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| - Huge disappointment. I moved here after doing yoga in both Asheville and Wilmington for ~10 years in several different amazing studios. I REALLY wanted to like this place and will continue to seek a yoga studio home in the area.
For starters, Charlotte Yoga is everything but a reverent, meditative, relaxing environment. If that is what you are looking for this is not your spot. As a runner/ biker/swimmer (ironman triathlete in my former life:)) I do yoga to relax, stretch, meditate and get some strength training. The experience at CLT yoga is more like a $19.99/mo gym class; dirty, loud and competitive. When you walk in the room expect a lot of noise and conversation (like you would in any old gym class). Also, I have been 4 times now and 2 of those times the floor was not mopped/cleaned from the prior class. YIKES. So everyone put their mats down in puddles of someone else's sweat from the last hour. This was a bit shocking to me, especially considering the monthly price tag.:Z, but no one seemed bothered by it.
Finally, the instructors are focused on the "achievement" of the pose to it's fullest rather than the individual experience. For years my yoga instructors have preached things like "listen to your body today, every day is different, every body is different" and "we are all put together differently, this is not a competition, this is your personal journey." Charlotte yoga is the antithesis. It is all about what you can and can't do. Please understand, this review is not out of inability. Quite the opposite. I am capable and fit. I just think people should know what they are getting into before they visit CLT Yoga. It is not yoga by definition.
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