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How do we heal? This newsletter often focuses on preventative wellness, but equally important are the measures we take to recover.

🧘 For some, that means a slower style of fitness, such as the yoga classes we have curated below.

🏥 For kids at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital, the journey home involves innovative early development strategies, the most recent of which is featured in this edition.

🏇 For others, methods outside of traditional medicine, such as equine therapy, prove beneficial. Read more about a local nonprofit offering just that below.

As always, please don’t hesitate to email me if there are ways this newsletter can be more helpful to you. Stay well, St. Louis.

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Yoga studios in St. Louis for all experience levels

Whether you’ve never done downward-facing dog or you’re in a warrior pose every morning, nothing beats the accountability and structure of a yoga class with instructors who know how to take your practice to the next level.

UNIQUE YOGA SPOTS IN AND AROUND STL

💪 Agape Yoga Studio

Why visit: The popular Yoga Wall is designed to support longevity, proper alignment, and strengthening of poses.
Must-try classes: Yoga for everyBODY, Yoga at the Wall, Tuesday with a Twist

🧡 Brick City Yoga

Why visit: Brick City offers $10 classes across the board and donates a monthly portion of its revenue to area nonprofits.
Must-try classes: Barre Interval, Slow Flow, Workplace Yoga

✊🏾 The Collective STL

Why visit: The Collective STL is the only Black-owned and donation-based yoga and wellness studio in Missouri
Must-try classes: Yoga for the People, NeoSoul Yoga, Hip-Hop Yoga

🚗 Joy of Yoga

Why visit: The nourishing retreats a short drive from St. Louis
Must-try classes: Morning Ritual, Hun Yuan Qi Gong, Power and Pause

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Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital unveils new permanent home for early-learning program

The Optimization Zone program offers social and educational development opportunities for children at Ranken.

What This Means For:

The kids: Elevated social and physical education that escalates healing
The caregivers: Time to step away for self-care or to share “normal” preschool-like experiences not otherwise part of long-term hospital stays.
The hospital staff: A distraction-free zone away from hospital noises and activity that are barriers for toddlers’ ability to focus.

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Equine-Assisted Therapy offers an alternative wellness solution in Wildwood

The local nonprofit is leading the way in its field thanks to community support and recent big fundraising wins.

🐎 The Details

The nonprofit offers free services to foster children, veterans, and first responders.
Benefits of equine therapy range from mental to social to physical to cognitive.
The KFC Foundation recently awarded Equine-Assisted Therapy a $10,000 grant to purchase and care for new therapy horses.
Interested participants complete detailed applications, with physician sign-off.

📆 Upcoming Event: Cornhole Tournament

Who: Family-friendly
When: March 9
Why: To support mental health programming

BRANDED CONTENT

AccuCare’s leadership transitions to the next generation

Jacque Phillips built AccuCare Home Health Care of St. Louis to help others live with dignity and compassion. Now, her daughter Dana Moulton is stepping into leadership. Read more about this inspiring story and Dana’s plans for the future.

News You Can Use

BEAN THERE, DONE THAT

Outside Magazine may have only recently claimed that beans are the key to boosting your athletic performance, but everyone knows that nutrition and fitness are impenetrably linked. Locally, Neon Greens, the farm-to-plate salad concept, just launched a fitness rewards program in collaboration with area gyms.

LISTEN UP

Spotify introduced a new initiative in which the streaming platform will give $50,000 in grants to writers in support of mental health. Another artistic organization intersecting the arts with mental health: Saint Louis Story Stitchers. Check out its "Perception Isn’t Always Reality" program here.

SICK OF IT

It seems that everyone and their mother–and their kid, and their kid’s teacher, and their teacher’s boss–has the flu right now. Mercy shares flu vaccine FAQs here.