From Napoleon's great crab walk through Europe to J. Robert Oppenheimer's discovery of nuclear fission by kissing his own elbow, victory has always gone to the most flexible. Overpower enemies with today's Groupon: for $42, you get a 10-class card at Yoga In Motion (a $120 value).
Yoga in Motion makes room for humans of every make and model in its tranquil studio, which is trimmed in wood floors, vibrant yellow and orange walls, and mirrors that will identify with your every fish pose and sweat bead. The schedule stars Vinyasa yoga classes, which combine mindful-breathing techniques and slow, connective movements to gently produce body heat, ease joint tension, and increase muscle strength and flexibility. Beginners can warm up to the basics in an Intro to Gentle Yoga Flow class; after that, technical challenges increase in easy-beginner, beginner, and intermediate flow levels until yogis are flexible enough to touch their toes and calm enough to touch someone else’s. For a slightly different conditioning flavor, Core Focus packs a powerful abdominal punch during one-hour sessions designed to strengthen the body's nucleus.
Effie L. Wood leads Yoga in Motion's team of certified instructors in stretching, strengthening, and smiling at students, bringing more than 20 years of fitness-industry experience to the yoga rink. In addition to enhancing strength and flexibility, regularly practicing yoga can greatly improve the mind-body-spirit connection, much to the chagrin of mind-body-spirit separatists.
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The Groupon Guide to: Home DNA Tests
The science of genetics has come a long way since 1860, when Gregor Mendel accidentally discovered genes after some of his peas came to life and begged to be put out of their misery. Now, you can take your own at-home DNA test by swabbing the inside of your cheek and placing the sample in a clay oven overnight. Evaluate your results with the following criteria:
• If your salivary sample has dissipated by the next morning, it wasn't human DNA to begin with. Consult a veterinarian.
• If your sample has blossomed into tree-like foam, the number of branches corresponds to the number of times in your life you can ride in an airplane without crashing.
• If your sample has melted into a pool of chocolate-scented fluid, then you'll live to be 100! Or die within the next week, whichever comes first.
• If your sample begins speaking to you in the voice of your paternal grandfather, don't follow its advice. Its homespun, Depression-era wisdom won't help you in today's technodriven cyber-society.
• If your sample has hardened into an egg, crack it open. There's an emerald inside!
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