Riverwest Yogashala

:) I really love the down to earth studio this is. The teachers have all been great and are realy passionate about the craft and teachings. Plus they are really into the community. Holding things like Community Gift rotating every other sunday. Its free or donation based for hour and a half Iyengar yoga class. This is a nonprofit yoga center. They also have Restorative yoga classes on rotating friday. I really like this class i place lots of physical demands on my body and i really enjoy restoring my mind and body back to a peaceful state. Its important and i think everyone needs to take an hour and a half out twice a month to put everything back in alignment. also this class is $ 5 again all about making the practice of yoga an affordable and awesome experience.
You will find this studio is welcoming of everyone and all abilities. They will work with you to make sure its right and wont let you fall behind. I cant say enough about this place really. Its the least pretentious yoga studio i have yet to go to (we all know what i mean) plus with the cozy apartment like feel it is like all the things i love about river west in 1 room. Peaceful, happy, cohesive, art, etc.
There is absolutely no excuse for yogi not to check this place out. :)

This is a terrific yoga studio. The classes are small and personal and the teachers are serious and well trained. I have been going since it opened and can’t say enough about the quality of the instruction. The studio is good for beginners as well as advanced students. The studio also offers a few reduced fee classes to help make yoga more affordable. Do yourself a favor and check out one of the free Sunday classes that are offered twice a month. Then you can see if the Yogashala is right for you.

BEST YOGA STUDIO in MILWAUKEE if you want to really learn yoga.
I have been practicing Iyengar yoga at this studio for 3 years now, after a small departure to MYC after I was dismissed there for being pregnant probably due to some litigation concerns came back to Riverwest yogashala and found my home. Peggy is amazing. I can understand why at first, non-​Iyengar practioners may feel intimated but give the studio a chance. Peggy is wonderful and truly has your best interest and well-​being at heart. Iyengar style is very minute, picky, detail oriented, so if you are not used to is it will take sometime, but your body will thank you for it and you will realise that you were doing the poses incorrectly for so long.
In particular, the Prenatal class is AWESOME!!! I learned so much about my changing body, and physcially it helped me for my delivery. I highly recommend it.
Lynn rocks! She gives ample instruction and correction and is funny.
What I also really love about this studio is their dedication to their surrounding community. The host a variety of classes that make it affordable for anyone to come, $ 5 class, free classes once a month, and have scholarship-​type program for anyone that cannot afford to pay. I was involved in a partnership between my job, and RYS and offered a Teen Yoga on the south side to a mainly hispanic population. Peggy really values youth and the underserved, I really dig this kind of philosophy.
I only wish they had a Mom & Baby yoga… so I could take my baby and practice with other mothers.

A friend of mine kept telling me about her great experience at riverwest yogashala and I’m glad I finally listened to her. I’ve taken classes with Lynn and Jackie. Both are knowledgeable and patient. I don’t have any knowledge about the advanced classes but the beginner classes are excellent. The teachers are open to questions and will modify poses as necessary. Another reviewer thought the studio was dirty. It has never been dirty during the nine months I’ve been taking classes there. If you are looking for style over substance maybe this isn’t the studio for you but if you want to learn yoga from friendly and knowledgable teachers try the riverwest yogashala.

My initial reason for signing up for classes at the studio was to refine my yoga practice by going to a place where the primary focus is on proper alignment and positioning of the body.
My experience at Riverwest Yogashala was very negative. Everyone, no matter what your yoga background (unless you’ve studied Iyengar before) is required to take the 12 week intro class. I found myself mixed in with people with absolutely no experience, which I felt held back the progress of the group. Every single thing had to be explained in minute detail. Splitting the class to absolute beginner and people with experience in other yoga styles would have been much better. I also found the instructor and her assistant to be very self-​absorbed.
Before classes started I made a point of telling the instructor that I have some deformities of the foot. For a studio that says it prides itself on it’s staffs knowledge of the body, I was horrified when the instructor looped a yoga strap around my big toe and MANUALLY tried to rotate it into «proper» alignment. It incident was both inappropriate and embarrassing, to say the least!
The studio space itself is spacious, however in my opinion, very dirty. There always seemed to be a dust bunny hopping around the room or a hairball of someone else’s hair drifting across the floor. Because it is on a main through fare and not air conditioned, in the summer the street noise from the open windows or the noise makes it impossible to hear the teacher. Students are also often required to gather around the instructor to watch her demonstrate the post, people were constantly standing on and walking across other people’s mats which I found to be unsanitary to say the least.
Sorry to say, I would not recommend this place.

Riverwest is the best! No kidding. I’ve practiced with four other teachers and none of them come close to Annie and Peggy in their ability to instruct. I love the way Annie not only teaches the pose, but also teaches how to get in and out of the pose safely. In another class I witnessed someone doing tree pose with their foot right on their knee. The teacher didn’t say a word. At Riverwest Yogashala I know that I am being taught in a way that I will not end up hurting myself.

I love taking Iyengar classes at Riverwest Yogashala. I study with Peggy, who is an exceptional teacher – warm, deeply knowledgeable, and thorough. When I’ve studied at other places, I never knew whether I was really doing the poses correctly, but Peggy is precise in her teaching and gives us a lot of information so that we understand what we’re doing and what we’re striving for in each asana. I also appreciate that we often use props in Iyengar (ropes, blocks, bolsters, etc) because that means I can benefit from new poses that normally I wouldn’t be able to do while practicing at home.