#fitforlife: mind the mat
Mind the Mat co-onwer, Megan Brown, PT, DPT assisting a client with proper alignment in a Prenatal Pilates class.
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 with a Pilates mat class, followed by Gayla Reed who flowed in a Vinyasa style yoga class, and Cathy Starnes came to Postpartum Core Yoga and then signed up for a series of classes!
Mind the Mat co-owner, Sara VanderGoot, CMT, RYT 500 helping a client to stretch in a Therapeutic style yoga class.
These classes were a sampling from some of Mind the Mat’s most popular programs, which include all levels of Pilates and yoga mat classes, Hot Pilates & yoga (95-100 degrees Fahrenheit) and Mind the Mat’s signature 6-week specialized series which include Prenatal, Postpartum, Therapeutic, and Fundamentals.
Getting Started
If you are new to Mind the Mat we run many specials throughout the year. Right now we are offering 5 classes for $39. Five classes will give you many opportunities to enjoy different styles of Pilates, yoga and barre. One you’re hooked, we highly recommend our new Deluxe Monthly Unlimited Membership. This amazing deal gives you unlimited regularly scheduled classes taught by highly skilled instructors at two locations (we have a studio in Arlington too!). You also receive 10% off of retail items and specialized workshops and series. We also offer class packages, but our new membership is the best deal if you want to commit to a routine.
If you are looking for more specialized classes due to an injury, pregnancy, post baby or to just learn the basics, our specialized series will take you through a progression of classes with the same group of people. Check our start dates for a tailored series just for you.
Mind the Mat co-onwer, Megan Brown, PT, DPT assisting a client with proper alignment in a Prenatal Pilates class.
Mind the Mat co-owner, Megan Brown, PT, DPT instructing a high energy Pilates Boot Camp class.
The #fitforlife campaign continues with Mind the Mat’s partnership with Athleta and NBC4 to produce NBC4’s first ever Fashion Show with Mind the Mat instructors modeling Athleta’s yoga wear, to be held on January 10 & 11 at the Washington Convention Center. Bringing fashion and fitness together makes sense. Health and fitness are the first step to looking good and most importantly exuding radiance. No more models with dark rings under their eyes! This expo is all about promoting inner and outer strength as the foundation for beauty.
In the expo fashion show Mind the Mat instructors will not only wear Athleta’s fashions but will hit the runway with a variety of yoga and Pilates moves. The idea behind the show is that people with active lifestyles can wear clothing that is suitable for working out, but also stylish, and appropriate for wearing out to lunch, dinner, or a work meeting once a nice pair of shoes and a scarf or sweater is added to the mix. This new style is called “yoga ready” and it is hot!
The fashion show is scheduled for 2pm each day. Mind the Mat will also be offering two classes daily at the expo–one Pilates and one yoga, taught by Mind the Mat owners Sara VanderGoot and Megan Brown. Athleta will be distributing 50 free yoga mats to the first class participants. The expo will also showcase booths with health and fitness experts for a wide variety of fields. Expected expo participant outcome is 85,0000. Admission is free. Alexandria Stylebook readers, come join Mind the Mat for this fabulous event of fashion, fitness, and fun!
- About the studio
Mind the Mat Pilates & Yoga was founded in 2008 by Megan Brown, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Polestar Certified Practitioner of Pilates for Rehabilitation and Sara VanderGoot, Nationally Certified Massage Therapist and Registered Yoga Teacher (e-RYT 200, RYT 500). In their private practices as physical therapist and massage therapist respectively Megan and Sara observed that many of their clients were coming in with similar needs: relief for neck and shoulder tension and low back pain as well as a desire for more flexibility in hips and legs, stability in joints, and core strength.
Together Megan and Sara carefully crafted a curriculum of Pilates and yoga classes to address needs for clients who are pregnant, postpartum, have injuries or limitations, who are new to Pilates and yoga, and for those who are advanced students and are looking for an extra challenge.
2214 Mount Vernon Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22301
703.683.2228
