Waves Studio

I’m home for the holidays and brrr! It’s cold here in WA! Too cold for me to motivate myself to run outside. So I came here… I found it a bit difficult to find because they don’t have a big sign that reads «Waves studio». It’s across the street from South Sound Banks and Happy Feet nail salon.
This studio is enormous! Especially when the class only has two students! I showed up expecting to do vinyasa yoga but I got my days all mixed up and found myself in the Nia dance class. The dance was class was… um… interesting. Not in a bad way, it really was just interesting. Different from what I’m use to is all. It’s like a mix between choreographed aerobics and free form dance. It’s not very challenging, I didn’t break a sweat, but it was fun — especially once I got over being self conscious about dancing. Julia, the instructor, was absolutely wonderful. She had a great spirit and energy about her that made the class really special.
I’m not sure I would come back for this particular class because I like something that will get my heart race up if I’m doing cardio or something that’s going to stretch out my body like yoga and this didn’t really do either.
My only annoyance was that their website said that new students get their first class free, but apparently their policy has changed to a sliding scale of $ 7 – 12 per Nia class. I wasn’t expecting to pay so I had to run to the bank to get cash.

Love this place! I did a Kundalini class and it was absolutely wonderful. The teacher was fantastic and the study itself is beautiful. I wish I lived closer so I could take classes here all the time!