Recovery-Infused Yoga Community Center

06/07/2026

🦋There was a time in my life when I believed grief was something you eventually left behind.

What I've learned instead is that grief is more like Lake, Michigan.

Some days the water is calm, and you can see clearly for miles. Other days the waves rise unexpectedly, stirred by winds you never saw coming.

But the shoreline remains.

Life after loss has taught me that healing isn't about forgetting. It's about learning to stand through the changing seasons, trusting that even the rough waters will settle again.

The woman I was before loss is not the woman I am today.

I've been shaped by heartbreak, strengthened by adversity, and humbled by love.

I’m reminded, time and time again, that beauty still exists even after the hardest storms.

As I look out across the water, I see that every wave eventually returns to shore.

💗Maybe that's true for hope too.

06/07/2026

We've got some big news to share with you!

Kent County Veterans Services is partnering with the United Veterans Council of Kent County to host the 2026-2027 Kent County, Michigan Veteran of the Year Banquet.

But- we need your help.

We are looking for people or organizations to nominate veterans in Kent County that are doing amazing work for fellow veterans in our community.

You can submit a nomination and read the rules here: https://bit.ly/kentcountyveteranoftheyear

Questions? Call Don with the United Veterans Council of Kent County at 616-250-6884 or Dan with Kent County Veterans Services at 616-632-5755.

06/07/2026

In November 1990, during the Gulf crisis, Muhammad Ali traveled to Baghdad as an unofficial citizen diplomat.

Despite suffering from Parkinson’s disease and facing objections from the U.S. government, the 48-year-old former boxing champion met personally with Saddam Hussein on November 29.

Following the meeting, Hussein agreed to release 15 American hostages who had been held as human shields. Ali left Iraq on December 2, 1990, as 15 freed American hostages also returned from Iraq, with some traveling separately.

The mission, organized with help from peace activists including former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, failed to stop the Gulf War but became one of Ali’s notable post-retirement acts of unofficial humanitarian diplomacy.

06/07/2026

No matter who you are or how successful you become, healing still requires honesty, humility, and doing the work one day at a time. Recovery doesn’t discriminate.

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

Grounding and healing sunlight supports our ability to root into the purpose we get to have on this planet. 🌿✨🙏