If you attend my weekly yoga classes at the Cook County Community YMCA (Fridays at 11am and Saturdays at 8am), you may have noticed that I do not use any music during our practice. This is not because I am opposed to music with yoga. At home I almost always turn up the tunes for my flow! Rather, I have found the lack of music to be a way in which we can focus more deeply on the body and the breath.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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The Great Place Project grant program, a project of the Cook County Business and Civic Partnership, is officially open for your applications. We are in our 11th year of funding great projects throughout Cook County and Grand Portage.
University of MN Extension and Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District are partnering to present two workshops in May for landowners interested in tree planting and increasing resiliency in their forests.
Life in Christ Lutheran Church is excited to announce the groundbreaking of its new church building on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., at 2017 W. Highway 61 in Grand Marais. The public is warmly invited to attend the ceremony and a time of fellowship to follow.
Natalie LaPrairie