QUINCY The public is invited to enjoy goat yoga hosted bythe Blessing Nurses Alumni Association in observation of 2024 National Nurses Week.

Goat Yoga will take place atBlessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences,3609 N. Marx Dr.,in Quincy on Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m.

Similar to traditional yoga, participants will follow a teacher and perform different poses designed to enhance flexibility and strength. However, during goat yoga baby goats join in on the fun.

Goat yoga has proven to improve mental and physical health. According to scientific studies there are positive effects on our well-beings during human-animal interactions. Research shows spending time with animals can reduce stress and even alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety.

It will cost $30 for adults to participate and $14 for children 12 and under. Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Each participant must sign a liability waiver at the start of the session. Participants need to bring their own yoga mat if they dont want to be directly on the grass, but it's not required to participate in the class.

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(NBC News) The 2019 Xtreme Eating Awards are out, highlighting what the Center for Science in the Public Interest describes as nutritional nightmares.

Most of our award winners had a least an entire days calories, says CSPI senior nutritionist Lindsay Moyer.

Most people wouldnt consume four double cheeseburgers from Burger King, and a large Coke all at once, but its the caloric equivalent of one order of Top Golfs Injectible Donut Holes.

The Cheesecake Factorys Cinnamon Roll Pancakes clock in a 2,000 calories and 33 teaspoons of sugar.

Thats like eating 11 Krispy Kreme glazed donuts, Moyer notes.

And its not just sweets.

Jimmy Johns 16-inch Gargantuan sub has more than 7,000 milligrams of sodium.

The big problem is over time, consuming a steady diet of these meals, or even typical restaurant food, raises the risk of obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart diseases, Moyer warns.

The Cheesecake Factory issued a statement saying in part that many guests want to celebrate and not be concerned with calories. Others want to share their dish.

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UNMC students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in UNMCs De-Stress Week celebration, which runs April 22-26. De-Stress Week will include free breakfast, therapy dogs, yoga and more.

The following is a list of De-Stress Week events on the Omaha campus:

Monday, April 22:

Tuesday, April 23:

Wednesday, April 24:

Thursday, April 25:

Friday, April 26:

A list of activities taking place on the other UNMC campuses can be found at this link.

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In the seven years since recreational cannabis waslegalized in Massachusetts, opportunities for adults to spark up socially have definitely grown more creative.

Maybe its a cannabis-enhanced yoga night. Or a pop-up supper club with an edible menu. Throughout the state, entrepreneurs and chefs have sought out to change the way adults in Massachusetts can consume cannabis. And in the process, theyve helped form enthusiastic communities focused on wellness, social support and culinary experimentation.

Its not something I necessarily saw coming when I started, said Sam Kanter, the owner of Dinner at Marys, a cannabis event and catering company. We have so many repeat clients and when people bring [their] friends, you really feel a community aspect.

Kanters companyprovides a weed-infused catering menu for private events and high-end meal boxes. But friendships really form at canna-yoga, which Dinner at Marys hosts twice a month. At this teacher-led yoga session, adult attendees pay $40 for class admission, which includes an optional gift of an edible or smokeable product to enjoy while exercising. (Businesses like Kanters operate in a bit of a legal gray area; whilecannabis cafes and other social consumption businesseshave still not been legalized in Massachusetts,state lawallows individuals to gift each other up to one ounce of marijuana.)

Its fun, and the combination of cannabis and yoga work really well together, said Kanter. Certainly, people interact with each other at [our] private events. But when it comes to community-building, canna-yoga does that best. Its open, its nonjudgmental, and its a beautiful community.

Making a space to congregate, connect and indulge was also the inspiration behindThe Summit Loungein Worcester. The Summit, which operates as aprivate club, adheres to a BYOC policy, since Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes remain in the works. (Its status as a private club also exempts the Summit fromstate laws against indoor smokingand marijuana use in most public places.)

To get access to the lounge, adults can pay a monthly fee of $30, annual fee of $300 or a cover charge of $10 each visit. There is also a cafe with a menuperfect for those who have a sweet tooth(or the munchies.) As of March, the club has around 10,000 members.

