To celebrate its new hot yoga facility, Del Ray studio is hosting an open house on Saturday.
Things have been heating up this winter at Mind the Mat Pilates and Yoga. The Del Ray staple recently opened a third-floor studio with a state-of-the-art heating system that allows instructors to host sizzling hot yoga classes. “As soon as you walk in, you are engulfed in heat,” owner Megan Brown said of the new studio. Temperatures reach between 95 and 100 degrees for the studio’s Power Flow classes, while temps climb between 105 and 115 degrees for Hatha classes. “Heat allows the body to sweat more, which helps to release toxins,” Brown said. “It also helps to warm up muscles and connective tissues, which react better because they’re warmed up.” Brown said she had attempted to hold hot classes in the ground-floor studio in the past, but …
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Attendees of Saturday's free event can get tips on exercise, nutrition and stress management.
Core Wellness and Physical Therapy is holding an open house and wellness clinic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at its office located at 2212 Mount Vernon Avenue. Attendees of the free event can get tips on exercise, nutrition and stress management, including tangible ways to stay physically active and prevent injuries, ways to maximize fitness routines and helpful diet and exercise habits. Attendees will also have the opportunity to speak with staff members about their individual questions and issues. Staff members include experts in physical therapy modalities, Pilate’s exercises, nutrition counseling and more. Attendees will also have the opportunity to speak with Core Wellness staff members about their individual questions and issues…
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Dana Damico
11:26 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Is it possible to become addicted to hot yoga? I fear I already am. more ›