CorePower Yoga

I am a new comer to yoga I appreciate Elisa Jordan Tiffany and Elle so much in assisting me in my practice which is offered to everyone to have hands on assist they teach you how to avoid injury to your low back neck and knees, they go above and beyond to answer any questions you may have I am 55 years old and this past year has been so spiritual and a great physical workout one hour to quite the mind not to mention how clean the studio is and plenty of parking love Core Power yoga greenwood and highly recommend

I’ve been going to CorePower Yoga for about 6 months now and like it so much, I decided to get a membership. It’s not cheap, but no yoga classes or any work out classes, for that matter, are cheap. The studio, locker rooms /​bathrooms are really nice and well kept. In my experience, the instructors are all really well trained and are great at mixing things up and keeping it interesting. I’ve been to other yoga studios where you do the exact thing every time and it gets old. Elisa is my favorite instructor and teaches the 6 AM M, W, F classes. She is fun, knowledgeable and keeps it challenging, while still making sure we are doing poses correctly so we’re not causing any harm to our bodies. My ONLY complaint is that there’s just one C3 class in the entire city. It would be amazing to have one of those classes offered at the Greenwood location.

Great clean studio. The neighbourhood is a little sketchy but there’s easy parking (free surface lot).

Not lovely to have a yoga student pull up next to you for the restorative class and cough all over you. If you’re sick stay home or sweat it out in a hot yoga class. Be considerate enough to think about other people besides yourself. I left angry and frustrated rather than relaxed.

My friend had been trying to talk me into trying Core Power for about a year. I ignored her as she tended to favor more intense workouts and I didn’t feel like embarrassing myself. While supporting her current cause over in Nepal (
), I made a bid on a month at Core Power and I have fallen madly in love. She finally got me there.
Core Power at Greenwood satiates all my needs in a yoga studio. From the intense/​warm CorePower 2 for a workout, to Hot Bikram Style by candle light for an enlightened challenge, to my new weekend unwind addiction, CoreRestore. Each class challenges me while providing time to relax and connect. The teachers are welcoming, patient and professional while providing excellent hands on guidance and support. The space is clean, open and provides all the amenities you may need after your practice (showers, soap, shampoo).
I’m grateful that this studio is taking my practice to a new level. Don’t fear the sweat! Give Core Power a try! (Free first week to new students!)

If i were dating yoga, i would marry this place. Warm, inviting studio. Hardwood floors. Expert yet down to earth instructors. Fireplace. Cute clothes for sale. PARKING. The hot power fusion is like a better version of bikram: No barking teachers, not quite as hot, not quite the same postures. Nice locker room. Other students are just regular people, no competing for miss slutty yogi king county. Free week for new students. Why not try it? It’s free! You’ll thank yourself and feel like a million bucks!!!

Clean and beautiful studio. Attentive and welcoming teachers. Challenging and meaningful classes. I can’t say enough great things about this studio. Everyone has been very helpful and the classes have been great for me to grow in my yoga practice. There are classes for all levels so I have enjoyed seeing my progress with each class. Overall I’m very happy with Corepower Greenwood!

Great yoga studio! Four stars because some instructors are not that great at actually teaching — they kind of just go through the motions of telling you the poses. Other instructors are very hands-​on and actually help you learn and improve. It helps if you learn the instructors you like and try to go to their classes. That said, every instructor has been incredibly friendly and they all do a great job of being welcoming and making everyone feel at ease. The studio is a good size so the classes are not too crowded. The core power style of yoga is great if you want a good work out as well as some zen in your life.

Wow. Okay. Let me just preface this by saying that I have been doing yoga for close to 15 years and am a Certified Yoga Teacher. I have taught Restorative Yoga. I try to go into every class with the mindset that whatever is offered is exactly what I need. I try to be open minded to others teaching styles and remember that I don’t know everything.
The Friday night Restorative class here was a JOKE. A restorative class with NO blankets and too many if the same type of pose without a counter pose to follow (which is dangerous by the way)
Someone requested that we focus on shoulders and we spent most of the the time hunched over in various poses. If anything we spent most of the class stretching out the back of our necks in ways that remind me a lot of sitting hunched over at a computer all day!
I was going to give her some constructive feedback, but she didn’t stick around. She went and jabbered to the other «teachers» with her back to everyone
Hopefully my deltoid will stop violently spasming so I can get some sleep tonight. Honestly the worst experience of my life.

I love this yoga studio. I’ve been to many over the years and this is my absolute favorite. The studio is so clean, the locker room is clean and they have showers with the essentials, the attitude of the employees is professional, welcoming and upbeat. My favorite part is that the classes are small and not crowded at all, unlike most other studios I’ve been to. My favorite teacher is Kelly — she’s uplifting, positive, inspiring, and pushes you to keep going. I’m so glad I found this gem.

