First, I must confess that I am NOT someone who has done yoga on any regular basis, and I am not exactly what comes to mind when picturing your typical yoga-esque physique. I may be tall, but I left lean somewhere in the last decade.....
The last yoga class I attended (around the same time 'lean' disappered), I was brought to the front of the class as an example to other students of what poses are not supposed to look like and vowed never to step foot in a yoga class again.
I attended my first hot yoga class recently at the insistance of a friend. First class being free, and my friend now only one referral away from a free week (one of many current promotions) I figured why not-it's only an hour of my time.
The first class I went to was one of their pilates/yoga mix (fusion?) classes that is not considered one of Willow Gardens easiest or most beginner friendly. I was quite surprised how well the instructor made the class accessable and doable for any level of yoga-ness. Poses were easily understood and had varying degress of difficulty for a range of abilities. It was also a fairly fluid and dynamic yoga class which made the hour long class seem much shorter than it actually was. I was sold and signed up for one of their many reasonable payment/class options after my first class.
The staff/instructors are extremely kind, helpful and seem to promote enough of the (what I term) 'new age, yoga lifestyle' to satisfy the most devout in the class, but not so much as to make the un-converted (such as my self) feel out of place or unwelcome.
There is at least one class every day of the week. Most days offer 2 different classes that are an hour to an hour and a half long each.
The only criticism I may have about Willow Gardend Hot Yoga is that I am going to have to start getting to class increasingly earlier. As more people hear about or try a free class, the classes are going to start to get pretty full, pretty quickly.
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First, I must confess that I am NOT someone who has done yoga on any regular basis, and I am not exactly what comes to mind when picturing your typical yoga-esque physique. I may be tall, but I left lean somewhere in the last decade..... The last yoga class I attended (around the same time 'lean' disappered), I was brought to the front of the class as an example to other students of what poses are not supposed to look like and vowed never to step foot in a yoga class again. I attended my first hot yoga class recently at the insistance of a friend. First class being free, and my friend now only one referral away from a free week (one of many current promotions) I figured why not-it's only an hour of my time. The first class I went to was one of their pilates/yoga mix (fusion?) classes that is not considered one of Willow Gardens easiest or most beginner friendly. I was quite surprised how well the instructor made the class accessable and doable for any level of yoga-ness. Poses were easily understood and had varying degress of difficulty for a range of abilities. It was also a fairly fluid and dynamic yoga class which made the hour long class seem much shorter than it actually was. I was sold and signed up for one of their many reasonable payment/class options after my first class. The staff/instructors are extremely kind, helpful and seem to promote enough of the (what I term) 'new age, yoga lifestyle' to satisfy the most devout in the class, but not so much as to make the un-converted (such as my self) feel out of place or unwelcome. There is at least one class every day of the week. Most days offer 2 different classes that are an hour to an hour and a half long each. The only criticism I may have about Willow Gardend Hot Yoga is that I am going to have to start getting to class increasingly earlier. As more people hear about or try a free class, the classes are going to start to get pretty full, pretty quickly.