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A guide to how to get healthy and stay healthy in Columbia
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The Columbia Track Club meets at the MKT Trail entrance off of Forum Blvd. on June 11 at 5:30 a.m.
Ali Ross and Liz Rieda start off their day with a run along Green Meadows Road Tuesday, June 10, 2013.
Mary Clark and Vicki Tripp stretch out their legs after a 6-mile run on the MKT Trail on June 13.
Main Squeeze Natural Foods Cafe offers locally grown and produced juices, snacks and salads. Located in downtown Columbia, they offer an ever-changing menu full of vegetables, protein and other organic foods.
Malaika Kamau waits for a plate to deliver at Main Squeeze Natural Foods Cafe. Instead of taking a number to connect the order to the customer, costumers wait at their table with a certain type of plastic dinosaur that matches their order.
Columbia residents learn to practice tai chi May 30 in a large room at Missouri United Methodist Church. The weekly class on 24-form tai chi was instructed by Arthur Du, a tai chi master who moved from China to Missouri in 2011.
Rebecca Smith (front) learns to practice tai chi following the instructions of Arthur Du, a tai chi master from China. She was joined by 10 other students who attended the class every Thursday.
Wheatgrass is a locally grown wheat option found in Clover's Natural Market.
Laurel Goodman, acrobatic yoga instructor, started planting her own vegetables in a community garden after she moved to Columbia in September, 2012. After picking some onions from her plot in the garden, Goodman picked dill and other herbs to prepare a meal later in the day.
Goodman practices the folded leaf pose in Peace Park with student Ayelen Costa on June 19. Folded leaf is one of the most basic poses in acrobatic yoga.
Costa massages Goodman's back to help her relax while practicing acrobatic yoga in Goodman's living room June 12.
Rich Geenan, left, and Jim Loveless, right, practice playing pickleball June 8 at Rock Quarry Park.
A pickleball lies on the court, where Jennifer Lincoln, Jan Thompson, Jim Loveless and Rich Geenan practice for the Senior Games on June 8 at Rock Quarry Park.
Tim Watring, certified nutritionist, works his arms with dumbbell lifts at the Reserve gym in Columbia on June 7.
A row of dumbbells lies against a mirrored wall at the Reserve gym in Columbia.