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Junior Emily Klein attends yoga at Bluebird Yoga weekly. Yoga makes her feel better and heathier. Bluebird Yoga offers classes for beginners and people that are experts in yoga. (maddie hiatt)
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It’s big, black, and burnished. It is equipped with satellite radio, two TVs, GPS, rear view camera, and leather seats with adjustable heat settings. The 2011 Cadillac Escalade is probably not what comes to mind when it comes to a teen’s car, but that’s what junior Patrick O’Loughlin drives. “ [My friends] think it’s funny that I drive it around,” Patrick said. “You usually wouldn’t see one in the student parking lot.” Technically, the Escalade belongs to his mother, Christin. According to her, she and her son use it the same amount but Patrick takes better care of it. The inside and outside need are kept in pristine condition. Patrick polishes the chrome and washes the car every week and prefers his passengers to be tidy. “He’s excellent at it, better than I am,” Christin said. “He’s really careful.” Patrick enjoys going and hanging out with his friends in the Escalade. As many as 10 people have once ridden in the seven-seater. As a family, the O’Loughlins love taking it on road trips throughout the U.S. “I think that it’s a good car,” Madeline O’Loughlin, Patrick’s sister, said. “There’s something that everyone will find that they like about the car.” 11 FHNTODAY.COM
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bending into shape A yoga studio on Main Street promotes health and wellness through the benefits of a consistent practice
style and a big part of my life.” After teaching in St. Louis for three years, Sarah and Ellen decided to bring another yoga studio to Warm sunshine pools on the hardwood floor St. Charles. Because of the variety of bird yoga and bounces around the brightly colored walls of poses, and symbolic meaning of the bluebird, they Bluebird Yoga studio. As yogis shift into their first decided to name the studio Bluebird. The studio downward dog of class, the soft crackle and pop of opened in February of 2011 when the location next tight joints blends into the united breath of the class, to Riverside Sweets became available. After some filling the studio with calm happiness. TLC, the studio was ready to open. Co-owners Sarah Edwards and Ellen “When we found a spot, we were FHNTODAY.COM Niedringhaus use this energy to inspire excited,”Ellen said. “The place their students through yoga. was great, but it needed love.” “Yoga inspired me to eat healthier Bluebird offers a variety of and work out more,” junior Emily classes, each with different levels To see a video of junior Emily Klein said. “I feel healthier overall.” of difficulty. The Yoga Basics class Klein talking After her first class Sarah knew that focuses on alignment of the body about the yoga studio. she wanted yoga to be a part of her life and introducing the fundamentals OR use this link: goo.gl/Be9V3 forever. Ellen had been working as a of yoga. Yogi’s Unite, is “beginner paralegal, while consistently practicfriendly, but more challenging.” ing yoga. She knew that if there was a “We wanted accessible names, way to make teaching yoga her career, she would. but also playful,” Sarah said. To make the dream of teaching a reality, they saved According to Ellen and Sarah, yoga has benefits their money for teacher training. Sarah trained in that extend past relaxation. Yoga teaches breath Los Angeles and Ellen in Honolulu. They each control, promotes a wider range of joint movement, taught their first classes days after certification. and decreases the risk of injury. “I was calm and peaceful and could feel my whole “Our mission is to enrich, energize, and inspire,” body at the same time,” Sarah said. “I wanted to Ellen said. “We’re accomplishing that mission daishare that gift with others. I wanted it to be a life- ly, class by class. That’s why we teach.”
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