CorePower Yoga

I WAS going to try out this studio for. vinyasa level 2 class but as I was checking in I discovered that the room is heated! ;(I was specifically looking for a more challenging class that IS NOT HEATED. Yoga should build heat from within not from artificial outside heat.
I use Class Pass & unfortunately it doesn’t describe the class as heated on their studios class description. I don’t know whether to be frustrated with Corepower or Class Pasd but either way I left frustrated.

The hot yoga class is a good one, a little redundant which I think is normal for bikram. The problem with core power is the parking situation. If you come at a busy time, parking is a disaster. For me, it is not worth buying a membership with no guarantee of getting out of my car. Of all the locations I tried, Point Loma was the best with the absolute best customer service. If parking was not so bad, I would join regularly.

I started going to CorePower pretty regularly about a year ago and as a whole, I’m in love with the company. I have yet to find a yoga studio/​class that is better than any of the classes they offer through CorePower. For me, I get the most out of a power flow yoga like CorePower’s C2. My regular studio isn’t the La Jolla studio because I live closer to Pacific Beach but since it is on my way to work and they offer class at 6am, it is a great option for when I can’t workout in the afternoon and have to get my workout in the morning. The only reason I’m giving this 4 instead of 5 stars is because I wish the studio would change up its schedule a little bit so I could take more than just the Sculpt class at 6am if I wanted to. While I can appreciate how great that workout is, sometimes it is hard to persuade myself to get out of bed knowing I have such a difficult workout ahead of me at 6am. I wouldn’t mind a good C2 here and there instead. Other than that, this location has a good sized studio, clean bathrooms with 4 or so showers that are great for getting ready for work right after. The sculpt class here is a little different than any other sculpt class I have taken. It is very boot-​campy and a lot of the moves are meant to be done as fast as you can, almost in a military manner. Both Dat and Sonny teach in similar styles and both have regulars attending their classes, all in fantastic shape. The sculpt style here is less yoga, more bootcamp but if you’re a black tag unlimited member, this is a great way to switch up your regular routine. Come early to class to get a good parking spot and mat spot!

This isn’t my typical yoga studio but I came here for one class as I was in the area and needed a a yoga workout. To my surprise, I ended up being in the toughest yoga sculpting class with weights I have ever done! This class was tough. 90 degrees. The whole class was sweating, doing cardio, jumping around, weightlifting, pure greatness! The music was pumping and everyone was really energetic. This class kicked my butt! If you are looking for a good work out definitely try their sculpting class.

Tried the free yoga for a week. Went on a during the week and classes were not overbooked, maybe 8 – 15 people in the class. Room doesn’t get as hot as another studios I’ve been too but you still sweet your ass off. They open 30 minutes before class starts and facilities are open for you to use 30 minutes after. Locker rooms are clean.

I have been going to corepower for 5 years and when I travel I go to locations in the area if there is one. The location isn’t great and the studio needs new floors. The floor was FILTHY, didn’t seem like it has been cleaned in a month. In fact, It was sticky. The outside road noise was distracting as well. I love corepower WAY more than any other yoga studios, but NOT this one I would have left but I didn’t want to be rude.

I love coming to CorePower! This isn’t my usual studio but the teachers are still awesome! There’s only 1 studio so between classes there’s a lot of traffic in the locker rooms. Definitely worth a free week if you haven’t been before. Their yoga clothes selection is also pretty awesome :) who ever said you can’t wear neon shirts and crazy pants?! Namaste friends.

I Love coming here. It makes me feel happy and balanced. Yoga sculpt is a great class if you’re in the mood for a challenge. This location is nice and clean.

Love that they have early C1 classes and wish more locations offered early morning Restore or C1 classes.
Tues/​Thurs are the earliest classes at any location in SD for C1 so I try to always attend. I prefer starting my day with yoga when I can. La Mesa location used to have 7am C1 on weekends but upped those to C1.5 which I don’t know if I’m ready for… Maybe once my balance improves — which it is day by day!
Con for me is the studio has huge windows and a bus stop just outside. It is very bright in the morning and no matter where I put my matt I end up in the sun at some point. I do like how well the bathroom lights up in the morning tho!

This location is a hidden gem. It seems to have a larger number of senior instructors who bring lots of experience and wisdom to the table. And for whatever reason, it’s not nearly as crowded as the PB or La Jolla locations. If you want to avoid the fight over mat space that can sometimes happen in a crowded spot, but still get your CPY groove on, this is a great choice. Go to Dee for innovative, interesting flows!

I have only been to the Clairemont studio once, but am a huge corepower fanatic. I was a little dissapointed that they only have 1 studio… just makes classes less accessable, but one thing I really liked about the clairemont studio is that it doesn’t get quite as crowded as the others. The teacher I had was amazing… I think her name was Ashley and I didn’t just like her because we share the same name! She really pushed our boundaries. Nice to have a parking lot… parking at the PB studio can be hell! Give it a whirl! Also, the dressing/​shower area was very nice at this location as well.

