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What You'll Get
Ever since Descartes' fear of secret conspiracies among the toes led him to posit a strict mind/body divide, it's fallen to aikido and yoga to reunite them. Harmonize your dual nature with today's Groupon: for $30, you get ten yoga and aikido classes at North Valley Aikikai in Granada Hills (up to a $120 value).
North Valley Aikikai hosts a copious calendar of dynamic aikido and serene yoga classes scheduled throughout the week. Aikido is a non-competitive meld of martial arts and pacifist philosophy that focuses on defense and redirecting aggressive force, preventing injury to both aggressor and aggressed. Concentrating on throws and arresting joint-locks, aikido also promotes a holistic approach to fitness and peaceful conflict-resolution skills that provide an alternative to settling pizza topping disputes with a chokehold. Children's classes help kids ages 5–12 gain a new awareness of themselves, their peers, and their environment as they develop discipline and self-defense techniques.
Yoga classes keep foe-flippers limber on a nearly daily basis. Vinyasa Flow yoga fluidly transitions from position to position as practitioners respire, maintaining all the smoothness and majestic grace of a Mount Rushmore-shaped jello mold. As they enter, students are calmed with every step by the studio's Japanese mat floors, natural wood accents, calligraphic artwork, and scattered bamboo.
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Jan 15, 2012. Amount paid never expires. Limit 2 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Must redeem classes in full by 1/14/12. Non-transferable. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About North Valley Aikikai
What services does your business offer and what makes your business stand out from the competition? North Valley Aikikai offers Aikido, Yoga, Tai Chi, and Iaido classes in unique settings of highly aesthetic and serene Dojo surrounding, and a caring and nourishing community, under the finest instructors.
What was the inspiration to start or run this business? My vision was to build a community center in which members can train body-mind-spirit in life disciplines, such as Yoga and martial arts. A center with classes for everyone in the family, from toddlers to seniors. North Valley Aikikai has evolved to realize this vision, and now hundreds of members benefit daily from a better well being.
What do you love most about your job? I love seeing the change members create in their lives. The practice seeps into every aspect of life; members improve their relationships at home, at work, and mainly create a more grounded and peaceful within their bodies and minds. This is the true fuel that keeps us going, all of us growing and evolving together!
What is the best reaction you've ever gotten from a customer? "Yoga saved our marriage", "The Doctor said my health condition I had for years is gone!", "I am a happier person now", "Aikido had changed my life!", "My kids have grown in so many ways since they started training here"... and there are many more.