Best Yoga Studios in Madison

2022

Andrea Russell

• Teach Training

Andrea Russell is a wellness studio that serves clients in Madison. It provides members with in-studio yoga sessions, live stream activities, as well as 250+ on-demand classes with guided meditations and breathwork practices that they can practice anytime. Its sanctuary membership option is intended for students interested in more than an exercise program and those who are recovering from an injury. The studio's owner, Andrea Russell, provides Ayurvedic health consultations and neurovascular therapy sessions. Russell also offers transformational retreats both locally and abroad.

Blue Soul Yoga & Wellness Center

• Teach Training

Established in 2015, Blue Soul Yoga & Wellness Center provides private and semi-private yoga sessions for clients in Madison and the surrounding areas. The studio's founder and instructor, Katy Blum, started practicing yoga in 2003. Blum offers a guided yoga session that is a fusion of meditation in motion and breathing exercises. Her sessions aim to benefit clients who need to increase strength and flexibility. Blue Soul Yoga & Wellness Center holds vinyasa, flow and restore, and gentle yoga and movement classes.

Capital Fitness

• Teach Training

Capital Fitness is a health and fitness facility that has been catering to students in Madison since 1999. It aims to provide a holistic approach to health with its wellness team, support staff, and personalized training. Its yoga classes include basics, heated vinyasa, restorative, and slow flow yoga. Massage therapy, acupuncture, and group fitness classes are also available. One of its trainers, Mike Onsrud, has been a personal trainer and physical therapist for over five years.

Dragonfly Hot Yoga

• Private Lessons

Dragonfly Hot Yoga is a yoga studio that serves residents of Madison and the surrounding areas. Megan Tucker founded the studio nine years ago and expanded the business to four locations. Dragonfly also has more than 50 instructors and 14 staff members to serve its clients. It provides private, online, and in-studio classes. It offers a variety of yoga classes, such as outdoor, prenatal, chakra flow, meditation, and fusion styles. The studio also conducts barre and fitness training sessions.

EarthView Yoga

• Restorative Yoga

Honoring the Bhakti Yoga tradition, EarthView Yoga focuses on community, movement, color, and sound to create an environment of positivity. Based in downtown Madison, the studio offers classes that include waking yoga, vitality flow, positron party, basics and beyond, pure energy flow, yin, down to earth yoga, quiet yoga, and EarthView flow.

Haumea

• Private Lessons

Haumea is a yoga studio that welcomes individuals and families in Madison. Its instructors specialize in prenatal and postnatal yoga. They offer yoga and mindfulness series of classes to help children work on their strength and coordination while playing and having fun. Students may also enroll in its boot camp workout and barre fitness classes. In addition, it has lactation experts that provide breastfeeding support and private consultations. Prenatal yoga teachers Megan Stansil Reilly and Kristin Nemecek founded the studio in 2018.

InfiniteFlow Yoga

• Teach Training

InfiniteFlow Yoga is a healing arts studio serving individuals in the Madison area. It specializes in hatha yoga techniques that incorporate tai chi, bodywork, breathwork, and meditation into the workouts. Its classes—categorized and themed as mixed-level, beginners, continuing, morning, and extra gentle hatha flow—follow a gentle and mindful approach. The studio conducts private yoga sessions for individualized attention. Hypnotherapy services are also available. InfiniteFlow Yoga is owned and operated by Kiro Kopulos, who has over 25 years of experience in the practice.

Inner Fire Yoga

Founded in 2002 by single mother Marit Sathrum as Bikram Yoga Madison, Inner Fire Yoga has since grown and changed names to include a wider variety of yoga classes and practices. Serving the Madison area, the studio offers classes that include Power 60, Hot 60, Inner Fire Flow 75, Slow 60, Sculpt 60, Yin 60, Candlelight Flow, Slow + Meditation 75, Power 75, and more.

Inner Fire Yoga

• Private Lessons

Inner Fire Yoga serves clients in Madison and the surrounding areas. The studio specializes in hot yoga, with classes consisting of 26 different postures and two breathing exercises. These classes are suitable for beginners and advanced practitioners alike. Yin yoga classes are also offered for clients who want to work deep into the muscles and connective tissues of the body. There is a Yoga Scholarship program that assists those who would otherwise not be able to take classes in Inner Fire Yoga.

