Yogis & Yoginis — Local services in New York

Worst yoga experience ever. Signed up for a restorative rope wall yoga class. I thought it would be a relaxing Friday evening into my week. To be honest, I did not stay for most of the class. When the class started, she asked us to close our eyes and started walking us through a relaxation and breathing exercise, meanwhile, a class upstairs was getting out. It sounded like there were elephants stomping on our heads. It was very loud. The people who were leaving in the reception area were speaking at full volume. No one asked them to keep their voices down. The instructor of my class hadn’t even close the door to our studio. I gave it 15 minutes but there were still people upstairs talking at full volume and still people stomping around upstairs and it was so NOT relaxing that I had to leave. The other problem was that I couldn’t hear what the instructor was saying because it was so loud in the studio. When I mentioned my concerns to the guy at the front desk, his response was, “OK“. Do...

I started attending yoga classes at Y&Y after 20 years of consistently inconsistent Iyengar classes. What's cool about Y&Y is that they have a range of classes going all day long; you can start your day with meditation, try Tai Chi at lunch, practice with a handful of really competent Iyengar teachers, mix in a little Pilates, and the prices are very reasonable compared with some other studios. This place has a spirit similar to that of the late, great Yogasana center for Yoga, may it rest in peace, and it even has some of their teachers, too, like Frank Ricci. I'm so glad I found Y&Y!

Edited to add: after six months of trying out different classes and teachers, I have to give props to Brynt specifically for great, sensitive, fun, thoughtful, challenging yoga (and Pilates) classes. I used to be exclusively an Iyengar practitioner but Brynt’s classes really opened me up to a less orthodox, more flow type...

I only went to two classes here, but was shocked that the reviews for this place are so high after those 2. Both classes were open level, and the first one was all handstand work. Only like 1 person in the whole class could do any of the things the teacher was asking and she wasn't offering anything for people who could push up into a handstand.

The second class had more variety, but the teacher also was not accommodating. I have a connective tissue disorder and have learned how to modify for my body's needs over the last 12 years of practicing yoga, and she over and over again chastised me for doing so. There are much better options...