In the Victorian era, people made their cores look tight by wearing corsets, which doubled as bulletproof vests during pistol duels. Strengthen your core until it's naturally impervious to bullets instead with today's Groupon: for $35, you get a five-class punch card for Pilates and yoga classes of your choice (a $75 value) at Grassroots Wellness Spa and Fitness Studio, located in Spokane.

Grassroots' experienced team of instructors loosens stiff bodies and promotes mental well-being with an array of rejuvenating classes. Fitness fledglings and experienced yogis alike can work to render body rigidity incapable of hindering spontaneous shoe-lacing and lucky-penny-plucking in five classes of their choosing, including power Pilates, hot yoga, and holy yoga. Power Pilates employs precise, fluid movements to stretch wound-up muscles into leaner states with gradually increasing levels of resistance and ranges of motion. For heat-seeking position-posers and turn-of-the-century oil barons recovering from cryogenic treatments, hot yoga cranks the thermostat to a teeth-sweating 85–90 degrees and uses heat and yoga poses to simmer away calories and improve flexibility. Holy yoga classes use a Christian-based modality that combines the internal experience of yoga with the spiritual focus of religion, resulting in a full-spectrum spattering of soul nourishment. Upon arriving to the first class, students will be given their five-session card to assess progress and keep track of classes attended. Check the schedule for class offerings.

This Groupon is not good toward classical Pilates classes.

Reviews

Four Yelpers give Grassroots Wellness Spa and Fitness Studio an average of three stars:

• You have to come try the Hot Yoga. Also I had their Concept Facial and a massage and it was so relaxing and amazing. – Breanne E., Yelp, 06/01/10
• Everything is tailored to your body and your concerns with the purpose of having you leave revitalized, relaxed and refreshed. – Laurie R., Yelp, 09/01/09