You’re invited to the next edition of MINT Family and Friends Happy Hour on Friday, September 9th from 4pm to 10pm, hosted by MINT, DC’s premier health club and spa.

**Members and non-member both welcome! We’ll have free 5 day passes. They’re free because once you try MINT you’ll love MINT.

We’ll also be raffling away a free personal training session 😉

Specials:

All $5
-Old Ox Gold Ox Ale on Tap
-Right Proper Raised by Wolves on Tap
-House Tempranillo Red or White
-John Daily Cocktail- Black Iced tea with Peach Snapps

Invite your friends/family/coworkers…the more, the merrier!!

RSVP if you can make it. We’d love to see you there!

Meet our featured instructor—Anne Wutchiett! Anne is an Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor. She has studied with the Iyengars in India, and has 30 years teaching experience. She has specialty in pranayama (breath work) and is also Certified in Mat Pilates.

When asked why she became an instructor, Anne said, “I was inspired by the clarity, strength and overall sense of well being that yoga practice brought to me and wanted to share this incredible gift.”

Learn more about Anne below.

Anne’s Regular Teaching Schedule at MINT:
Sunday, DuPont, 6-7:30pm Flow and Restore Yoga
Tuesday, Downtown, 12-1pm Align and Flow Yoga
Tuesday, Downtown, 1:30-2:30pm Core Pilates+

The Motto You Need to Know for Anne’s Classes:

“clear, precise, inspiring, caring, motivating.” 

Favorite Splurge Food:
Pizza!

Dream Travel Destination:
Back to Brazil, and the new one would be Berlin

Favorite Motivational Saying:
“Every time you think you’ve reached the ceiling, keep raising the bar.“

Labor Day hours will be 7am to 4pm.
Normal hours Saturday (7am-9pm) and Sunday (8am-8pm).

See app iOS Android or website for class schedules

We hear you, you want MORE MINT Classes!

Our new Barre Studio at MINT Dupont will open up new class slots for many new classes, as it also opens up room in the Main Studio. Stay tuned for the Fall Schedule to be released soon!

New Barre Studio opens Sep 19th

Top notch stretch therapists!

By focusing and expanding upon the amazing therapeutic benefits of stretching, Stretch Workz has revolutionized the fitness industry and completely reinvented the concept of “the stretch.”

The offer Stretch Zone DC is offering MINT members is:

• First 30min demo session for free for new customers (call to schedule first appointment)
• $10 off monthly packages ($69 instead of $79)
• $10 off additional sessions ($59 instead of $69)

The Stretch Workz method of Assisted Stretching is for anyone wanting an active lifestyle: One that allows you to do anything from performing better at a sport to simply being able to reach a jar on the shelf. Baby Boomers are living an active lifestyle, but after a lifetime of not exercising, stretching “re-educates the muscles.”

The Stretch Workz approaches stretching from a neurological perspective. This is achieved by working with the muscle tonus (muscle’s nervous tension) to acquire an optimal active range of motion. Our goal is not to make one more ‘flexible’ or ‘elastic’, but instead to be able to move more functionally by re-establishing a more ideal resting muscle tone. This re-education of the associated nerve-muscle reflex lends to movement becoming more efficient and effortless in all ranges and planes of motion.”

Rather than pulling on our limbs to the point of soreness, our method works through the nervous system to achieve lasting flexibility gains. The method rests on the notion that manipulating our muscle’s nervous energy is a major key to unlocking our body’s functional flexibility. This nervous energy, known as the stretch reflex, is our body’s automatic defense against the dangers of over-stretching. Any movement that goes too far or too fast or is held for too long, past that current active range of motion, will cause your body to resist with the stretch reflex. Once the reflex kicks in, your body has effectively said “no more” and resists the stretch. Any further attempt at stretching becomes futile straining.

FACT: Current research shows that when avoiding the stretch reflex, your muscles can lengthen to 160 percent of their resting length instantly.