I love CorePower! I do yoga here everyday, but not at this location. Teachers here are super nice and helpful. However, I choose to go to other studios because there are not enough parking spots here. I sometimes couldn’t find a parking spots and need to park on the street.

This is the best love hate relationship while getting the best exercise for clearing your mind, stretching, sweating out all the toxins, even your eyeballs sweat as someone I know exclaimed. The settings are intimate, clean, friendly employees who know their stuff. If you never tried it give it a whirl and try one of their C1 classess for beginners, bring a towel and lots a water. Also don’t forget to bring an extra shirt. They give one week free to new people to try out their facilities which is awesome. Every time I go I feel so relaxed, get a get nights sleep, and balanced for the next day.

Horrible choice of location.
With so many better options in the Clairemont Mesa/​Kearney Mesa locale, I just don’t understand why they would choose a plaza so deep into Clairemont, with such little parking.
Yoga is supposed to be relaxing, but with people fighting for parking, even getting aggressive and it just doesn’t create a relaxing approach.
I will say that the redeeming quality of this location are its instructors, who are possibly the friendliest of the several corepower locations I have gone to.

Easily the best-​kept secret of CPY’s San Diego studios. Class sizes are small (a wonderful departure from the PB studio, which is just too crowded), they have a parking lot and ample street parking if it gets full, they host some of SD’s best teachers, they have diverse class offerings, and the locker rooms are spacious, beautiful and clean.
I especially love Haley May and Jenny’s sculpt classes, and Marissa H and Theresa’s HPF classes. They are magnificent teachers that are really passionate about what they do. I have yet to take a class from each instructor here, but I’m sure they’re all uniquely great.
The studio has floor-​to-​ceiling windows on two sides, and the element of natural light adds a lot to my practice. And everyone I’ve come into contact with here has been pleasant – including the clientele.
The Clairemont studio is a bit of a hike from where I live, but I gladly make the trip 2 – 3 times a week because I always have a great experience at this studio.

I started out going to the PB location before I discovered the Clairemont studio. However, now I drive out to Claremont 4 times a week because it’s just that much nicer of a studio, and is much less crowded.
One great thing about the Clairemont studio is that in the rare case that the class is very crowded (which only happens on weekends and weekday nights), there is a natural limit to the students in the class because there are only so many spots in the parking lot, and street parking is a bit awkward.
I do wish that in general CPY would put a cap on the number of students per class (I swore off the PB location after a ridiculously crowded Hot Power Fusion in the small room), but that’s never been an issue in this studio.
As for the classes: Sculpt (yoga with weights) is the best for a maximum workout. I also enjoy the non-​heated CP1 classes for a more relaxed experience. As for the instructors, Kristin O, Kristie V (the manager), Tanya, Cory, Emma, Sara L, and Jenny W are all great.
Thanks for the brand-​new body, guys. I plan on keeping it up.

I went in for the hot yoga beginner class (free week session). I work out at the gym regularly and I can say that this is a totally different experience.
Bring a mat (they also rent one out to you for 2 bucks, free for first timers), a towel, and a water bottle. You definitely need the towel. I was sweating balls… like sweat dripping everywhere where I couldn’t do some of the stances since my skin kept slipping around everywhere.
Also its more of a sensual or soulful experience, being loud or talking isn’t allowed here so be prepared to just focus on yourself and immerse yourself to what the instructor is setting up.

I’ve been to this Clairemont location and the Hillcrest location. This one fares much better because:
— parking is never a problem
— the instructor always spritzes the orange mist over you when you are done (whereas the instructors at Hillcrest only occasionally do)
— less crowded and there is always a comfortable space for me and my mat
The instructors are always instructive and ever so knowledgeable. :)

