Samatone Yoga by DPYP!

Not only that you get consistent quality workout, you also get the opportunity to become more expressive and you can gain better sense of self-awareness. After a class, I always feel relaxed and energized, peaceful and inspired - all at the same time. How better can you obtain inner balance! I recommend it highly.\r EminaK more

My husband and I first started taking classes with Suze 4 years ago when we lived in Farmers Branch. Since then, my husband and I opened a business in Denton about 30 miles from the studio. We contemplated continuing to make the drive and for a short while I tried out several studios closer to home for me. NOTHING even came close to the experience I had at Suze's studio. It really made me realize how talented Suze and all of her instructors are and how ""user"" friendly the actual studio is for students. So my husband and I have continued making the drive from Denton to Addison 3 times a week now for over 2 years and have no intention of stopping. It's the only time in my life I have actually looked forward to driving in traffic! It's worth the drive! Pros: Instructor interaction, soft floor, quantity of classes offered more

Definitely great for all abilities. You will always get an excellent workout. You can go at your own pace and take it easy (and still get a good workout) and push yourself to the edge and really see some personal/physical growth. Don't be scared if Suze or one of the other instructors comes up to help you get into a pose...they know what they are doing and won't let you do something BAD for your body. Be honest if something hurts and they will help you modify. They only want to see you GROW! Trust your body, be willing to go outside of your comfort level and open your mind and heart. It really is amazing. Pros: fun, challenging, good workout Cons: can be intimidating at first - but you gotta get out of your own head! No one is looking at you, its YOUR practice!! more

I have been going to Susie's classes for the last 7 years. I have not been going for the last 6 months and trust me when I say this, I can see it and feel it on my body. When I started out with Susie, I was single and went 5 times a week. I lost 30 lbs in about 7 months and noticed I had muscles showing I was not used to seeing. I also noticed I got a lot more dates because I was in great shape. Fast forwarding to the present time, I am married and have gained about 20 lbs back - I guess you can say I am very happily married. I am going to start back with Susie next month and I have a lot of work to do to get back to where I was. \r \r My point to this review is that her classes work. It does not matter if you are a begginer or have been there since she started. The setting of her class is in a large room that has a padded floor (recommended over hard wood floors) and wall of mirrors so you can see how good or bad you look in a pose. The thing I enjoy most about her classes is that you go at your own pace. If you want to stop and take a break, you stop. If you want to push yourself harder, go for it and you will be sore the next day. The more you go to her classes the more you will notice physical changes to your body. Things I noticed about her class is I became more flexible, stronger, I had more energy throughout the day and I felt better about myself. I look forward to starting back with her as it is a great way to release stress at the end of the day. more

Suze is the best. Her yoga studio changed my wife and I's lives, helping us become more true to ourselves and making us more positive people. And the yoga is the workout of your life! Beats any workout in a gym. Go see for yourself!\r more

I have been practicing yoga at Suze Curtis? DPYP for 3 ? years, and it has greatly increased my flexibility and balance, as well as strengthening and lengthening my muscles (I do competitive ballroom dancing, and these are important). This studio is unique?it has a padded floor, as well as inspiring phrases painted in big colorful letters on the ceiling. The room is large with mirrors totally covering two walls. Everyone is very friendly, and you are encouraged to challenge yourself and ?work your edge?, and to rest when you need to. The instructors are very encouraging and VERY knowledgeable about the poses and anatomy. I really like the format of the classes. The music played during these classes is very energizing (not the boring, go to sleep kind of music I thought yoga music was). You will either have Suze instruct your class to this upbeat music, or you will have an instructor in the room while simultaneously the upbeat music is played with Suze?s recorded instructions. The instructor will give the class helpful tips on the instructions, as well as giving students individual attention. With Suze?s live or recorded instructions, I can really mentally visualize the pose, rather than having to look up at an instructor for visual cues and in the process lose my balance. The sequence and timing of poses in these classes works ALL of your muscles in ways that just isn?t possible to do at a gym. You burn an incredible number of calories in these classes! My husband finally decided to try yoga, and he?s been an avid yogi now for about six months. He agrees that this yoga is as challenging as his gym workouts. Since he also dances with me, he?s noticed that his posture, flexibility, and balance have improved. Thank you, Suze! Pros: Great Ambience & Inspiration; LOTS of parking; WONDERFUL Staff & Teachers Cons: Sometimes classes can be very full -- Come early!! more

