Wellness

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

Untreated sleep apnea can have serious health consequences.

Meeting needs despite quarantine barriers.

Have you ever felt as if you “should” be doing more yoga? Flip Dog Yoga studio owner and yoga teacher Nick Dobkowski doesn’t believe in guilt trips, especially when it comes to yoga. 

Yoga blocks, pilates balls, low weights, yoga straps, resistance bands, closed-loop bands, a ballet barre and even the mirrors lining the studio walls are used to help with engagement and alignment at Alkalign.

You don’t need a yoga mat, fancy yoga clothes or even to be physically fit. You only need to be ready to take yourself less seriously, says Angela Essick Dykes, who will be leading several free Laughter Yoga sessions at Gilda’s Club in Grand Rapids and Lowell as part of LaughFest 2018.

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

Experts say suicide is preventable.

It’s November. The air is damp and chilly, and the sunshine vitamin is generally in short supply.

AM Yoga Studio has partnered with Community Rebuilders to launch a yoga program for veterans to assist with symptoms of PTSD and other mental health issues.

A local technology-enabled indoor farm unveiled its new brand.

Body Mind Being Institute guides participants into a new way of living.

When LGBTQ lakeshore residents and visitors want to find resources and community, a community center on Holland’s south side serves as home base.

20 tips to tackle your 2020 New Year's resolutions

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

Looking for ways to get fit and explore your local parks this spring? Kelsey Young is here to help. This April, she will lead the Great Escape Fitness Outdoor Hiking and Fitness Club in its second annual season of weekly hiking gatherings.

Alpha Grand Rapids (AGR) achieved its goal of donating 100,000 diapers since January 2021, impacting 1,100 families connected to the organization.

A West Michigan cannabis company is celebrating the acquisition of a dispensary in Kalamazoo.

Winter is typically cold and flu season, but this year, diagnoses could get a bit trickier with COVID-19 lurking around every corner.

Marijuana was once taboo, an illicit drug that still has millions of people behind bars.