October was declared Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 1985. It was created to raise awareness about early detection and encourage women to get a mammogram. While it was originally a collaboration between the American Cancer Association and a pharmaceutical company with the sole purpose of encouraging mammograms, it is now much bigger. Today, the month celebrates survivors, honors those who lost their battle, and promotes prevention as well as other early detection methods.

Core strength is essential to so many aspects of our health and fitness. When you have a strong core, you are less likely to injure yourself doing daily tasks, your breathing is more efficient, and you can train better if you’re involved in athletic activities. Many people don’t realize that your core is much more than just the ab muscles. Next month, Vessel classes will bring attention to the many different areas of the core and how developing them will help you in the future.

We are currently experiencing record-breaking heat in Houston and it’s not even August! Since we’re nearing the hottest month of the year, it’s important to keep in mind some ways to survive the summer heat.

Our society loves babies. When a woman is pregnant, people constantly fuss over mom and baby to make sure they have what they need. But, as soon as that baby is born, Mom is expected to return to life like she didn’t just spend nine months growing an entire human being inside of her. To add to that, baby is supposed to be happy, sleep through the night, and eat without issues. At Vessel, we realize that there is so much more that happens after birth to mom and baby. That’s why we have created a program that specializes in both postnatal recovery for mom and baby yoga and massage for baby.

Each of our classes offer something special for our members. Our class spotlight posts will give you all a chance to learn more about our instructors, what each class entails, and how you can benefit from making it part of your routine! This month’s focus is the Tuesday morning Power Yoga Flow class taught by Rosary.