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What You'll Get
Yoga soothes and relaxes the body through bends and stretches, making it an anathema to stress, which ties the stomach into unprofessional sailor knots. Get bent into shape with today's Groupon: for $40, you get a choice of four group yoga classes, one 60-minute personal yoga session, or one Ayurvedic mind-body profile consultation at The Ayurvedic Path in Herndon (up to a $90 value).
Helmed by calming captain Michelle Fondin, the center offers small-group courses and one-on-one instruction in a cozily communal setting with a variety of activity options, including meditation, prenatal, senior yoga, men's yoga, and power yoga (an $80 value). Classes train practitioners in the art of Hatha yoga, a system of postures and breathing championed by Dr. Deepak Chopra. Prenatal yoga classes help ease the aches and stresses of expectant mothers, and power yoga incorporates cardio training to stimulate weight loss and unemployed sweat glands.
Classes are kept to a minimal size to ensure individualized attention. For those seeking even more specialized teaching, the 60-minute personal yoga session will help target individual tensions, toning and limbering the body while temporarily storing worldly worries in a drawer with knickknacks, spare change, and shrunken heads (a $75 value).
Meanwhile, the 60-minute Ayurvedic mind-body profile consultation considers a patient's physical, mental, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and environmental health to help target imbalances and regain equilibrium (a $90 value). Unlike the daily dose of marshmallows prescribed by cereal mascots, the assigned profiles instruct patients to follow a daily routine that includes yoga postures, meditation, an individualized diet, and herbal treatments to help ease symptoms of their ailments. At the close of the one-on-one consultation, the patient will be led through a guided meditation.
Reviews
Six Yelpers give The Ayurvedic Path an average of 4.5 stars, and four Yahoo! Locals give it an average of five stars:
- It is a well rounded experience as opposed to some I have taken which just feel like just a bunch of poses. – Annette D., Yelp, 7/23/10
- I cannot describe how liberating and free and peace-filled I am since experiencing this healing. – David E., Yahoo! Local
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Dec 30, 2011. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1/person, may buy 2 addl as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. New clients only. Reservation required; subj. to availability. 24hr canc'lln or fee up to Groupon price may apply at appt. Must sign waiver. Non-transferable. Not valid w/other offers. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About The Ayurvedic Path
For Michelle Fondin, yoga is just one component, albeit an important one, to achieving inner and outer peace. She incorporates the ancient practice into the Ayurvedic system of holistic and meditative practices designed to cultivate overall wellness and address mind and body problems. When she meets with a new client for an Ayurvedic consultation, she seeks to determine the true cause of their ailments, discussing health concerns alongside the stuff of life, which may include anything from relationships to career paths. In addition to helming these in-depth consultations, Ms. Fondin and her team lead hatha yoga classes and meditation sessions within a spacious, sunny studio where glimpses of critters from the forest below are not uncommon sights. “There's this instant unplugging from the crazy hectic world into a serene setting,” explains Ms. Fondin.
Ms. Fondin hopes that The Ayurvedic Path not only equips her clients with new tools for achieving balance between mind and body, but also helps foster a sense of community. To that end, she keeps her classes limited to 13 students and makes an effort to get to know every practitioner.