Embody Pole Fitness

I have been coming to Embody for exactly a year and I love it! This place is truly my second home and has been a fantastic resource to me as I have been on a journey to lose weight and get fit. With the support of the trainers, the other students, I have gained so much confidence, strength, and overall health from when I started. I am still on my journey and I have no intention of ever leaving this place!

Love Embody! I drive out here from Corona because it’s motivating and fun to workout here. I’ve been coming to Embody for the last three years, and I wish I lived closer so I could come more often. There’s a variety of classes to choose from, and I love that they’re always trying to improve the studio. The instructors are great and really help you get a good workout. Highly recommend!

Embody has been a 2^nd home to me since 2010. The instructors are awesome, fun and motivating. I’m an instructor here and I take classes from the other instructors and learn things new every week. If you wanna get stronger, leaner, or just get sexy… this is the place to go!

So I’ve been coming to Embody for more than a year now. I fucking LOVE it, and I love pole/​aerial, and all the amazing people I’ve met. As of late, management changed. I’ve been noticing a lot of differences at this studio. It really pains me to write all the negative things, but this is just how I feel it’s been going and I am no longer a happy member at this studio due to these changes.
1) Smaller classes. So small, I can’t even get on the wait list for them (which, for some unknown reason was ALSO decreased). Somebody remind me why I pay for a monthly membership when I can’t even get into the classes I want to take? I don’t even understand why this was changed, the classes weren’t that crowded before. This is probably my biggest gripe, and the root of all my other complaints.
2) They added acro yoga once a week… that’s a yay! I’ve taken it a couple times and learned some neat acro stuff. It’s also great bc Taylor works on our press up handstands, which has been my goal for the last 2 years.
3) Now for members, there is a $ 5 penalty fee if you don’t cancel out of a class 6 hours before (it used to be 3 hours before, but that was short lived). It’s not a terrible idea, kind of sucks but it is understandable. However, what upsets me is that this was never properly communicated to all their members! I only found out through other friends, who seemed to have received an email notifying them about that. I’m not on the distribution.
4) I love that this studio offers fitness classes as well as aerial/​pole. However, I feel this shifting more towards fitness and away from aerial. I didn’t join Embody to take Zumba (which btw they added… can’t say I’m thrilled but I have a 24 membership to do that if I even had the slightest desire to), I joined to learn aerial arts. It’s primarily an aerial studio to me, and I have a separate gym membership for fitness. I really hope they don’t continue to neglect the aerial needs. Maybe focus on tightening some of the wobbly poles, fix the speakers in the aerial room, add some more advanced aerial instructors (like Kristin, Tiffany, and Jen level)…instead of adding more Zumba classes.
5) Members can no longer sign up for classes a month in advance (only 10 days)!!! This irks me SO much! It’s bad enough that the classes are more difficult to get into, now we can’t even plan ahead and sign up for classes before they get full! They want to promote «fairness»…well it’s not fair when people who got into a class leave early bc they can’t handle it, while there are others who can handle the class but are stuck on a wait list. Brings me to another point…
6) No longer need to test in to get into advanced classes! Again, this upsets me so much bc the classes are so damn small that someone who can barely attempt the more advanced tricks, is taking up a spot that someone else could be in. I’m not trying to be discouraging to those who are new, but it can be really frustrating and overwhelming when you see everyone else at least able to climb a pole 5 different ways and attempt the trick that is being taught… and you still haven’t mastered climbing. It also slows down the rest of the class when the instructor has to stop and break down something that the advanced students already know.
7) Speakers are broken in the aerial room! I mentioned this briefly previously, but it deserves its own bullet. The speakers next door in the fitness room work juuust fine. This is VERY apparent bc we can usually hear the music next door in the fitness room better than the music in our own aerial room. So sad. They have probably been broken for the last few months. You try free dancing to music cutting in and out, over the sound of everyone’s heavy breathing and skin screeching on the pole. It doesn’t seem like the new management really cares though since it’s been broken for so long. If money is a problem, I’d recommend they sell the TVs they just installed to buy new speakers… the TV is in the way of the Lyra anyways.
8) I liked that for a while they had a handsprings class! I found myself finally getting closer to my goal of getting into that. However to my disappointment, they cancelled it after a few weeks.
9) I’m going to end this in a positive note– so stoked that they brought Kristin back to teach! It’s once a week on Sundays, but she is so strong and encouraging! Very glad to have her back. Along with Tiffany and Jen, I am so fond of these instructors and I hope this studio is able to hold onto such gems!
I am still sticking around bc I am addicted to pole and this is still the best studio, closest to where I live (I don’t have many options TBH). If things continue as they are, then I will continue to question my membership and likely not renew it when my year is up. I really hope I am wrong and things get better, bc I would love to be at this studio forever!

