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Updated at 1:01 p.m., Thursday, January 24, 2008

Kaimuki yoga, workout wear shop closing

Paula Rath
Advertiser Staff Writer

After five years of bringing sought-after yoga and workout fashions to the women of Honolulu, (she was the first with lululemon and Lily Lotus, among other iconic lines), Vanessa Beaton has decided to close the doors at Off the Mat in Kaimuki.

"It's a tough time. It's bittersweet. It was a rough Christmas for retail and now the timing just feels right for us as a family," Beaton said.

She plans to take some time off and will go holoholo with her toddler son to Disneyland. "I haven't had a real vacation in five years," Beaton said. Then she said she'll "shift into something that's not so stressful for me."