Cindy Lydon directs her yoga class to lunge forward - front knee bent, back leg straight - and then act as if they're pulling an arrow back from a bow. She calls this the Artemis warrior pose - and given that Artemis is the goddess of childbirth, it's a fitting position for the group of eight pregnant women.

Four years ago, she was standing on the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham is turning the wheelchair into an extreme sports machine. How? By pulling off the toughest trick in the biz It’s a cold February evening, and I’m trying—and failing—to stay warm at a live music event on Maryland Parkway across from UNLV.

Eat big — stay close. Three hyperlocal noshers claim their ’hoods have the best culinary clusters Summerlin: Upscale meals within minutes I live in the Pueblo, a pretty ordinary micro-neighborhood in the old, northernmost tip of Summerlin (think Lake Mead Boulevard at Buffalo Drive).

From towering peaks and deep canyons to seasonal waterfalls and wild burros, Red Rock National Conservation Area is a premier destination for outdoor enthusiasts. Hikers have found some of the best rock scrambling hikes in the country here.

Pop quiz. How much would a 10-day hospital stay cost for someone without health insurance? About $50,000.

A guide to the little-known (and neglected) oddball gambling games on the Strip. War, anyone? Cluttered with empty glasses, beer bottles, coin wrappers and ashtrays, the lone Sigma Derby game in Las Vegas bears silent witness to both its popularity and to management's benign neglect of the venerable game.

Shiny new things; Compassion is always in style Give back while looking great at the Flair For Care fashion show on April 8. Taking place at the Wynn Las Vegas in the Lafite Ballroom, this charity event features a Neiman Marcus fashion show with looks from American designer and "Project Runway" judge Michael Kors, as well as a drawing to win high-end items including designer jewelry, handbags and trips.

Southern Nevada has been a desert for millennia, but it's only recently been an outdoors - you know, appreciated for its actual beauty and inherent value: Our soaring, rust-red cliffs, improbable alpine mountains and pebbled plains awash in sun and solitude.Our desert's historically been once-overed with decidedly less romantic impulses: with a pioneer's eye toward passage and avoidance, with a miner's eye toward brute extraction, with a government's eye toward bland utility.

What happens when an outdoor girl dates in the indoor world? A whole new kind of adventure The desert just wants to be loved The conversation died. My date made a brave attempt to fill the silence.