SourceYoga

I have been making this my home away from home lately. Each visit leaves me feeling warm and refreshed. So great for my mind and body. I have a membership now and go to both this studio and the one in University Place. I’m still getting to know many of the wonderful instructors but a few of my favorites are Kelly, Christine, Melissa (her prenatal classes are amazing!!) and Vania.

LOVE this studio. Went to my first prenatal yoga class last night and it was incredible. It is a great place to meet other moms-​to-​be and to get your body feeling good. They have all the gear you need, the instructor was fantastic. It’s clean, inviting, and I genuinely look forward to going there for the rest of my pregnancy and possibly for some baby-​and-​me classes after.

I’ve only taken three classes here, but I love this place. I had heard great things about them, and had looked on and off at them longingly on the internet from time to time, but could not manage to justify the expense. Low and behold, they came out with an Amazon Local deal and I decided to try them out.
Love them. Amazon Local deal seems to be a good way to go, because now I am figuring out how to work them into my budget, as that is obviously what I must do. So, realizing they don’t make very much (if anything??) off the specials, it does seem to do the job of bringing in new business.
I have been practicing yoga on and off for the past 15 years or so, and always prefer my own practice over the classes at the Y or other various gyms I have belonged to in that time. The classes at Source are awesome. I am trying various instructors and levels to see where I fit in. I am very pleased that, of the classes I have tried thus far, Patrick’s Basic Level I-​II on Saturday mornings is my favorite. The reason I am pleased is because this is the time I am most likely to have free (since it primarily cuts into my coffee and Golden Girls time, which I can give up). It was definitely the most challenging class I had there. That being said, one of the other classes I tried, the Basic Level I, turned out to be a little boring to me, but it is great if you are a beginning. They seem to have a large variety of classes for all experience levels available.
I am definitely planning to add that Sat morning class to my weekly routine on a regular basis, even after my classes from my Amazon Local deal are used up. So happy to have finally tried Source, after years of looking at them longingly as I drive past them on the way to the Y.

Went to Source on a friend’s recommendation. It’s in a teeny tiny strip mall sort of at the cusp of Tacoma/​University Place. You can find parking for sure, but the spaces are kinda small. I thought the reception area was really neat, very organized, and the check in process was very easy and professional. The space definitely doesn’t invite you to hang out though — there just isn’t a ton of room.
The reception area, shoes/​jackets area, bathroom, and studio were SPOTLESS. I am OCD and hate the feeling of getting gritty stuff on my feet and on my mat, and I gotta tell you, I went to two classes and both times my feet were clean. They do a great job on that — mad points for keeping the place über sanitary.
The first class I did was Yoga Boot Camp on a Thursday morning — the only thing yoga about this is the yoga mat and props — no centering, no savasana… it’s basically a low-​impact cardio workout on and around your mat. Felt like a really well-​led gym class or PE class from high school — we did crab walks, passed a weighted ball, used tension elastics, and did pushups, hip lifts, and tricep pushups… like the real kind. You do every exercise twice. At first I didn’t feel like I was getting much of a workout bc the teacher was talking (like explaining stuff) more than I am used to, but I was definitely wiped out by the end of the session!
The second class I tried was the Mixed Levels I/​II class on Wednesday. I’d say it was closer to a Level I class with options, than a mixed/​all levels… the average demographic of student was a 40−60s woman, and it was definitely a low-​impact, not fast power/​vinyasa style sweat-​it-​out yoga. There was barely 2 sets of Surya Namaskar As, and there were breaks between each of the warrior poses. The teacher, Kate, was really thorough and explained a lot about the alignment and muscle-​type stuff, rather than just marching you through poses. I thought the pace was too slow, but I just modified everything I did to turn it up a notch, and it was fine.
Anyway really liked the studio, I didn’t think those two particular classes were for me, but I would go back for sure.

Source Yoga became the source of community for me when I moved to Tacoma 5 years ago. Their great intro special allowed me to sample different classes and teachers and also meet more yogis. Over the years, I have been able to deepen and hone my yoga practice as well as my connections. All the teachers I have had teach well to all levels — you don’t need to be a pretzel yogi to fit in!
Great workshops and retreats too!

I love Source Yoga. Both the Tacoma and University Place studios are beautiful spaces and the teachers are great. I took all of my prenatal and mom and baby yoga classes there.

It’s a small but nice space, and people are very friendly. There’s a real community feel to this studio. Like with all yoga studios, it’s pretty expensive. And the intermediate yoga classes don’t seem any different from the beginner and mixed level classes, which I found disappointing since I want to challenge myself to get into more advanced yoga. But it’s great for beginners and they focus on pre and post-​natal yoga, as well.

I love Source Yoga — definitely the best community studio around! All of the teachers are excellent and they offer a wide variety of regular classes. I was just recently pregnant and the prenatal class was great — to move my body, connect with myself and my baby, and meet other pregnant moms too! Now I get to take the mom & baby class which both me and my 3 month old enjoy :-)

SourceYoga seems very well organized.
I’m feeling very comfortable in the space including the human energies therein.