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South Milwaukee Grant Program Helps Transform a Vacant Building into a Community-Focused Yoga Studio

South Milwaukee Grant Program Helps Transform a Vacant Building into a Community-Focused Yoga Studio Beyond Yoga in South Milwaukee is using local grant funding to revitalize a vacant building and partner with Marquette University on a new study helping women veterans. By: Kidd O'Shea , Photojournalist Colin MihalichPosted 1:00 PM, Apr 28, 2026 | and last updated 1:00 PM, Apr 28, 2026SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A once-vacant building on Milwaukee Avenue in South Milwaukee is getting a…

Our Why: A Veteran’s Story

Our Why: A Veteran's Story "Yoga is for women. It is not something I ever really put any thought into. It is for the soccer moms to get together once a week and “work out”. Not something for a Marine. Not anything I needed. The problem is that kind of thinking shows just how narrow-minded I had become. A year ago my life fell apart. I had been out of the Corps for several decades and…

A SAFE, PREDICTABLE, AND CONTROLLABLE ENVIRONMENT: CREATING SPACE FOR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE

Published by permission from The International Association of Yoga Therapists. This article was originally published in Yoga Therapy Today. Only in an open, nonjudgmental space can we acknowledge what we are feeling. Only in an open space where we're not all caught up in our own version of reality can we see and hear and feel who others really are, which allows us to be with them and communicate with them properly. —Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart A…