Lily Sloan
Incredible studio that I have been looking for for SO long!! Ill start by saying I started doing yoga (specifically baptiste) in 2011 and it completely changed my life. I did it almost every single day for 4 years while in college. In 2015 after I graduated I noticed that yoga classes just werent giving me the same joy/benefits they once did so I switched to other forms of exercise which was great at first. I would do yoga maybe once a week or once every two weeks. Then i noticed that bc I didnt find a studio that I loved that my body was paying for it. I wasnt stretching in the same way I did in yoga and then I stopped stretching entirely. I had chronic back pain and kept throwing my back out, despite being overall very fit and active. Fast forward to a few months ago when I threw my back out again and noticed really bad hip flexor shooting pain. I decided to finally pay attention. Went to PT, got very painful myofascial release massages, did acupuncture and signed up for Baptiste. Truly the only thing that has made me feel better are these baptiste classes. Not only that, but I feel the same joy i did when i first started taking classes over a decade ago. Classes at baptiste are the way yoga SHOULD be everywhere!! You gain so much when the sequences are more or less the same because you tune into your body and feel what is better and what needs more attention. I love that the teachers actually are tuned into communicating poses so that they align with breath. So many teachers these days tell us to breathe but dont realize their pace is too quick for what should be a ‘moving mediation’- so slow full breath. I love that most of the classes also dont have music which i find is such a distraction. Love the 90 minute and 75 minute classes on the weekend too bc it doesnt feel rushed and you can focus on other stretches with a completely warmed up body. These classes are tough but SO rewarding. I know when my back and body is feeling stiff that the best thing I can do for myself is get me to one of these classes. So grateful for this studio and everyone that works here. Ive fallen in love with yoga all over again.






