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Start by breathing slowly and deeply, concentrating your mind, and making yourself centered. Whether you’re practicing your side bending, core strengthening twists or inversions, Seattle has many yoga studios to choose from. You could just follow the next stranger you see holding a yoga mat or you could use our guide to help you find a studio convenient for you and somewhere you feel comfortable. Here’s a few we found on the Seattle streets.

“Those who want to try to tie up traffic as much as possible and be confrontational with motorists,” according to the Critical Mass website, “are missing the point.” Seattle’s own ride begins at Westlake Center on the last Friday over every month at 5:30pm. After the arrests from the July 25th 2008 events, the police have taken a much keener interest in the event. Though they claim to desire neither to lead nor prevent the ride, their presence has brought on a more subdued celebration. Critical Mass has—to steal a techie expression—expanded virally throughout the globe. Seattle, an aspiring bike friendly city, was fated to have its own iteration sooner or later.

The Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media has become the best event of its kind in North America. Now in its fifth year, the four-day festival is held each year in September at 11 venues all over Seattle including Neumos, The Triple Door, Chop Suey, Sole Repair, The Baltic Room, and The Grey Gallery & Lounge.

Hungry for a steak? Well, we’re no Buenos Aires, but we’ve got plenty of great beef to go around. Here’s a guide to help you find a cut worth putting your brand on. Whether you like it medium rare or blackened, you’re guaranteed to find a good cut of meat somewhere on the streets of Seattle. Have fun and remember to breathe and chew.

Bon Iver Photo Gallery

Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL) is a nonprofit organization committed to bringing writers, scholars, filmmakers, and other artists to the Seattle community. Founded in 1987, SAL began presenting lectures with a Literary Lecture Series in 1988 and has steadily added new programs. SAL’s mission has stayed true through the years. It encourages the sharing of ideas between scholars and citizens through sponsoring lectures and classes and in the process helps create a sense of community among people in the Puget Sound area.

Fremont Oktoberfest 2008 - Preview and Giveaway

University of Washington Photo Gallery

Spinning the classics is a hit. Shifting the point of view to a villanized, forgotten, or overlooked characters creates fresh takes on the stories we know all too well. In 2000, Sarah Ruhl switched the classic tale of Orpheus and Eurydice to make it Eurydice’s story. Her play Eurydice opens Sept.11 at ACT Theatre. Ruhl refreshes the ancient myth by following Eurydice’s journey and experience in the underworld instead of Orpheus’, which provides a view of Eurydice that Orpheus and the audience never had.

The Seattle Weekly’s Third Annual Reverb Fest is sure to blow the barn doors off of Downtown Ballard while showcasing the talent of 65 Seattle bands at ten different venues. The weekend of Saturday Oct. 4th is sure to be a raucous one on the cobbled downtown streets of Ballard, with festivities starting at 3pm and a variety of acts, ending with Moondoggies at the Sunset Tavern.

Bumbershoot 2008 Photo Gallery

You don't have to go far out of Seattle to find something novel, exciting and downright invigorating. Nestled between two majestic mountain ranges and situated on the shores of an inland ocean our city and the surrounding hinterland have many opportunities for relaxation, recreation and an inquisitive mind.

Seattle Asian Art Museum by Mariah Gentry

Pickaton 2008

Nexus Project is a ten-minute play festival consisting of 12 plays - all donated by artists with strong Seattle roots. Each play is inspired by a different local non-profit organization. The audience will be asked to vote by ballot for one organization, and the one with the most votes will receive a piece of the proceeds. Every group is a winner of course, as all twelve receive the support of an original play.