I think I’m on a roll with CP (lol). I had to come here ’cause the other studios I go to had limited time slots during Memorial Day and conveniently CorePower had an abundance of studios that were still open for me to drop in and crash. Gotta love corporate businesses who stay open for the money!!! Especially for crazy people like myself who like to practice yoga everyday, even if it is a national holiday and everyone else is getting their BBQ on.
Even though this CP is really out of the way for me, it’s probably my favorite one (this and North Park). The teachers I’ve had were super nice (like North Park, too… never had a bad experience with them, either!), I can always find parking, and while their classes can get pretty popular, they’re never too full. I really dislike going to a full class; hence I’ve stayed away from CorePower PB and Point Loma (apparently they’re notorious for overpacking students).
I’m probably overdoing my rating, but I was so happy that they had some classes yesterday and all the instructors I have had were really nice/​friendly to me. And I think because the classes are never packed to the brim, other fellow yogis I’ve come across were nice, too… no expressed irritation whatsoever. Bathroom/​lockeroom is plenty big and clean, and there is a ton of space. Gotta love that there are 4 showerheads.
I was a bit irritated with my last CP Mission Valley rating, but Clairemont made up for it. I’ll try to stop hating on the corporate model CP is founded on because I do realize that CP makes yoga available and more mainstream for everyone. However, I’ve only taken a few of their C2s (5 actually) and a bunch of C1s and Hot classes (mainly because those are free occasionally)…and I no longer felt challenged (as far as asanas go), except when I was just starting out with Power Yoga a couple months ago. :-/​Crazy, I know because over a month ago I complained that I thought the classes were too hard (and I probably deserved to be slapped for my reviews); at the time I wrote, I was only doing Beginning Hatha/​Vinyasa and re-​introducing myself to yoga. I’d say that if you are truly, truly beginner with yoga and/​or any cardio exercise, C1 is probably too difficult to start with… but then when you get the hang of it, C2 is relatively okay and very doable. It’s just hotter and faster, and it helps if you understand the different asanas/​Sanskrit names.
I’ve only had one C2 that I really liked because she knew how to teach Flow and incorporated more advanced moves, but even that one felt like it had a workout spin to it. Maybe it’s because I just haven’t taken the hardest instructors they have, but I have a gut feeling that their notoriously «difficult» instructors just make the students workout harder (i.e., doing tons of sit ups and quickly go through the different asanas), not necessarily teach students new asanas or how to go deeper into their poses… if I’m wrong, I’ll definitely give an update (and I invite anyone to message me a C2 instructor they recommend who is good but isn’t «workout oriented»). And I’m NOT talking about doing more inversions… there’s more to yoga than doing crazy inversions (and it’s probably dangerous to do too many of them in a class). Unfortunately, I think the inversions are the only thing I’ve found truly challenging in C2. Oh, and the sit-​ups which I absolutely abhor, but those are good for you and there’s nothing I can do about that (lol). While I haven’t attended a lot of C2s, I feel that most of the students who attend C2 only do it for the physical/​fitness aspect the class entails. I only say this because a lot of the students I’ve seen in C2 don’t perform correctly and/​or have difficulty transitioning between asanas (not most students, but a good handful for me to notice). I am the first to admit I’m not the best yogi… I still consider myself very beginner! However, the vibe and performance of the intermediate students at independent studios I’ve been to are MUCH different compared to the vibe and performance of the intermediate students at CP. I definitely don’t think this is the fault of the students; rather, I think it’s the «yoga = fitness» mentality that seems to be so prevalent in CP (ie, more focused on doing all the asanas all at once versus taking your time and working through each asana with breath).
***It’s interesting to note that in other yoga studios, while we do workouts that focus on the core (and I know the core is extremely important for many asanas and inversions), I’ve never had to do so many sit-​ups like CorePower (if at all).
Again, I do appreciate CorePower for making yoga more mainstream, but exclusively for me? Nah. But I’ll definitely come to this particular studio if I ever have a craving for a good C2/​Fusion workout… I gotta admit, the endorphins after a C2 class are addicting!

I love Corepower Yoga unconditionally :) My regular studio is in Irvine, but I was home in SD for Thanksgiving… and a post-​turkey dinner workout session was MUCH NEEDED… Location is a little difficult to find if you’re not familiar with the area. It’s not in any of the huge plazas, it’s passed all of that and in its own smaller plaza on Clairemont Drive (hope that helps!).
The studio is well kept and beautiful. Follows the same zen theme, beautiful natural colors, relaxing feel to it. Has more than everything you need from Q tips to even hairspray… and I thought the Irvine studio had all the necessities.
I took a C2 class with a new instructor and I loved it. Definitely a change. My studio usually plays trance/​house/​upbeat music and the heat is shot up way higher. This C2 class was more of a relaxing, slower paced, calming class. Still very challenging because the poses were held longer… very cleansing mentally and physically.
I definitely recommend (at the very least) trying Corepower mostly because you get a free week of unlimited classes so you really have nothing to lose (except YOUR FAT lol)… but a WHOLE LOT to gain. With hot yoga, it takes a little to get used to and it may be intimidating to try, but it’s not as bad as everyone thinks! After you get through your first class… you’ll be hooked! There isn’t just one type of class, you get a variety. All are great for detox, weight loss, meditation, flexibility… everything mind&body… Don’t cheat yourself, TREAT YOURSELF! Sign up for your free week today!
(TIP: Bring a bottle of water, a mat if you have one. if not they will let you borrow one for free for your first time, a towel to put over your mat and a towel to wipe your sweat. Wear tight sweat-​proof clothing! No shoes/​socks)