If you have not checked out this incredible space in Yakima, you must!! This studio is so inviting,…read morethe community is so uplifting and it is a perfect place to make time for yourself. So glad that barre3 came to Yakima. The instructors are so welcoming!! Give it a try, chances are you will see me there!! Erin Schwabauer

Wow! I'm so grateful to Rob, the owner of Achieve. He personally called me and reached out to me in…read moreregards to a review I left when having trouble canceling my membership due to a move across the US. It's amazing the gaps of miscommunication we can bridge together when having a conversation over the phone. There was a HUGE miscommunication between emails, and Rob explained that moving and my proof of address is able to help me cancel my contract. And explained that I still owe for my trainer (Which I paid right there over the phone! The trainers are worth EVERY PENNY!!! As is the gym, they offer amazing classes too). I'm so happy to have been able to clear up this miscommunication. If I have learned anything, its to call directly and not muck up communication via technology. This is a good home town gym that I would spend at least 3 hrs in a day at. I value you Rob and your WHOLE team. I found family there. I'm sorry and happy we can get this resolved. I RETRACT my one star review!!! I give 10!! Great Trainers Boxing Bag 3 separate areas of gym Zumba Yoga Classes Cross Fit set up Better than anytime fitness and 24.

Best Gym in yakima! Family local gym that cares for all the community! If you want to feel…read morecomfortable and achieve your goal this is the gym! They also have kids room!

I am comparing this facility with the other Planet Fitness locations. A gym is not just the…read morebuilding, equipment, or the personalities of the staff, but also the members. All contribute to the environment. I visited the West Yakima Planet Fitness on a Saturday morning on my Black Card travel pass. The sun was hot and blazing outside, with no shade. The Planet Fitness was cool and shaded inside, and very roomy. The members were not sitting on the benches just texting, but were busy working out. The club has more equipment than any other Planet Fitness I have been in. They have five "Smith Machine" racks--a record! Two dipping machines, a lateral raise machine, and plenty of space between the machines. With the long narrow design, you can easily move to another area which isn't crowded, and concentrate on your workout. Not so at my home club of Lake Forest Park! Everyone was helpful and friendly at the welcome desk, and I even got a guy to vacuum the floor around the machine I was using (dry Yakima can get a bit dusty). I will give this location five stars. It beats the clubs in the Puget Sound.

Such a clean and spacious PF!! Lots of machines to accommodate the busy times of day.read more

There are so many things I adore about this studio. They bring such a superior game to this small…read morecity. I really hope they continue to hold themselves to the high standard that they've set. Keep it up!!! Hot Spot does a great job of making newcomers feel welcome. I started here, but I've since been to studios where they sort of shout out directives and move from the next pose to the other without helping you or directing your breath. Here, they not only introduce each pose but gently remind you of its proper form. Each instructor takes care to pay attention to the direction of the breath and remind you of which muscles and organs you're engaging ("This is helping your transverse colon...." -- and things like that.) It's a great reminder of the "why" to it all and it refocuses your mind to really engage in the posture. The studio itself is really cute, really clean, feels new, and makes me want to come back or never leave. The practice room has never had even the faintest smell. Sometimes before Yin yoga starts (deep stretching class that is AMAZING!!!) they will light some incense which really sets the mood. The lights are always dim or off, which I really like and have learned is not always the case at all studios! All of the instructors are adorable. They all follow the same sort of generalized script, but each one has their own changes, additions, emphasis, intonation. I get giddy every time I have every instructor here, there is no going wrong with any of them. One thing I really love about the class is that instructors will walk around at parts of the practice. Sometimes they will adjust your posture, but other times they will help you reach a deeper level of the posture that you wouldn't be able to without their help. I have had instructors hold my feet down during cobra to allow my back to really soar. I've also had some lift me in the pose where you're on your belly, holding your ankles with your hands. (What's that one called again??) Incredible back stretch. My favorite posture is Camel Pose ("This is a heart opening posture!") Overall, the tone is always warm, soothing, and absolutely 'detoxifying' -- many of them will add affirmations to the end of practice, and really treat it as the spiritual practice that it is. I feel rejuvenated every time I come. All levels are welcome. I feel so lucky to have started hot yoga here!

