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| - DO NOT PRACTICE HERE! I repeat, GO LITERALLY ANYWHERE ELSE. I've been practicing yoga for six years & have explored many different styles at a variety of studios...and I've never experienced this level of disrespect.
The owner, Ben, is a complete pervert and a psychopath. Where to even begin my story...
Well, let's start w/ walking in. They start by preaching a bunch of BS trying to sell you on their overpriced, highly synthetic Herbalife supplement packages. You'll notice the walls full of books declaring "Bikram Choudhury is Jesus & the Buddha combined". Creepy as hell....especially seeing as how this man has allegedly raped at least six women.
The inside of the heated, humid studio has repulsive brown carpet which reeks of mildew & dirty feet. Instructors SCREAM non-alignment related commands ("AND STRETCH AND STRETCH AND STRETCH!!") repeatedly, as if it's an aerobics class, into a boom mic from a raised altar.
So anyway, I have a knee injury & have been taught a minor alignment change by other teachers to help support that (grabbing my ankles instead of feet in one posture)...simple fix. Anyway, Ben harassed me during every class about this issue...belittling me personally, repeatedly & loudly over the PA system in front of everyone, every time I attended, even though I spoke with him about it after my first class. He insisted that the practice must be done ONE way, & that Bikram knows my body better than I do...telling me I should do the posture even if it injures me because it won't. WTF?
When he asked if I'd like to sign up to renew my membership early, I firmly told him no. He took me into his office to speak about it privately, and I told him I didn't feel entirely respected. I asked to not be called out so severely and repeatedly during class for non-alignment related issues, as it was embarrassing. He told me I was a "beautiful girl", but I needed to do as I am instructed.
I told him I wouldn't ignore cues from my body just to follow Bikram's "protocol" for postures, and he told me I was banned from ever coming back. When I asked him if I could finish out the rest of my class pass first, he told me he would CALL THE POLICE if I ever came back. He proceeded to follow me to my car, threatening me the entire way.
So in short, I'm screwed out of the money I paid for a very overpriced membership for kindly asking not to be harassed.
I've filed a complaint with the Better Business Business Bureau, I suggest anyone who's had a similar experience here do the same.
True Hot Yoga at 67th & the 101 is an infinitely superior, cleaner, and more respectful studio that's only about a mile away.
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