31815 Southfield Rd #14, Beverly Hills
Sat 8AM - 12:30PM
4.9
★★★★★
31 reviews
“I can’t say enough good things about the Yoga Garden instructors. I had very little yoga experience before coming to this studio, but my wife Carol is a long-time student of yoga. When she started attending classes, she kept telling me how much she likes Steph, Raina, Jack, Martin, and really all of the instructors. Carol just turned 50, she had thought her daredevil days were over, but in the last six months she has been progressively doing more and more difficult poses. I don’t think she had attempted a handstand since she was 5 years old. But yesterday I looked over as we were both in class; there she was, standing on her hands. At this point she is doing it without the support of a wall. I actually was not shocked because since she has been attending these classes her physical fitness and her willingness to try harder and harder poses has been inspiring. Before I was a student I began witnessing this transformation, and I got curious, so I decided to attend a class or two and see if it could work for me.<br><br>I did have some yoga experience before this, but not much. I am the least flexible person in yoga class, maybe the least flexible person in all of Oakland County. If not Oakland County… Just kidding, I’ll stop. But no kidding; I am really, really, really, really inflexible. Somehow the instructors graciously overlook this fact and always meet me where I am at. That is the really great part about this studio. Whatever your level of fitness is they will meet where you are and make you stronger. This place can take you from 0-100. After a few months I am beginning to work on handstands myself. Believe me, I never thought I would be doing that. If you can’t keep up with the class pace, all of the instructors encourage you to rest when you need it. I have never felt judged for this. You are constantly reminded to focus on meeting your own edge. There are tons of really fit people in these classes and I have gotten a lot of positive encouragement from several of them too.<br>Carol and I moved from Seattle a few years ago, when we did, I basically quit exercising. That is because in the years I lived in Seattle I grew to love the mountains and I hiked regularly, I didn’t really think of hiking as exercise despite the fact that the workout was great. I just loved being out in the mountains and hiking along with training for hiking in the off season kept me physically healthy. I feel like I have finally found exercise that I enjoy again. It is really helping me deal with a stressful job, and with this stressful world we live in.<br><br>P.S. The instructors aren’t Woo-Woo. And I see this a positive, actually it’s a must have for me. The focus is on fitness and mindfulness.”