YogaWorks Brentwood

My roomie and I had a great experience tonight at the TRX (2) class. The manager of the studio, Randy, was incredibly friendly and gave us a nice tour of the studio. The ladies at the desk hooked us up with a yoga mat to use in class. I’ve seen the infommercials for the TRX and was nervous to try it out. I love how we got to target specific parts muscles in the body with each move using the TRX. It was a packed 630pm class and the instructor was able to still give direction as well as walk around to observe and direct everyone.

I am happy with this studio in the past seven months and I will continue going there as long as I live nearby. I like Raisa and Charlie’s class and I take them regularly. I am it very sure about other teachers since I barely had class with a few other. The place is clean– could be cleaner sometimes. Their schedules match with me since they have after 6 pm beginner and mid level classes. Their staff are very friendly and helpful. The price, compared to what you get is fair I believe. Start with Charlie’s class and you will fall in love with yoga

I go here when I just want to stretch and relax, when my body is recovering from megaformer/​power yoga. Beth is an exceptional yoga teacher! She really pays attention to each student’s form and gives good corrections. She goes over the very basics that most other teachers neglect. I really enjoyed her class.
They also offer barre classes (Barworks) throughout the week. Bring a mat as most people do, and socks are not required. The barre class here kinda fell short of my expectation. I felt like I was in an aerobics class, but I shouldn’t expect boutique barre classes from a yoga studio. They do great what they do, yoga!

Yogaworks is incredible! I love this place. I signed up a week ago and have been going every day, only missing one class (mainly because I was sick that day). The studio is in great shape, the lockers are nice, the locker room is big and always tidy.
The classes are amazing. The equipment is all in good condition, and the rooms are always at the perfect temperature. The instructors are all very nice. I’m pretty new to yoga, and every class, the instructors have been very helpful. Scott, Laura, and Mario have all been amazing instructors and really in tune with their students.
I highly recommend this place!!!

Love this place, and especially TRX classes with Mario & Barre with Amy.
Very nice and clean studio, friendly staff, great classes !!

2016 has been off to a great start! I just joined Yogaworks in Brentwood and have been consistently going every week. Aren Wolf helped me sign up and he’s been super helpful and accommodating. If I have any questions, Aren is able to help me and point me in the right direction plus it’s nice to have a personal greeting when you walk in. The staff that I’ve encountered have been friendly and pleasant which is nice feeling after a long day in the office – plus I love their essential oil diffuser on the desk; makes everything smell amazing and immediately puts me at ease! So far, I’ve had Charlie for Yogaworks 1−2 – he’s probably one of the best yoga instructors I’ve had in years. Charlie leads a well-​rounded class and always helps you improve your form. Urban Zen is a great way to relax and Nichola’s class always leaves me feeling great! I love that she uses essential oils every class and really walks you through the different poses. Recently, I tried the Iyengar class with Scott. He was really creative and fun – it my first time trying this type of yoga and I can’t wait to do it again. Overall, my experience thus far has been great – one of the best decisions I’ve made for myself. I look forward to trying all the classes and going on a weekly basis.

Just wanted to offer a counterpoint to Kz’s review. There was at least one other postpartum mom in Jorge’s class (me) and I had a very different interpretation of Jorge’s comments — to imply there was malice on his behalf is extreme. That’s not to say that Kz’s wife isn’t justified in feeling the instructor was not the right fit for her, there were plenty of prenatal instructors that weren’t the right fit for me but I would be remiss in not offering a counterpoint to the unflattering portrait being painted in her husband’s review of Jorge as an instructor.
For all the Unilocalers on here — it’s a Sculpt class not yoga so it’s more high intensity and frankly a bit miserable — in a good way. I appreciate Jorge’s admittedly wry humor — it gets me through an otherwise challenging workout experience. In fact as a working mom I make time to go to his class despite the very inconvenient time of 930a because I enjoy his «let’s get through this together» attitude.

It was such a pleasant experience when I took my friends there. Randy the yoga adviser was really cool and he hooked my friends with a really cool deal. It was perfect since they live in BW building just opposite of them… thank you Randy !!

I’ve been here twice & taken the TRX class with Mario. While not as fast-​paced as other TRX classes I’ve taken (and I understand he needs to please a variety of fitness levels), I have enjoyed both visits. Neither class was crowded. Mario is upbeat, fun and rocks a good soundtrack. The facility is spotless and all equipment in good condition. I did notice a fish smell in the restroom — perhaps it was random. Garage parking is validated for 1.5 hours which is plenty of time if you aren’t changing there. Recommend.

