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| - Caviat: This review pertains ONLY to the vinyassa flow yoga classes, and I am a yogi who is interested in the mind-spirit-body connection that yoga provides in addition to the outward health benefits.
Trufusion's take on yoga taps a familiar trend of teaching yoga like a workout class - more contemporary music, less focus on holding poses, more movement and less spiritual connection. They, like many other studios in Vegas think it needs to be 85+ degrees to practice yoga. I am soooo tired of trying yoga classes in this town and ending up sliding all over my mat because the studio or instructor thinks yoga can only be practiced in heat "to properly warm the muscles and prevent injury." I have been very athletic throughout my lifetime and have always been able to perform without injury in weather that was cooler than 85 degrees. How you may ask? By warming up! Ujjayi breath is designed to warm the body from the inside, and since when is it bad to do some light work and stretching to warm up before diving right into vinyassa flow? Sliding out of a pose because you're perspiring will cause more injury than a lower temperature I promise you.
As great as you are at inner concentration the spiritual side of your practice is hampered by the frustration of not being able to hold poses and worrying about sliding into an injury, and listening to the loud music from the hard-core workout classes in the room next door. Would 75 degrees and some warm-up be a bad thing? Is everyone in such a hurry that we can't take 10 minutes to warm up? I am not opposed to sweating in the least, but I go to the gym regularly to soak my clothes - not the yoga mat. I really don't understand this trend at all, and if anyone has any enlightenment to share on the subject please do. In the meantime, if you like sliding around and struggling to hold poses, like many people apparently do these days (especially the younger crowd, check out all the 5-star reviewers here), vinyassa at TruFusion is definitely for you. Just wear a long shirt and long pants, or plan to break your practice many times to dry off with a towel if you want to hold poses and practice comfortably. Or you could just not give 100%, but then why go in the first place?
Update - Raised to 2 stars as the instruction seems sound, but the vinyassa instructors I've had so far (Alicia, Jennifer, Randall) all LOVE the heat - though Randall's class is a little less intensive and closer to the floor so you are able to stay below the blasts of hot air from the heating unit above. Heather's yin class is in 85 degrees as well, but slower so not as bad.
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