New Community Classes and fees

At Bristol Yoga Centre, we believe that classes should be accessible to everyone, so we offer low priced Community Classes. We no longer accept drop ins and all classes need to be booked in advance through our new booking system.

• Tuesday 5:00 -6:00pm - Yoga with Naomi (closed in the winter term)

• Wednesday 10:00 -11:00am - Mindfulness Meditation & Yoga with Naomi

• Thursday 19:30 - 20:45pm - Yoga with Kirsty

• Friday 11:30 - 12:30pm - Yoga with Naomi (closed in the winter term)

Everyone’s very welcome but we especially invite people on low or no-income, refugees and asylum seekers. Classes are suitable for all levels of students including beginners.

The fees from the Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga class on Wednesday go to Bristol Mind charity.

No one will be turned away due to lack of funds so if you cannot afford these prices, please get in touch with us. We look forward to seeing you in class!

Luxury Japan Yoga, Hiking and Spa Retreat in April 2021

I’m very excited to announce a new 9 day yoga retreat next year in Japan from 19 - 27th April 2021.

We will be staying for a night in Tokyo before travelling together to a beautiful Kiso Valley, where we will stay for further 7 nights in a luxury 5 star traditional Ryokan (traditional Japanese Inn with a natural spring spa and amazingly presented seasonal food). This is an all inclusive retreat that includes healthy delicious meals, transfers to the retreat, a full body massage, guided tours and hiking, calligraphy, chopsticks and soba making workshops.

This retreat is organised by Bluerise retreat, a small lovely yoga retreat company that I have worked with for my previous retreats in Chamonix and Sri Lanka. They’re known for offering stunning retreats around the world with great yoga, scenery and delicious food.

10% discount currently available. Use discount code: ‘yogajapan’ at checkout.

Studio Re-opening in September

We are pleased to announce the studio will be re-opening from Monday 7th September. You will have options to attend in person or online via Zoom. We look forward to welcoming you back.

Online live classes with Naomi are now available from Everyday Yoga and some of our teachers are also offering online classes.

Please check our website regularly or sign up to our newsletter for up to date information.

Naomi's New Online Yoga and Meditation Classes

Naomi Hayama is now offering live online yoga and mindfulness meditation classes directly from her house to yours! You can sign up and pay for the selected classes online through her website, Everyday Yoga or book through MoveGB. Here’s Naomi’s weekly online timetable:

• Monday 6:30 - 7:30pm: Hatha Yoga

• Tuesday 6:30 - 7:45pm: Hatha Yoga *New Time (previously at 6pm)

• Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00am: Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga

• Thursday 6:30 - 7:30pm: Hatha Yoga

• Friday 10:00 - 11:00am: Gentle Yoga

There are concessionary rates available. As these are challenging times, if you cannot afford these prices, please get in touch for reduced payment options.

See you in virtual class!

Studio Temporary Closure

We are very sorry but we have decided to close our studio until further notice to help stop spread Coronavirus and to safeguard our students and teachers.

For more information please contact Naomi or sign up to our newsletter for up to date news.

New Ashtanga and Yin Yoga from March 2020

We’re really pleased to welcome David Lees to Bristol Yoga Centre from March 2020. David will be teaching two morning led Ashtanga Yoga classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 7:15 - 8:30am and Yin Yoga class on Friday evening from 5:30 - 6:30pm.

Ashtanga is a wonderful way to start the day. Waking up the body through sun salutations, we move through standing postures to rouse and energise the body and breath; seated postures which work ever-deeper into the body to awaken the spine; before a finishing sequence to calm and restore the body and mind. Great for health, focus, and setting yourself up for the day!

Yin Yoga is a practice of allowing or yielding. We move gently and mindfully into postures where we stay for quite some time (usually 3-5 minutes), using props to support our bodies so that we can stimulate our tissues (such as myofascia, bones, and tendons), release and free the body, and become more aware and accepting of our self.

He’s Ashtanga Yoga classes are available for free trial for new students for the first class and all of his classes are available on MoveGB. More information about David to follow very soon!

Yoga Workshops in 2020

We have lots of exciting new yoga workshops and courses scheduled this year. Emilia has decided to start Partner Yoga and Traditional Thai Massage workshop and Naomi is doing Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation workshop in January.

Emilia’s popular Mindfulness Yin Yoga workshop returns in February and Claire’s Yoga and Contemporary Dance workshop is also returning in March.

Sara-Jo is also starting Yoga for Healthy Lower Back course from February and she’s also offering monthly Sunday classes from May. Travis is also thinking about putting new workshops this year so watch this space!

Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs Course from February 2020

We are starting a new 12 weeks course on Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs course from Sunday 2nd February from 10:30 - 11:45am with Sara-Jo Cameron.

Sara-Jo has been teaching comprehensive teacher training course on Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs for several years and has also spent thousands of hours in different trainings in yoga. ‘Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs’ programme has been proven effective for chronic low back pain by The University of York (Department of Health Sciences) research.

Please contact Sara-Jo directly on sarajcamer@gmail.com or call 07547921898 to apply. See here for more information on the course.

Christmas & New Year Opening Times 2019/20

We hope you have a lovely Christmas and New Year! We have a limited classes during the festive season. Please check our timetable carefully during this time or speak to your teacher directly regarding the class.

Bristol Yoga Centre

 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours 

Sunday 22nd December - No class

Monday 23rd December – 10:30 – 11:30am: Pilates with Claire Shaw

Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) – No Class

Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day) – No Class

Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day) – No Class

Friday 27th December - 7:00 -8:15pm: Contemporary Dance & Yoga with Claire Robertson

Saturday 28th December – 11:30 – 12:45pm: Krama Vinyasa Flow Yoga With Vicky

Sunday 29th December – No Class

Monday 30th December – No Class

Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve) – No Class

Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day) – No Class

Thursday 2nd January – No Class

Friday 3rd January – 7:00 – 8:15pm: Contemporary Dance & Yoga with Claire Robertson

Saturday 4th January - 11:30 – 12:45pm: Krama Vinyasa Flow Yoga With Vicky

Sunday 5th January - 5:30 – 6:45pm: Yin & Yang Yoga with Tash

Most of our classes will resume as usual from Monday 6th January 2020 and it will be 7 week term. Please see here for our term dates in 2020.

7 Night Sri Lanka Yoga Retreat

We’ve organised 7 Night Yoga Retreat in an incredibly beautiful beach house on the South coast of Sri Lanka with Bluerise Retreat. The venue is right on the sea front: expect sunshine, sea, turtles, incredible Sri Lankan cuisine and wonderful yoga classes with Naomi Hayama. This holiday includes:

• 7 nights accommodation in a beautifully restored beach house

• Delicious, healthy and fresh local cuisine. Breakfast, snacks and dinners

• Picnics prepared by our wonderful chef for those wishing to spend the day exploring.

• A full week of yoga classes

• A trip to a nearby turtle sanctuary

There are still some spaces available. Get in touch for more information and you can book directly here.