This studio is relatively nice, and offers a decent range of yoga and fitness classes. The locker room is clean, and there are plenty of lockers. Classes were never full when I went. The instructors seemed to care about the students and enjoy what they do. Parking in the structure is convenient, and they validate.
However, Unilocalers beware!
1. The YogaWorks advisors are pushy about getting you to sign up for memberships and are very unprofessional. Once they had our email addresses and phone numbers, they contacted my friend and I with these messages constantly: «What happened? Where have you been? When will I see you next-​lol? I have this membership waiting for you and still haven’t seen you?» We told the advisor to stop and informed the manager about the barrage of unwelcome messages, but the messages kept coming. In what situation is it acceptable for a brand ambassador of an established company to nag your prospective clients like a boyfriend with attachment issues and use «lol»?
2. If you’re thinking about getting a Groupon/​Livingsocial/​Gilt deal, make sure you don’t do YogaWorks’ free trial. When you sign up for the free trial, the company considers you a YogaWorks student and any sort of new member promos are invalid. They’ll still try to get you to sign up for membership packages regardless and tell you «Basically, I’m hooking you up phat.» (No lie, that’s what the YogaWorks advisor wrote in his email).
3. The yoga classes are good for beginners, but I didn’t get as much out of it as many other classes I’ve done elsewhere.
My advice for anyone considering coming here: Save yourself the trouble and pick another yoga studio. You won’t regret it.

I’ve been a member of this studio for several months now, and it’s been exactly what I’m looking for. I love yoga, but sometimes I want to mix it up a bit, and since they also offer Barre, TRX, and Sculpt classes, I’ve felt like I have the variety that I don’t usually get at other yoga studios.
I also commute from the valley to my office on the Westside, so this has been the most convenient solution to fitting in a work out during my busy day. The classes start early and go until pretty late, so I have the option to go either before or after work to time traffic. The showers and lockers, not to mention all the bath products and hair dryers, make it really easy to get ready for work in the morning.
Lastly, the teachers and staff are super friendly and accommodating. They also really make an effort to get to know you by name. So welcoming and helpful!

Decided to start a monthly membership here to continue and further my yoga practice but actually really enjoy the TRX and Sculptworks classes a bit more! Not that the yoga classes don’t deliver, but it’s a nice change of pace from a regular yoga-​only studio.
The space is clean and spacious, parking is convenient and the staff has been welcoming and accommodating.
Shout out to Randy for answering all my questions and setting up my membership!

Beautiful new studio with a huge, spacious room for the yoga classes, a medium-​size room set up fir TRX and sculpting classes and a small, intimate room for private yoga. Everything is especially clean and nice because the studio just opened this summer, so I imagine it’ll lose its shine after time. For instance, the bathroom needs more regular tidying up.
I really like this location because it has a variety of classes outside of yoga. I like yoga, but I like to switch it up. So weekly bar, sculpting and TRX are great to mix in. I just wish they had more frequent classes. There are only four afternoon/​evening classes each day, with a big gap between 4:15 and 6:00 pm. And some of the classes have the exact same routines day after day.
There’s also a lot of locker space, with free, easy-​lock lockers both inside the bathrooms and in the hall. The retail space is also nice, with cute new apparel always rotating on the racks. They seem to have regular sales, too.

I have been a YogaWorks member for three years now and as soon as this location opened I made sure to join! The sculptworks and barworks classes are so much fun and you get such a great workout. This studio has friendly staff and the overall it is always kept very clean.
Due to a change in my schedule I have had to cancel my membership and during this process I dealt directly with the studio manager, Kevin Elliott. I sent him an email and a few hours later I received a call from him and he took care of the cancellation in no time. He was extremely helpful and prompt. I will definitely return to YogaWorks in the future!

I have had a great experience at this location, but due to a recent job relocation I had to cancel my membership. I am going to miss the studio, teachers (Charlie and Scott) and all the cool interesting people I got to know while practicing there. I hope I can find the same sense of community in my new community!
A big thank you to the manager, Kevin Elliot for being so responsive and helpful!

