Align Pilates® Minneapolis

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It

Hemp Oil Lotion ~ 40% Off!

• What: An all-natural, soothing, calming and protective lotion.
• Why: It’s like a great big hug for your skin.
• Where: Online at The Bubble Roome.

Bits and Bites

Butterscotch Cornflake Candy

• What: A 3-ingredient recipe for a delectable holiday treat.
• Why: 3 is the magic number.
• Where: Online at Pinch My Salt.

Around Town

2009 IBEW Holiday Lights in the Park

• What: View 1.5 miles of dazzling light displays, from the comfort of your car.
• Why: Bright lights, big city.
• When: Now through December 31st ~ 5:30 – 10:00 p.m.
• Where: Phalen Golf Course ~ 1615 Phalen Drive, St. Paul.

I Think I Can

The Imagination Prompt Generator

• What: Randomly generated cues to stir your creativity.
• Why: Exercise that writer’s muscle.
• Where: Online at the Creativity Portal.

Practice Makes Perfect

FREE Pilates w/ Adrienne Fitzmaurice

• What: Free Pilates = happier holidays.
• Why: Align Pilates is lululemon’s Studio of the Month!
• When: Saturday, December 19th @ 9:30 a.m.
• Where: The lululemon Minneapolis Showroom ~ 313 W 50th Street, Minneapolis.

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences. Happy Halloween!

Bits and Bites
Healthy Candy Corn

• What: Eat the candy. Ditch the guilt.
• Why: Trick or treat…give me something good to eat.
• Where: Online at Nature Mom’s Blog.

Got To Have It
Nike Yoga Basics Capri

• What: Fun and functional pants for fall.
• Why: If you won’t eat the candy, wear the candy.
• Where: Online at 6pm.com.

Around Town
The Uptown Bar’s Last Halloween Hoorah

• What: Say farewell to a Minneapolis staple before it closes its doors to all hipsters and music lovers. Food and drinks (what’s left, that is) is specially priced.
• Why: Cheap beer has less calories.
• Where: Uptown Bar & Cafe ~ 3018 Hennepin Ave South

I Think I Can
9 Tricks to Make Halloween a Treat

• What: How to use Halloween weekend to practice “rational indulgence”.
• Why: Treat yourself to a few tricks.
• Where: Online at Eat Without Guilt.

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
James Perse Yosemite Collection

• What: A sophisticated yet practical line of yoga and athletic gear.
• Why: If you’re going to sweat, sweat in style.
• Where: Online at James Perse.

Bits and Bites
7 ‘Healthy’ Junk Foods

• What: Think outside of the whole wheat cracker box.
• Why: This just in: You CAN eat a potato chip. Experts say it won’t kill you.
• Where: Online at Fox News.

Around Town
2009 Twin Cities Pride Parade Festival

• What: Celebrate Minneapolis’ diverse culture.
• Why: You’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.
• Where: Loring Park, downtown Minneapolis.
• When: Saturday, June 27th ~ 10:00 am – 10:00 pm

Sunday, June 28th ~ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

I Think I Can
Beautiful Bridge Pose

• What: Calm your brain and alleviate stress with bridge pose. Sweeten the deal by imagining yourself on this picturesque beach.
• Why: Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it.
• Where: Your happy place (or flicker.com).

Practice Makes Perfect
Align Pilates Breathing Workshop with Victoria Olender

• What: Learn the proper principles of breath and how it can support your movement. *Workshop includes a 40 minute Pilates mat class.
• Why: The heat is on.
• Where: Align Pilates studio.
• When: Saturday, June 27th ~ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm.