One star for the nice studio. However, you must be in shape walking in the door to take these aerial classes. Also, the instructor loves to talk about herself and look at herself incessantly in the mirror… really got annoying… Also, if you don’t «get it» right away, expect to be ignored.

This place is seriously a hidden gem! I found this studio through ClassPass and the first class I took was Extreme Booty with Chelsea. The class size is small, but the room is spacious. I did not feel intimidated at all and Chelsea was very motivating. The class was divided into sets of exercises all involving your legs and glutes. I loved the feeling of it being both a group class and a personal trainer session.
I came back for their Chick Fit class and enjoyed it just as much. This class was a little different as each person did a different exercise and then rotated to the next one. Upon first glance it may not seem too difficult but after the first round, we were all reaching for our water bottles and relishing in our minute long break.
The people are very welcoming and not pretentious at all. All I need to do now is try one of the pole classes!

5 stars for Kelly & Jackie, the instructors.
Jackie teaches a great ChickFit class on Monday nights.
6 stations, 45 seconds, 4 reps. You’re going to get sweaty.
Kelly teaches Silks and Lyra. She has many years of training, learning from some of the best performers/​instructors from the US and Australia. She’s patient, and she’s really good at breaking things down. If you can’t get a move, she’ll find an alternative way to get into that move. You won’t leave a class discouraged.
As far as classes and scheduling goes, they get ½ a .
They are constantly and consistently changing the schedule.
Some of the recent classes they cancelled were:
*Acro Yoga on Thurs.
*Silks on Wed.
*Silks on Sat.
*Lyra on Sun.
The new Groupon students gets better perks than the long time dedicated students.
It would be nice if they would bring back some of the classes they took away with the right instructors or they lower the annual membership rates to make up for the reduced classes.

Love everything about this place. I hate working out, but I needed to get my post baby body in shape and wanted to do something I’d enjoy. I had no idea I’d enjoy it so much here! I tried the $ 99 unlimited membership for 30 days and I was hooked. Immediately after my 30 days ended, I signed up for a year. The instructors are awesome, and the other members are helpful and welcoming. Is it pricey? Yes. Worth it? Totally. The classes are small, so you do get one on one and most importantly, they are a blast! I’ve never enjoyed working out as much as I do at Embody.

It’s a big studio. They have a space for pole and silks in one room, and another one for all the barre, flexibility and whatever else they offer. Out of the 3 studios I’ve been to, they have the best deal in town when it comes to value for the price you pay. Classes are numerous and offered throughout the day. It’s far from me so going there can be a hassle. I’ve only gone to silks and pole class. I think the silks class could stand to have better silk. The tissu is already very stretched out and they’re too close to one another. Pole dancing is fun too, but I’ve fallen on my face once and started missing the fluffier mats from the other gym more.

