Classes in Towson

If variety is the spice of life, then Yoga & Fitness Passport is a veritable East Indian Trading Company. The outfit curates some of the highest reviewed fitness studios throughout both Canada and the U.S. From there, they issue passports that give exercisers a chance to jump from yoga to Zumba to pole dancing classes, all at different studios. Rather than having to navigate each gym's scheduling site, guests can find and sign up for sessions through the Yoga & Fitness Passport site. From there, folks just need to show their confirmation on a smart phone or wood etching, and it's off to the races.

The team at Charm City Yoga helps clients get fit, live well, and connect with the community through three simple steps; practice, thrive, and transform. Practice is attained at each of Charm City Yoga's 7 locations; where they offer a diverse selection of classes including their signature, Hot Yoga. Staffers help clients through regular practice to transform and deepen their knowledge of yoga, while also helping build muscle, improving flexibility, and quieting the mind.

Inside the lime-green walls of this charming needlepoint establishment, savvy stitchers school students in the basics of needleworking. Bedecked and Beadazzled supplies all the necessary materials for its beginner needlepoint classes, including a hand-painted canvas, stretcher bars and tacks, threads, songs of encouragement, needles, and either a round leather jewelry box or a luggage tag to hold and showcase the finished product.

The artists at Wine and Canvas awaken their students’ inner Rembrandts and Van Goghs with classes that pair a featured painting with specialty cocktails and wines. The mobile studio’s monthly calendar includes themed classes in which instructors expound on the nuances of painting Parisian street lamps, Japanese flowers, or Venetian cityscapes. The master painters—many of them local artists—provide step-by-step instructions while students mimic each stroke and periodically dip their brushes into glasses filled with crimson cabernet. Each of the studio’s various drink-friendly venues boasts a specialty libation selected to incite creativity or conversations with fellow painters. When the artistic frenzy concludes, students return home with a finished masterpiece large enough to conceal any wall safe or mirror portal.