I had never taken a barre class before and I felt so welcomed! All of the instructors were so sweet…read moreand wanted me to feel the burn and love the workout all in one. I will definitely be back because it was so much fun and welcoming, I can't stress how welcoming they were!

Karlie is amazing- she is great at encouraging you when it's needed most and making sure exercises…read moreare done properly and safely to protect your body. The room is spacious, has a great atmosphere, and I've always felt very welcome in class.

Been working with Susannah for about seven months with my partner and we feel great! She's not only…read moregetting us in shape for our wedding, but teaching us how to be more health conscious food-wise. We do a range of strength and cardio with her during our sessions then she gives us "homework" workouts bookended with yoga and walking for the rest of the week. It's actually quite fun and she makes sure you're using the proper technique. She's a responsible trainer who will not push you to the breaking point that will potentially put you in danger of injury. Finally, she's very good with communication throughout the week to see how we are feeling, if we are sore, if we liked the new routines, etc.

I am one of Susannah's distance clients and have recently employed her services to help me get my…read moremeals back on track. I like to cook, but recently haven't been making the time to do so. We would then find ourselves hungry and without food in the fridge . . . which means we would eat out more than we should. I wanted to break this cycle, and Susannah was the perfect person to help me! Susannah worked with me to create a simple and realistic plan that will fit into my life. She helped me to realize that my "ideals" were too time-consuming and would ultimately be discouraging. She instead gave me lots of ideas for simple meals that are versatile, nutritious and affordable, and helped me to set goals that are achievable and sustainable. Susannah is: - supportive - realistic - understanding - motivating - caring - non-judgemental - fun! She is excited to help, and her positive energy is contageous. After my sessions with her, I feel like I come away with a plan that I'm actually excited to carry out. Thanks, Susannah!

Absolutely love this gym! The price is perfect for what I need. Open 24/7 and has a dry sauna!read more

The staff is great and treat you like family. I'm pretty much a permanent fixture at this gym so I…read morelove it. The only person you really gotta watch out for is Tracy Beaver ....... From time to time she makes a brief appearance, but you're safe because she's a great person..... I just like to give her crap when I can.

Along with the excellent yoga class and women's circles that I have been to, the fusion dance is so…read morefun! A mix of yoga and Zumba.

This studio is amazing! The instructors are able to teach to a variety of levels of ability in the…read moreclasses offering modifications to increase the intensity or decrease the difficulty. The teachers are very knowledgeable and cater classes to the students in each particular class. There is no judgment and everyone that I've met there (teachers and students) has been really nice!

Great spot! The owner and other instructors are warm and friendly and in tune with the class…read more The studio overall has a welcoming, flexible (pun intended) vibe. And joyfulness seems to be part of the practice. Thanks, Yoga Love!

If you are reading this, you are thinking of practicing yoga and are searching for a studio. Many…read morepeople have had negative experiences practicing yoga (me included) but you are in for a pleasant surprise with Suzanne's Love Yoga Studio! Suzanne's philosophy has evolved throughout the past 20+ years through her extensive reading, instructor and student input, observation and intuition to create a studio that caters to everyone's physical, mental and emotional needs. This studio emphasizes that you "listen to your body" and provides modifications for each yoga position. You will never again feel like you can't "do yoga". The instructors have a range of body types, ages, and teaching methods. You will practice with a large range of ages from teenagers to octogenarians so you will never feel like you are being judged by your appearance or age. It is a clean, calm, peaceful, welcoming environment with new upgrades and conveniences implemented frequently. There are many weekly classes to choose from with a great bargain monthly pass as well as drop in rates. Give it a try - you will not be disappointed.

My partner and I do acroyoga and personal training with Peter, who is awesome. For personal…read moretraining, Peter is very knowledgeable and has provided my partner with some exercises to get out of knee pain. He's also energetic and funny, which helps the hour of intense exercise fly by. Also, kids are welcome to hang out while you do personal training. My toddler has a great time lifting 2lbs weights and watching us work out. It's great being able to work out without having to find a sitter for my little one. The acroyoga classes are amazing too. Everyone is cool and there's lots of laughter. We always look forward to class and feel better after class ends. I highly recommend Rise Up.

This hometown eclectic studio boasts small class sizes, ensuring participants focused attention…read morefrom instructors. Each instructor brings great passion and their own unique talents to share. Are you looking for a yoga studio where you might also learn sword fighting, martial arts, dance cardio, or group acro? Need a fitness studio where you sweat as much as you have fun? Not sure what you are looking for, but beginning batton twirling sounds fun? Have you always dreamed of testing you secret Jedi skills? You just wandered into the right place to discover your passions and strengths!

