Montpelier is beyond fortunate for a town of its size to have a wellness center as vibrant,…read morecompassionate, and spectacular as Blossom. They offer a diverse and ecceletic array of yoga and movement classes, delicious body work offerings, and special workshops and events from sound baths to estactic dance to prenatal movement. This is a studio that centers community, and it shows. This is a studio that centers joy, and one feels it.
Let's start first with yoga. For at its heart, Blossom is a yoga studio. Set in a gorgeous brick building near the Winooski river in downtown Montpelier, the main yoga studio is infused with light, pulsating with positive vibrations, and enveloped with warmth from the warm wood floors to the translucent window curtains. It is spacious and grounding. There are plenty of mats, blankets, and yoga props to use, a changing space with clothing to borrow, a lending library, and easy online booking. Blossom is committed to ensuring that its classes are accessible; as such, sliding scale prices for classes and passes are offered, they offer a discount to seniors, teachers, and farmers, and no one is turned away. Visitors and new clients can pay only $35 for two weeks of unlimited drop-in classes.
The yoga teachers are world-class, and the studio offers an array of classes, from vigorous ashtanga to restorative yoga. Their monthly Friday night restorative yoga + massages class is especially extraordinary and nurturing. I've had classes with Joanie, Anjali, Hope, and Devon. They each offer something different and special. Again, we would be lucky in a town of Montpelier's size to have access to just one of these talented and gifted teachers. To have all of them in one place is something I do not take for granted. We are so fortunate indeed.
The gifted practioners at Blossom are transformational in their teachings and massage. Many of these teachers are also skilled bodywork practioners. The treatment rooms at Blossom echo the solid bones of the yoga studio - you'll be enveloped by warmth, light, soft textures, greenery, and peace. The menu of treatments is rich with the kind of services one would find at a much bigger wellness center. I've received at least half a dozen massages from Blossom, and I am left astounded every time by the body of knowledge and compassionate skill every practioner brings to their work.
The generosity of the owner and practioners, who give back to their community in so many ways, ensures that the flow of karma is strong, committed, authentic, and joyful. Blossom Wellness Center is a treaure box to discover. I've been to many studios in cities and places much bigger than Montpelier, and Blossom is unmatched. I am so very grateful to be a part of this community, and can't recommend them highly enough for locals and visitors.
~~Let go so that you can receive ~~
