UP DOG YOGA AND CYCLING – LOOVEEEITTT!

OMG.

Finally, a spinning AND yoga (!!) studio as beauteous as my beloved Body and Soul (R.I.P.)…

UP DOG YOGA AND CYCLING which coincidentally is in the former Body and Soul space in WeHo on Santa Monica just West of La Cienga (and above my addiction, BODY FACTORY for the Body Fuel shake….yummm) has revamped the studio with a total overhaul and fresh new look. Crispy clean white with touches of fresh grass green, spacious, light filled, WINDOWS and fresh air in the spinning room (THANK YOU!!), beautiful hardwood floors and just an overall feeling newness, like drinking a cold pitcher of cucumber water on a hot summer day. Can you say AHHHH?

I've hit mecca.

First of all the spinning Goddess, Tevia Celli Recht (former owner of Body and Soul) is teaching there now. YAY! She is also teaching E -RYDE here. I cannot wait to try this! Tevia helped design this total body elliptical workout designed for group fitness classes. It's like spinning but on the elliptical – if you can get your mind around it! I'm going to try a class and get back to you on it soon.

In the meantime I have fallen in LOVE with this place. The adorable Adam Goldstein taught the cycling class I took this morn. Fantastic energy, great vibe, knows his stuff, great form (a pet peeve of mine. I admit I'm a spin snob, having taught myself at Body and Soul for several years – I cannot stand seeing bad form!) and great, infectiously delightful energy – someone you want to be working out and hanging out with. To me spinning, like yoga (which I also taught for several years) is an intimate experience in a group situation. It's a place to detox, to unload, to hunker down and face your blocks head on. Because of this, it's important to feel your teacher can hold this space for you. They need to feel connected to you, to the ride and to themselves in a deep way. They need to understand the deeper meaning of what it means to sit on a bike for 45 minutes and push yourself just a little bit more than you did yesterday. Or not. And that either way is OK. Ya get it? ( If not, you'll have to take MY class and I'll lead you on this kind of journey. Whenever it is that I start teaching again, that is…UP DOG has really inspired me to get back on the bike – so to speak!)

I'm looking forward to trying out more teachers here and more classes and of course, the yoga too.

They've got some of the best and brightest teachers here for both.

I have a feeling you simply cannot go wrong popping in to any class at any time.