Things to Do in Grand Haven

Feng shui can cause a person to tweak the placement of a chair, rearrange a room, or banish everything with a clown nose on it. For Warren Mosley and Barbara Badolati—founders of Muskegon Yoga Center—a meeting with a feng shui consultant inspired them to relocate their yoga center to a new building. They were serious about fostering a worthwhile yoga experience for their students, and the consultation ultimately paid off.

Their spacious studio now cultivates a serene environment with pastel yellow walls, ample sunlight, and billowing drapes hanging from the high ceilings. Here, they and their team of instructors direct poses and breaths in an array of yoga classes, ranging from the vigorous Vinyasa style to gentle and meditative classes. They also offer Pilates and tai chi classes in addition to life-coaching services.

Beyond the hard work and meditation, Mosley and Badolati strive to make Muskegon Yoga Center a catalyst for local involvement. They host community yoga classes at Pere Marquette Beach for a suggested $5 donation—which is given to local charities—and partner with the Johnson Cancer Center to offer classes to those living with cancer.

Carved through dense woodland, Chase Hammond Golf Club's 18-hole course showcases a scenic backdrop and a well-manicured landscape. Throughout the course, a tapestry of towering trees sways over the edges of fairways, shrinking landing zones for the tiny Scottish pilots who steer golf balls from their dimple-size cockpits. Wildlife such as deer, turkeys, eagles, and foxes occasionally emerges from the foliage to check in on players' rounds, adding character to the vibrant fringe. Before rounds, golfers and their clubs can warm up swings at the club's driving range.

The course at Brookside Golf and Grill guides golf balls past babbling brooks and over rolling terrain as players traverse the 6,100-yard course. A stream treacherously intercepts the golfer's path on three holes, and a large pond lies in wait to the right of the green on the 13th hole, waiting furtively for wayward bounces and impulsive swan dives. After a round, players can head inside at the newly redesigned clubhouse, where a full grill restores lost calories with burgers and burritos and assuages lost chances at birdies with beer and wine.

Course at a Glance:

• 18-hole, par-72 course
• Total length of 6,100 yards from the back tees

Echo Valley brings together tobogganing, tubing, and ice skating into one snowy spot for wintertime revelry. At the tobogganing hill, quarter-mile runs accelerate sledders to speeds as fast as 60 MPH before bringing them to a safe halt at the bottom, where the staff then sends the toboggan back to the top via an overhead lift. Ice skaters find ample space for gliding and pirouetting on the 43,000 square-foot rink. After tubing to their heart’s content or taste-testing snowflake appetizers, visitors can warm themselves around the lodge’s circular fireplace or observe fellow snow-goers from the expansive observation deck while sipping on hot chocolate or nibbling on snacks.