CorePower Yoga - Cherry Creek — Local services in Denver

I really feel as though I should be rating at 3 stars, but I believe that with a little tweaking here and there, I would be happier with this studio.

Pros - the studio is beautiful and centrally located (especially if you live in the CC area as I do).

Cons - (1) The lower studio gets HOT as all get out, and this really frustrates me because I am one of those people who hates hot yoga - it is just not my thing. Having said that, even in non-hot regular Pod Flow classes, I am dripping in sweat the entire time and it makes me extremely uncomfortable. If it were a hot class, that is normal, but if you offer non-hot regular pod classes, it should not feel like a hot yoga class! Its pretty frustrating as a paying customer to come to a regular class and be sweating my bum off, feeling like I signed up for a straight up hot yoga class. In the grand scheme of things, this may not seem like the biggest issue, but when you are competing for business with at least 10 other studios in the Cherry Creek area and your monthly rate is high, these small things matter. This is one of those small things that would keep me from coming back.

(2) There is a ridiculously efficient sound channeling dynamic between the front desk and the lower studio and the locker rooms. I often can hear every word the people at the front desk are saying, I can hear when someone turns on water to wash their hands, I can hear when someone is using the hand dryer, etc. This is especially frustrating when you are in Shavasana at the end of the class, or in a Yin or Vin/Yin class at the end of the night. I understand it is hard to fix with the plumbing and appliances in the locker rooms, but people at the front desk really, really need to be aware of their noise levels when classes are in session. This could also be fixed by having instructors not turn off the music near the end of class as they often do (which is weird, every other studio I have been to will keep the music running, even on low until the end of class)

(3) This is something I am sure everyone runs into with every studio, but the instructors for me are so hit and miss (mostly a miss). On that note, I do have to mention that Rob Loud is an amazing instructor. I have been practicing for a good couple years now and Rob is seriously among the best. I don't think there would have been anything that drew me to come back after my first class if it weren't for the fact that I took his class on my first visit there.

Overall, this place isn't bad by any means. YogaPod Cherry Creek has a lot of good things going for it, but for the price of a monthly membership, I might as well go down the street to PuraVida who charges a similar rate with the added benefit of the...

I love Yoga Pod! I am so glad it opened up, and it is right by my house! I try to get a few classes in a week and it has made my life better in so many ways. I love the atmosphere at Yoga Pod. The teachers are all so nice and make an effort to get to know your name when you come to class. They help you perfect your pose when you are struggling or learning a new pose, which I love! Also, the people who come to class here all seem to be here to better themselves and I've never got a feeling of competition. Since coming to yoga here I have gained patience, respect for my body, improved my meditative practice, have become stronger and more flexible, and have become happier!

This place has a variety of classes. I have been to other studios before and done Hot yoga and Vinyasa, but Yoga Pod offers HotVin fusion, which is a mix of hot and vinyasa and I love that class. They also have Forrest yoga which I had never heard of until coming to Yoga Pod, but its a cool class. Classes are offered at times that are convenient for just about anyone's schedule and there are classes for all levels. I like to go in the early evening. One time when I couldn't sleep, I was miserably lying in bed at 5am and ended up coming to a 6am vinyasa to relieve some stress. It was awesome.

I love that in any class, I can go at my own pace but also push myself. The instructors often say at the beginning to "pay attention to what your body needs" and that its okay to take child's pose or rest if things are getting intense. At the same time though, teachers encourage students to try their best. I have been to a few other studios before I joined Yoga Pod and have never felt more comfortable!

The studio design of the whole place is awesome too. It is clean-something I notice as a clean freak haha. The lobby is super welcoming and the yoga studios are simple but tastefully designed with big windows that let in lots of natural light. I really love the bathrooms too. At places where I worked out before, I always avoided the bathrooms, but here the bathrooms are so nice. There are necessities available to customers in the bathroom such as lotion, shampoo and conditioner, body wash, hair ties, blow dryers, curling iron, straightener, spray deodorant, make up removing wipes, tampons and mouth wash. I love that if I want to, I can come with a change of clothes for after class, take a shower, get ready and go somewhere else.

Also, Yoga Pod is opening up a location downtown on 20th and Lawrence soon. I am a student at Auraria Campus so I'm really excited that I will have the option to go to Cherry Creek or the downtown studio depending...

I bought a one month living social here. I was hoping to take some relaxing yoga in a warm room without judgement on my way home from work. What I got was more in line with a boot camp where they treat you like children. I have taken hot yoga before around 100 degrees, it's intense. I heard one of the instructors say this room is at 112 degrees. I had several bad experiences there. For example, I took a sip of water I guess "too early" in the class and was singled out by the teacher, in front of everyone when she said "hey you, there's a scheduled water break coming in 10 minutes". Being thirsty and embrassed I ventured on. The next time I sent in, I drank a lot of water in anticipation for being scolded like a child for drinking too early so half way through I had to use the bathroom. I left the room and the instructor ran after me in the bathroom saying "HEY! are you okay? you can ONLY leave the room if its an emergency." we returned to class and everyone was looking at me. The last incident that got to me was during one of the 10 minute long breathing exercises I started looking out the window and the instructor stopped class and made me move my mat away from the window so I wasn't so "distracted"

All in all it was a terrible experience. The kicker too is that every single class went through the EXACT same flow. After a few classes I had it memorized. You might be asking why I went back enough times to have such bad experiences and the answer is plain and simple- I am cheap and wanted to get my money's worth. I definitely got my money's worth of funny stories though as my husband says "you know, before they sell a mass Living Social to the public, they should really put a disclaimer saying they treat you like children because they are...