CorePower Yoga - Back Bay — Local services in Boston

Ok, let me preface this by saying that the studio is wonderful. The staff are nice and enthusiastic and the locker rooms are clean. The rooms feel a bit claustrophobic but that’s because it’s in the basement, not the fault of the studio.

HOWEVER, I hated every minute of it. Why? Because this style of practice is not for me and it might not be for other yogis so I wanted to let people know that this is a very, very fitness class style practice. It’s pop music instead of ambient beats or nature sounds. The teacher is yelling “Don’t give up!” and “You can do it!” instead of calmly intoning, “Now feel a line of energy rising from your outside edge of your foot up through the crown of your head.” Poses are sharp and precise rather than graceful and flowing. Spirituality is nowhere. In short, if you’re a more traditional yogi, you’re going to hate it. (I hated it.) But, if you think more tradition yogi is boring and woo, this studio is perfect for you. I really hope this review is helpful because it’s not the fault of the studio, it’s just that different yogis have different practices and mine is...

I signed up for my first class and was excited to try! I’ve been looking for a low impact sculpt workout and have heard good things about CorePower. However, I arrived at 9:29 for my 9:30 class- I know I was supposed to arrive earlier as a new member but it was pouring rain all morning which made traffic slower than usual. The instructor was also running the check in desk and she was the most rude, unhelpful, and ill equipped person to be working there. Her name was Brittany B. And she said she couldn’t let myself and 4 other members (who also showed up at 9:30 for the 9:30 class) into the class because she already let people on the waitlist in. To reiterate, the class had not yet started. I have never had such poor customer service experience like what I received from brittany. She was unkind, unsympathetic, and not remotely understanding about circumstances to all 5 of us and wouldn’t let us in the class. My whole morning had to be rearranged. I will never be returning to CorePower and I will be spreading the negative word about this...

Filthiest yoga studio I have ever practiced in. The classes are fine. I love that they offer yoga sculpt which gets my strength training and cardio in one hour....but OMG....the hygiene is seriously a problem. I am sure there violating all kinds of sanitation codes. I seriously worry about catching some kind of fungus or bacteria every time I step into the changing room.

For the price I pay here for a monthly membership....I honestly expected better. Very disappointed.

On top of the filthy studio....beware that classes are randomly cancelled. I signed up because I loved the various times they offered class. I am a very busy professional and usually plan out my week ahead of time and add my yoga classes to my calendar at the start of the week. Many times cancels are simply cancelled.

Very disappointed. Do not recommend. I really wanted to love it, but unless there is improvement on cleanliness and random cancellation of classes will need to rethink giving them...