Best Yoga Studios in Sarasota

2022

Alive With Yoga

Alive With Yoga is a studio located in the Sarasota area that offers mindfulness, meditation, and yoga therapy in a variety of classes and workshops. Owner Cathy Daley has several years of experience and hundreds of hours of certified training as a Yoga Therapist through the Integrative Yoga Therapy Institute (500 hours of IYT and 200 hours in the Kripalu/Hatha method). Cathy received Best Yoga Instructor honors through Natural Awakenings for four consecutive years. In addition to daily classes, Cathy helps train tomorrow's yoga instructors through the RYT 200-hour training program recognized by the Yoga Alliance. Techniques focus on anatomy and physiology and philosophy, lifestyle, and ethics.

Be Fit SRQ

• Private Lessons

Be Fit SRQ is a gym and fitness center located in Sarasota. The center holds private and group classes in yoga, stretching, and balance. One-on-one cardio and strength training sessions are also available. Its instructors work with clients to create workout regimes tailored to their ages, fitness levels, and goals. Owner Michele Rose holds two fitness-related degrees, a bachelor's in Sports Management and a master's in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention. She also has experience training for Olympic-distance triathlons.

Bhavana Yoga Studio

• Restorative Yoga
• Hot Yoga

Bhavana Yoga Studio in Sarasota conducts a variety of yoga classes, including aroma restorative, chair, hatha, heated yin, warm vinyasa, and yoga nidra. Its open-level sessions cater to beginners and experienced practitioners. The studio has bamboo floors, laundry facilities, and infrared heating systems. One of its owners, Nate Preseault, has been practicing yoga for over three years, focusing on ashtanga, yin, and meditation. Co-owner Soraya Preseault founded Lotus June, a jewelry-for-a-cause business that offers handmade goods, such as Japa Malas.

Bikram Yoga Sarasota

• Hot Yoga

Bikram Yoga Sarasota has been offering its wellness services in the metro since 1997. It offers one-on-one and group Bikram yoga classes for beginners and seasoned practitioners regardless of age and fitness level. The studio had been remodeled, with odor-resistant yoga flooring that is gentle on muscles and joints. It is also heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit with 40 percent humidity, and it is equipped with private showers. Farky Fuszfas and Timi Fuszfas own the studio. They have 19 years of Bikram yoga experience.

Chelsea Roberts Yoga + Wellness

• Power Yoga
• Hot Yoga

Chelsea Roberts Yoga + Wellness is a practice operating in Sarasota. It offers private, group, and corporate yoga sessions, such as power vinyasa flow and HIIT. Personal training is available for an individualized approach to yoga and fitness. The yoga instructor, Chelsea Roberts, started practicing ballet as young as four but stopped after a lower back injury in her teenage years. She started practicing yoga in 2012 after seeking a wellness method that encompasses the mind, body, and spirit.

Cinde Carroll

• Private Lessons

Cinde Carroll is a boutique-style studio that serves the Sarasota community. Its team offers Pilates, fitness training, Bemer therapy, and nutritional consultation. It also facilitates Qi gong and Tai chi. The studio is outfitted with specialized equipment for the Gyrotonic exercise method, which is among the classes offered in the studio. Cinde Caroll, its namesake, owner, and lead instructor, is certified in various fitness disciplines, including the Gyrotonic method, aerial yoga, RX Suspension Training, and Stott Pilates.

CircuSoul Yoga

CircuSoul Yoga is a studio based in Sarasota that provides more than 50 classes for yogi and yogini of all skill levels. The teachers are highly-qualified with certified training through the Yoga Alliance. The facility is home to more than a dozen instructors, each with at least 200 hours of training for a combined 3,000+ hours of knowledge. The course catalogue is among the more unique offerings compared to other instructors in the area with selections that include aerial yoga and circus arts. CircuSoul also provides favorites such as warm/hot yoga, Hatha, restorative, Yin, and courses for children. CircuSoul also features teacher training and ongoing workshops.