I've been going to Suze's yoga studio for 3 + years and it has really changed my life. First, a stubborn 5 lbs. came off within a few weeks; then, I became much stronger and more flexible. The greatest change has been in my outlook on life - more positive, less stress, less judgemental, and more loving. I tell my friends (and anyone else that will listen!) that Suze's class is a workout/therapy session in one! \r \r And - for those of you that think yoga is only stretching, please come! I've tried other yogas and although I enjoyed them, nothing beats Suze's class for a fantastic, hard, sweaty workout. You know you've done something fantastic for your body when you are finished.\r \r One last thing - the studio's success is due to Suze's caring, loving committment to making it the best! She truly cares about all of her members and their well-being. She is the best!!!\r more

I met Suze when she was just starting her yoga business and was absolutely amazed at her devotion and her practice. I learned so much from her and her associates and am so happy that she has continued to be able to offer her passion and talents to the north Dallas area. If you are familiar with yoga or just checking it out for the first time you simply must pay Suze a visit and experience the power of a group of people working to better themselves and truly remove what stands in the way of their growth and development. You owe it to yourself to experience this Dynamic Power Yoga. Pros: yoga at its best more

I owned a gym, and I have spent more than fourteen years training amateur and professional fighters. I chose this studio because, as they say, it is the ""real deal."" This is also a place where people of all athletic capabilties can benefit. I have seen competitive athletes as well as mothers to be and people with more life experience (many with arthritis or other debilitating conditions) find new avenues for growth in this environment. more

Being older and ""larger"" than the average person in class; I was surprised when I was actually could bend and fold and hold poses that I thought I forgot how to do. The heat was intense at first and I never thought I could sweat so much. Afer a few classes (yes just a few) I craved my Yoga High. Yes ,the class is a challenge but WOW I feel better acout the choice I made for my exercise program. It is amazing what your body can still do. The instructors help with poses and the positive attiude they guide you with is a blessing for sure.\r \r I have taken family members (Ages 16 to 56) to Suze's Power Yoga when the visit from Chicago, they all love the ""sweaty yoga""\r \r Pros: Membership is so worth the money - classes everyday of the week no excuses more

I have been going to Suzes for three years now, and she still delivers a one of a kind class every time I go. Whether you are looking for a workout that will physically challenge you, or whether you are going for a place to release some tension and stress, the studio and its teachers deliver every time.\r tHERE IS NO OTHER STUDIO IN dALLAS THAT OFFERS THE SAME EXPERIENCE! more

This class is for everyone! No matter where you are on your fitness ladder - this will take you to the next level. My friends said Suze's class ripped my body in ways they haven't seen before. I felt guilty because I actually got therapy out of it too - the emotional strength and fitness that Suze preaches along with the self respect for your whole self and your body is something that I have only heard her preach in a yoga practice! Respect your levels and I went farther than I could if I just pushed myself. Good advise for a type-A personality. Everyone should go atleast once. ;) more

When we moved to Dallas my daughter and I went on a search for the best yoga studio in the city. Suze Curtis' DPYP won hands down. The first thing that I wanted was someone who really understood the body and could precisely explain the effect of specific movement on the joints. I had problems with my knees and didn't want to suffer any more 'sports injuries'. Suze helped me understand how avoiding the pain kept constricting movement and increasing the problem. She could explain to me exactly what was going on in the knees with each pose and therefore helped me trust and keep trying when I was convinced I couldn't go on.\r My knees represent a kind of metaphor for my life. Suze and her great staff have been there upholding me during a time of personal transformation and renewal. This is a place of acceptance and genuine friendship. Suze and her staff are a group of very centered people who understand yoga and its relationship to the healing of the body, mind and soul. The time I spend at DPYP is like:\r * being on a spiritual retreat\r * a visit with a wise friend/sister/mother (and occasional brother!) \r * a class with such individualized attention that I feel I have a personal trainer\r * a trip to healing springs\r Suze has created a beautiful oasis of peace and calm. Suze shows genuine respect for all religious paths and makes me feel that each time I am in the studio I am free to re-connect with my God. I've made friends and have grown in harmony, purpose and self-esteem... and my knees are better! My genuine thanks to Suze and her great staff! I'm so glad you are in my life! Pros: A very accepting atmosphere where beginner and expert can both get individual attention and be challenged. GREAT variety of classes. Relaxed and accepting atmosphere and easy parking. Cons: Too long a drive from my home, but worth it! more

Dynamic Power Yoga Plus is a one of a kind experience... you feel great, wonderful instructors, when Suze teaches it is a whole new experience...she brings to her studio styles from all the great yoga instructors from around the country and world...cannot say enough about how great of an environment her studio is!!! Pros: everything Cons: nothing more

