Advanced Health Massage & Yoga

The studio was very clean and it was a calm environment. The teacher was okay at teaching a beginners level but didn’t incorporate or give options for more advanced levels into the class. The class itself was extremely slow and didn’t feel like much of a workout. Every time I felt like the class was just heating up we would move into child’s pose. It was hard to get the heart pumping at all when we kept resting so much. This beginners class would be good for someone who is trying yoga for the very first time and just beginning to start a workout routine. It is not for someone who is somewhat or mostly fit.

I have been attending classes at AHMY for over a year now and I can honestly say that it is one of the best studios I’ve ever attended for my own practice. My favorite classes tend to be more strength and holding of postures, not heated flow or power yoga, although they do have a class or two like that as well. They also occasionally offer kids yoga. It is a small space, never over crowded, convenient to my home, and, I always feel welcome. Namaste!!!

I am a fan of Yoga. I have been to 4 different yoga centers in the North Boston area. In this place I have been only once and I must say it was one of the Best (if not The Best) experience.
The instructor was an excellent Yoga teacher. It was a truly mixed level class from the elderly to the super-​flexible. She had a read on each student and helped ALL of them achieve their limit. I believe her name was Cornelia. She just seemed to love to teach Yoga.

Not sure how CW from the earlier review, could have had such a bad experience.
Cornelia is one of the best instructors I have ever worked with. Every yoga instructor has their own style and different styles appeal to different people.
I like Cornelia because she does not arrive at the class with an agenda; every class begins with her asking «What do you need today?» Class begins and throughout the next 75 minutes, she incorporates everyone’s needs in some way.
Warning: never ask for abs! :-)
If you decide to try this studio you will find a variety of instructors with different styles, but every instructor is great in their own way. I really enjoy the ability to go to this studio and take a class from each instructor throughout the week.
This studio is also creating another generation of yoga instructors as a registered teacher training facility. As these new teachers train there is a whole new set of community classes for only $ 5 a class! The trainees are supervised while they teach these classes and the community gets a low rate. I really look forward to having some of these new instructors join the studio and learning from them.
The monthly recurring payment option makes this very affordable. My husband and I took advantage of a great offer; we prepaid for the year to lock in an amazingly low price!
If you decide to give this studio a try I think you will be pleased.

Cornelia is the WORST yoga instructor ever! She is rude and has no soul. She needs to open her heart. It’s really too bad that she only has her favorite townie students. She could learn a great deal from others. Avoid her like the plague.

I have always been very nervous to try yoga due to not being flexible, and not knowing anything about it. The first time I went here, Liz took all my wories away! The class was great, and felt very relaxed. Very personalized yoga class!
As for massage, I’ve had few massages with Liz, and they are the best. She knows what and where is needed, and pays extra attention to those details. I highly rcommend both — massage and yoga.

Had a massage here… mmmmm it was just ok… I am not going to be rushing back here anytime soon… I have had better

I have been to two other centers, and frankly, haven’t had a negative experience with any of the 6 yoga instructors I’ve been taught by. But for me, Liz is a notch above the rest.
Liz and the other yoga instructors at Advanced Health Massage and Yoga have helped me find a new way of stretching and relaxing that has changed my life! I’m a 51 year old, male runner with ridiculously tight hamstrings, hips, and IT bands like every other older (male and female) runner I know. After a stress fracture side-​lined me for 6 months, my physical therapist told me that if I wanted to run for years to come with minimal or no injuries, that I would need to do yoga.
My PT warned me against impersonal gyms, killer to follow DVD’s, and large centers. I would need specialized, hands-​on training from a smaller, more patient studio. Liz, and the other instructors at Advanced, have been perfect for my needs, and the strength and flexibility I’ve seen in just three months has already helped me lower my 5K race times and I sleep and wake up more comfortably. They mix just the right amount of meditation and stretching in a quiet and calming atmosphere. It was also hard to beat their $ 20 for 20 days new member special. I went 8 times over the 20 days for only $ 20! Of course by then I was ready to sign up for the 10x card which makes the prices of a session only $ 12.00 Again, hard to beat.
Prior to opening her center, Liz worked for several years as a massage therapist in a local chiropractic practice and offers shiatsu and cranio facial massage, and what I would term sports therapeutic massage. Lots of stretching out and aligning my body correctly, and solving issues with areas that are just chronically sore and bowed in from stress, like my shoulders and neck. And since Liz knows me from yoga class, she has real insight into my needs and issues.
I would highly recommend you check out Advanced Heath Massage and Yoga if you are in the greater Billerica area. Also check out their Facebook page, that’s actually how I decided on this yoga center. The comments there gave off a really pleasant vibe.

Plamen Jetchev did a great job with my first massage here. It wasn’t the typical spa massage that I expected, because Plamen did a good job of actually working the areas that I’ve really had trouble with and also incorporated some stretching /​realignment. In the end, it worked out much better for what my body needed. I’m sure he’ll go the extra mile to listen to your needs and readjust to what works best for you.

This is a great new studio! Julie Aronis is a wonderful Hatha yoga instructor with a warm, welcoming energy. In addition, Julie is also an experienced kids’ yoga teacher. Your little ones will just love a class with Julie. I highly recommend checking out a class!