After reading online about the Bikram 60-day Challenge, I decided to embark on a challenge of my own. It's at that point that I learned that maybe Bikram itself might not be for me... but I was up for trying my personally modified 30 days of hot yoga challenge and Tula fit the bill perfectly.
Upon walking into the studio, I felt... welcomed. I'm no experience yogi by any stretch (haha!) of the imagination, but I've been to a number of yoga studios in my time and as a total beginner to hot yoga, I did not for a moment feel out of place or inadequate for my super newb status. For me, it's been uphill from there.
My preferred classes are Hot Hatha and Hot Hatha Flow, but only because I feel like I can actually have some hope of achieving most of the poses in those classes. The other classes? Well... I do my best. But the heat in all cases certainly helps to make my body a bit more bendy than usual.
The room used for the hot classes is beautiful, as it's already been mentioned by others and it's surprising how many people can fit into the space on a busy Saturday or Sunday morning. I attended one 'after-work' class and that was packed full also. But my preferred time for classes is first thing in the morning where there are definitely less patrons and also the instructors are really great. Too bad there aren't more people to enjoy these classes!
Speaking of which, I do think it is the people at Tula who make it the great place that it is and I know it's the reason why I keep going back. Not having been a particularly active person in the past, I've found at Tula a place and a practice that I feel I can do for life. (Whoa, look at me get all profound or something - haha!)