Jamie Taylor

Corporate counsel event offers mindfulness tools for busy professionals

ACC's financial-services mindfulness event pairs brief practices with networking, turning a 60-minute slot into a workplace reset.

Jul 16, 2026·4 min read

Age-Friendly Pikes Peak offers virtual mindful breathing for older adults

A one-hour virtual breathing session gives older adults a low-friction way to try mindfulness, with phone registration and a simple guided format.

Jul 16, 2026·3 min read

Magnolia Grove meditation center offers mindful day for all experience levels

Magnolia Grove’s July 12 day retreat ran from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., pairing sitting, walking, lunch, and Dharma sharing for beginners and regulars alike.

Jul 16, 2026·2 min read

Warhammer Community joins million miniatures challenge for 2026 goal

Warhammer Community set 25, 50 and 100-model pledge tiers for its 2026 Million Miniatures Challenge, with store tracking, prizes and a May 9 deadline.

Lishi tools turn lockpicking into a faster, more precise job

Lishi tools can sharpen real decoding skills, but only on the right cylinders. Pick a platform you actually see, or the kit becomes expensive shelf art.

Jul 15, 2026·4 min read

Still Yoga brings infrared heated classes to downtown Arlington Heights

Still Yoga opens July 18 with infrared heated flow and sculpt classes for up to 47 students at 44 S. Vail St., a local project by James Babiarz and Paige Prudden.

Research

Therapeutic yoga eases anxiety and depression in recovery program

Inside a 30- to 90-day recovery program, three tailored yoga sessions a week tracked with sharper drops in depression and generalized anxiety.

Learning

Influencer sparks backlash for doing yoga poses in airplane aisle

Rosa.Adventures drew backlash for handstands and walkovers in a crowded plane aisle, while teachers pointed travelers toward seat-based stretches and a back-of-plane stance.

Research

Study urges clinicians to take yoga breathwork more seriously

A Frontiers review says slow, guided breathing has enough evidence for clinicians, while vague breathwork claims still outrun the data.

Ellenville library offers free leatherworking workshop to make a wallet

Ellenville library’s free one-hour leatherworking class gave adults 18 and older a wallet project and a low-cost first step into the craft.

Hancock County NxNs 2026 opens registration with 65-cuber limit

Registration opened July 9 for Hancock County NxNs 2026, a 65-cuber meet in Greenfield with 42 already signed up and 23 places left.

Speedcubing Slovakia opens registration for Ivanka pri Dunaji Open 2026

Registration opened for the third Ivanka pri Dunaji meet with only 55 spots and a 10-euro fee. Twenty-six cubers were already in, including 22 returners.

Wyoming wardens use decoy sheds to catch antler poachers

A shed can look like it is just lying there, until a warden’s decoy turns it into evidence of trespass, closed-season violations, or theft.

Jul 15, 2026·4 min read

Trends

Protein boom gains strength as wellness trends and GLP-1s converge

Protein is moving from a gym staple to an everyday wellness buy as GLP-1 use, satiety and aging needs keep demand durable.

Jul 15, 2026·5 min read

Sharpologist explains what single-blade razors really mean in wet shaving

Single-blade can mean a DE, injector, straight, shavette, or even a one-blade cartridge, so the label alone will not tell you how a razor will feel.

Jul 15, 2026·4 min read

WhollyKaw founder says soap performance matters more than tallow or vegan labels

Sri pushes the soap debate past tallow vs. vegan labels and into the lather traits that actually decide a shave: slickness, cushion, water tolerance, and consistency.

Jul 15, 2026·5 min read

Updates

Hardrock 100 goes forward as wildfire smoke cancels other races

Wildfire smoke canceled Leadville and Ouray races, but Hardrock 100 cleared its route after a Thursday review of smoke, closures and agency coordination.