CorePower Yoga - Park Meadows — Local services in Centennial

Today I attended a 1 hour Hot Yoga class at the Park Meadows location. Upon entry it felt like the other 3 CPY studios in Denver I've visited since the reopening; well cleaned, the staff protected and temps taken at the door. Once I got into the yoga room I was horrified. Of the 10 people taking this class, including the instructor, I was the only person wearing a mask. Without my glasses it's hard for me to see detail and when I realized the environment, the class was beginning. No mention of masks or social distancing despite a few practitioners standing within 3 feet of each other, maskless of course.

As a long time yogi, I struggled with my need to decompress and my total discomfort with the inexcusable surroundings. I pulled my mat to to the furthest corner of the room and left before final savasana to speak with the front desk. Before doing do I checked the app and signage for any communication around this particular class or studio being masks optional and found nothing.

I was told by a very friendly and concerned CPY employee that at a few of the southern locations, including Highlands Ranch, masks are indeed optional on your mat and that many people have found this inconsistent policy between studios alarming. Her advice? Keep practicing closer to home and avoid this studio. Best safe practicing communication all day.

My complete disappointment is layered; shame on Core Power for not maintaining the most consistent safety standards across ALL CPY locations regardless of county measures - look out for your staff and yogis. Period. Shame on the studio management for complying with CPY Corporate and not looking out for their students and staff more effectively. And most of all, shame on my fellow practitioners for not looking out for each other. "We're in this together" applies everywhere in my opinion.

Finally, THANK YOU to the honest employee at Park Meadows and to the Cherry Hills, Grant and Broadway locations for doing a superb job keeping...

They emphasize their amenities in their locker rooms. However the studios were outdated and the locker rooms were chaos with dirty/broken lockers. It came across pretentious and felt like we were being scolded, not instructed.

It also felt very transactional and not personal at all.

2/2 instructors I've taken classes from (one was at the Highlands Ranch location) never did yoga themselves during class and didn't even have their own yoga mats.

We were told "water is a distraction" by the hot class instructor, and she said she would tell us when we were ALLOWED to drink water. We were told incorrect postures for particular poses such as Eagle and the positioning of our arms.

Both instructors gave horrible cues to the point of confusion from a long-term yogi. One instructor scolded us to keep our eyes to ourselves in the mirror. Since the cues were so bad, I needed to observe what other yogis were doing to be able to perform the postures, but yet I felt like that wasn't "allowed". Also, how do you grow and create goals if you can't admire other people's practice?

Over all, it gave really bad vibes that I couldn't shake. No one has reached out to see if I'm enjoying my membership/have concerns etc. I do not...

The studio is very nice and clean. Very similar to other franchise yoga studios. I’ve been a Core Power member for 10 years. I recently took Shannon Ardo, Hot Yoga class. I’ve never felt uncomfortable in a yoga class, until now. If you have any injuries, I would highly recommend staying away from this teacher. She has a one size fits all, I know your body better than you know your own, mentality. Asked me to stop using a block to support my lower back injury. Made the entire class very uncomfortable for me to express my own body how I need to. I felt like I was being yelled at by a school teacher for not following the rules. Wanted to give a heads up to other athletes who may do yoga to help strengthen their injuries and can’t to every...