Dharma Yoga SRQ

• Restorative Yoga

Dharma Yoga SRQ is a Sarasota studio holding private, semi-private, and group yoga classes for beginners and seasoned yogis. The classes available include flow, chair yoga, mindful yoga, restorative, Yin Yang, and Vinyasa. Students can also join a yoga class that targets the core. They need to bring their own yoga strap, blocks, and blankets. Noelle Segal, the instructor, has been practicing and teaching yoga for the past 10 years. She incorporates meditation in every class she holds.

Feel Good Yoga & Massage

• Private Lessons

Feel Good Yoga & Massage is a yoga studio that serves Sarasota clients. It offers an assortment of yoga packages, including single classes and class packages for five, 10, or 20 sessions. The studio provides online Zoom classes as well as video downloads for those who could not attend in-studio yoga sessions. With a newly renovated massage therapy studio, it also offers custom massage therapy. Debby Debile, founder of the company, has been practicing yoga for 15 years and is a licensed massage therapist.

Get Bent Yoga Studio

• Power Yoga

Get Bent Yoga Studio caters to clients in Sarasota. It practices a wide range of yoga styles, such as advanced flow, Vinyasa flow, and Yin. One of the instructors, Cory George, has been practicing yoga for more than 12 years and teaching yoga for five years. Cory focuses on enhancing client service through interning to become an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. In addition to being a yoga specialist, he has worked as a white water rafting guide and kayak excursion tour guide.

Heartwood Retreat Center

Heartwood Retreat Center is a private yoga and meditation center located in Bradenton that welcomes individual students in the Tampa region. The center provides yoga teacher training courses that help students achieve their RYT designation with the minimum-standard 200 hours of training. The site boasts a 7-acre retreat with one-quarter acre devoted entirely to Chakra Meditation. This “meditation garden” won the Best Garden award with Country Gardens Magazine, and the publication featured an 8-page spread on yogis in the garden in the fall of 2007. Heartwood Retreat Center has operated from the same location for more than a decade, providing workshops and retreats. It is an active member of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce.

Hot Yoga 4 You

• Hot Yoga

Hot Yoga 4 You is a private studio that offers sessions for clients in Sarasota and the surrounding areas. The studio's instructors perform hot yoga classes in a far-infrared heated room that warms muscles and cleanses the body's toxins. Additionally, it is equipped with a UV air treatment system that deodorizes the room's air. Owner and senior instructor Yolanda Nash has been practicing yoga for nearly 16 years. She is trained to teach yoga to kids, pregnant women, and mothers.

Iyengar Yoga Sarasota

• Private Lessons

Opened in its current location in Osprey Avenue in 2017, Iyengar Yoga Sarasota specializes in Iyengar yoga, the only studio offering this style of exercise in its authentic tradition to practitioners in the metro. Introductory classes, levels 1 to 3, gentle, and intensity classes are available. Additionally, it provides care classes designed to teach clients the actions and poses that can improve mobility and stability. Sue Marcus, the owner, has completed over 2,000 hours of Iyengar yoga education. She holds a certification from the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

Pineapple Yoga Studio

Pineapple Yoga Studio attempts to be a one-stop shop for yoga practitioners at all skill levels. The Sarasota-based studio provides introductory classes for first-time yogi/yogini. It works at a slower pace to get students up to speed on form and foundations. The all-levels yoga course continues drilling into fundamentals and alignment for sessions designed to advance one’s skill level wherever they are. The most advanced class is called “Power Vinyasa,” and it focuses on synthesizing breathing, movement, posing, and alignment. Owner Claudia is a highly-qualified instructor, who provides teacher training for the RYT200 program as well as ongoing events and workshops.

Prana Yoga and Healing Center

• Restorative Yoga

Prana Yoga and Healing Center is a studio serving clients in Sarasota and the surrounding areas. As a studio, it strives to educate students on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing aspects of yoga through classes on alignment-based, Kundalini, and Hatha yoga. It is owned by Regina DeWitt, who had previously worked as a registered nurse for 30 years before studying Kundalini yoga in 2011. The studio also has massage therapy services and organizes workshops and teacher training.

