When the mental chatter becomes overwhelming, Lake City High School senior Ava Angell dims the lights, turns on soft music and meditates on the positive.
"Breathing in the good thoughts and exhaling out the bad ones," Angell said Tuesday, sharing a mental health tactic her mom taught her.
"I try to do it every night," she said. "I feel like that’s when my thoughts are racing the most, and that’s when it’s healthiest to get them out."
Music lovers across the Palouse can usher in the holiday season with WSU School of Music’s Holiday Celebration: Star of Wonder at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2. The event will also be livestreamed.
Arriving at Beyoutiful Hot Yoga in the dark at 5:20 a.m. for a 5:30 class, it was immediately clear that this is a devoted bunch as I was far from the first person there.