Mark S. YELP review on Denise at YogaCo (Santa Monica, CA)
10/14/2010

Amazing place to practice yoga! Friendly instructors are welcoming to all skill levels and aren’t intimidating at all. My favorite instructors are Denise Waling and Liz Arch. Denise is awesome on Sundays and offers a great refreshing class to rejuvenate from a hectic weekend or prepare for the week ahead. Liz gives you a heart pumping adrenaline filled workout incorporating her martial arts skills with the essence of yoga. Both great instructors! I’ve been to other classes with different instructors, but these two are the stand out best!

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Joni Yung of the Accidental Yogist
October 12, 2010 #12

basics yoga with denise waling at the yoga place
as far as yoga teachers go, denise is definitely trying to make her mark. just having graduated from a teacher training program just a little over a year ago, she’s already set up her own little yoga studio at the california market center on 9th and main, right in the middle of the busy garment district in downtown LA. her students are predominantly sales reps from the different clothing vendors in the building and their yoga experience ranges from absolute beginner (“i just happened to see the sign in the hallway”) to experienced yogi (“i’m so glad i can squeeze in a yoga class during my lunch break!”). her goal has been to bring affordable yoga to as many people as possible, and so far, she’s succeeding.

i had originally decided to take the big blue bus to downtown, but due to some last-minute delays and mix-ups in my schedule, i got a late start and ended up driving, thinking that if i were to take the bus, i would’ve gotten there half an hour late for the hour-long class at noon. as it turned out, the noontime class was a basics class; what i really wanted was the 1pm level 1/2 vinyasa flow class. oops.

not wanting to have to kill time for the more advanced class — believe me, there was more than enough temptation from all the showrooms i walked past just to get to her classroom! — i decided to take the earlier class. denise made sure she addressed the needs of the two other women who were just a step above beginner. i put myself in their shoes, listened to her instructions and followed along. and as simple as some of the poses were, i did manage to break into a sweat. i guess i must’ve been doing something right!

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