CorePower Yoga - Old Orchard - Skokie, Illinois

Dave

So far this has been one of the worst customer service experiences. Assuming I could actually start a class here, I would be a beginner that never has done yoga before. Also, there is this thing we called the "pandemic" that I THOUGHT has ended. I am not going online to watch a video to learn yoga, period and end of story. Bottom line, your local phone number is disconnected, and I just talked to someone on the toll free line "from Denver" LOL with an unusual accent, who told me to walk in 10 minutes before any given class, and talk to the instructor. If I was a teacher about to start a yoga class or anything else for that matter, with students waiting, the last thing I want to deal with is a newbie showing up with a bunch of questions. Perhaps the website is out of date, but I have no idea how to navigate the class schedule nor determine which classes are beginner friendly.

Anyway, is this worth my time further or should I give up now?

M

I attended an asana class at MB FINANCIAL PARK in Rosemont, Illinois on a Sunday June 23 at 10:00; they offer classes that are free all summer (through August 11th) Sunday mornings - how amazing! There are different instructors for every day so it is guaranteed to challenge your body every time! Marie Youkhana looks about twenty eight years old and has perfect endurance, strength, and interpersonal abilities - Mind blown! She led the class outside in the park which made this experience exponentially unique as I have never done yoga like this before.

The type of yoga practiced was very challenging - I am beyond pleased and thankful for having prior yoga experience because I would have gotten lost with these extremely fast paced movements. There was a balance between vinyasa, hatha, and restorative yoga but the strength conditioning portion within this particular lesson was pretty much on the highest level. She did encourage everyone to go at their own pace, but the park was filled with what looked like very high level yogis. There were probably about 200 people present in the class. They ranged from children to mature adults. I was unable to get an accurate consensus of the attendees but I know that the class was dominated by women as they were the majority participating. The pace would change during certain moments and Marie would shift around with what she was doing; she did have assistants as visual aid to substitute her on stage while she would walk around and watch us up-close on the field.

The field is a bit bigger than a standard football field and is in the middle of the entertainment district in Rosemont - which means restaurants, bars, and people everywhere (awesome!). The ground is made out of an artificial turf which is nice because it does not really stain clothing much - as compared to good old grass haha. The park is also surrounded with beautiful decorations, lights, and speakers. The sound system was hooked up which was nice because it amplified the experience to make it a million times better and extraordinarily unique. The music was very upbeat which was very appropriate for the fast-paced yoga style we practiced. Also the projection of Marie's voice was somehow hooked up in a surround-sound fashion which reinforced the notion of her being real close - I felt as if she was right next to me! CorePower Yoga organized the event and they did warn ahead of time,

I am glad that I attended the class. I was excited to attend for the first time as I've wanted to attend this particular class for a real long time now. I honestly did not know what to expect from this experience, because they rotate the teachers, but I was pleasantly surprised. I was challenged and seeing everyone else challenged also created this "need to push more" feel inside of me. Thank you! This course surpassed my expectations!!! The following day I was sore in many areas of my body that I have not been sore in some time - the muscle confusion from changing up the pace and practice definitely did some magic with tearing the muscle fibers that have been craving a different routine. Now I am fired up to expand my yogic studies even more - what a vast and diverse universe Yoga is!

We did not do any inversion asanas but we did tons of core work (planks, ab exercises, isometric exercises), warrior poses; we would flow from one pose to another in the natural vinyasa manner that I am used to per Nancy's method of instruction. I experienced tons of burning in my abdominal area throughout the core work - I did need to take some breaks but seeing other people keep going allowed me to reignite the fire within to keep pushing with the exercises. The entire class duration was an hour. We finished with the lotus pose and Marie recited a really nice greeting to all of us - some wishes about sharing peace and love with us and the outside world around us. This activity enhanced my senses of the ideas of yoga by showing me the inclusion of the many older folks and the importance of helping them maintain their mental, physical, and emotional health.

Piotr W.

Great spinning class with Gia. Music and instructor created awesome energy in class. Nice clean facility, easy check in and seems like great community.

Laurie A.

Most teachers great! Love this place!

Paul K.

Great studio with impressive and friendly teachers.

Melisa T.

Fabulous classes, instructors and music!

Medard O.

Goof yoga

mike S.

Fun