T MAGAZINE; Calm Before The Tour

Some rock chicks pound beers backstage. Sarah Neufeld, the violinist of the Grammy-winning band Arcade Fire, prefers a yoga pose or two. Several years ago, she and another strings-playing friend got deep into hot yoga and began toying with the idea of starting their own studio in New York City. Their branch of the hot-yoga chain Moksha opened in January, and it’s been a success. Which is no big surprise – methods that calm touring musicians’ frantic lives have wide relevance in a place like Manhattan. The experience of renovating the studio’s West Village space brought Neufeld back around to music. ”I would come home covered in sawdust and stress and play violin,” she says. ”People asked me to tour and without thinking about it too much I said yes. Now I want to make a record.”

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