The first master yogis bent themselves like twist-ties around their enemies, smothering them with relaxing vibes. Today's Groupon offers a similar chance to defeat work-related stress with two weeks of unlimited yoga classes at YogaWorks. For $15, you can gumbify yourself in any one of a dozen varieties of bendiscipline at any of eight YogaWorks LA-area locations (a $30 value). This deal is good at Center for Yoga on Larchmont, Santa Monica (Main Street and Montana), Pacific Palisades, South Bay, Valencia, Westlake Village, and Westwood for either new students or those who've not attended a YogaWorks class in at least a year.

Classes vary from location to location, but together you'll have your pick from more than 100 sessions a week, some starting as early as 6 a.m. and others as late as 9 p.m. YogaWorks' impassioned and experienced instructors remix pliable poses from well-known traditions such as Ashtanga and Vinyasa with samples from lesser-known paths to lithe enlightenment like Iyengar, known in secret circles as the "way of the swift-handed dancing snake." There are also specially crafted classes for pre- and post-natal women, kids, and seniors, and hybird classes such as BarWorks and SculptWorks.

Different poses unblock dammed channels of energy, and deep breathing suffuses the fatigued spirit with renewed vigor, just like blowing into a Nintendo cartridge. Finally become flexible enough to eat your food with your feet and touch your earlobes together. Yoga veterans malleable as warm wax and neophytes unable to touch their hands are equally welcome, with different classes attuned to different levels of ability and a perpetual emphasis on increasing satisfaction and skill.

Reviews

YogaWorks studios across the country have been featured in national and local publications. LA Yoga has profiled multiple Los Angeles–based teachers, and the Orange County Register has featured LA-area studios numerous times.

Yelpers give LA-area studios 3.5 to 4.5 stars, and the Main Street location in Santa Monica racked up Best of Citysearch awards in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Unlimited Enlightenment

In some legends, the Buddha sat beneath a Bodhi tree for seven years before reaching ultimate enlightenment. With the unlimited yoga at your disposal from YogaWorks, you can probably accomplish this in a handful of afternoons. What secrets of the universe will be revealed to you once you've achieved nirvana?

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