I just finished my free week, and I’m ambivalent about coming back. Starting with the positives: Overall, it’s a very clean, professional and well-​run studio. The teachers are all enthusiastic and obviously care about what they do. I found the basic «C1» class to be perfect for me as a person who’s done yoga here and there but has never really established a regular practice. There’s a very gentle vibe with the teaching, too, with encouragement to do what’s right for you and your body. There’s a good mix of classes, all throughout the day, for all levels, both hot and room-​temperature.
The yoga «sculpt» class was seriously about the best full-​body aerobic workout I’ve ever done. It was in a hot studio, with dancy pop music, and was basically a blend of 1980s-​style aerobics with yoga.
Oh, also there’s changing rooms and showers, which are awesome.
The main problem I have at this point is that the selection of music is always so poppy and dancy. Too frenetic for yoga. Like, they haven’t quite figured out if they’re an aerobics gym or a yoga studio. In the C1 classes, for example, the yoga consists mainly of calming, flowing yoga poses, yet the music was a mixture of trancy dance music, indy rock and hip hop ish beats. Like, in other words, it was totally disjointed. While the physical workout was nice, and great for the body, the usual grounding and spiritual element of yoga was disturbed by the music. This seemed fairly consistent across the board… seems to be the culture of the studio.
Bottom line: if you’re simply looking for a great physical yoga workout, this place is awesome. If you’re looking for something more calming, grounding, and deeper in your practice, this place will probably disappoint. With that said, I’m writing this review after class and I feel so much better than before class. Calm and relaxed.
So, I’ll probably return here and there until I find a place that honors the spiritual element more fully.
I encourage you to try their free week, though. You won’t lose a thing by doing it, and for me it’s helping me get a jump start into a (hopefully) regular yoga practice.

This is my CPY studio location of choice. During my one month unlimited with groupon, I visited pretty much every studio in the Seattle area (see my other reviews). This one is my favorite because the studios are large and have a lot of open space. The parking situation is awesome because it’s located in a strip mall, so there’s plenty of space. The classes are never too crowded, in part because the studio space is spacious and this CPY is a bit out of the way from the city. They also sell lulu stuff here! This is the only studio that I have seen do this and they have some awesome stuff.
As a general review of all CPY that I have gone to (in San Diego and in Seattle):
I find most of the CPY teachers competent to the very basic level. Some are more advance than others and have better sequences or can teach a more difficult variation of a pose. However, I can’t say this is the norm. It’s very cookie cutter at most CPY locations that I have gone to. Sequencing, poses, and teachings often lack innovation. In these classes, I find myself sweating because of the heat (I took level 2 classes), not because of the difficulty of the pose. In my one month unlimited with CPY, I maintained my practice, rather than advanced my practice. Very seldom were my poses adjusted. At the same time, because CPY is a large company, they have many classes/​class types to offer for people with busy schedules.

I am a diehard, loyal Bikram Yoga fan and have experimented with multiple «hot yoga» places but all were disappointing at best. However, with my ten hour work day, I am unable to attend any Bikram classes.
Corepower greenwood, formerly green lake (not sure why the change) had the perfect offerings: late classes, great location, plentiful parking, and with your membership you can go to any studio.
As mentioned above, I LOVE Bikram, mainly because of their structure and consistency. Other studios lacked structure and were too chaotic for something that’s suppose to connect your mind, body, and spirit. However, the same poses are taught consistently at CPY, provided that one attends the same level class. Needless to say, they have won me over and now I actually prefer CPY over Bikram. The best part about CPY is the integration of core workout in the midst of yoga. It might be preference, but I love it. Others have complained that the music is distracting and too loud, but again, I dig that too. I dig it so much that I actually downloaded some of their tunes!
The studio itself is absolutely great! It’s clean, modern, has toiletries in the bathroom, and a sweet fireplace. Sure, it’s paid for in the high membership prices, but it’s worth it. Also, the greenwood location has TONS of parking, which is rare in Seattle. The last thing I want during my yoga practice is to run out and move my car.
Lastly, your membership allows you to attend any CPY studio, which is a great perk if say I’m stuck in traffic and can’t make it on time to my home studio.
My only problem is that I go to yoga too much and now it’s taking over my social life.

I’m a huge fan of this yoga studio. So happy it came to a more northern Seattle location, hoping this chain continues northbound and comes even closer to my house. Definitely one of the nicest studios I’ve ever been to, besides perhaps the capital hill location. This one is even better though as it has free parking. There a million classes here, with two yoga rooms. I never feel like I have to plan my whole day around which class to take since there is truly classes all day long which I feel is disappearing from many other studios. The retail section is huge. They have those fancy water bottle filling water fountains. You get a cool keychain card for easy check in. In the bathrooms they have mouthwash, q-​tips, spray on deodorant, tampons, etc. Instructors are great here. They are very hands on with little massages and alignment. The focus on core is something so many studios skip. Classes are not overflowing, you don’t have your neighbors dripping on you. There are 4 showers in the girls locker room. I’m in love, if only yoga was a little cheaper. Brought a friend today who also loved it.

Really happy with this new addition to the neighborhood. CorePower Yoga opened this location this week which is in the same complex as the Starbucks, HT Market and Movie Theatre. Free week of classes so go check it out!
The studio is nicely appointed with soothing colors and calming features. I like that it has two large, separate spaces for classes. I think they are able to offer a full-​schedule of classes, almost 1 every hour by rotating the spaces. There are men’s and women’s changing/​locker rooms in the back. I noticed that the women’s changing/​shower area has some nice, spa-​like amenities like shampoo, body wash in the shower stalls, mouthwash and q-​tips on the counter. The lobby area has some high quality, but expensive yoga wear for men or women, as well as a selection of yoga towels, mats and other yoga related merch if you’re in the mood to shop. There is also a water fountain with the bottle-​filling feature which I can appreciate because I usually bring my own to fill.
I took a Saturday morning class and since the studio is still brand new there were only a few of us. It was like having our own 1:1 yoga class. They offer heated and regular, beginner and core 2 classes, as well as a Hot Yoga Fusion class. A little something for everyone, no matter your level of practice. I’m definitely planning on taking advantage of their free week and plan to make this studio part of my regular routine.