My experience with Hot Spot changed after a hurtful incident during class. By then, I had attended…read moremore than 700 yoga classes without incident. Afterward, ownership wanted to talk to me. I said no. I was overwhelmed and needed time. I also made clear that I did not hold ownership responsible for another member's behavior. I have a disability. Hot Spot later conditioned my participation on a private meeting with ownership. I explained that I was not comfortable with that and requested an accommodation. Before returning, I put my boundaries in writing. If Hot Spot intended to restrict my access or refuse my business, I needed to be told in writing before I arrived. I also asked that prior issues stay out of the studio and not become gossip among instructors, staff, or members. There was a reason. I had already experienced an incident outside the studio in which a member of ownership approached me from behind while I was leaving, grabbed me, and swung me around after I had said I did not want the confrontation. After that, my boundary was simple: if I am leaving, let me leave. I received no written restriction. I returned for class under my current name. The instructor was the owner's husband. I had a good class and posted a positive review because I believed we had moved forward. I came back the next morning for the 9:30 class. Again, I registered under my current name. The owner's husband recognized me and said, "Welcome." Employees and other students knew me. Hot Spot later characterized my attendance as "sneaking in." I registered under my name, walked through the front door, was recognized by ownership, and attended the entire class. There was nothing hidden about my presence. At the end of class, I asked where the other fire exit was because I could not identify another usable exit and had concerns about accessibility. The instructor then told me the owner's husband was waiting in the lobby and that I needed to speak with him. I did not want that conversation. When I entered the lobby, the first words out of my mouth were, "I'm scared of you." He told me he had reviewed all of my files and that I knew I was not allowed there until I spoke privately with his wife, the owner. I did not know that. I had asked for written notice before any restriction was enforced. I had received none. People from the Yakima Valley community were coming and going. An employee had her phone up in a way that made me believe she was recording. Another student was sitting next to me. I had practiced around her hundreds of times and had never spoken to her. She said, "You should really leave. Nobody wants you here." I still do not know what she had been told about me or what had circulated that made her feel I deserved to hear that. That was the moment I ran to the back of the studio and hid. My belongings were still at the front, next to the owner's husband, the instructor, and that student. I could not leave without going back toward the people I was afraid of, and I could not identify another usable exit from the back. That left me trapped inside the building. I was not refusing to leave. I was trying to get my belongings and leave safely. I called 911. Police gave me a choice: leave without a formal trespass or have the studio formally trespass me. I chose the formal trespass because I wanted a record that the studio was refusing me service after I had raised disability-related concerns and requested an accommodation. Hot Spot can decide it does not want my business. I had already told them how to communicate that decision without putting me into another confrontation or a situation likely to activate my disability. I had more than 700 yoga classes behind me before any of this began. Yoga mattered enough to me that I still wanted to return to Hot Spot. I asked for space at the beginning. I asked for a safe way to handle things at the end. There were many opportunities in between to choose something kinder

My friend and I are working out here from California and needed a place to train and keep our…read moresanity for being gone from home so long. I found Professor Ururahy while searching on google maps. My buddy and I were welcomed with open arms. It was a great class with great professor and a great group of people, we will definitely come back as much as we can before we leave this beautiful state.

