Wellness

Your feet might just hold the secret to better health.

A new indoor cycling studio is preparing to open at a shopping center in town.

Imagine laying in a pool of water but not even being able to feel its touch against your skin. That’s what it’s like inside one of three sensory deprivation floating tanks at Phlot, a new floating spa in Eastown.

Transformative experiences with unconventional medicine led Paul Austin, a Grandville native and Hope College graduate, on an unconventional career path.

A new indoor cycling studio is coming to Grand Rapids.

Yoga is about getting in touch with your body and mind, and that’s exactly what Allison Steele did.

Niki Corcoran is making her dream of owning a yoga studio come true.

New year, new workout. Whether you’re tired of not reaching your fitness goals or maybe just getting tired of the old routine, it’s time to get out and try something new.

Co-owners and founders Jenny Quinn and Trista Parisian started FLEXcity Fitness in January of 2012. Their vision was to create a place for people to workout in a big city at an affordable price and to create workouts that would meet anyone at any level of fitness, helping every person achieve their personal best.

Alternative therapies are helping to relieve stress and live in the moment.

IV therapies offer new/old approach to wellness.

A new “judgment-free” fitness center is coming to downtown Grand Rapids.

On the corner of Division and Goodrich sits a ground-level studio wrapped within a panel of windows through which sunlight penetrates, creating a hazy glow amongst the wooden floors and white walls of the interior.

Local yoga studio the Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse has a bi-annual tradition of daring its students to 30 days of yoga. Every October and February, yogis choose to enroll in the “30 Day Dare,” with the intention of taking thirty yoga classes throughout the course of the month.

Plié and pirouette to better health and fitness with Grand Rapids Ballet’s adult ballet classes.

Dana Christian Lee, founder and director of EmbodyGR, a non-profit organization that offers free yoga and meditation for the underserved, was awarded the "I Have Made a Difference" award in the health category from WGVU Public Media this January.

If your New Year’s resolutions include “get fit” a new barre studio might be just the place to help you reach that goal.

How did you ring in the New Year? At a quiet cottage outside of the Grand Rapids, a group of people began the year with a nourished mind, body and heart. At the Ignite Retreat, attendees spent four days and three nights pursuing replenished energy and positive energy for the year ahead.

By now, you’ve probably heard of Himalayan salt, whether you’ve seen an orange glowing salt lamp or a cooking slab.

A Grand Rapids fitness studio is celebrating one year of raising the bar by offering free classes.