bee and found it to be very meaningful.

Tanya, a yoga teacher, had the idea of doing a yoga video in nature. The two sisters, both of them very attractive, with long hair and lithe bodies, completed the filming among the spectacular red rocks of Sedona. Immediately afterwards both of Lana's legs were smashed in a terrible car accident. For months, she was unable to walk at all. Tanya devoted nearly all her time to caring for her sister. They worked together using yoga and other spiritual healing techniques to help Lana's recovery. Many local people prayed for them and helped in various ways. As of this writing in mid-1997, Lana is walking again, though with a slight limp, and is still in some pain but she has made a near-miraculous recovery.
 
 

The video Spirit of Yoga in Sedona came on the market in 1996 and has become a great success. The video was not only well done it was well packaged and has become available in Book of the Month club and Reader's Digest catalogs, and on the TV Home Shopping Network as well as through New Age and mainstream stores. The combination of beautiful scenery, inspiring Yoga, Tanya's voice, and original music is irresistible.

Lana is teaching other handicapped people how to use yoga to help their bodies, adapting the positions according to what individuals can do. As people heard of her story of recovery, there was much interest and she now plans to become a yoga teacher for handicapped people. The sisters will be teaching regularly in Phoenix as well as Sedona.

Bee Unlimited is developing other products, too. They have taken the theme of teaching children to be all they can be and to accept who they are through toys and stories.