3.5 stars. So I have been coming here regularly now for about 4 months and really enjoy the non yoga classes. My experience with the yoga classes has been that they have been ok but nothing like the classes at Westwood. I do love the sculptworks and TRX classes however.
The staff has been plus minus. One girl was super rude to me and was annoyed that I was asking for them to refill the shower gel in the bathrooms. And also didn’t do it for like a week. The bathroom and shower area do not look like they are cleaned often unlike Westwood where I see cleaning people in the morning and it looks visibly cleaned.
Overall I prefer Westwood, SM, Tarzana above this studio. Plus they have no tea :(

Nice people to be sure, but little to no yoga.
Open four months now, there are only 2 or 3 level 2 or ²⁄₃ classes in an entire day, even less on weekends when most of us have far more time to get to a class. Usually only one level 2 or ²⁄₃ class per weekend day/​evening. Embarrassing to even call this a yoga studio. It will soon be doing groupons to get people in, but few will stay while the regulars will get pushed out by throngs of temporary groupon special surfers.
One room is light fitness classes ONLY: watered down trx or cable band fitness classes geared toward seniors or out of shape mothers.
The other room is empty half the time. There is not much yoga even in the classes they call yoga. Most are just fitness classes using yoga poses and playing rock music, just not nearly as much fun as the fitness classes at maha yoga where people go to have fun and never care about the yoga. But quite similarly: fitness classes for people who don’t want to do yoga but want to tell their friends and themselves that they are doing yoga.
Jocelyn is probably the worst offender, and belongs back teaching rock and roll «yoga» fitness at a gym. She should know better, and is happy to tell you how many years she has been teaching, she just does it badly.
Vytas is a burnout who seems angrier than usual, if that is possible, apparently at the fact that no one shows up for his class, so he just goes through the motions and beams anger throughout the room.
Heather Seineiger is the finest and one of the only yoga teachers there, along with Raisa — both of whom are relegated to timeslots that few can attend (weekday mornings, or nights after 8 p.m.) A shame, just taking classes from those two, if available when working people can attend, would be well worth the full price of admission. They should open their own studio.
All in all, it should be called Senior Fitness Works, with a very few yoga classes interspersed.
Patti Quintera gets a «B-​» for effort, but is more concerned with her playlist than the class energy field or bringing any yoga into the room. Sorry Patti, saying Namaste once at the end of class doesn’t make it yoga. Suggest you wait until AFTER you’ve spent many years studying with a master (Iyengar) directly — in India — AND been teaching for 30+ years BEFORE you start attempting to reinvent «Patti’s version» of a 3,000– year old practice (you are no Eric Schiffman). And Eric shows up to teach class on time.
Except Vytas and Jocelyn, most everyone is pleasant and seem to have good intentions.
Some are really wonderful and are in a difficult position trying to placate yoga students at a fitness studio.
As others have noted, a 55 minute class is not worth $ 22. Why not just extend the parking validation since you opened a high traffic business in an area with zero free parking nearby. Real yoga teachers prefer to teach the extra 30 minutes and give students a positive experience.

Teachers are great, but the classes are way too short. They squeeze yoga classes into 55 minutes in order to accommodate the validated parking. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that they validate. It would just be nice to give members free parking and make the classes full length — especially since we’re already paying a pretty hefty monthly membership fee! Street parking’s pretty limited (since the studio’s on the corner of Wilshire and a neighborhood), but it’s your only option if you want to stay for two classes (it’s great to do a full body workout TRX class followed by a relaxing yoga session to stretch it all out!). Also, I’ve noticed that the floors are really dirty. Not sure how often they clean, but at the end of class my mat always seems to be covered in a random assortment of hairballs and dust.
Despite the negatives, they have a lot of awesome teachers. Briggite’s great for yoga, Zoe has an awesome bar class and Amy’s TRX classes are a total body workout. Check it out, but try other yoga studios too before you commit to joining!

Chose this Yogaworks for the 21 Day Summer Challenge because it has beginner classes, trx, sculpt, and barworks! Both Santa Monica locations have very few beginner classes and at very odd hours, so while this one is farther I know I will use it more often.
I just took my first barworks class here with Amy and it was great!
The facility is very nice, and bright. Nice lockers and they have showers for a quick rinse, and the staff was very riendly staff.
Looking forward to enjoying more classes here.

OK so here is the NEWS — Yoga Works has REDUCED it’s class times while INCREASING it’s fee’s! Classes are now 70 minutes! They might as well reduce the time to 60 minutes and call it an aerobics class!
Some GREAT teachers are now stuck in a VERY BADLY run organization. Such a shame!