The Yoga Spa

I must first say that my review is based on two things — the classes I’ve taken with Jennilee at other studios and the single class I took at her studio.
I purchased a Groupon for the Yoga Spa because I had loved taking Jennilee’s classes at HYS so much. Jennilee is a very upbeat personality and her classes are fun and challenging. I have also taken belly dancing with Jennilee. I have really enjoyed them in the past, so when she opened her own studio I was eager to give it a troy.
The Yoga Spa is in Ballston Spa and has only street parking. I did not have trouble getting a spot for a weekday morning, although I am not sure if it is busier later in the day. I arrived about 10 minutes early for class and ended up waiting in my car because no one arrived to unlock the doors until the actual time that the class was supposed to start. The space itself is super adorable and colorful, I really loved it and it was definitely upbeat. It has a store front with huge windows, which lets in a lot of light, but could probably be distracting since there are people walking by and what not. It also has a wall of mirrors, which I love but I know others do not. The space was pretty ample, not huge but also not tiny, like many others I have been to.
Like many other «hot» studios in the area, the Yoga Spa relies on individual space heaters. Unfortunately, whoever had been in the night before not only turned off the heaters but also turned down the heat in the entire studio. Since it was January and there was an entire wall of windows, this made for one extremely cold class (and there were definitely no lavender towels afterwards).
The class itself was alright, it was just me and one other person. It was not taught by Jennilee. I am still on their Yoga Spa’s mailing list and it seems that while Jennilee owns and teaches there, she often travels and many times there are substitutes for her classes. I get emails at least once a day (sometimes more) and it seems that there are often changes to the class schedule.
I was very disappointed with my experience there so I never even bothered to use the rest of my groupon classes. If I lived closer to Ballston Spa I might have used up my class card or given it a second chance. However, I am looking into getting instructor certified in the future and have considered the Yoga Spa’s program because it is actually taught by Jennilee and because they do 2 week intensives.

The Yoga Spa rocks! Wether you are just beginning or have practiced for a decade you will find your niche here. I always leave learning something new and totally refreshed! Namaste!

After driving around the immediate area a few days ago to get an idea of where the yoga studios are, I decided to attend The Yoga Spa’s 10 a.m. Pose Specific Vinyasa Flow class. Jennilee is an immediately kind and warm presence and the space of the studio is also welcoming. Pristinely clean (from floor to bathroom), the space is also beautiful decorated, a comfortable temperature and I noticed a humidifier going at the far end of the space. As a first class at a new studio, I apparently picked one of their more difficult classes. Great class (about 12 people this morning) with Jennilee providing just enough in the way of instruction, hands on adjustment, encouragement and humor. I have a chronic pain syndrome and found that Jennilee’s offerings for modifications of poses more than adequate. Very much looking forward to going back and trying 3 or 4 more of The Yoga Studio’s other class offerings and meeting some of the other instructors.
UPDATE!: WHOA! I totally forgot to mention the chilled lavender scented towels that Jennilee dropped into everyone’s hand at the end of practice!!! Am unsure if that’s an every class occurrance, but it was an amazing extra touch.
UPDATE AGAIN: Yeah. Those chilled lavender scented towels are every class. SOOO nice.