I was traveling on business and have hip Pain so I thought I…read morewould go and watch a class. When I got there professor Rodriguez greeted me and asked me to join in. I told him I was about to have hip surgery. He said well just warm up with us go get on the mat. After I warmed up, he put me with his brown belt coach and we started to do some drills then he paired with me and we did some more drills. He told me don't live in the pain. He said you know where the pain is just do what you can, you don't have anything to prove. It was a great class. My muscles are stretched out and it's gonna be great traveling back sitting on a plane. I really needed this. Thank you professor

I really enjoy being a part of the Renu Hot Yoga community. I especially love the Yin classes. The…read moreteachers are always nice, helpful, and friendly, and they make you feel comfortable and supported throughout the practice. Renu is always clean, welcoming, and a comfortable place to practice. One of my favorite things is the cool washcloth they give you at the end of class. The washcloths have essential oils in them that smell really nice, and it's such a refreshing and relaxing way to finish class. The owner does a great job of making Renu welcoming and inclusive to everyone, men and women of all ages. They are very attentive to safety and make sure everyone is practicing in a safe environment. I also appreciate how consistent the business is with its rules and regulations. The contract is straightforward, self-explanatory, and easy to understand. Overall, I really enjoy being part of this community. Renu is a clean, welcoming, friendly, and safe place to practice, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to try hot yoga.

According to Renu's public responses, I am responsible for membership losses, difficulty recruiting…read moreinstructors, safety concerns, and other problems within their business. That is remarkable responsibility to assign to one yoga student. None of this was communicated to me while I was a member. I received no documented policy violation, corrective process, warning that my membership was in jeopardy, or opportunity to respond. When I privately informed management about uncomfortable situations--often simply so there would be a record--I was told they would not take matters further unless I requested it. They did anyway. After I raised concerns, the way instructors and members treated me changed. Somewhere along the way, I also became the subject of gossip within the yoga community. I still do not know exactly what was said about me. I do know the story grew considerably larger than anything ever communicated to me directly. I still do not know what objective standard I failed to meet or what was expected of me. I do know those standards appeared remarkably different depending on who was standing on the mat. What troubles me most is Renu presenting other members' discomfort with me as evidence against me. People dislike instructors. They dislike classmates. They dislike the temperature, the price, the schedule, the music, the parking--and sometimes simply being uncomfortable. Adults decide whether to show up. Leadership decides what happens next. A yoga community can teach people to coexist respectfully despite discomfort, or it can validate exclusion and decide that one person is the problem everyone else needs protection from. Renu chose the latter--and then blamed me for the consequences. Renu has assigned me remarkable responsibility for membership, recruiting, safety, and studio culture. If I had been given that much authority, I would have started by making sure customers felt safe sharing their experiences in class and raising concerns. Renu also knew I had specifically requested privacy around my full identity for safety reasons. Nevertheless, they repeatedly used my full name in class and repeatedly published my identity in public responses to my review. Instead of apologizing, declining to respond, or responding professionally, Renu turned its response into a personal review of me. I reviewed a business. Renu made me the review. It is egregious for a business to publicly blame one customer for other adults' choices and then call that protecting its community. A community is made up of people who are not all the same. If belonging requires conformity, that isn't community. It's a club.

I always wanted to join karate but I want 1on1 teacher/sensei that's very hard on me and make me…read moretough just like how Johnny Lawrence did to Miguel Diaz because right now I'm Miguel Diaz in season 1 always getting beat up and stuff but this would be 5 start and my more of my school buddies would for sure want to come.

Absolutely amazing people, karate style and experience. My family has enjoyed getting to know the…read moreinstructors and watching our boys thrive. I have 2 kids under 12. One of them is a high functioning autistic kiddo. Best place for him. They've been patient and worked with him over and over again to get him to achieve his next goals. Both of my boys are loving it here. Jake and Becca are amazing and I highly recommend ya drop in and see what it's like! Ask questions. Give them a call. Classes for kids as young as 5 all the way up to 100+. Ive even taken a self defense course from them geared towards women. I learned a lot and had so much fun doing it.

I love Yakima Crossfit. I have been going here for the past 2 years. I walk in and know that the…read moreworkout is going to kick my butt and be different each and every day. You really can't ask for much more. Even being a very small woman I feel like I fit right in there even with the big guys.