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[click "Play", Susan speaks with Martin Klabunde]

 

 

“Music is medicine and plays an important part in cultivating a deeper awareness; it allows our spirit to move into the spirit world where this transformation occurs," Martin Klabunde

150x197-images-stories-CA-Martin_Adungu_StPhillips-II Remember the old Beach Boys song about "good vibrations." There's a variation on that theme this coming weekend at the Telluride Yoga Center.

Friday, August 19 – Sunday, August 21, the Telluride Yoga Center hosts "Collective Awakening," which begins with a night of indigenous music, followed by a day of meditation, sacred music, drumming, dance and ceremony and then one day of Adungu (Ugandan bow harp) and drum classes. As an added bonus (though not part of the workshop), Telluride Yoga Center owner/yoga instructor Kristin Taylor's Sunday morning class will be accompanied by live music. 

16 August, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear Lisa Jacobs' conversation with Susan]

 

Linnea poster The laid back lux of Spa Linnea is just one of many reasons tourists might choose to stay at Hotel Madeline. "That's nice," you say as a local, "but what's in it for me?" Turns out, plenty.

On Sunday, August 21, 10 am – 3 p.m., Spa Linnea hosts a launch party of a new line, Naturopathica, and everyone, guest, local, is welcome to come to enjoy mimosas, light bites, a mini-facial, body melt foot therapy, a mineral makeup makeover and a spa gift.  And should you fall in love with the place– which you will after all that pampering – Spa Linnea has a SpaFit Monthly Member program anyone can join.

16 August, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Kristin Taylor]

 

Kristin & Albert Here's what the Telluride Yoga Center does not offer: hip-hop yoga or yoga for dogs. (Yep, those variations on the theme are out there, along with circus yoga, acrobatic yoga, even Christian yoga, also not on the schedule.) Otherwise, Telluride's original yoga studio, located at 201 West Colorado Avenue, Suite 200, in the historic Nugget Building, offers something for everyone.

And that means you. Even if you are not young and buff. Even if you can't bend like pretzel. Even if you have nagging injuries. Even if you you are a jock who gets plenty of exercise. Maybe especially if you are a jock who gets plenty of exercise, but has no clue how to breath or simply need to chill out. My teacher, Gary Kraftsow, of the American Viniyoga Institute, once defined yoga at the level of asana (postures) as "flossing for the spine." What could be more basic than spine health.

07 August, 2011 /

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The eighth annual Riverfront Park Fashion Show brings some of fashion’s best and brightest to Denver’s Riverfront neighborhood. The theme is “Classic” but don’t expect to see your mother’s flat knit and pearls strutting down the catwalk.  This year the “Crack Pack” is sure to have fashion addicts hooked on the edgy, youthful looks that define classic in a fresh new way.  

06 August, 2011 /

Hat Fashion Friday is all Telluride's Two Skirts spotting trends and highlighting designers worth noting, then bringing it all down to a local level. This week fashionista Ashley Deppen focuses on Mischa Lampert.

Alright already. I don't want to wish away the summer either, but Lampert's chunky wool hats are special: hand knit wool head gear that act like winter armor, but also have great style. Her Sailor Fur number with its slightly conical shape makes you look like a character out of "Lord of the Rings." And I mean that in the very cute elfin sense. The earflaps on the Nolita model insulate you from the cold – and the world.

05 August, 2011 /

Yes, it's true. Telluride Inside...and Out wholeheartedly supports the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program. With us it is strictly personal: my husband Clint has been an Adaptive instructor for 12 years and counting. For him the work is soul food. But helping others with special challenges is important work no matter where in the country it is going on.

In the state of Colorado, Steamboat Springs also has an active adaptive program, Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports, a chapter of Disabled Sports USA and a US Paralympic Sportclub.

30 July, 2011 /

[click "Play", Susan is tickled to be speaking with Ashley Deppen]

 

Feather earrings Talk about summer fashions and the conversation, according to our fashionista's at Telluride's trendy Two Skirts boutique, inevitably gets light. As light as a feather.

Feathers (and fringe), remnants of the 1960s hippie dippy days, surfaced on runways from Paris to New York for the summer season. Birds of the feather, world famous designers all, used feathers in glam gowns and dresses for subtle, uber feminine details and added texture. Feather looks came in all sizes, colors and styles. Whole looks from designers like Alexander McQueen and Zac Posen harkened back to days when eye-popping confections on the silver screen nearly stole the show. (Think Fred and Ginger or Zeigfeld or any fairy tale.) Other designers, like Two Skirts' Tucker limited themselves to feathers as accents.

28 July, 2011 /
[click "Play", Kristin talks with Susan about "Red" and "Clutch for the Cause"]

 

Red Bag How goes Milan, so goes Telluride. At least according to fashionista Kristin Holbrook, co-owner of Telluride's ever popular Main Street boutique, Two Skirts.

Two trends emerged on the runways in Milan, Paris,  and New York: fur and red. (Someone must be watching HBO's "True Blood" for ideas.) Won't be seeing much of the former: fur is not too popular around these parts unless it is covering the body of a living thing, like, say a pet dog or cat. But red. Apparently that is a whole other story.

Kristin's story. She says that red in all its variations from Chianti to merlot will show in accessories such as bags from trendy designers such as Marc Jacobs. It's all about punching up the other two popular Fall color themes, grays and browns.

21 July, 2011 /

[click "Play" to listen to Sasha Cucciniello's interview with Dr. Kent Gaylord]   by Dr. Kent Gaylord Sore throats are one of the most common reasons for coming to the doctor.  Sore throats are most commonly caused by a virus, but...

17 July, 2011 /