Laughing Lotus Yoga Center

FRIDAY
Get your digestive tract off to a good start with a meal at macrobiotic Souen (28 E 13th St between Fifth Ave and University Pl, 212-627-7150), where you’ll find whole grains and vegan-friendly fare. (Interestingly, one veg you won’t find here is tomatoes: According to macrobiotic thought, they’re a nightshade plant, which means they’re slightly poisonous.) Walk off the food with an extended stroll through the area to Trader Joe’s (142 E 14th St between Third and Fourth Aves; 212-529-4612, traderjoes.com) for a bag of freeze-dried mango, pineapple, rambutan (a lycheelike fruit) or mangosteen, all of which taste like candy but are nothing more than astronautified fruit. Then walk west to Laughing Lotus Yoga Center (59 W 19th St at Sixth Ave, third floor; 212-414-2903), where Midnight Yoga takes place from 10pm to midnight every Friday ($16). Once you’ve mastered that corpse pose, try it in bed at the Dream Hotel (210 W 55th St between Broadway and Seventh Ave, 212-247-2000, double room from $279), which adjoins the yoga-and-meditation-focused Chopra Center.

East West Living

SATURDAY

Start your morning at Quantum Leap (203 First Ave between 11th and 12th Sts, 212-673-9848)—soy breakfast links and whole-grain pancakes will satisfy your craving for hearty food without foiling your healthy intentions. Once you’ve digested (trainers usually recommend about 90 minutes), check out the ever-popular Radu Physical Culture (24 W 57th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 212-581-1995). You’re more likely to find a spot in one of the hour-long classes ($25 each; get your first three for $30) or a private session ($85 per hour, call up to two hours beforehand) this month, as most of its clientele is exercising at the Hamptons branch. Expect a mixture of cardio, weights, and lots of squats and lunges with Romanian-trained instructors. When they’re through with you, you’ll be ravenous. Don’t cave in and get a burger now!

The whole raw foods thing seems daunting—but not when someone else is cooking (er, not cooking). Have a try at raw mecca Organic Avenue (101 Stanton St between Orchard and Ludlow Sts, 212-334-4593). Splurge on nori maki, a seaweed roll packed with veg and walnut pate dipped in shoyu (unpasturized soy sauce). Finish with raw vegan ice cream: a rich blend of coconut, cashews and macadamia nuts mixed with your choice of cacao, vanilla, strawberry, mango, banana or blueberry. Take it to Washington Square Park and gloat while you watch the unenlightened chow down on hot dogs and Mister Softee.

Ditch Plains

Now that you’re reenergized, you’ll be up for browsing at East West Living (78 Fifth Ave at 14th St; 212-243-5994, eastwestnyc.com), which stocks over 30,000 books on spirituality, health and philosophy. There, you can also partake in “Summer Wellness: Homeopathy for Sports Injuries and First Aid,” a free seminar (Sat 11 2–3:30pm) in which certified herbalist Claire Dishman gives the scoop on healing various aches and pains, wounds and bug bites using natural remedies. In place of your usual Saturday hangover nap, take a break at Ayurveda’s Beauty Care (99 University Pl between 11th and 12th Sts, 212-529-3300). We defy you to stay awake during the supremely relaxing 90-minute vedic facial ($120), which uses fruit and herbs in made-on-the-spot poultices.

Shake off the coma by heading to Zen-inspired eatery Gobo (401 Sixth Ave between Waverly Pl and W 8th St, 212-255-3902) for organic wine and smoked Beijing-style seitan with chinese broccoli, or green-tea noodles with vegan bolognese sauce. And if you’re not willing to let go of your Saturday-night drinking habit (this is the health-kick weekend, not the sobriety weekend, after all), turn to Ditch Plains (29 Bedford St between Sixth Ave and Varick St, 212-633-0202), where the cocktails are almost good for you: They’re made from flavored vodka and Nutrisodas, which contain a day’s dose of vitamins C, E, B6, and B12 and have no sugar or aspartame.

SUNDAY

Get your morning bliss-fix with a free guided meditation at The Chopra Center (Sundays at 10am, 1710 Broadway between 54th and 55th Sts, 212-246-7600). Break fast at The Pump (40 W 55th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 212-246-6844), where high-energy fuel (trust us, you’ll need it) takes the form of egg-white omelets and protein-enriched pancakes. Digest, and then venture to elite gym Physique 57 (24 W 57th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 212-399-0570). Take advantage of summer’s mass exodus again by nosing into a one-hour class ($33, new clients get two for one) at 3, 4 or 5:15pm (these tend not to be booked up in advance). The sessions, based on the Lotte Berk method, are a killer combo of interval training, free weights, and exercises for your thighs, abs and butt. Head north and cool down with a quick jaunt around the Central Park Reservoir (between 86th and 96th Sts).

Like how you feel? Get a free health evaluation to see where you stand at The Kennedy Fitness and Wellness Center (214 W 29th St between Seventh and Eighth Aves, suite 205; 212-967-5544), or pay $25 (instead of the regular $100) at the brand-new Jena Wellness Center (1133 Broadway at 26th St, suite 1107; 646-942-1916; see “Room for improvement,”).