On a regular night, youll find 15 to 25 people, hanging out, smoking, chilling, connecting. If we have a club event going on, youll see about 60 people there, said Kyle Moon, the clerk at The Summit Lounge.

Moon doesnt use cannabis, but prides himself in being able to provide a space where people can come together. Id rather be focused on the social connection rather than the cannabis, said Moon.We have board game nights, Mario Kart competitions and potlucks.

Sacrilicious, a pop-up supper club from chef David Yusefzdeh, uses fine food to facilitate those social connections.

People come for the food. No matter where youre from, food is a big connector, said Yusefzdeh, who started experimenting with infused cooking while working as a chef in Chicago. Of course, it also helps that some of the ingredients used to cook the food loosen up guests for conversation. After two or three courses, even shy clientele open up a little bit, said Yusefzdeh.

Adults who buy tickets to one ofSacrilicious cannabis-friendly dinner partiesin Boston will pay $50 to enjoy a chef-inspired prix fixe menu with low doses of THC in each dish. Like Dinner at Marys, guests pay for dinner admission, and cannabis is technically gifted, not sold.

The chefs also hostresort getaways in Vermont, which are a bit more elevated compared to the dinner parties. Well invite eight guests, and cook [an infused] meal for each mealtime during the weekend its a true bed-and-breakfast kind of vibe, said Yusefzdeh. Guests at Sacrilicious events are welcome to opt for a cannabis-free dinner, so long as theyre excited to bond over food.

All three entrepreneurs look forward to a time when Massachusetts businesses focused on social cannabis consumption will be able to plant permanent roots. But ultimately, thats not their main goal.

I try to equate it to a bar, said Moon. You dont go to a bar necessarily to drink, but to connect with other individuals. You can buy a six pack and drink it by yourself. Thats drinking. I want people coming here because theyre interested in connecting with like-minded individuals. You can consume cannabis, but thats not the main purpose.

P.S. If youre wondering about the holdup with social consumption sites and when theyll actually arrive in Massachusetts, youll want tolisten toRadio Bostons recent conversation with Cannabis Control Commissioner Bruce Stebbins. According to Stebbins, well be hearing a lot more about social consumption over the course of this year.

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For those of you who like to unwind, stretch it out, or take an active rest day, this ones for you.

Outside of the IM Building, State College is filled with numerous yoga studios. So, if youre looking for an escape or a good workout, we compiled some of the best places to do yoga in Happy Valley.

Located downtown on McAllister Alley, Yoga Lab offers indoor and outdoor classes with varying difficulty levels. Private event and private individual session bookings are available and can be scheduled on its website. The studio offers numerous class packages and unlimited memberships priced at $98 a month.

Just a short drive from campus, Nittany Meadow Farms, located in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, offers goat yoga. Public and private sessions are available, and more information and frequently asked questions can be found on its website.

The Bhakti Yoga Center is located on E. College Ave. in downtown State College. This studio offers yoga classes along with Kirtan (mantra meditation), workshops, special events, and 200-hour yoga teacher training. The companys schedule offers numerous classes every day and can be found on the website.

This multifaceted studio located on South Atherton Street offers extensive exercise classes including but not limited to, pilates, TRX, cycling, strength training, and yoga. PYP Studio offers more unique yoga classes such as hot, aerial, and restorative yoga. The class descriptions can be found online on its website.

Wellness in Motion (WIM) is a smaller-sized studio located on E. College Ave. This small-scale studio offers multiple classes including a kids class, making the environment friendly for all ages. Wellness in Motions instructors offer private sessions including yoga, reiki, herbal consultations, and therapy for back care and scoliosis.

East Coast Health & Fitness is a traditional gym that offers many fitness classes including yoga. Located on W. Hamilton Ave., this gym provides a Vinyasa Flow class that focuses on posture and breathing. Class schedules are listed online.

Offering gentle and slow flow yoga classes, the State College YMCA hosts group sessions for adults. Gentle Yoga sessions take place at 11:10 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the rest of April, and the full schedule can be found at the State College YMCA website.

Bhakti House is located in a State College neighborhood on Smithfield Street. The small business owners, Krishnamayi and Surapal, focus on a more spiritual style of meditation and will start offering all-level yoga community classes soon.

