I bought a pack of five sessions from Groupon. I was looking for a new Yoga studio. There are a lot of options in this area and I was unsure of where to start. Shortly after arriving, it became clear that this is not a plus-size friendly studio and I will never be back. During the class, Mindy, the instructor, told me to move to the back of the room, loud enough for the other participants to hear. Another woman approached me after class to let me know how inappropriate she thought it was and to ask if I was OK. Additionally, I modified a pose we were instructed to do because of an ongoing knee injury, and care that I need to take with my neck after a former surgery. The instructor approached me and said in a very nasty tone that I shouldn't "get creative" if I were unable to do them. This was a medical need that I was advised to do by my physicians, not "getting creative". I left prior to the end of the group - I was not providing this joke any more of my time. Mindy approached me again, insisting that she shouldn't "allow" me to leave, although she provided no reason.
I am not a novice when it comes to Yoga, and in fact just this previous weekend I went to a Yoga retreat in upstate New York. I intended to use this studio to continue the great feeling I had when I left my retreat.
The only thing I had to retreat from is this studio, and this miserable person who isn't qualified to do busy work, let alone energy work. I hope no other person with curves and dignity has to experience the anger that I had. We are not people to be judged, we are working on our health the same as anyone else and the owner should be ashamed to act like this, or if she isn't the owner, employ somebody who does, under a business in their name. What needs to come full circle are their practices.
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