Yoga Studios

Most people will take a yoga class either in a yoga studio, health club or gym.

A typical yoga studio will have large, empty rooms with wood floors, and a wall of mirrors. Some Yoga studios are stand alone businesses, while some are located within a strip mall or in a house.

Each yoga studio will have its own approach to how they teach yoga. Sometimes the studio will be a generic yoga studio, with a selection of instructors who teach various yoga styles, and yoga classes for different groups such as yoga for pregnancy, yoga for kids, etc.

Other yoga studios may be of one Yoga style, for example, a yoga studio may be a Hot Yoga studio where all of their instructors teach only Bikram yoga.

Because of their similar mind body approach, there have been some combination yoga Pilates studios opening up in the past few years. People can take either traditional yoga, or Pilates at the same location. These studios generally have different rooms for each class, especially if they use the Pilates equipment that takes up a lot of studio space.

The Little Yoga Studio, located in Lake Arrowhead, California, is a yoga studio that follows the Iyengar style of Yoga. On their web site they have lots of information about the Iyengar approach to Yoga, which is one of the most popular styles of Yoga in existence today. The focus of Iyengar Yoga is the precise alignment of the body while performing the various poses. B.K.S. Iyengar also popularized the use of props to help support participants in achieving proper forms in their asanas. The Little Yoga Studio also offers alternative health resources, and Ayurveda workshops and resources.

The Inner Dance Yoga Studio, located in Anchorage, Alaska, offers yoga classes and workshops in various styles of Hatha yoga including Vinyasa Flow, Pre-Natal yoga, Yoga for sports and more. They also offer workshops on Chakras, energy healing, and yoga for cancer patients.

The Golden Yoga Studio in Katonah, New York is focused on the practice of Kundalini Yoga, and they also offer alternative health classes and workshops.

The Living Yoga Studio, located on Vero Beach offers Kripalu Yoga, Vinayasa Flow, Gentle Yoga, Power Yoga, Yoga for Kids as well as belly dancing classes.

There are samples available online on business plans for a yoga studio for those who might be interested in opening a studio of their own.