Jógovna

Love the place and it's atmosphere

By far the best yoga place in Prague. Facilities are always clean, staff is very helpful and the teachers are great! Love it here.

I wanted to love this place, but my experience was a huge disappointment. This is mainly a warning for other non-Czech speakers like me who may be looking forward to checking out the "English-friendly" lessons advertised on the website/bookings site. Don't be disappointed. Beyond false advertising, I actually had to ask before finding out it's a Czech-only class. I was already on the mat in my yoga clothes at this point. The teacher told me (in perfect English) I could either imitate movements without verbal direction for 1.5 hours, or leave. When I reminded the course is labeled English-friendly all over the website, the reply was: "Yes, it says English-friendly but sorry, you're the only one who doesn't speak Czech today." As a paying customer who'd been misled by their own 'up to date' website information, I'd expect to be accommodated with at least bi-lingual direction, which I found out she normally offers and has the ability to give. And this especially considering I had paid for the course and was 100% ready to jump into it. (I did get my money back.) On my way out, the receptionist seemed surprised and implied this 'never' happens. So I decided to give them another chance, thinking maybe it was just bad luck. This time, I wrote an email first to Jogovna to confirm what was labeled English-friendly online would be so in real life this time. Their reply? Sorry, probably not, we'll change the class to Czech only to satisfy our other customers. It's been over 3 weeks - the course is still advertised as English-friendly on their website. Hard to understand. On their Facebook page it's clear this is not an uncommon issue; another 1-star review from just a couple months ago outlines the same situation by a disappointed customer who took a foreign friend to an "English-friendly" course and instead got one in Czech. (Even worse in her case, as I was lucky enough to think of asking before the class started.) Most disappointing was that I felt like a nuisance throughout, even though it was them who misled me. (Not looking for an apology from the business anymore - just want to warn others.)

eww what a shame

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