Martha Lake, WA Health and Fitness

Pilates on 10th's dedicated brood of trained muscle molders gently elongates spines and loosens limbs through body-harmonizing classes. With a series of movements and breaths, extremities are tightly trimmed and cores etch-a-sketched to display deep crevices and curves. Each class incorporates graceful and fluid movements to help straighten posture, increase flexibility, and bolt down balance as recovering injuries are pep talked to strength. There are four levels of mat sessions available: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and mat basics, all occurring weekly.

For dozens of years, the Chinese have practiced acupuncture, a healing method that corrects imbalances by stimulating specific points on the body that help energy, or qi, to flow smoothly. During most visits, nurses measure your qi pressure, which is similar to measuring your blood pressure except that inflatable thing is placed around your soul. After the procedure, the nurse removes the needles from your body and you're left with the perfect utensil set for bite-size cheese cubes. David Tucker at The Zen of Healing knows acupuncture. It’s what he does. His oldest patient is 354 years old.

Groupon cares about your dental health because studies have shown healthy-mouthed people purchase more Groupons. Unfortunately, many of us are without dental insurance and aren't ready to succumb to America's mashed-food craze. Today's Groupon to Alan P. Nohr DDS will bring your mouth up to snuff with x-rays, a dental cleaning, and an exam by Alan or one of his trusted associates. Dr. Nohr is a member of the American Dental Association with a doctorate in dental surgery from the University of Washington.Click here to discuss Groupon the Cat.

All right, grunt, drop, and give me 50—that’s all you need to purchase today’s Groupon, which gets you one month of hardcore training at Seattle Rock Body Boot Camp, valued at $99. Attend your choice of up to five intense, 45-minute sessions a week during your month of training. Ryan Riley and his team at Riley Athletics will build your body and your character with a rigorous regimen of exercise, nutritional guidance, motivating support, and deep, passionate eye contact. Coach Riley knows fitness: formerly a professional baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays, he has worked with hundreds of athletes of all abilities over the last decade.

This Groupon gently stretches your muscles and joints, a pleasant sensation sought after by bungee cords, Laffy Taffies, and Stretch Armstrongs the world over. For $35, you get 10 yoga classes at Rain City Yoga, a clean, spacious studio in the University District that teaches several yoga traditions; with this Groupon, you can take Prana Vinyasa, Bikram yoga, and meditation yoga. A 10-class card usually costs $105 at Rain.For the next 400 years, there were no safe methods to practice Hot Yoga, until modern technology allowed practitioners to exercise without danger of catching on fire. Today you get all the benefits of being on fire with none of the drawbacks.

Having bested your uncle in the season’s most grueling pumpkin-pie-eating contest yet, bring equilibrium back to your soul and turkey-clogged body with today’s deal: four weeks of intro Pilates or yoga classes at Maya Whole Health Studio for $30 (a $60 value). Choose whichever strikes your fancy and find a class on the schedule that fits into your busy day-to-day of work, house cleaning, and naval raids. Maya offers classes every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. There once was a flexible gal, Whose yogic skills never did fail, When forgetting her keys, She just pulled in her knees, And squeezed through the slot for the mail.