If meditation is supposed to help with stress, then it really shouldnt be a surprise the practice is trending in DC. Though the concept of meditation has been in use for ages, its only recently that its been neatly packaged into boutique studios that seem to be popping up all over our city.

If third times a charm, I think we can officially say that boutique meditation studios are a thing in DC now. First, there was Just Meditate in Bethesda, which opened in November with $22 group meditation classes. Then Recharj, a power nap and meditation boutique opened downtown in December. Next week, Take Five Meditation is opening in Dupont with 30 and 45 minute meditation classes for $20 to $30 for a drop-in.

While it was probably only a matter of time before other industries caught on to the business strategy of boutique fitness gymswhy have clients pay $50 to $100 for a monthly membership when you could get $20 to $30 per class out of them?meditation is an interestingevolution of the trend. And the trend isnt just in DC, eithermeditation studio MNDFL opened in New York City 2015andInscape followed this fall.

So whats with all the meditation studios? Its impossible to say that the operators of each of these chains could have predicted the high levels of stress that Washingtonians and Americans at large would be under throughout the 2016 election and under the new administration in 2017. Nonetheless, you cant deny that the timing is pretty perfect: While Washingtonians are running to their therapists with new anxieties, their therapists are preaching self care. And where better to achieve self-care then ina highly branded, aromatherapy-scented, $30-a-pop meditation class?

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