Wellness
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576Chilling Out With Cryotherapy
How and why self-freezing can be beneficial
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905Upside-Down Gardens Flip Planting Expectations
Topsy-turvy tomatoes are easier to grow than their upright brethren
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1.6KEstrella Collective Likes Being the Black Sheep of Local Yoga
Year-old Santa Cruz studio embraces hip-hop yoga, tooth gems and more
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998Bonny Doon Farm’s Lavender Legacy
The country's first English lavender farm lives on after its founder's passing in natural soaps, salves and oils
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980How Kirtan Chants Changed My Yoga and My Mind
Call-and-response Hindu mantras relieve stress and anxiety
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1.6KCBD: Cure-All or Snake Oil?
From CBD coffee to cosmetics, not all cannabidiol products are created equal
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1.7KWho Owns Your DNA?
UCSC researchers decode genetic privacy
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818Rewriting the Rules for Men’s Mental Health
It took the #MeToo movement to shine a light on men’s mental health
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1.4KWhy I Chose A Green Burial
The case for “cremation conversion”
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2.4KThe Real Health Risks of Wildfire Smoke
What are we breathing, for how long, and why are you still running?
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4.3K2New WAMM Garden Promises Heirloom Cannabis for the People
Compassionate care collective partners for expanded grow space.
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3.2KSanta Cruz Ayurveda Explains Autumn’s Seasonal Body, Mind Shifts
The fall transition is a powerful time to make these healthful adjustments
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2.6KVape Wars: Are We Missing the Bigger Picture?
Controversial e-cigs surge in popularity as smoking declines
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3.7KJacob’s Heart Celebrates 20 Years of Community Support
The nonprofit helping families battling childhood cancer is still going strong
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4.0KResponding to Catcalls
Clara E. Minor of Minorsan shows women how to take back power in her free self-defense classes
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3.2K1Cannabis Newcomers Flock to CBD
After prohibition, Santa Cruz sees increase in adults seeking medicinal over recreational products
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2.2KOne Man’s Quest to Become More Literate in Body Language
How a sea change in posture can change your world
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3.6KWhat’s In Your Wine?
Megan Bell of Margins Wine explains the ‘natural wine’ movement
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5.5KThe Latest Better-Sleep Trend May Actually Work
How weighted blankets may help insomnia and anxiety in children and adults
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82.8KWhat Anthony Bourdain Taught Us About Ourselves
Why mental health issues are inseparable from society’s overall well-being.
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24.0K2How Craniosacral Therapy Activates the Body’s Self-Healing
Craniosacral Therapist Inna Dagman explains how the modality works as a preventative and healing measure
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1.6KDoes the FDA’s Menu Labeling Rule Help Consumers?
A closer look at the mandate on calorie counts
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2.4KIs Barre the Next Zumba?
Our writer goes out on a limb to try the hottest new trend in fitness classes
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2.3KIs Chilled Water Really a More Healthy Choice?
The science behind iced, room temperature, hot and sparkling water
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6.3KConference Takes On Human Trafficking in Santa Cruz
Coalition Hosts Free ‘Human Trafficking Happens Here: Understanding Child Sexual Exploitation’ Conference
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2.6K‘Transcending Madness’ Workshop Presents Holistic Tools for Mental Health
Meditation guru Bill Scheffel leads workshop alongside Santa Cruz’s Annica Rose and Aleksandra Wolska
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3.5K2California’s Sobering Air Quality Reports Hit Close to Home
A closer look at Santa Cruz County’s ‘F’ in air quality
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3.9KSanta Cruz’s Regular Contra Dances Provide Fun and Exercise
Santa Cruz’s vibrant Contra Dance community emphasizes inclusivity and playful creative energy
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9.2KAfter Cannabis is Legal, Could Magic Mushrooms be Next?
Marina mayoral candidate files proposal to begin psilocybin’s road to legalization
