Some Like it Hot Yoga

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lcerretani

Joined 5 years ago

What's going on?. Does anyone know what's going on with this studio? For months the website has said 'new management/new owner coming soon - membership honored.' No one is returning calls, my letters were returned as undeliverable, and the studio still has a lot of students' mats and money. So much for a stress-free experience!

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YogiRod

Joined 4 years ago

Pray for Yola.... Yola is a very sick woman - She needs your prayers right now- at the end of the day she had a mental break down- I hope she takes this time to get some real help to address her issues- If it wasnt for this place I would of never started my practice- so for that I am grateful-

They're are plenty of place to practice in NYC- Prana- Pure- Big Apple- Pick one of those and Move on-

As only with the Orb of quode can the coins be obtained- Hemmingway

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amourlinds

Joined 4 years ago

Website schedule says new owner??. Just an FYI - the some like it hot website schedule now says new owner and that classes are canceled. Has anyone confirmed this? I hope we get our mats and towels returned -- what a mess

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hotYOGI

Joined 4 years ago

SLIHY needs a Yoga Retreat :(. I also received this email from Yola. I thought it was yet another schedule change - the main reason I stopped going six months ago.

But after reading it, I had to look at these reviews and see what was going on. And even as I was just considering last week to go back, I realize that is probably not going to happen mainly knowing Isauro, Carlos and Kristi - the BEST yoga instructors in NYC - are gone.

When I first went to SLIHY, I was going through a divorce and after a few amazing classes I stopped therapy and used the budget for yoga at this studio. It got me through the toughest time in my life.

But over the two years of my practice I watched Yola slowly lose it and I think she just finally cracked. I only hope she takes a long retreat and shows her power to heal by coming back even stronger than when she started years ago.

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UWSGirl

Joined 4 years ago

yola just told all her students to go to hell. I have been a dedicated member of SLIH for 5 years & went 6 days a week. I actually said it was my "home" & my "family" when I was going thru a divorce. But I cannot believe what the owner, Yola has just done on Friday to violate every member of the studio - via email.

Yola has always be difficult, rude and v inappropriate. I was always trying to avoid her, to avoid being verbally abused or worse. And clearly, I wasn't the only one who felt this way, as I found out, thanks to Yola herself. Friday she sent an email to her entire SLIH database basically threatening to press charges on people for publishing bad reviews about her on Citysearch and other sites. Well, I hadn't actually looked at her reviews on these sitesm but after that email, I certainly took a good look. 43 reviews later - most all of them are negative, I realize that we've got a real problem on our hands here. She is not a business person, and certainly needs some help with her PR efforts -- by telling her paying customers to go to hell. Here's the email I am referring to:

URGENT UPDATE FROM SLIHY - MAY 28, 2009

TO THE SLIHY COMMUNITY: To the loyal and kind members of the SLIHY community who have enjoyed being a part of our family, we have greatly appreciated your business and presence; and look forward to many more years of affiliation. HOWEVER....for those of you who have taken my childhood, hard work and loyalty and turned it against me via slandering my name and business on Citysearch and other websites; you will be sued if your posts and comments are not removed from such websites immediately! All I ever wanted was to create a safe, harmonious and sacred environment in the middle of Manhattan and some of you have unfortunately taken my soul and spirit and abused it. Some of you, and we know who you are, have specifically said that your devilish desire was to put me out of business....well I hope when you look at yourselves in the mirror you feel great about the way you treated me, Yola Romeo, my staff, teachers and other studio members. You call yourselves YOGI's...suggestion for the day...take a good, hard look in the mirror...it does not lie!

Sincerely,

Yola Romeo- Proud Owner of Some Like it Hot Yoga

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anthonypizzaz

Joined 4 years ago

yola is the anti-yogi. I joined the studio because of the heat and variety of Bikram and Vinyasa classes. but I began to notice the abusive way she talks to people, paying customers and her own staff alike, and curses and humiliates.i don't believe she even practices yoga but is constantly telling her students and staff they don't know what yoga is. well I know what it isn't: it isnt yola romeo. the turnover rate of staff and teachers is incredible. now I recieved this insane email suggesting i "take a good hard look in the mirror...it does not lie." take your own advise yola. you ruined yourself but you can not ruin other people. on top of everything, she has cancelled classes for today and tomorrow. she is a low class theif and fraud. I Hope her teachers leave her. they deserve better. yola is an energy sucking narcissist and should become the subject of a reality tv show.

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alexandramilsom

Joined 5 years ago

Wow.. Wow. I have been taking classes here steadily since it opened. I wrote one of the first reviews, even! I no longer live in NYC, but return frequently to see family and always come to the studio to see Yola and take a class. I have studied at many, many, MANY studios in the city and always come back to this one because of the consistent personal attention you receive there and the fact that it's the nicest studio on the UES--great facilities and teachers.

