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Yoga is unique in that it is the only medieval physical-fitness art that does not involve firing crossbows at a Grendel. Bend and stretch bloodlessly with today's Groupon: for $39, you get two consecutive months of unlimited yoga at Global Yoga in the Marina District, a $260 value. The two-month timer begins ticking following your first class.
Global Yoga offers visitors an opportunity to pursue whole-body fitness while improving flexibility and shedding stress. During classes, students strengthen and tone by climbing into a warm, Bikram-yoga cocoon before transforming into flexible, pose-flashing butterflies. A versatile schedule provides several daily yoga sessions for time-strapped patrons, giving breathing room to schedule around Civil War reenactment-group meetings. Leading each session is a talented staff of limb twisters led by Mary Jarvis, a renowned instructor who acts as the head of the Coaches Committee of the USA Yoga Federation and has trained seven World Asana Yoga champions. Students who have practiced with Mary Jarvis at Global Yoga have gone on to open 72 studios around the world, a testament to her teaching abilities and her protégés' architectural knowhow. Whether patrons want to stand taller, bend over backward, or open pickle jars taped to their backs, Global Yoga offers the means to any end. Embark on a stretchy journey filled with invigorating poses and sweaty stress shedding while becoming loose and limber, like a squirrel monkey after a glass of wine. Call ahead to schedule your first class.
Valid for new members only. Cannot split between people. A yoga mat and towel are required (available to rent for $1 each).
Reviews
Yelpers give Global Yoga a four-star average. Take a look at what YoYo Yogi has to say about it:
- During the next 90 minutes of this world famous sequence, we worked really hard. We sweated, laughed and learned the humungous internal benefits received from each posture. – YoYo Yogi
- Really like this Yoga studio. I recently bought a package to test the waters of Bikram Yoga. This staff and teacher are super friendly. – Sue W., Yelp
- The teachers seem to really want you to just have a fantastic class and so far all of my classes have been great! – Natalie J., Yelp
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Yoga Exploitation Films
In the 1970s, exploitation films came in every stripe: martial-arts movies, the cross-country death-race genre, and, of course, yoga exploitation films. Despite their low budgets and poor acting, yoga movies played non-stop in grind-house theaters throughout the '70s. Here's a look at some classic yogic exploitation films:
Sheriff Yoga: Released in 1974, this film starred Randall McToffey as Alabaster County Sheriff Jim Donaldson, aka Sheriff Yoga. When an illegal drug-running operation takes over the illegal casino operation, Sheriff Yoga smashes into action, using his amazing flexibility, his spiritual calm, and his trusty 2"x4" yoga mat to teach the wild-eyed criminals a lesson: how to get fit and relax instead of buying drugs and crocodiles. Assistant directed by Steven Spielberg.
Gang School: Bo Svenson High School has been taken over by a rowdy gang of students for whom learning is secondary to breaking all the rules. New teacher and former marine Lant Cauldwell decides to clean up the school the only way he knows how: by setting up an after-school program to teach yoga to unruly youths. Features an uncredited appearance by the Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts as Mick Jagger.
Prison School for Girls 3D: This exploitation classic featured numerous scenes of naughty, reform-school bad girls sitting contemplatively after learning to align themselves physically and mentally through yoga. The film is notable for its eye-popping 3D shower scene, in which a repairman diagnoses and fixes a shower for several minutes.
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