Mindful Movements Health & Fitness Studio

I have been going there for years, and love the environment. It’s exceptionally clean, and Julie the owner really cares about her business. I don’t need to write pages about pro and cons. My life is pretty busy. I can just tells you that you couldn’t find a more compassionate and committed person. I owe my toned body to you Julie! Thanks your simply the best!

I was interested in trying a yoga studio and one of my favorite instructors from another club used to teach here (several years ago), so when I saw a groupon for it, I bought it to try out. Some good and bad things about the place.
Pros-​I had a good piloxing class here with Angela. She gives good cueing and I like that both she and Julie say «Please» when asking you to do something. That’s a first ever and sort of pleasantly took me by surprise. At the end of the hot yoga class, they spritz you with a mist of lavender water. That was delightful. LOVE that they have class participants spray down the mats after every class. I’ve been to a lot of places where I don’t think the mats are ever cleaned regularly. What I like most about this place is that I’ve gotten really good workouts in a variety of classes. When I“m done with my classes, I feel like I’ve accomplished something. I have a bunch of sports injuries and my priority for working out is that it’s tough without being impossible, which these classes have been. Most of the women are pretty fit here.
Cons-​The whole place is a small reception area and one medium sized room, so if it’s a large class, and by large I mean 10 or more people, it’s really tight. There is a limited variety of classes and the schedule is fairly limited with regard to times and classes. For example, on Mon, and Wed, there is one morning class and one evening class, while on Fridays and Saturdays, there is literally one class and no classes on Sundays. I get that this is a small business, but as a consumer, I want and need some flexibility and my schedule doesn’t normally allow for me to schedule my days around one class. Hot yoga – I’m not a fan of hot yoga but as it was the only class offered one sat morning, I went. It’s not a HOT, hot yoga class-​more of a mildly warm yoga class, which was great by me (I’m not a hot yoga fan)
It is the loudest place I’ve ever taken a yoga class. Normally, you walk into a studio, it’s dark and hushed and quiet and the instructors speak softly and gently. Not here – a ton of loud guffawing, and yakking before and throughout the classes, which I found unsettling and somewhat counterproductive to a yoga class. And the instructor, bellows – and I mean bellows– pose instructions and the yoga classes are constant talking, which is different and not necessarily welcomed, for me. Trust me, nothing soft or hushed here.
This is my personal issue but I don’t do yoga – ever unless it’s at my own house – without socks on. Too many gross feet out there walking on mats and carpeting (it is carpeted, which I always see as a germ magnet, particularly when you’re talking about bare feet and sweaty people.) for me. But the nastiest thing, (and I think I would have hurled if this was me), was the instructor reached out and ran her bare foot along a participant’s arm (twice – once with two different people.) Yeah, that would have sent me running and just thinking about it makes me squeamish. The other review mentions reformers but I haven’t seen them here. The place does feel like a park district offering with regard to class, scheduling, size etc, but at much higher prices. I did the groupon but for me, it would not be worth it to pay the regular prices. Any health club would have comparable classes, with more times and variety. It does seem like they have a core group of women, and this is virtually an all womens facility as it is yoga and pilates, that this appeals to.