CorePower Yoga - Berkeley West

I wanted to get to doing yoga. When I signed up for a week free the only location I could really go to was the West Berkeley location. Every time I showed up for the class early the doors are locked but I see people items in the cubby holes so I knew they were there. Also my classes were getting canceled without my knowledge. There is no sign on the door letting us know why we are not able to access this location. Im very disappointed.
Jan 11th, 2024

It's great, very clean and great energy
Dec 12th, 2023

Love every class they offer. Sculpt classes are similar to boot camp, challenging but fun.
Sep 10th, 2023

Feb 27th, 2023

Did an intro month at CorePower Shattuck and mostly went to Yoga Sculpt, but also did Yoga 1 and Yoga Fusion. Yoga Sculpt which is a blend of yoga and crossfit/hit workout. Its fun, tough and I really enjoyed the classes. Teachers were great and led the classes well. Only drawback is that the studio on Shattuck Ave is near campus and there are a lot of students who don't understand yoga etiquette. I come 30 minutes early to class to stretch, do my personal yoga and pranayama, and found that many of the students mindlessly entered the class speaking loudly and making a lot of noise. It's standard for yoga studios to be quiet places for students to prepare for class. CorePower in particular has their yoga etiquette posted all around the studio reminding student to "to minimize talking in the studio", so I thought that students would respect this standard practice.But this often did not happen and I asked several teachers to remind students of this etiquette, some succeeded others did not. My last class, I decided to ask two men who were having a very loud conversation to please respect the yoga etiquette of the studio and they mouthed off to me. Comments like "what are you the etiquette police?", "Ok mom", etc and their female friend coming back at me with "why are you singling THEM out?". You would expect in a yoga room that students would be mindful and kind. Instead say something like "Oh, I'm sorry", "No worries", "My apologies". But instead I got dismissed, belittled and insulted.I went to ask the teacher to please remind the students to be quiet in the studio and specifically told her two men mouthed off to me. She apologized and said she would address it, but completely forgot and I spent the whole class staring straight ahead, trying to ignore the men, as one of them kept looking back at me and made a point to direct his kicks and punches towards me. Fortunately, my husband was there with me and I felt safe, but It wasn't nice for either one of us.I tried to speak with the men after class and they dismissed me, calling me names under their breath and walking off, just as they had done in the studio. I spoke with the instructor, as well, in hopes that she would remember to address it next time and create more safety in the studio for everyone. She agreed she would and understood the importance of my request.I'm giving the studio 2-stars, because I hope that the teachers and their leadership will pay more attention to this important part of teaching yoga and creating safe spaces for students.
Feb 27th, 2023