I also wish I could give this studio a 0 rating. I have been practising yoga consecutive for 4 years now. After being to various places around Toronto I thought I would try this one seeing as it is close to where I live. I purchased a 20 class pass off of buytopia.ca and thought it was an amazing deal. Turns out it isn't.
The first class was only 5 people, the room was good temperature but the instructor was reading off of a sheet. The classes there after seemed to be more and more people with the room getting a thick uncomfortable heat, and instructors still stoping to read paper and using improper terms for poses, giving too much direction verbally and confusing everyone. Screwing up all the time and laughing when yoga is supposed to be relaxing.
Today I went in for my 5th class. The manager has always been pleasant with me but I've always known him to be a bit off. He asked me if I had been practising for long and I said yes. He then asked me if I would teach for him at the studio and I advised him that I only go to classes, I have never been an instructor, nor taken the classes to educate myself on how to instruct. He proceeded to ask me to teach yet again because he said I have a good vibe... I again said "No, because I don't have any qualifications to be teaching". He then walked away and started vaccuming and said "There is peanuts everywhere I have to clean".
It just so happens I have a SEVERE peanut allergy. I advised him of that and he told me to leave. I said "its not an uncommon thing i would like to still practise i only have today at this time i cant come back another day and as you know the pass expires soon" he then remarked "IF PEANUT ALLERGYS ARE SO COMMON WHY ARENT PEANUTS BANNED?!"
The amount of disrespect shown by this manager is unbearable. After yelling at me for something I cannot help he told me to leave and to not argue with him because I was "being so good before". I have never regretted a purchase more in my entire life. I left that studio so upset. PLEASE do not practise here. they may have some good looking deals but that's where it ends.