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| - I love, love, love this place. To be honest, this is my second time at a yoga studio, first time doing Bikram yoga so I'm going to frankly say I don't really have much to compare it with, but it has definitely made a great impression so far.
For any first-timers like me out there, each Bikram yoga class is 90 minutes long, a series of 26 poses, in a controlled 106 degree room (any regulars, feel free to correct me if I've mixed up the details). And during these 90 minutes, you will ache from using all those muscles you never knew existed, and oh my god will you sweat. They are not kidding when they tell you not to wear cotton. I wore cotton yoga pants on my first class, and in my defense I had thought to myself, they're called yoga pants for a reason, so they'd be perfect, but nope, ditch the cotton. And ditch the pants - by that, I mean wear shorts. Girls, sports bras are great. Guys, shirt or no, that's up to you - but if you're hot, (ha! pun intended) no shirt's cool. ;)
As for the studio itself, the staff are great. Really friendly, great vibe, and the instructors are very personable, extremely helpful, and always make it a point to walk around to correct your form if necessary, so no worries there! There are huge wall-to-wall mirrors on two walls of the room, making it great for you to watch out for your own form as well as your profile. The "classroom" is very spacious, easily fitting 40-50 people on a busy day, but it does get pretty humid during those classes.
So what makes me love this place? You will definitely work up a sweat, you're all limbered up by the end of class, they have a great schedule and offer classes at pretty much all times of the day (so you don't have an excuse to miss class), they rent towels and yoga mats for $2 and sell a variety of drinks. Basically, it's hard for you to tell yourself you're not gonna go for class even if you're in the area and didn't bring your mat or towel. Perfect if you're like me and having trouble sticking to my New Year's Resolution to work out more... Oh and if you bring 3 friends in, I think they pay $29 for their first month, and you'll get a $25 credit! Now if only most of my friends didn't live over in West Phoenix...
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