Located on University Drive, Onda Yoga offers yoga classes Monday through Saturday. The company offers weekend yoga retreats in the State College area along with regular courses.

TriYoga of Central Pennsylvania is located in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, which is about a 10-minute drive from campus. Having been in business for 23 years, the studio offers intro courses, memberships, drop-in classes, special events, private sessions, and teacher training.

Offering private lessons and a variety of general classes, Center for Well-Being acts as a yoga and massage studio. Located only eight minutes from campus in Lemont, Pennsylvania, Center for Well-Being Yoga welcomes new students with their first class free.

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Transformation always brings us closer to ourselves. And it always arrives at the moment we are ready for it. This week, the cosmos holds up a mirror to remind us we are more than ready as Venus and Chiron form a conjunction, the Sun squares Pluto, the Moon meets her fullness in Scorpio, and Mercury retrograde in Aries draws to a close.

April 21: Venus conjunct Chiron; Sun square Pluto; Moon enters Libra April 23: Full Moon in Scorpio April 24: Moon enters Scorpio April 25: Mercury direct in Aries April 26: Moon enters Sagittarius

On April 21, 2024, Venus and Chiron form a conjunction in Aries, which is the coming together of two celestial bodies.

Known as the wounded healer in astrology, Chiron is the wound where the light enters. It is the door to our own deepest nourishment and awareness. And it is where we become who and what we need.

Venus is love, self-love, value and worth, harmony and beauty. She is magnetism and abundance, softness and strength. Although Chiron is known as the healer of the cosmos, Venus is just as healing when we allow her magic in.

As Venus and Chiron come together, the invitation is to pour love into ourselves, to remember our inherent worth, and to hold ourselves from a place of self-reclamation. It is a doorway into a space where we own who we are, we are who we need, and we remember that we are medicine for ourselves, for others, and for the world.

Whether it feels like healing is holding you with love or like youre confronting old patterns, trust that whatever you are experiencing is happening on time as you claim more of yourself. This is the purpose of Venus conjunct Chiron.

The same day as the cosmic meeting of Venus and Chiron, the Sun forms a square with Pluto. A square is when two celestial bodies form an angle of 90 degrees and it brings our attention to a specific invitation it contains.

In astrology, the Sun is the core of who we are. It is our spirit, our life force, our spark, and our sense of self. Pluto is our underworld, our psyche, and our inner currents that move beneath the surface. Our Sun is the part of ourselves that we are aware of, whereas Pluto represents aspects of ourselves that are less known. As these two bodies connect in our cosmos, so do our conscious and unconscious, our core self and our underworld, our awareness and our psyche.

As Venus and Chiron open inner doors revealing what is in need of healing, the Sun squaring Pluto heightens this by bringing the potential for profound insight and inner transformation. Although the psychological currents of this cosmic meeting occur on April 21, the energy will continue to prepare us for release through the full Moon later this week.

Welcome to Aprils full Moon. Held in the arms of Scorpio, this is a time of surrender, release, and profound intimacy with ourselves, our truth, and our strength.

The full Moon transforms whatever it touches, including us. The Moon is our inner world, our intuitive self, and our emotional body. When the Moon is in Scorpio, a water sign, it is less about rational and logic and more about feeling and allowing. There is intelligence within our emotions, deep inner knowing within our intuition, and transformation within our surrender.

As the Moon shines in her fullness under the influence of Scorpio on April 23, it is not just the ocean waves she guides but the emotional currents within our bodies. This full Moon journeys deep, sinks in, goes underneath, within, and through, creating intimacy with ourselves. All of ourselves. She pierces through whatever defenses we have may set and brings what is ours front and center, inviting us to love.

While the Moon is full, all of her is on display. All of her is expressed. Vulnerable. Seen. Accepted. Open. Our invitation is the same. To bring awareness to not just the spaces within ourselves that we already accept and love but to all of us. The depths less travelled and the sides we are still learning to love.

Under this full Moon, we are guided to turn directly toward ourselves. What have we been turning away from? What have we been hiding in the darkness? It is in our surrender that we find ourselves again. It is with turning within that we come home.

