CorePower Yoga - University District

The studio is always very welcoming. They have a lot of class times so I can almost always make one work even with my varied schedule. I have yet to meet an instructor I didn’t love! Even with all the sweaty bodies the studio is always clean without lasting odors. I wish the locker room was bigger but that’s so minor, and I can always find a locker- just squeezing past people when it’s crowded. But hey, no big deal for that 3 minutes. The classes themselves are just awesome, I always feel like I’ve gotten a good workout, and always feel welcome to rest anytime when I’m having a tired day. I love the core component in each class, it is a unique feature of these yoga studios that keeps me coming back. I can’t say enough about how much I love CorePower!!!

Got to this studio at 2:01 on Christmas...their last class had already started, still I prayed I’d see someone who’d let me in, “in the spirit of Christmas” or perhaps because I’ve been a member for over THREE YEARS, thousands of dollars later on Christmas 2019 I did see TWO people appear behind the glass doors but I could NOT enter CPY’s last class on Christmas—they had plenty of room—since ONE female, a mean**girl with glasses and curly reddish hair that was behind the counter said, NO to the other nice* lady that WAS going to let me in...

I attended 30 classes there in 2 months, most of which were Yoga Sculpt in the morning. I feel fantastic after the workout that trains my core muscles along with some cardio. Louisa He's Sculpt was even more challenging and I attended her sessions a lot more. They have first week free, definitely worth trying out.

Very new place. I like the studio. Great atmosphere with tea at the resting area. Parking is tricky, do get the passcode, go to the garage behind the studio. The garage is for resident and retail. Remember your parking lot number, go to the parking machine, key in your lot number and select yoga student. After that, enter the code from CorePower so that you don't have to pay parking, put parking ticket on dashboard, take the elevator up! Do give yourself 10 mins to do this.

I believe finding a yoga place is a personal experience almost like finding a church to attend. I have a list of pro's and con's for this studio, take them for what you will. I do not plan going back, but maybe this place will be your cup of tea. Pro's: - 2 Studios - Good variety of classes and times during the week. - Clean: Locker rooms are always clean and they mop the studios in between classes. - Free locks for lockers - Free tea - Instructors were nice - I learned some new poses Con's - Repetition of classes: I went to three Hot Power Yoga classes in the same week, taught by three different teachers and the classes we EXACTLY the same. They went through the same exact sequence and used the same language, almost like a script. - Windows to the outside in each studio. There was a lot of noise and light coming into the studio from pedestrians and buses. - One studio has a window to the front desk. For people in the back of the room this is really distracting. - Teachers don't demo the positions, they just talk. - Sometimes it is very crowded.