The word yoga derives from the Sanskrit root yuj meaning to control, to unite, or to achieve better paperclip impersonations. Master muscle mimicry with today's Groupon: for $24, you get four yoga, dance, or wuji qigong sessions at Breathing Room (up to a $48 value) in Delmar.
Breathing Room's laid-back instructors lead 60-minute yoga, dance, and wuji qigong sessions that relax the respiratory system and restore balance to busy lives. Escape a feather-ruffling reality with multilevel yoga classes for adults, hatchlings ages 5 and up, or the whole brood. During each session, supportive instructors suggest alternate ways to practice, lending a helpful appendage to students who seek improved flexibility, strength, or ability. Prenatal yoga prepares unborn benders for a flexible future, and kids' yoga builds balance for more symmetrical somersaults (age 5–7 or 8–10). Build strength and the familial bond by inviting a pack member to family yoga or family Zumba (each additional family member counts as an additional session use). Belly-dance classes and Zumba classes shake off inhibitions and encourage unabated abdominal action, releasing type-A muscles from their daily to-do lists.
Natural light streams into Breathing Room's bay windows, illuminating trained teachers as they unfurrow unibrows and harness mouth winds during wuji qigong workshops. Students are encouraged to bring their own mats, but can rent one for $1.
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The Groupon Guide to: Cool Science
Ever since computers became cool in the late '90s, social statisticians have tried to predict which field of science will be the next to produce a generation of hip billionaires—while privately hoping it will be the underrated field of social statistics. Which field of science will become the next mainstream hit?
Chemistry: Like home computers, home chemistry sets were originally designed to be indoor diversions for translucent-skinned children who were born allergic to snowballs and first kisses. An inexpensive home chemistry set can save you hundreds on store-bought poison and protect your family from dangerously undercooked Bunsens.
Brain Surgery: Not all brain surgery involves invasive scalpels and tumor-zapping laser wands. Early analysts such as Sigmund "Mundy" Freud were able to utilize their sharp words to pierce malignant thought abscesses and allow repressed memories to flood out harmlessly into small drainage tubes that led from the patient's ear canal to an adjacent potted plant.
Zoology: In the race for the next big science fad, zoology is considered a dark horse due to its crippling obsession with the pigmentation of horses.
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