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| - I happened to find a deal for this place on Crowdsavings, and then found Jadira R's review, and knew that I had to check out this place. I went in and found out that they were quite new, and that the location is close and convenient--across the street and diagonal from the Eastern/215 LVAC (my gym)--with plenty of classes to take, a variety of teachers, and lots of parking. It's located next to the movie theater in the plaza.
My first class was a week ago with Sheena (daughter of the owner) for Power Flow Yoga, and she took the time to give me modifications for my injured wrist, and gave other students advanced poses, making sure to look after each of us and check to see that we had proper/correct form. I appreciated the fact that there were plenty of hip openers in her practice, and was able to talk to her after the class was over.
The second class was with Carolyn (formerly at Vegas Hot!) and had quite a workout--Circuit Saturday is what she called it. We alternated between traditional mat work to bootcamp-style Pilates/core exercises. I've taken her classes before, so I knew what I was getting into, hands down a good workout. Just make sure that you have a towel on your mat cuz you're gonna need it to mop up the sweat. Lol.
I also took Yoga Sculpt--Heated Power Yoga with Weights--with Margi. This class was something I've not had a chance to take in the past, and let me tell you that it was a great workout. We alternated with low weight/resistance high repetition exercises for all-over body toning, then did some yoga moves, pilates (traditional mat exercises) exercises, and some light stretching at the end. Again, it was good to have a towel with our mats, since I was really sweating.
Another class I had a chance to go to was the Hot Yoga for 75 minutes with Naomi. This was a good alternative to some of the power flow classes, since we were all able to take this at our own levels, modifying when necessary (given whichever moves were appropriate for our levels), since we were all at the beginning level. I really enjoyed this class, since I feel that the 60 minute long classes are too short, at times. We did some of the traditional poses and also mixed in some chanting and light stretches, too. The teacher was all about making sure that we enjoyed our practice and offering some helpful suggestions when needed.
Another class that I took was Hot Yoga with Ottavio. When I was talking to the owner about suggested classes, his happened to be one that was mentioned. I'm so glad that I went, since he made sure to pay close attention to us during class, and made sure to demonstrate each of the moves to the students (seasoned or non-seasoned). He also made sure to give me special instructions for modifying some of the more advanced poses, especially when we were doing quite a few flows throughout the class. I felt like I got a total-body workout in this short amount of time.
The last class that I took was Hot Pilates with Simon (formerly at Vegas Hot!) and really enjoyed this class, even though it was a bit different from the other class that I took. This was quite a lively class where he mixed in some stretching, plyometrics, core exercises, abs, and other all-over toning exercises. He only had us take a few official water breaks, but all in all, the hour long class seemed to fly by. Even though the class ran a little long, it was only because he wanted to make sure to cool us down and stretch us after the workout that he had put us through. In the end, I'll admit, he did have us go out into the parking lot and scream out "I'm alive!" to start out our days.
All in all, I thought that this was worth it. The place has a spa-like feel, is new, clean, and seems like a nice and inviting feel to it. The heated studios (only 2 of them) are well kept and are somewhat reminiscent of the studios in Yoga Sanctuary. The women's bathroom is stocked with towels, styling devices, and more like a spa, less like a yoga and pilates studio (unlike some of the other places I've been to).
The check-in staff (pretty sure they're the owners) are also friendly and followed up my very first visit with a phone call to see how I was feeling after my first visit to their place.
As Jadira said, I don't expect to see this parking lot as vacant or the classes as small. I believe that with time, this place is gonna get lots of business. As Ashley said, they have a monthly promo running until March, so if you're into this sort of thing I suggest that you go to their website and print out the free week pass.
As soon as I have time, I'm definitely gonna make the trip to this place. I think that the price and value are worth it.
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