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| - Its been five years since I wrote my last review of Inner Fire Yoga, (IFY.) Inner Fire Yoga was my first encounter with Hot Yoga many years ago. The first time I went it was located on University Ave. next to the old Radio Shack. It's since moved to it's current location. I started taking classes seriously and developing a practice in 2011. At that time IFY had the most dedicated instructors in Madison. Dar, Marit, Ken, Justin and many others used to have multiple classes at IFY. I used to wake up early on Saturday and Sunday mornings to take a 7:00 AM class because the instructor at that time was awesome. She moved that I know. Taking time off after hip surgery in 2014, I took a few classes now and then and I prepared to go back to IFY and start my yoga practice seriously so I went online. I reviewed the classes and started looking for some of the familiar faces and instructors. Many of the familiar names were gone, moved perhaps, life changes, other things happen. So off I went since I still had "passes." I decided to take a class that required a combination of Bikram poses and flow movements. Walking in I noticed nothing had changed since my last class, the studio in my mind needed an update. Maybe my opinion was jaded because I had recently taken a class at one of the other Hot Yoga studios in Madison? The instructor I had that day mentioned that she had a long week and in one sequence flow part of the class she mentioned "I don't need to tell you what to do, you know what the next steps are." I'd been off the mat for close to two years, I didn't know what to do, so I was left looking around for the next pose, so it's helpful when the instructor actually has a mat and works with you during the practice, (just saying.) I go to Yoga to concentrate on fitness, flexibility, a sense of spirituality only attained for me when I'm on the mat, the class needs to be a positive experience accentuating the positive energy that flows from a studio and the people in it. I'll continue to go to IFY, I learned here, I love the heat and this studio, it's definitely the hottest studio I've practiced in. Just time for a little face-lift.
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