Kid’s menu: Schools offer healthier options
It’s 3:30pm on a Tuesday at Jackson Via Elementary School, and students as young as 5 are biting into fresh Pink Lady apples twice the size of their hands, nodding […]
You can fly: Yoga studio brings fitness to new heights
It’s a few minutes before noon on a Wednesday, and women are stationing themselves in front of bright orange hammocks hanging from the ceiling. Some of them pull themselves into […]
Old drug: New dangerous effects
Police say the presence of spice, a form of synthetic marijuana, is not new to Charlottesville or Albemarle County, however, they’re now seeing new behaviors associated with people using the […]
Pack a punch: 9Round offers 30-minute workout with no class times
Crowded fitness centers can be breeding grounds for competition and hostility. Regular gym-goers decked out in Lululemon who eat, sleep and breathe working out can come across as intimidating to […]
Board warriors: Local yogis fall for paddleboard yoga classes on the water
Catherine McMahon knows what everyone’s primary concern is when they sign up for their first stand up paddleboard yoga (SUP yoga) class, and she nips it in the bud before […]
Shy children: What’s normal and what you can do
Children’s birthday parties typically offer a bird’s-eye view of the broad spectrum of human temperaments. You’ll likely see socially bold kids, vying to be first in line for the piñata; […]
Let’s talk shots: The HPV conversation isn’t easy, but it’s important
Less than 30 percent of Virginia’s adolescent girls were vaccinated for human papillomavirus (HPV) last year, despite the fact that the Commonwealth was one of the first to pass legislation […]
Light as a feather: Aerial classes break taboos at Phoenix Dance Studio
Erica Barga has been living and breathing all things dance since she was a kid. Tap, jazz, ballet, ballroom—as long as she was moving across a dance floor, she was […]
Raising the barre: New downtown studio aims to make fitness more approachable
It’s easy to make assumptions about boutique fitness studios. And before she moved to Charlottesville from D.C., barre.[d] studio owner Hanna Dobbels found a lot of those assumptions to be […]
Getting tanked: AquaFloat promises physical and mental relaxation with sensory-deprivation flotation therapy
It looks a lot like a spa or massage parlor upon first glance. Relaxing is something I’m not especially skilled at unless a beach-side bar is involved, but when I […]