I have been attending Suze's Dynamic Power Yoga for 7 years. In this time I have visited other studios locally and when out of town. Hands down this is the best class I have ever attended. I thought when I joined 7 years ago this would be my choice of exercise until I got bored and moved on to the next best thing... 7 years later I'm still excited about going to class and she is always changing things to keep her regulars challenged. Read everyone?s reviews but you will never understand what all the hype about until you come and see for yourself.. oh and good luck :) she will kick your butt.. but keeps you coming back for more! more

Was invited to attend a class with a friend and have been hooked ever since. I suffered from tension headaches all my life and had no idea that Suze's yoga classes would show me how my mind could teach my body to relax. I have been headache free for 5yrs! Unbelievable what a difference this has made in my life! more

I have been practicing yoga for over 10 years in the Dallas area - most of them with Suze Curtis at Dynamic Power Yoga Plus. I have tried many other styles and studios in the area and always end up back at the DPYP studio. There are no doubt some other great yoga places in Dallas, but none of them have been able to match the amazing feeling during and after a DPYP class. All of Suze's teachers are incredible. I never get bored with the pose sequences since there is so much variety and nothing has kept my body and health in better shape than Suze's style of yoga. (And I have done everything from bodybuilding to Martial Arts and real kickboxing) I know that it is not only because it is a phenomenal physical workout and detox, but also the sound and vibration that is encouraged to help release stored emotions and experiences that cause ""dis-ease"" within the body. I love that each class is multi-level so anyone can do it from those completely new to yoga to the seasoned yogi. Different levels of postures are shown and everyone is encouraged to work at their own level and take breaks if needed. There is no competetive feeling or judgement like you may feel in a gym atmosphere. There is truly nothing like it! There are about 4 or 5 other yoga studios closer to my home, but I chose to drive a little farther for the awesome experience I have every time.\r \r Go and check it out with an open mind and ENJOY!! Pros: Incredible workout / detox, knowledgable instructors, great energy, best stress reliever EVER! Cons: Kind of far from my home, but well worth the drive! more

Suze's Dynamic Power Yoga Plus is with out a doubt the BEST yoga studio I have ever been to. I have been practicing yoga for roughly 7 years and have visited a variety of studios. Now that I have found Suze, I cannot bring myself to go anywhere else even though I no longer live near her studio. She has a remarkable personality that allows you to feel comfortable and confident even when you are not feeling those things inside. She is motivating and calming and she has been able to create that atmosphere throughout her studio and instill those qualities in her teachers as well. I have recommended numerous people to DPYP over the past 3 years and will continue to do so more

Dynamic Power Yoga is a complete health experience for me. Not only can I go to a session to get a great workout, but I leave feeling refreshed emotionally and mentally as well. Suze is a motivational influence and is also a calming presence in her sessions. Each of the instructors she employs has a unique and welcoming style of their own. I can honestly say that when I look at the class schedule, I never avoid a particular class time because I don't care for the instructor. I think that's terribly rare in any fitness environment.\r \r I can go to a session no matter how I'm feeling on a given day because I can get out of it anything I need. If I'm tired and not feeling well, I go with my intention of reviving a bit, but taking it easy on myself. If I'm ready to really workout, detox, tone and burn calories, I can reach that level in the classes as well. No matter how I feel when I arrive, I always feel a sense of improvement and overall wellness when I leave.\r \r I've attended yoga at Suze's for about 2 years, and I'm currently practicing there through my first pregnancy. I am so thankful to have this studio now, more than ever. I'm just as comfortable practicing there during pregnancy as I was before. I often wonder how other mother's manage their pregnancies without the relief and reviving that I get from Dynamic Power Yoga. I plan to continue to practice throughout my pregnancy, and I look forward to having Suze's there for me once my pregnancy is over as well! more

I've practiced yoga for more than 10 years and love to try different styles and teachers because I believe they all have something to offer. No matter what mood I'm in - whether I want to really get a challenging workout, or whether I""m looking for a more meditative practice - I can always get what I need here. \r \r The studio atmosphere and the teachers at Suze's are motivating, positive, and supportive - like dropping into a friend's kitchen for a chat - except you sweat! And I can almost always work a practice into my day, since Suze offers so many classes each week and you can come to any class. Even with a chaotic schedule, it's possible to have a consistent practice here. \r \r Best of all, no matter what my day's been like or what kind of mood I'm in, by the time I leave, I feel great! I'm calm, happy and feeling at peace with the world - and very motivated to come back. more