Equal Night: Welcoming the Autumn Equinox
Today, light and dark are perfectly balanced. The autumn equinox takes place on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. On the equinox, day and night are of nearly equal length across the planet. The word equinox itself comes from the Latin words meaning “equal...
Peace Begins Here: A Celebration of the International Day of Peace
Every year on September 21st, the world pauses. Not for long enough, perhaps. But it pauses. And in that pause lives an invitation that is both ancient and urgent: to choose peace, actively and intentionally, in the places we actually inhabit. The United Nations...
Have You Been to Yart Yet?
Somewhere down a trail in South Bend, a festival exists for only two days a year. The rest of the time it is just woods. Then, one weekend every late summer, artists show up and turn 24 acres of forest into something you have to see to believe. That festival is Yart,...
The Art of Being Here: A Celebration of National Mindfulness Day
In a world that is constantly pulling our attention in a thousand directions, choosing to be present is one of the most powerful things we can do. National Mindfulness Day is observed every September 12th as an invitation to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the one...
A Month to Come Home to Yourself: Celebrating National Wellness Month
August is here, and with it comes an invitation many of us quietly need: to slow down, check in, and tend to the whole of ourselves with a little more intention. National Wellness Month was founded by Live Love Spa in 2018, created by the company’s chief...
Zen Zone at Art Beat 2026
Join us this year at the Zen Zone at Art Beat on August 15th. We are located in Plaza Park behind the Everwise Lounge. Here are the businesses joining us. Come walk a classical five-circuit labyrinth, discover the insight the labyrinth has for you, and use the basic...
Choose to Refuse: Joining the Plastic Free July Movement
Every July, millions of people around the world ask themselves one simple question: what if I just said no to single-use plastic for a month? That question is the heartbeat of Plastic Free July, a global movement launched in 2011 by the Plastic Free Foundation. What...
Seen, Heard, and Supported: Honoring BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month
Every July, the nation pauses to acknowledge a truth that has long been overlooked in mainstream wellness conversations: not everyone experiences mental health challenges the same way, and not everyone has equal access to support. This is the heart of Bebe Moore...
The Summer Solstice: Celebrating Light, Growth, and New Possibilities
The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of the year and the official beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. As the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky, we are gifted with more daylight than on any other day of the year. For centuries, people around the...
Breathe In, Rise Up: A Celebration of International Yoga Day
June 21st is International Yoga Day, a good day to unroll your mat, towel, as the whole world is stretching together. There is something wonderfully fitting that International Yoga Day falls on the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern...
Small Wings, Big World: A Celebration of World Bee Day
If you have spent any time in the Conscious Michiana community, you already know we have a thing for bees. The hive is not just a metaphor for us. It is a framework, a philosophy, and honestly, a way of life. So it should come as no surprise that World Bee Day is one...