Rosemary Court Yoga

Rosemary Court Yoga is a yoga studio in Sarasota’s historic district that is home to a staff of highly-qualified instructors who have completed training from the Yoga Alliance as well as the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America. The team has more than 3,000 hours of combined training altogether, and they have received recognition for their efforts through the readers of SRQ who voted the studio the best in all of Sarasota. Rosemary Court Yoga also has received praise from Sarasota Magazine. Classes include but are not limited to mindfulness, Ashtanga yoga, gentle yoga, and hoop dance. The studio teaches all skill levels including children.

Screaming Buddha

Screaming Buddha is a yoga studio located in Bradenton that serves clients in the Greater Tampa metropolitan area. The team holds several training and certification items including both 200-hour and 500-hour RYT certifications from the Yoga Alliance and more than 1,000 hours of combined experience. Clients use Screaming Buddha for hot yoga, where they learn to breathe with awareness and move with mindfulness in intense heat. Additional expertise includes American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) personal training, cycling, Group X fitness, and aerial yoga. Group fitness sessions consist of strength-based poses and transitions as well as movements to improve flexibility.

Studio Yooga

• Power Yoga

Studio Yooga is a wellness center offering comprehensive yoga classes to practitioners in Sarasota. The studio is a place to strengthen, grow, and practice, welcoming practitioners of all levels and individuals seeking deep relaxation or a post-yoga glow. Its classes include power Vinyasa, gentle, restorative, slow flow, and rise and shine yoga. The studio also handles warm Yin yoga, composed of five-six postures designed to increase mobility and flexibility. One of its instructors, Kathy Humphreys, started learning yoga at age 25 after moving to Thailand.

Suncoast TaeKwonDo & Yoga

With the aim of harmonizing the spirit, mind, and body, Suncoast TaeKwonDo & Yoga provides all-level yoga lessons to the community of Sarasota. Founded in the philosophical discipline of yoga, it helps develop its students' memory and improve their concentration through postures and breathing exercises in in-person and online classes. Suncoast TaeKwonDo & Yoga also offers summer camp activities that include field trips, games, and movies with yoga instructors. It is led by Joe MacKay, a military veteran and personal trainer.

Thavma Yoga

Thavma Yoga is the studio of Thano and Marina, two instructors trained in the art of Bikram yoga. The pair works out of Bradenton and serves clients in the surrounding area, which includes all of Tampa. Clients have credited them with helping to improve flexibility and possessing an understanding of injuries, particularly related to back issues. Thavma Yoga classes use heat, and they last from 60 to 90 minutes. Instructors encourage hydration before class time to prepare for the intense heat and elevated activity levels that one will experience while in-session. Thavma built its experience around the beginning yoga student, and they incorporate 26 poses and two breathing exercises into each session.

The Yoga Shack

The Yoga Shack is a studio with three locations throughout Sarasota that serves clients both in the city and the surrounding area of South Tampa. The original site opened in 2012, and it has expanded rapidly with a suite of classes for all levels, from beginners to Level 3 experts. Instructors use natural, warm, and hot temperatures, depending on class type. Sessions focus on building strength and endurance, improving flexibility, and edification of core strength and conditioning. Ashtanga yoga and Vinyasa flow are specialities. The Yoga Shack also provides teacher training courses allowing successful graduates their RYT designation (registered yoga teacher) through the Yoga Alliance.

Yoga from the Heart

• Private Lessons

Yoga from the Heart has been providing yoga classes to clients in Sarasota since 1998. The studio offers live and virtual classes to accommodate more clients and runs a library of recorded classes that is accessible anytime. The studio believes that yoga is for everyone—beginners, advanced practitioners, moms, retirees, and even athletes. It offers training programs to yoga teachers who want to register with Yoga Alliance. It's one of the earliest Yoga Alliance Registered yoga schools in Sarasota.