Yoga Concepts

Yoga Concepts is super clean. The studio doesn’t smell and the locker rooms and showers are clean.
The heat at this studio is just amazing, it’s a hot and sweaty Bikram class, yet my lungs don’t feel like they are going to explode. I’ve been practicing Bikram yoga for over 5 years and the far infrared heat allows me to work harder while Donna and Mary Ann, the owners, give specific corrections that help me improve. Since I started coming here in May, I can stretch about 4 inches more in the half moon, and can hold the standing head to knee pose w/​leg extended. I’ve also lost 10 lbs and a dress size. I feel great.
This isn’t a place where a bored instructor recites the dialogue with the canned corrections. Mary Ann and Donna TEACH, and correct everyone by name. The other students are friendly and polite – people will offer to move over a couple of inches to let you squeeze in and not have to practice in the crack of a mirror, for instance. People of all ages, sizes and shapes practice here – not just the super flexible people in trendy yoga clothes – it’s a great place to develop a solid foundation and life long practice.

I have been practicing Bikram yoga for years and have visited number of studios around the country and outside of the US. This is one of the few studios that gets the temperature and humidity perfect nearly every time. Just warm and humid enough so that you are not sweating until you start doing the poses. Mary Ann and Donna are great teachers that have a lot of experience and will help you improve. They will also notice if you are subtly out of position and give you corrections to get you back in place. If you have not tried hot yoga this would be a great place to do so as you will get personalized instruction. Also if you are a little tight or have an old injury you may get some modifications to the standard poses that will get you straightened back out.

I have visited 55 hot yoga studios across the country, and Mary Ann is easily the best teacher I’ve met. Her knack for providing carefully crafted instructions to individual students is awe-​inspiring. There is no painfully regurgitated «dialogue,» and no ridiculous and extreme conditions that cater to the egotist. Don’t get me wrong – the room is hot and humid, but you sweat because she makes you work hard, not because you feel faint due to a heat index of 150.
Mary Ann knows all the modifications for those who have any ailments, and how to push those who master the basics. You can take a break if you are having an off day without absurd repercussions or belittling. Unfortunately, I can only make it once or twice a week now since I moved away – but the high quality instruction and proper conditions make it worth the trip.
Definitely try the place, especially now with the brand new accommodations – always clean and never smelly. Easy parking eliminates yet another headache. Go in prepared to listen and learn, and you will be amazed at how much you didn’t know!