What You'll Get
Practicing yoga increases breath awareness, which is why yogis compose all barbershop quartets. Get in harmony with yourself with today's Groupon: for $45, you get one month of unlimited yoga classes at Santosha Yoga on Elgin Street (up to a $155 value).
Santosha's tranquil studios host yoga classes in a variety of styles, including Hatha, Ashtanga, and Satsang. The studio's legion of stretchy and supportive teachers guides beginners through intro classes-which run in five- to six-week spurts to acclimate newbies-as well as more advanced styles, such as the fitness-based Vinyasa and the formula-based differential-calculus yoga. The spring schedule boasts a healthy supply of drop-in classes, and since Santosha takes an objective approach to yoga, students have the chance to try classes in a diversity of yoga styles. Santosha also donates to the Ottawa Humane Society, which supports dogs in their quest to inspire a second yoga pose.
Santosha Yoga offers discounted prices to students and seniors.
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Aug 31, 2012. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Limit 7 per classes a week. Must sign waiver. May redeem across visits. Classes must be used by the same person. Valid only at Elgin St. location. Tax is not included, and must be paid upon first visit. Customers must arrive 15 minutes before class begins. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About Santosha Yoga
Honking cars amble through down the bustling streets of restaurants and boutiques in the surrounding Golden Triangle neighborhood, but the interior of the Santosha Yoga studio is an oasis of calm and tranquility. Sunlight gleams down on the hardwood floors, where a rotating cast of certified instructors lead classes in a variety of yoga styles throughout the day. In the mornings, instructor Robin Russel Hosein teaches Hatha yoga, guiding students through traditional poses and breathing exercises to build strength, spinal alignment, and breath awareness. Later on, Laura Conroy directs students through the movements of vinyasa flow, the yoga modality most favored by rap artists. When Jane Baird takes over for hot yoga classes, she cranks up the temperature in the studio to encourage detoxifying perspiration and increased flexibility. All instructors strive to maintain a peaceful and focused energy during the classes, requesting that participants turn off cellphones and refrain from chitchat.