While this gym is clean, has a good inventory of equipment, and great hours,…read moreit is undermanaged ... if managed at all. It seems that there is always a piece of equipment that is "out of service" ... they wait until something breaks, before doing the maintenance on it. It isn't unusual for equipment to be "out of service" for more than a month. My biggest beef with this gym, is although they have a good set of "Gym Use Rules" ... pretty much the standard set for any good gym, they do not enforce these rules AT ALL! It's not uncommon for circuit machines to be tied up with members that aren't actually using the equipment ... they just need a place to sit and surf the net comfortably. There are a lot of courteous gym members there but it only takes a few to really get in the way of getting your routine finished. I think this is a legitimate complaint, a common complaint for many gyms, but unfortunately as I said ... the facility is undermanaged, if managed at all. They do not "do complaints".

I am a member here…read more Pros.: It's inexpensive, good equipment (mid-line pre-core), great hours, good location, it's clean most of the time, staffed by living wage paid professionals, it's not all one gender, it's accessible, few free weights (so few people pretending to be weight lifters), children not allowed, it's new-ish. Also serves a diverse and under served clientele, a lot of the people "working out" here you can tell it's their first time. Private showers. It costs me about $35 a month. Cons: Stark lighting (to bright perhaps?), weird open (not considered) layout (it has weird acoustic issues). For instance you can have people having a conversation with each other from 20 feet away with two people sitting and working in-between. No towel service, chemical wet whips everywhere, no attendants the majority of the day (doesn't always feel safe or clean), draconian monitoring (cameras) of your every move (I know it's needed because it's not attended, but it still little creepy), it's sort of basic. It's in a tight badly designed side of a strip mall and mall's vendors have restrictive parking.

Six or seven years ago, I embarked on my yoga journey by way of Bikram, and was hooked. Although my…read morecurrent home studio isn't a Bikram studio, I've had the good fortune of practicing at studios from the East to the West coasts with many excellent instructors and varying degrees of studio amenities. I don't mind a stripped-down space, sweat-perfumed carpet, or a hot room, and was happy on a recent conference visit to discover that the best-looking yoga studio in Corvallis just happened to be a Bikram studio. Classes are offered at standard times during the week (a couple in the morning and a couple at night, with a modified weekend schedule). The room itself is larger than others I've practiced in, with nicely marked lines and plenty of mirror space. The instructor sits elevated, the better to see you! There is a small changing room with a bathroom and (I think) just one shower stall, so efficiency is key before and after class. The instructor was quite friendly on my check-in...but once class started, things switched up a little, in a way that left me with a slightly negative impression (at least of this particular instructor in this particular class). I've always heard stories of Bikram instructors who encourage students to work to the point of pain (not simply discomfort, but actual pain in sensitive places like the lower back, the neck, the knees, and the hamstrings), but I'd been fortunate to never encounter one in all my years of practice. Until now. This instructor shouted to "Lock your knees!" and "Feel the pain!" more times than I can count, and publicly questioned people who were making modifications that their body might have required. As a more experienced yogi, I know that instructors should challenge their students to work hard and push boundaries, so I'm open to tough love (and I did work hard!). But at the same time, as someone who has experienced knee/hamstring/lower back injuries over the years, I've educated myself enough on physiology to know that some asanas are not mindful nor respectful of the body given certain conditions. Not once did I hear any mention, as part of the dialogue, for people to listen to their bodies and modify if needed. That, to me, is problematic as it's a recipe for injury for students who are either new, or worried about defying the barked commands of an instructor, or both. Since I don't know the studio well, the instructor may have been encouraging, in their own way, students they were familiar with. But there were at least two new students in the class, and it concerns me that there wasn't therefore more attention to mindfulness instead of to full expressions of poses. Hopefully this is idiosyncratic to the particular instructor, and not a part of the studio's general ethos, as it's a nice spot and I'm glad to see a Bikram studio thriving in a town that doesn't really have any other hot yoga options. Go, but listen to your body first, and only then listen to the instructor.

Sweat your balls off in a good way…read more I dig this little Bikram yoga joint in Corvallis. As a general newcomer to Bikram's ( I dabbled in hatha in college) I am always a little awkward and sweating an ass ton at Bikram's. Nobody seemed to care in this studio and the instructor was firm yet encouraging in helping me figure out the poses. Best believe I wanted to get my savasana on for like 8 hours after class. I was sore, sore, sore. But did I feel better than everyone else as I hit the cookies for a second round? You betcha. Place smells a little funny. Demographic is blend of hard bodied 20 somethings and lesser caring 50 somethings. It's a fun place to be if you can handle the heat and the kind of militant yoga instruction.