Gaia Flow Yoga

The success of any class experience is highly dependent on the instructor that you have. Lisa taught my first class here. She did a pretty good job and she was very nice! I did find it a bit distracting that she ended every statement/​instruction with an upward inflection, making everything sound like a question. Just a personal preference I suppose.
I thought that the atmosphere and facilities were both very nice. I used to go to the Addison location. LOVED IT… but it was a little too far away and the room was too small. This Plano facility has a much larger class space, larger bathrooms and includes showers. So overall, a step up! I haven’t been back to yoga in over a year since my knee injuries so I was eager and anxious to get back. I will say that I still love the peppermint lotion neck massage at the end of class. A very nice touch! I have only been to one class at this location so far but I’m hopeful that the other instructors are really good as well. My only criticism is that it would have been nice if the instructors were more intentional about correcting students’ form. Again, I’ll have to go back to see if this was just an off day or see how the other instructors teach.
For any new yogis, don’t be afraid to try this out. I’m pretty terrible at yoga but I’ve always liked Gaia Flow of all the classes I’ve tried. And the Gentle Waves beginners class is challenging but can easily be modified to be more challenging as you improve.
Namaste!

This new yoga studio is almost the dream yoga studio. I love its bright walls, odor-​free locker room, and ample yoga studio. The instructors are very friendly and helpful — this helps when you are new to yoga and apprehensive about your first practice. From my understanding, all their classes are a variation of hot yoga. I love their membership options, i.e. affordable. After a number of months, your monthly membership decreases.
A few semi-​drawbacks (for me):
1. They always start with abs, because a solid core is needed to practice yoga effectively. In theory, this is great. In practice, my core gets sore after we finish that it’s too weak to do regular poses properly.
2. Class options are a bit limited. Yes, they offer classes throughout the day — but they don’t have a good variety. For example, Ocean is only on Tuesdays.
3. They take the time to talk to you about your day. A lot of people love this, but I am an introvert. I go to yoga to relax and zen out. I’m sorry to say that I’d rather get out of class early and do my own personal reflection.
4. Bright lights in the yoga studio. I think this is just my own personal thing, but I prefer the lights a bit dim. It makes it tougher to see other people so you focus more on yourself.
5. Loud exotic music is played throughout your practice. It’s meant to energize and get you moving, but it makes it tough to hear the instructions and makes me lose my focus.
6. Their movements are like boot camp. The teacher would tell us how to do something and give us variations. Then she lets us do the movements at our own pace. This makes me think of a boot camp class where you have a goal of a certain number of repetitions that you have to hit before you can move on. I prefer a more fluid whole-​class-​move-​at-​the-​same-​time type of yoga.
In the end, this is a fantastic yoga studio for those that like the gym-​like repetition of working out. I couldn’t sign up because I went to yoga after being bored with repetitive workouts at the gym.