Bloom Archives
Category: Health & Fitness
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How Music, Art, and Dance Are Used to Help in Therapy
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Hearing a familiar tune, a woman with Alzheimer’s disease begins to sing. An autistic boy draws a picture that expresses emotions…
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Hoosiers Outrun Cancer Set for Saturday, Sept. 20
BY DANIEL MORGAN There’s no telling when cancer might strike, and it often leaves victims feeling debilitated, hopeless, and cursed. But for the past…
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Wild Orchid Pole Fitness & Dancing: It’s Not What You Might Think
BY KELLY KENDALL Sunlight streams in the windows of this studio in a north-side residential neighborhood, where the walls are painted a light sky…
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More Emphasis on Bike Safety as Number of Riders Increases
BY KELSEY O’CONNOR Bicycle commuting is being embraced in Bloomington to a far greater extent than the country as a whole. In 2012, 3.9…
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FlowMotion Fest Celebrates Movement-Based Art Forms
BY CARMEN SIERING If you’ve ever wanted to run away and join the circus, FlowMotion Fest, August 22–24 at Stable Studios in Spencer, Indiana,…
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Heel to Heal: A Pet Loss Support Group (Photo Gallery)
BY KELLY KENDALL David Murphree knew that his dog, Grayce, wasn’t long for this world. At 14 years old, she had far exceeded the…
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Pickleball: A Game for Seniors That’s Sweeping the Nation!
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC When aficionados describe pickleball as one of the fastest growing sports in the country, the inevitable question is, “Wait. What? Pickleball?…
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Indiana University Athletes Volunteer at Camp Riley (Photo Gallery)
BY ANICKA SLACHTA The evening of July 21, nearly 100 IU athletes volunteered to stop by Camp Riley at Bradford Woods — a camp…
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Veterans Supply Skill and Heart for Nashville Public Sculpture
BY BILL WEAVER A century after artists T.C. Steele and Adolph Shulz first walked the Brown County hills in search of primal landscapes, the…