CorePower Yoga - Belmar

Class was way too hot. In all my years of being a corepower member I have never taken a class that hot. Someone even said something to the instructor. Completely unnecessary and the instructor seemed not to care. Everyone was stopping for breaks and leaving the studio. The amount of people not practicing should have been an indication to her to lower the heat and open the door. I won’t be going back to this studio.

Did a free week and attended most days, so I had a wide variety/caliber of teachers. To be expected. The class today with Kate sent me over the edge. She made an announcement about discounted merchandise and memberships in the middle of class and completely disrupted the zen. She also played mostly Taylor Swift music… gag! We shouldn’t have to suffer through your personal playlist/ obsession. Really wanted to like this studio but will not be coming back.

Although I have rated this studio 2 stars, I have to start off by saying that I love corepower. I've had a very long, positive history with them, and even got yoga certified through their 200-hour program while living in Redondo Beach. Unfortunately, I've had to recently cancel my membership as the studio closest to me - Belmar- overpacks their classes, resulting in me trying to find classes elsewhere. I've tried for months to get over the fact that these classes were overpacked, however, it makes the room far hotter, stuffier, and way less clean. The studio unfortunately smells, and in the last class I attended, my husband had to mop up someone else's sweat from a previous class before putting his mat down. I'd encourage Belmar to reassess their class capacity, and make changes so that their students aren't on top of one another, and be sure to clean the studio in between classes.

I’ve been a member of this studio for 5 years. A few years ago I would have rated this place 5 stars. But it has gone downhill in recent months. There are still some decent instructors on the schedule and I try to only go to their classes. But schedules change and subs fill in and unfortunately there are plenty of bad instructors spoiling the bunch. Just last week I was in a class where the instructor Allison called out several people publicly in front of the entire class for briefly leaving the studio to simply take a break from what was stifling heat & humidity that Allison had set in the studio that day. This kind of public shaming was framed in a passive aggressive manner about not ruining the vibe for others in the room. What Allison failed to recognize is that it was people just trying to avoid heat stroke from the ridiculous heat & humidity setting she chose for the class. I did not leave that class feeling good physically or rejuvenated mentally like I would expect after classes with other instructors. I instead left Allison’s class dehydrated despite drinking an entire liter of water and angry and ultimately considering canceling my membership.

Great community and great instructors. All of them have their own flavor which is so refreshing when compared with Corporate CPY locations. If you are in West Denver/ Golden/ Lakewood this is the spot for Yoga. I just wish they would add more class times and early morning SCULPT! xoxo