Artist Katie Ortega finds meditation in mandalas
With a lot of love and a little serendipity, artist Katie Ortega makes a living turning reclaimed pallets into works of art. A row of red, orange and yellow paints…
A pose and a pint: The rise of brewery yoga
About six months ago, the Caroline Rivera from Studio 83 Holistic Wellness started offering Beer Yoga every other Thursday night at The Marquee, a live music venue that serves craft beer in Sioux City, Iowa. “It’s less intimidating, less expensive,” she said. “It’s a way for me to introduce something that’s been so healing for me to a group of people who aren’t necessarily willing to walk into a yoga studio … Because, through no fault of the studios, it’s just not a place they feel comfortable.”
Christopher Raven, yoga musician
Everything works in harmony — a reflection of the life Christopher Raven has found. Not too long ago, though, this man was lost, known by another name: Chris Saub. For more than two decades, a pendulum swung back and forth between music and Christian ministry — or spirituality as he knows it today.
No topic is off-limits in Sioux City’s Talking Circle, where Native American spirituality offers healing
“This sacred space has given people the freedom to be able to say things, I think, they desperately want to say, but have nowhere else to say them.”
Breaking the language barrier with bilingual yoga
Guzman, who spent part of her childhood in Zapotlanejo, Mexico and speaks English as a second language, is trying to reach out to the Hispanic community and welcome them in.