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Snowcapades: Winter Sports

By New England standards, this winter is looking positively mild-mannered — all the more reason to get out and enjoy it! Thanks to the magic of modern snowmaking machines, skiers and snowboarders can find fresh powder at any one of six resorts in Berkshire and Litchfield counties, each of which offers

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At Hudson Wellness Collective, Health As Human Right

Sarah Falkner, Masha Schmidt, Caroline Ruderman; Photo credit Nicholas Kahn There's nothing clinical about walking into the Hudson Wellness Collective, a center for healing arts that opened on Hudson’s bustling Warren Street last fall. Strings of tiny white lights and a paper lamp cast a warm glow

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Looking Good, Locally

It’s one the paradoxes of life that the busy social calendar of the holiday season coincides with formidable beauty opponents such as pasty skin, dry winter winds, and the skin-dulling effects of too little fresh air and too much online shopping. But thanks to our area’s diverse array

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At Sruti, Strength Training for Body and Serenity for Mind

Between eggnog-fueled family feuds, latke hangovers, and strangely competitive Secret Santa exchanges, peace of body and soul can be in short supply during the holiday season.  But take heart, weary reindeer. Chances are that Sruti Berkshire Yoga Center in Great Barrington—part fitness mecca, part spiritual hub, part community center—

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Swing, Shimmy, Sweat: Exercising Off the Beaten Path

Come November, a familiar jog or bike ride around New England streets can start to feel a little lonely. Where are the neighbors, fellow health nuts, and eager leaf-peepers? And is wind chill some kind of cruel punishment designed to keep dutiful exercisers from getting in their morning cardio? But

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Destination Detox: Hudson, NY

Hudson has gone through a number of transformations as a destination spot since being chartered as a city in 1785. In its earliest days, it was the port of call for whaling and merchant ships returning from the ends of the earth laden with exotic goods, barrels of whale oil,

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