Mind the Mat’s New Outdoor Classes

What is the perfect workout? Well, I’m a bit biased of course, but when equipment access is limited, the method with the least number of barriers but the highest amount of benefits sounds pretty perfect to me. Enter skilled and expertly crafted Pilates and yoga classes. First, you can take them anywhere. Second, you don’t need any big bulky or expensive piece of equipment–you barely even need props (although I heard those are hard to come by and the Peloton waitlist is massive). A clean floor or a soft beach towel can double as a mat. Add in inspiring and skilled instructors who guide you through a balance of strength, conditioning, flexibility, and mobility, you have a perfect workout…all you need is space.

Recently, our “space” has been somewhere between the Commonwealth of Virginia and, I am assuming, the super-secret Facebook Live data center which holds close to 1,000 MtM classes (yes, they are still all there for you to take!).

We’ve loved connecting with people virtually from all over the world (London and Pakistan represent!!). But we think it’s time to connect even more in person and outdoors. After a HIIT-style outdoor Pilates Boot Camp class last Saturday, one of our long-time regulars expressed, “It was so good to be in person on Saturday. Balm for my soul.”

Please wear masks to and from your mat area.

So, we are taking that perfect workout outside. All we need is space. All you need is you and anything that supports your practice (towel, yoga mat, ankle weights, water) but definitely bring a mask and hand sanitizer. We also suggest you use the loo beforehand!

A perfect workout is one that requires no equipment, just connection. And we are excited to connect with you as we continue to add to our Outdoor Classes Schedule.

We won’t get this close…but someday this will happen again.

Below is our outdoor schedule. Each week we will add more, be on the lookout! Do you get our newsletters? Drop us your email: info@mindthemat.com or follow us on IG @mindthemat.

Mommy & Me Get Fit After Baby – 45 minutes at the Tot Park (Del Ray, Alexandria)

Wednesdays 10:45am with Sara VanderGoot

Fridays 10:45am with Sara VanderGoot

Hot Flow Yoga – 60 minutes at Madison Day School (Del Ray, Alexandria)

Tuesdays 6:30pm with Sara VanderGoot

Hot Flow Yoga – 60 minutes at Jones Point Park (Old Town, Alexandria)

Wednesdays 6:30pm with Caroline Deitch

Sunrise Power Flow Yoga – 60 Minutes at Madison Day School (Del Ray, Alexandria)

Thursdays 6:00am with Dana Damico

Hot Slow Flow Yoga – 60 minutes at Madison Day School (Del Ray, Alexandria)

Thursdays 6:30pm with Mallory Thornton

Power Flow Yoga – 60 minutes at Washington-Liberty High School on 1301 N. Stafford Street (Arlington, VA)

Thursdays 7:00pm with David Nguyen

Rocket Yoga – 60 minutes at Washington-Liberty High School on 1301 N. Stafford Street (Arlington, VA)

Fridays 6:30p with Michelle Nguyen

Pilates Boot Camp – 60 minutes at Jones Point Park (Old Town, Alexandria)

Saturdays at 9:00am with Dr. Megan Brown

Hot Power Flow Yoga – 60 minutes at Madison Day School (Del Ray, Alexandria)

Saturdays 9:30am with Allie Menchel

Slow Flow Yoga – 75 minutes at Jones Point Park (Old Town, Alexandria)

Saturdays 11:15am with Sara VanderGoot

HAWT HIIT Express – 45 minutes at Jones Point Park (Old Town, Alexandria)

Sundays 8:30a with Megan Lipera

Pilates Mat I/II – 60 minutes at Washington-Liberty High School on 1301 N. Stafford Street (Arlington, VA)

Sundays 10:00am with Amanda Cataldo

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Dr. Megan Brown

Co-Owner | Mind the Mat

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Megan Brown, physical therapist, Pilates instructor, mother and co-founder of Mind the Mat Pilates & Yoga in Alexandria, VA, likes to goof around. Yet her commitment to her students and her skill set in the field is no joke. After graduating from University of Virginia with a degree in Sports Medicine, Megan went on to receive her Masters in Physical Therapy and eventually her Doctorate in the profession. Although Pilates was never part of the plan, the method changed the way she treated patients, positively re-directed her career path and enhanced her own active lifestyle. Customized Pilates instruction is her specialty–she designs classes based on clients needs: athletes, new moms, rehabilitation or just for fun (why be serious all the time?). Pilates + Yoga is the best of both worlds, hence the creation of Mind the Mat studios providing classes for all—in every walk of life.

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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.

www.mindthemat.com     

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