This review is long overdue! I first came to Embody on a Groupon deal that my husband purchased for me. The deal allowed me to attend an unlimited number of classes for 3 months. I am now monthly rate member and have been here since October of 2013. I have tried out almost every class! I especially love ChickFit and Barre for fitness. After a few weeks of these classes I noticed I was started to tone up a bit and was getting stronger. These classes really compliment pole and silks. The pole classes are progressive each week. There is a different format each week. You learn a few new tricks each week and then after 3 weeks they will «review» them with you. Freestyle/​Pole Choreography is a great class to work on flow and floor work. This is where you really learn how to be sexy on the pole. After a few of the Basic & Intermediate pole classes I started feeling more comfortable to take Climb and Inversions. Climbing and inverting for an hour is A LOT OF WORK… great workout in that one hour… but trust me when I say this, be prepared for some bruising afterward (so worth it LOL)!!! Then I tried Silks… completely different than what I had imagined. It’s such a graceful art-​form. Seeing people suspended in the air by these black silhouettes of fabric… beautiful! But I’m not going to lie… it’s definitely harder than pole and oh the bruises… on my ankles, on my hips, on my wrists… looked like I leaped straight out of the 50 Shades novel LOL… but again, it’s still worth it! I highly recommend EACH and EVERY woman to try a pole or silks class! I have also taken Aerial Yoga, Burly-​Q, and Burlesque here. All good classes. I enjoy Aerial Yoga more than regular yoga as I find I can get into some deeper stretches. Burly-​Q with Jackie is always exciting. She’s wild and a very talented dancer. Her choreography will have you sweating, but it’s so much fun you don’t even notice that you are actually working out.
All the instructors are very talented and like to get to know their students. The other members (Embody Beauties) are very encouraging and supportive. There is no judgement here when you take class. I attend classes at the Anaheim Hills location (convenient to me — only 5 minutes from my house). It is in a small shopping center across from Slaters ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ and shares a lot with Hibachi and Medii. Parking around dinner time can be difficult, and sometimes I have to park in the side lot in front of the church. It’s a fairly well-​lit lot and safe area.

I’ve been coming to Embody for about a month now, and have taken an array of classes. I love the variety of classes and class times. My work schedule varies from day to day and week to week. I like that there are morning classes, evening classes, and even late evening classes. This gives me an open opportunity to take classes whenever my schedule allows me to.
The staff here is great. Everyone is super helpful in helping me improve my skills. They are able to push me just right outside of my comfort zone so that I can figure out what I am capable of doing without me knowing so. I came to Embody just for pole fitness classes, but stayed for all their other fitness classes. I have never taken nor used a Kettlebell before, but loved every minute of it. It didn’t seem as intense as I thought it was going to be while I was in class, but the next day, I totally felt the burn and it was worth it! ChickFit was super intense the whole time, I didn’t think I was going to make it through the class, but Jackie kept pushing us and doing some of the exercises beside us that I really pushed myself to completion. Flexibility and Contortion is great, I gotten to better some of my flexibility in this class with the assistance of the students and instructors. They all pushed me beyond what I thought I could do and gave me faith in myself. My first aerial silk class here was great. The instructor worked one on one with each of us, making sure we knew how to climb and wrap ourselves correctly. I was very comfortable in this class knowing that I was fairly safe inside my silk when I inverted. I also taken barre, power yoga, aerial yoga, and Pilates. All these classes didn’t seem like a lot during class, but after class, I felt great and accomplished. I would always be corrected when doing something incorrectly so that I would not hurt myself.
Overall, I love it here, and am glad to be a part of Embody.

I’ve taken two pole dancing classes so far. And I am IN LOOVVEEE. I’ve been to a lot of other studios in the OC. Most of them are great. This is one of them. :)
I’ve only taken the Saturday classes with Jackie. She’s great! She’s super laid back and very funny. She helps you when she thinks you’re having trouble.
The class itself… Warmup in the beginning. Then you learn a few spins. Then you are taught a routine. Then you perform the routine in small groups. Finally, a short free dance (she only plays part of a song, not the whole thing. So no need to panic if you think you’ll have to dance for 3 – 4 whoolleeee longggg minutes. Trust me, when you’re unsure of yourself and maybe your comfort level at being sensual, 3 – 4 minutes is freakishly long. No pressure to do freestyle though. :) Plus some girls can’t really dance so don’t feel bad about yourself if you’re on the same boat. lol.)
The room itself… it is HUGGEEE. There are 12 poles in total and only one girl per pole. So unlike other studios, they don’t stack up more than one girls per pole. Score! You get all the time on the pole, and the pole isn’t hot and gross from two people. Lol.
So one star docked off becausseee… they do not dim the lights when you perform/​freestyle. Inside is already a little dim, but the door is wide open so light filters in. A lot of the other studios always dims the light to make it more intimate and to make you feel more comfortable. It’s like going to the club, some people are more willing to dance because it’s dark but they wouldn’t do so in the light. Lol. So for newbies who are unsure, then it might be a bit intimidating. However, everyone is nice.

