Hot Yoga Inc. - Mill Creek

Love this yoga studio! If you are looking for heat this is the place to go! Awesome staff & instructors that are very friendly and encouraging.

If you love high heat, this is the place to go! Prepare to sweat a river! Such a warm, welcoming, and friendly community - both the students and staff. The teachers are well-trained with diverse backgrounds which make each class wonderfully unique.

Hot yoga inc changed my life and can change yours too! Being in that studio is inspiring and invigorating, the staff is welcoming and warm. I go in as I am and come out better. After my first class years ago I knew I could never give up this space and practice. Thank you HYI!

I’ve been doing yoga for over six years now, and I’ve been through 200 hours of yoga teacher training, and I can’t believe this studio exists. If you want a corporate, exercise fitness torture class? Maybe this is the place for you? Instructors kept telling me “I’d get used to it” but after seven classes, I actually didn’t want to. I couldn’t believe how many people going regularly had very clear eating disorders, and it makes sense, because this studio encourages you to be uncomfortable/in pain/in danger/have an unhealthy relationship with your body. That is not what yoga is about, and every instructor I had seemed confused about our purpose being there.First, they have no yoga blocks for any of the classes, which is already cheap and dangerous. I watched people do all sorts of contortions (bad for backs, knees, etc.) and no instructor so far has offered any suggestions for alignment to keep participants from being injured. Sure, the 10 for $10 is a great deal, but the Mill Creek studio is so hot that the heaters have burned the floors black—they’re an actual charcoal color. If you touch the floor at all during the practice it will burn your skin (I had pink spots afterwards). I can’t believe how dangerous on so many levels this is— it’s so hot that I often got dizzy (I’m in great shape, marathon runner, very low blood pressure) regardless of how much water I drank, and the instructors make sure you know you’re not allowed to leave the room. What?! The temperature is not regulated but you can’t leave the room, even if you’re dizzy or about to pass out?The worst part is that when I aired this frustration with the yoga instructor, I was gaslighted into believing that it was MY FAULT that I couldn’t take the heat. There’s an air of “you get used to it” or “you must not be tough enough/in shape enough to handle it” that every yoga instructor I met embodied. He basically just started talking about himself and his own “journey,” which is to say, this self-torture helps him? He manipulated me into signing up for unlimited monthly, and after hearing from the studio every day while I was still on the fence, I can’t get a call back to cancel. There’s no one working in the office. I’d be surprised if they even care who I am after I started shelling out money, which just encourages the feeling of corporate, gross, capitalistic appropriation of what can be an empowering and life-changing practice.They say that the classes run 105 degrees, but I brought in a thermometer and the class hits over 120 when all the yoga bodies are sweating. This is beyond dangerous. I never write reviews, as I know most studios are just trying to make a business, but after being gaslighted, manipulated, and after understanding the culture of self-torture that they call “yoga,” well— I wanted other consumers to be warned. If I could ever get a call back, I probably wouldn’t have even written this, but the business practices are shoddy, the studio itself is dangerous, and I can’t believe the blame they place on their participants. Gross.

Average temperatures for hot yoga studios are between 92 and 105 degrees. I had to leave this class early because they had it going at 120 degrees! I was literally shaking for a couple hours after I left. I was told not to leave but I ignored the instructor and thank god I did. People - LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. And do not feel pressured by any instructor who tells you differently!

Research proves that activity performed in external temperature above 110 may cause heat stroke. Heat stroke may occur when the bodies core temperature exceeds a safe temperature. Flooding the room with cold air is potentially dangerous to a person who is suffering heat stroke or exhaustion as it may cause micro shivering which continues to increase the core temperature. Research shows that Health benefits are reached at 105 degrees. Why does this studio want to increase the temperature as high as 120 degrees and then flood the room with cold air?It is very obvious when the room is getting close to 120 decrease when a persons mat and towel are too hot to stand on. My feet actually got burned during a class requiring an intervention and inability to wear shoes for a few days. I have been taught to trust my instructors and never leave the room, so I didn't. Ugh. The most concerning thing is the melting marks on the floor. I am not sure what material the floor is made off but I can not find any flooring material that melts in a temperature below 150 degrees. That means the floors are way too hot and explains why my feet where burned.Most of the instructors are positive and cheerful. There are a handful that have stood at the counter and negatively spoken about their students, in front of or to other students. I have seen this on more than one occasion with more than one instructor. Very sad.It really creates a hostile environment which seems the opposite of the purpose. No instructor should be discussing any student to anyone but that student.Also frequently the instructors are late and the classes go over the time. One minute really makes a difference, especially in the mornings.Thankyou for your time to this and I hope that no one suffers heat exhaustion from this studio.

Great studio. Wonderful teachers and friendly community. Love this place!

Buyers beware, this studio will get your checking account number, and charge you over and over again. Alicia the manager is a complete thief!I have requested a copy of my studio payment agreement for 8 months she refuses to email to me, she charged me $388.00 for 3 studio visits, I have spent many hours trying to get this situation resolved. I have filed a police report, and complaints are filled at the WA state better business bureau, and wa attorney generals office. I have also requested that Linda B the owner call me which she has not. S. Landa

The first few classes I took were very hard to get through. By the end of my 3rd class my back pain had diminished so I kept it up. I am pain free, have lost weight and gained energy. The community is diverse and friendly and the studio is clean and bright. So glad I stuck with it!

I absolutely love this studio! There are a variety of classes and times that fit with my busy schedule and I can't stay away! I love this community and my fellow Yogis! Highly recommend trying this studio out--your first ten classes are just $10!