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Bits and Bites

Seward Cafe

• What: The Seward neighborhood’s faithful resource for vegan, vegetarian, and locally-produced organic food, collectively owned since 1974.
• Why: Save a cow, eat a carrot.
• Where: 2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis | (612) 332-1011

Got To Have It

The Original Backnobber

• What: A self-care deep muscle massage tool for the back.
• Why: Leave the knots for the sailors.
• Where: Online at the Backnobber Store

Around Town

Coastal Seafoods – Private Sushi Making Classes

• What: Explore and perfect your skills for making sushi at home with Coastal’s worldly selection of fresh fish.
• Why: That’s how you roll.
• Where: 2330 Minnehaha Ave. S, Minneapolis | 612-724-7425

74 S. Snelling (Grand & Snelling), St.Paul | 651-698-4888

Practice Makes Perfect

Mat Class

• What: Free First Saturdays
• Why: A penny saved is a penny earned.
• Where: Align Pilates 708 N 1st Street / Suite 150 Minneapolis, MN 55401
  (612) 343-7500
• When: Saturday, April 4, 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM
• Sign up: alignpilates.com ;612.343.7500

I Think I Can

Go forth into the weekend with a Buddha focus quote.

• Why: Buddha knows best.
• What: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.”

Bits and Bites

Black’s Ford

• What: A quaint eatery, named after a fishing spot on the Madison River in Bozeman, Montana, serving practical and healthy fare.
• Why: Food that’s good for you doesn’t have to be foo-foo.
• Where :862 E. Lake Street Wayzata, MN • 952.473.2940

Got to Have It

Gaiam Yoga Mat

• What: Gaiam’s sticky, padded mat that provides a secure yet comfy surface for your yoga poses.
• Why: Stick it to the mat.
• Where: Online at REI.com

Around Town

Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear

• What: A hands-on exhibit exploring the emotion that makes us fight or take flight.
• Why: Find your fear factor.
• Where:The Science Museum of Minnesota • 120 W. Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, MN • 651. 221.9444 or 1.800.221.9444

Practice Makes Perfect

Advanced Reformer

• What: This class welcomes the student who is injury free and looking for a challenge! Students will continue to add to their repertoire of exercises incorporating more arm balances, standing balances, and inversions.
• Why: Challenge is as challenge does.
• Where: Align Pilates 708 N 1st Street / Suite 150 Minneapolis, MN 55401
  (612) 343-7500
• When: Sunday, March 22nd 9:30 – 10:30 AM
• Sign up: alignpilates.com ;612.343.7500

I Think I Can

Motivational

• What: Take charge and make a pledge to improve your lifestyle, or challenge someone else to improve theirs.
• Why: We double dog dare you.
• Where: Online at LIVESTRONG.com

One of my favorite past times as a Minneapolis local, like many of the locals in these parts, is walking around the city lakes. Some are hard core and do it all year round. I am not. Now that the weather is turning around and we are on the upside of the restricting snow and cold, it’s time to dust off the walking shoes and take in some fresh air and fine Mpls scenery.

Last year for my birthday I received a pair of MBT (Masai Barefoot Technology) shoes. When I wear these bad boys, walking around the lake turns into an activity that does more than just passes my time. Referred to as ” physiological footwear”, MBT shoes increase abdominal muscle activity, improve your posture, reduce stress in your hips and knees and activate your back leg muscles. All while doing the one thing that happens with very little thought, walking.

They are expensive, around $350 a pop, and a little funny looking. With good reason though:

“…..MBTs are much more than just a regular shoe.They are built specifically to strengthen and tone your body, help prevent injuries, shorten healing and rehabilitation time for injuries, as well as promote natural healing for some minor injuries. More than 10 years of research have gone into making the MBT of today……”

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Welcome to Align Pilates.

Through Pilates, Gyrotonic®, Yoga, and Massage, Align Pilates offers the safest and most effective forms of exercise and therapies to aide people in finding their own strength. This studio was created for people of all walks of life. Align Pilates welcomes casual fittness enthusiasts, as wells as those who are dedicated and experienced. It also benefits the individual who is in the rehabilitative process or who is dealing with chronic pain. Align Pilates is the ultimate haven where one can explore and discover ones own strength.

Our mission is to provide the most talented and experienced teachers and therapists in an atmosphere that stimulates students to stretch the boundaries of their body and mind.

All teachers and therapists at Align Pilates are certified through comprehensive programs that require a minimum of 500 hours of training.

Thanks for visiting!