Health + Wellness

Get Outside and Find Yourself

Mindful Trails cultivates space for genuine connection: with nature, each other, and ourselves. Article by Natalie Fox Imagine walking across a peaceful forest. You feel twigs crunch beneath your feet, hear birds calling and branches rustling, while your eyes take in the golden splendor of the setting sun. The full body connection we achieve in nature is no accident; it’s by design. We are meant to commune with the outdoors, where anxieties are soothed and our nervous systems can truly reset. ...

Life + Culture

A Meaningful Feast

Honoring the Hands That Grow Our Future Article by Caroline Ficken | Photography by John Wachs On an April evening beneath a canopy of trees at Decatur’s Legacy Park, our city’s largest greenspace, neighbors, chefs, and community members came together for A Meaningful Feast – a fundraising event celebrating the roots and reach of Global Growers Network. Held in honor of the nonprofit’s Founding Farmers, the evening paid tribute to a group of New Americans, immigrants, and refugees, who...

Wellness

Wellness with a Passport

A local yoga studio brings wellness and wanderlust together, offering restorative retreats abroad that go far beyond the mat. Article by Josh Cornwall | Photography by Connelly Crowe If you’ve ever wanted to do downward dog on the Amalfi Coast and then toast it with a glass of wine overlooking Capri, Sati Yoga & Wellness might be the studio for you. Tucked next to Dolce Vegan Bakery in historic downtown Kirkwood, Sati is the place where yoga doesn’t feel like a performance and where community...

Food + Beverage

Roasted with Respect

More than a cafe – Opo is coffee with a vision. Article by Brandon Malcolm | Photography by Matt Boggs In 2006, Opo Coffee owner Jonathan Pascual worked at Starbucks in Downtown Decatur- his first coffee job. Like all great baristas, Jonathan enjoyed a steady group of regulars whose orders he knew by heart, one of whom was former Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd. “He always got a mocha,” Pascual remembers. “I loved knowing regulars, being a part of people’s lives, and the community. That’s when I...