It seems to me the height of ridiculousness that someone would use this space to personally denigrate a human being! If you don't like the space, then don't use it; by all means offer your opinion on the internet. But remember that to verbally abuse the owner--someone who I KNOW is seriously committed to her practice and her business--seems contrary to our practice as yogis; your strident tone discredits your opinion, your hostility reads as childish!

I hope that these city-search flames DON'T discourage people from trying out this studio. I certainly have logged in many, many hours here and miss it. I haven't been around since January, but will definitely come by this summer...

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mmgNY

Joined 4 years ago

Stay away from this place. I really wanted this to work, so last spring impulsively, without doing much research, after taking only a single class I signed up for a nearly $500.00 package. After a couple of classes it became clear that it was a big mistake.

1. the schedule completely ignores the need of people who work 9-6 or so,

2. the instructors are a very mixed lot,

3. some classes are completely empty and people having lunch and reading the paper inside(!) the yoga studio, and other classes are so overcrowded that you get limbs of other people literally all over you.

4. The changing room is way too small.

5. And on top of all this the owner is rude and condescending, her actions are completely against any kind of yoga spirit (of course only after you paid, because initially she was extra charming)

So after the yoga class you are more frustrated -- the experience is comparable to being on a rush-hour train -- than before.

It was such a miserable experience that although I am on a tight budget, I decided to take my losses and after about four classes I've never went back, and forgot about the whole darn thing. The reason I'm writing now is because I've just received an email-blast from miss Yola, threatening everyone who dares to give a bad review of her studio. Unbelievable.

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LilacsArePretty

Joined 4 years ago

Hostile staff. I recently bought a pkg from SLIH because I was excited that they has early morning classes -- then I find out that those early classes were cancelled. When I politely enquired about the matter the staff got very defensive.

Nonetheless I am STILL on their e-mail list -- check out the e-mail that they just sent their "community" --

URGENT UPDATE FROM SLIHY - MAY 28, 2009

TO THE SLIHY COMMUNITY: To the loyal and kind members of the SLIHY community who have enjoyed being a part of our family, we have greatly appreciated your business and presence; and look forward to many more years of affiliation. HOWEVER....for those of you who have taken my childhood, hard work and loyalty and turned it against me via slandering my name and business on Citysearch and other websites; you will be sued if your posts and comments are not removed from such websites immediately! All I ever wanted was to create a safe, harmonious and sacred environment in the middle of Manhattan and some of you have unfortunately taken my soul and spirit and abused it. Some of you, and we know who you are, have specifically said that your devilish desire was to put me out of business....well I hope when you look at yourselves in the mirror you feel great about the way you treated me, Yola Romeo, my staff, teachers and other studio members. You call yourselves YOGI's...suggestion for the day...take a good, hard look in the mirror...it does not lie!

Sincerely,

Yola Romeo- Proud Owner of Some Like it Hot Yoga

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userabh29

Joined 4 years ago

used to be addicted, but turned off by yola. i loved the studio and went for many years but over time yola's negative energy consumed the environment such that the yoga classes were so stressful (she picks on her students in an unnecessarily aggressive, angry manner and simply makes everyone on guard, tense, and anxious) that i wanted to leave upon arriving but was too afraid of her wrath to do so.

here's an email she just sent out. yola, you can't take people to court for expressing their opinions online. you really don't see this happening often where lots of students express an overwhelmingly negative opinion about the owner of a yoga studio - that really suggests that if so many people feel the same way, then perhaps there is something legitimate about how they feel.

check out the letter yola just sent:

URGENT UPDATE FROM SLIHY - MAY 28, 2009

TO THE SLIHY COMMUNITY: To the loyal and kind members of the SLIHY community who have enjoyed being a part of our family, we have greatly appreciated your business and presence; and look forward to many more years of affiliation. HOWEVER....for those of you who have taken my childhood, hard work and loyalty and turned it against me via slandering my name and business on Citysearch and other websites; you will be sued if your posts and comments are not removed from such websites immediately! All I ever wanted was to create a safe, harmonious and sacred environment in the middle of Manhattan and some of you have unfortunately taken my soul and spirit and abused it. Some of you, and we know who you are, have specifically said that your devilish desire was to put me out of business....well I hope when you look at yourselves in the mirror you feel great about the way you treated me, Yola Romeo, my staff, teachers and other studio members. You call yourselves YOGI's...suggestion for the day...take a good, hard look in the mirror...it does not lie!

Sincerely,

Yola Romeo- Proud Owner of Some Like it Hot Yoga