The Mind the Mat team is retreating in the tropics in a remote town on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica called Nosara. Mind the Mat owners, Sara VanderGoot and Megan Brown, along […]

Hannah: How do yoga and Pilates twisting poses promote detoxification? Sara VanderGoot, CMT, e-RYT 200, RYT 500, Mind the Mat: Twisting your torso creates a tourniquet and wrings out your internal organs. When […]

Just take a look around. All the holiday lights and decor have been boxed away, and now without the swirl of parties, friends, and families we have an opportunity to look back on […]

As part of the Health & Fitness Expo this weekend, Mind the Mat is partnering with Athleta and NBC4 to produce NBC4’s first ever Fashion Show with Mind the Mat instructors modeling Athleta’s […]

What fun it was for the Mind the Mat team to host Alexandria Stylebook founders at the Del Ray studio. Elizabeth Todd rocked it at Hot Pilates, Elisabeth Squire chose a cooler route […]

Practice this simple breath technique during the holidays to relax your central nervous system so you stay calm and peaceful: IMG 4684 from Alexandria Stylebook on Vimeo.

Instead of love, joy and peace, many of us, particularly during the bustling holiday season, experience symptoms of stress, including anxiety, depression, exhaustion, insomnia, high blood pressure and more. Recent clinical research and […]

Katie: How do I know if I should take Pilates or Yoga? Sara VanderGoot, CMT, e-RYT 200, RYT 500: Pilates & Yoga are complementary exercise systems, so I often recommend that clients take […]