The Scorpio full Moon invites true presence with our experience. It affords us the grace and permission to feel what we may feel, even if it opposes who we believe we should be, what we should experience, or how we should be living our lives. Let the truth beneath your surface shifts these stories with its wisdom.

The end of April brings the end of Mercury retrograde. From April 1 to 25, it has been the time of reflecting, rewriting, retracing, and reorganizing of our mind, inner narratives, and perspectives.

Mercury represents the mind and the way our minds seem to meld and shape each experience, just like a pair of glasses. What is on our glasses and can we see clearly? What is on our glasses and does it still serve us? As Mercury was retrograde we were reflecting on the contents of our mind and the narratives that live within them. It was a time that was less about clarity and more about questioning.

As Mercury stations direct and begins to move forward once again, the questioning that took place while it was in retrograde begins to reveal answers. We are offered opportunities to rewrite the scripts, release old ones, and reclaim the narrative of our lives through updating the terrain of our minds.

As you move through the week, invite your Venus to the surface. She will guide you to become the love you need.

Invite your Chiron to the surface and remember that you are your own medicine. There is wisdom and wholeness through what is calling your name.

Invite your Pluto to the surface for inner intimacy. You hold the potential to access your psychological depths, transformation, and reclamation of our own power.

Invite your Sun and Moon to the surface, for they are your life force, your intuitive whisper. They take you deeper into the magic that is uniquely you.

And as Mercury finishes its retrograde, allow space in your mind for your inner narratives and perspectives to begin rewriting themselves for there is much we are updating.

April has been a transformative month. Youve experienced eclipse season and Mercury retrograde. Youve swum within high tides of movement and deep soul invitations. On the other side of this week, youll encounter greater clarity, ease, and movement.

This week is a doorway. Your surrender is the key. When you look within instead of turning away, offer yourself love instead of judgment, and reclaim your own truth instead of allowing expired stories to direct you, youll unlock the door and find closure to the transits of this month. Consider it a slow breath out.

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The 2024 Lenovo Yoga Air 14 is now available in the Chinese market at CNY 8,499, around $1,17. As previously announced, the laptop does come with a top-end Intel Meteor Lake processor. But now that it is available for purchase, we know the exact CPU it packs. It's an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, a 16-core CPU that brings the Intel Arc 8-core iGPU.

This processor is paired with 1 TB of PCIe 4.0 storage and 32 GB of LPPDR5X RAM. Lenovo also seems to be taking full advantage of the NPU found inside the Core Ultra 7 CPU, packing the laptop with "Xiaotian" AI based on the "Tianxi" large model. It's basically a built-in AI assistant that can interact with users and help with different tasks, such as summarizing documents.

Another highlight of the new Yoga Air 14 is that it features a slim and light build. The chassis is 14.9 mm thick and weighs 1.4 KG (3.086 lbs), making the laptop live up to its "Air" name. This sleek build is paired with a 2.8K PureSight OLED screen with 400 nits of brightness rating and a 120 Hz refresh rate.

The display also has Dolby Vision support, VESA Certified DisplayHDR, and multiple eye protection ratings. With a 100% DCI-P3 color coverage, it aims to be color-accurate as well.

Besides, the laptop has a decent number of ports, which includes two Thunderbolt 4, one HDMI 2.1, and one USB 3.2. Other highlights of the 2024 Yoga Air 14 include a fairly large trackpad, a "rhythmic keyboard" with 1.5 mm key travel, and a speaker setup that can offer a "panoramic sound effect." Lenovo has yet to share details on global availability, but it could launch as Yoga Slim or Lenovo Slim (Slim 9 Pro curr. $1,849 on Amazon) in the international markets.

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Renders of an alleged Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 with the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chipset have been unearthed by Twitter user "WalkingCat" @_h0x0d_ (via Windows Central), indicating a launch may come sooner than expected.

The renders show a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14-inch laptop, on the outside it looks exactly like the Intel and AMD versions, which are already available from Lenovo. In fact, the design has hardly changed since we reviewed the Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 8 last year. Where it gets exciting is the new Snapdragon X Elite chipset reportedly within.

Of course, it's hard to show off a chipset when rendering the design of a laptop. To see what is powering the laptop, we'd need to pry open the chassis and take a look at the CPU socket.

