Bloom Archives
Category: Health & Fitness
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Bloomington Yoga Collective: A New Downtown Studio
At least two local yoga studios closed during the pandemic, even as surging stress made finding a place to reflect and recalibrate increasingly important,…
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Cancer Support Community To Open Bloomington Branch
Cancer patients and their loved ones can expect a warm-and-homey vibe— and a plethora of free services—when they step inside the new Bloomington- based…
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Two Teenagers Talented At Tennis, Art, and Life
Local teenage tennis players Briah and Taylor O’Neal have been making their marks on the court since they began playing at ages 4 and…
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New Community Resource Parkinson’s Wellness Center
When rehabilitation therapists Jennifer Freeman and Carolyn Utesch attended a 2019 conference sponsored by the Parkinson’s Foundation, they couldn’t have predicted how it might…
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Jazzercise: Blending Dance, Yoga, Kickboxing, & More
As a Purdue University undergraduate in the 1980s, Kris Heeter was struck by a car and left with a broken pelvis.
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Temujin Gold: A Swim Coach Without a Pool to Coach In
The pandemic brought many challenges, but for local swim coach Temujin Gold, that challenge was almost overwhelming—a year of coaching a swim club without…
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Centerstone: Helping People in Recovery Find Employment and Start a New Life
Sometimes you just need someone to believe in you.
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A Girl from Jamaica Becomes A Doctor in South-Central IN
As a young girl growing up in Jamaica, Dr. Karen Reid- Renner wanted to be a missionary nurse.
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Coming in 2022: Tandem Community Birth Center and Postpartum House
Indiana is a dangerous place to be a pregnant person. With one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the United States, Indiana…