I joined embody about three months ago and have loved it! Pole class with Allison is awesome whether you are new or old she makes you feel super comfortable and you can tell she really wants you to do well! I love the fitness classes, chick fit, abs class and barre are intense but you feel great afterwards! I highly recommend this if you are looking for something exciting that gets results :)

Tonight was my first class at Embody. I took that Barre class with Paulina
I was a little scared at first just because I was new but she was so welcoming.
I am very impressed. Hands down she’s amazing. She made such a good impression of herself and the studio. I cant wait till my second class tomorrow.

I’ve been coming to Embody for over 6 months now, as I decided to purchase a monthly membership after my Groupon expired. Now that I’ve checked out several other studios in the area, I have a better idea of what to expect, and felt that Embody deserved a second 5-​star review from me!
I have yet to find another studio with the same sense of communtiy that I get at Embody. The instrcutors take the time to get to know you, and will tailor every class to your ability. They are very hands on and are willing to help push you, but never too far out of your comfort zone. And the other ladies in class are just as helpful — Always willing to help break down a move if the instrcutor is busy with someone else. I have made true friends at this studio who I can’t live without!
I leave every class feeling empowered, sexy & strong. I can’t say that any other studio has given me as much confidence as Embody. I felt welcomed since the first time I stepped in to the studio, and have received the encouragement I needed, even if I didn’t get the moves perfectly.
I highly recommend trying out Embody if you’re interersted in any sort of pole, aerial or dance classes. There are girls of every shape, size & age here and all are welcome! I have yet to find another studio that meets my high expectations that Embody set for me. Thank you Embody for doing everything right!

Studio is Amazing, the Instructors are Certified and extremely welcoming.

I’ve been going here for almost a month now and I love it! I went to another studio all the way in LA and compared to that studio, this studio is amazing. They’re easier to talk to and they all have a great sense of humor. They make sure no one feels left out and I always get a good workout in. There’s aerial silks, pole fitness, hip hop cardio, this flexibility class (I’ve become more flexible each time) and many more classes. It’s worth your time and money. I’m planning on staying with Embody Pole Fitness for a long time.

The supportiveness of the women at Embody is incredible. It is immediately noticeable and it makes trying new moves and stepping out of your shell much easier. On my first day, I was invited to sushi next door after class with some of the students. :) Embody also hosts social events which facilitates group-​building.
The schedule makes it very easy to take classes back-​to-​back, which is a huge draw, as some studios make it very difficult. There are several plans to accommodate varying lifestyles and there are even introductory/​referral trials which make it possible to try it out first. The facilities (studio rooms and the waiting area) are open, clean, and beautifully furnished.
Parking is always plentiful, the teachers are wonderful, and the girls are fantastic. Attending classes feels like a combination of pajama-​sleepovers I once loved, exercise, dance, and sport.
I respect the people here and I hope to go back soon.

Over the past 2+ years I have taken a huge variety of dance classes as a form of fitness and stress relief… from burlesque (my first love!) to belly dance to hooping, poi, and more, I have taken classes at over a DOZEN different studios. My first class at Embody (Corona) was 9÷12÷2010. I was beyond thrilled when they opened a new location close to where I live.
Getting to the point… The beautiful environment, quality of instruction, care and sisterhood at Embody is unmatched. After exploring around all of OC and Riverside County, and even LA, I have chosen Embody as my home.
I became an unlimited member a month ago and I must say, it may seem like allot of money, but I was spending more at various studios than one, and since I am so involved, ALL classes (even Pole and Aerial, which go for $ 40 typically for drop in at any studio!) averaged out to less than $ 5 a piece. Can’t beat that!

I had been waiting for the Anaheim Hills location to open and happened to stop by on their first day at the new studio. It was my first time at Embody and I had originally only planned on taking one class. However, I had so much fun I ended up staying for a second class taught by Jackie. I’m pretty worked out and will know tomorrow if that was a good or bad idea ;-). Right now my muscles want to know what I was thinking but my thighs say «thank you for the burn».
I can’t wait to try to pole classes — the other girls were talking about them and they look and sound like tons of fun.
The girls that work out and teach here are great and I will definitely be back soon! Such a great vibe and such and awesome place!