Other than showing us what a potential Snapdragon X Elite platform could look like, these renders also indicate that we may see Snapdragon X Elite laptops hit the shelves sooner than expected.

Qualcomm has held to a "mid-2024" launch window for Snapdragon X Elite laptops since it first announced the chip last fall. While that could mean we see laptops with the new ARM silicon as early as June, the window is broad enough to lean into September.

However, these renders of the Lenovo Yoga 7 Snapdragon Edition give us some hope to see X Elite laptops earlier in that window. Lenovo certainly has a plethora of Yoga 7 chassis already built for the Intel and AMD versions of the laptops. It's unlikely to change much of the hardware for the Snapdragon Edition so the laptop is essentially already built and just waiting for the chips.

We've had hands-on time with the Snapdragon X Elite, so we know quite a bit about the chipset. The ARM chip delivered buttery smooth gaming performance running Baldur's Gate III, Control, and Redout II. All three games were running on a Windows x86 emulator but saw no dropped frames or visual stuttering. The Qualcomm silicon also handled DaVinci resolve so well, that we've been considering ditching our MacBooks for a Snapdragon laptop.

In terms of hard benchmark numbers, the Snapdragon X Elite has been putting the Apple M3 chipset to shame so frequently we're now stacking it up against the Apple M4 silicon which isn't even available. With up to 45 TOPs of NPU performance, the Snapdragon X Elite is also the only chip announced so far that will meet Microsoft's AI PC requirements when Windows 11 24H2 launches.

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While Qualcomm chips have been in laptops for years now, it was typically found in Chromebooks or other low-powered and affordable options. The Snapdragon X Elite could finally change all that and put Qualcomm in the conversation with Intel, AMD, and Apple among the upper echelon of laptop chip makers.

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Much of excitement surrounding The Terminal at the Katy Trail, the architecturally striking mixed-use project thats been developing in the Knox-Henderson neighborhood since 2019, has been theorizing about what tenants would find a home within its walls. Last year, the anticipation was justified when a handful of original and unique businesses were announced, painting a picture of a bespoke Dallas building focused on wellness and catering to Katy Trail passersby. Included in the thoughtful mix was O2 Aspen, a high-end yoga and Pilates studio opening its second-ever location beyond the tony mountain town.

A fixture of Aspen for nearly two decades, O2 has become known for its Pilates and heated power yoga classes, as well as its emphasis on great teachers.

I wanted to have the best instructors in Dallas, says owner Brittany Van Domelen. We spent the last 15 months testing out talent with a consultant who was very integrated into the yoga scene here. We have the best of the best in Aspen but thats a much smaller pool, so Dallas is really fun.

Beyond testing instructors, Van Domelen visited a variety of workout classes during her visits to Dallas, immersing herself in the citys boutique fitness scene.

I learned theres a lot of competition here, so it really made us step up our game, Van Domelen adds. We have so much crossover between Aspen and Dallas clients have been begging us to come here. Texas was the move I always wanted, but Dallas was clearly number one. They were ready for us.

Dallas is known for having one of the best boutique fitness scenes in the country, but Van Domelen still believes O2 will be a standout.

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One differentiating element could be the studios private club-like atmosphere. We want to ensure our staff knows peoples names and clients feel like theyre really taken care of, Van Domelen notes. We go above and beyond.

A deciding factor in O2s expansion to Dallas was space: Van Domelen is able to execute brands entire concept in the two-level, 4,500-square-foot space at The Terminal. That includes separate studios for reformer Pilates and yoga classes (some of which will be heated with infrared panels); a beauty treatment room for signature facials in collaboration with New York-based Knockout Beauty; and a boutique retail section featuring activewear brands like Adidas x Stella McCartney, Beyond Yoga, and The Upside.

We are looking for the best of the best with instructors, therapists, beauty, and clothing, Van Domelen says. Our quality control is what makes us different. And our cleanliness.

The official opening date for O2 Dallas is still being finalized, but much like the Aspen studio (which has hosted talent like Tracy Anderson), a few celebrity instructors are already in talks to come visit The Terminal at Katy Trail.

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