Crazy Wisdom Bookstore has reopened at its original location, 114 South Main Street, in downtown Ann Arbor. Owners Bill Zirinsky and Ruth Schekter made the business a center of mindfulness, spirituality and conscious living since opening in 1982 and closing in February 2022.

The store will be a simpler operation with shorter hours and smaller staff, including general manager Chandra Mitchel. This shift is accompanied by a more condensed inventory of books and the closure of the tearoom by converting the space to hosting events and gatherings. Mitchel started as a part-time cashier who sold her jewelry in the store.

The bookstore is focusing on the core subjects that longtime customers have counted on, such as spirituality and wisdom traditions, psychology, integrative health, body-mind therapies and sustainability.