Feature Stories

With all the cutbacks that seem to be plaguing area companies, it's easy to forget about mental and physical health. For many local health club facilities and area employers, keeping employees healthy, safe and productive are still priorities. Studies and numbers have indeed proven that overall wellness is key to individual and organizational success.

Read more: Taking Wellness to Work

Denise Rassel’s education in chiropractic medicine started at a fairly young age. “Both my parents are chiropractors,” she says. “I saw a lot of people and families enjoy better health through chiropractic.”

Read more: Pain in the Neck? Not a Problem

It seems too good to be true that one of the most sought after experts on fitness and nutrition lives right here in the Lansing area—and there is a studio staffed with personal trainers right around the corner.

Read more: Better Health is Their Business

Talk for even a few minutes with Ruth Fisk, owner and founder of Center for Yoga, or Hilaire Lockwood, owner and founder of Hilltop Yoga, and it is clear that yoga for them is more than a profession. Their study and practice of yoga informs every aspect of their lives—mind, body and spirit.

And they want to share that passion with others.

Through their yoga centers, they bring the healing, energizing and life-affirming power of this ancient art to a new generation.

Read more: Passion for Yoga

Gail Hagbom was always interested in a medical career. "I thought I'd end up in nursing or veterinary medicine," she recalls.

But after some serious consideration of all her options, Hagbom decided to roll the dice and make a life-changing choice—she realized her interest in food offered a way to teach people how to live healthier lives.

Today, she is helping local Head Start children and families struggling to make ends meet. 

Read more: Nutritionist Shares Knowledge