Jules Pilates

• Hot Yoga

Jules Pilates has been providing yoga classes to Madison residents since 2014. Depending on the client's preference, its yoga classes can be one-on-one private sessions or online zoom classes. The studio helps individuals recover from trauma such as accidents or chronic illnesses through yoga. Its founder, Jules Wolf Stenzel, began her yoga journey after noticing that her posture worsened over the years due to scoliosis. Stenzel conducts survivor yoga and Bikram Hatha yoga classes to assist with an individual's body oxygenation.

Kula Yoga & Wellness

• Private Lessons
• Restorative Yoga

With a name derived from a Sanskrit word that means a community of the heart or an intentional gathering of people, Kula Yoga & Wellness, LCC, brings together individuals from Madison who wish to achieve mind and body transformation through the practice of yoga. The studio offers yoga classes for all levels, including gentle flow, chair, and aerial yoga. Kula Yoga & Wellness, LCC, has received accolades from Madison Magazine as the Best Of Madison under the Recreation and Fitness category.

Madpower Training Center

• Restorative Yoga

Madpower Training Center is a fitness center near Madison that offers yoga classes for practitioners of various levels. It offers power flow and yin yoga classes taught by a Yoga Alliance-certified guide. Its power flow yoga class takes on moderate to advanced variations of poses. It also offers yin yoga, class aimed for runners, triathletes, and anyone who needs a good stretch and recovery time. Madpower Training Center has been awarded Best Fitness Center by Madison Magazine's Best of Madison in 2017.

Main Street Yoga

Founded in 1994, Main Street Yoga serves the Madison area with experienced teachers and over 20 classes per week for all levels of yogi. The studio offers classes that include yoga therapeutics, sage yoga, mother/daughter yoga, Hatha yoga, Ashtanga yoga open practice, Kundalini yoga, continuing yoga studies, NeelaKantha meditation group practice, ecstatic dance, family Kundalini yoga, advanced yoga studies, Kripalu yoga, yoga 101, Madison Insight meditation group, Hatha yoga basics, contact improvisational dance and JAM, Ashtanga yoga open practice, full spectrum Hatha/meditation, and more.

Mala Yoga Center

• Teach Training

Mala Yoga Center is a practice serving Madison and the surrounding communities. It offers a wide range of yoga classes, including ashtanga, slow flow, vinyasa, yin, Kundalini, and zen turtle kids session for elementary school-age children. Yoga for service members, veterans, and their families is also available. The studio conducts different events and workshops for practitioners, such as bigger body yoga, elemental sound and sense immersion, prenatal yoga, and scripture study and meditation. One of its instructors, Kat Casey, represents underrepresented individuals in the yoga community.

Moksha Yoga and Wellness

• Power Yoga

Located in Madison, Moksha Yoga and Wellness offers foundational yoga classes for beginners and yin yoga with guided Savasana for students at all levels. It also provides Ayurveda health counseling services that promote mental, emotional, and physical balance. Instructor Surya Asija began her yoga journey in 2010. She is a certified yoga health counselor and yin yoga teacher. Additionally, she has trained in the Iyengar style for six years and studied under Abhijata Iyengar, the granddaughter of B.K.S. Iyengar.

Monona Yoga

Based in Monona, Monona Yoga focuses on creating a strengthening and healing environment through yoga practice. The studio offers classes that include Zen Turtle Kid’s Yoga, Storybook Yoga, AyurYoga, Ashtanga, Yin, Wednesday’s Warriors, Vinyasa, slow flow Vinyasa, Kundalini yoga, Ashtanga basics, Aroma Yin, and alignment yoga.

Mound Street Yoga Center

Specializing in empowering and educating people through yoga, meditation, and pilates, Mound Street Yoga Center is based in Madison. The studio offers private sessions and group classes that include Tai Chi, pilates/yoga mix, gentle yoga Kripalu, gentle pilates, intro to yoga, beginning yoga, intermediate yoga, prenatal yoga, teacher training, and more.

ORTHDX Natural Fitness

ORTHDX Natural Fitness is a health and fitness center that provides training programs for building strength, flexibility, and overall wellness in Madison. The center offers restorative yoga classes that focus on meditation and relaxation through yoga postures. It caters to both male and female clients and has available packages for private training and group sessions. ORTHDX Natural Fitness is owned and operated by David Welther, the center's training director and a martial arts practitioner.

Perennial

• Teach Training

Perennial is a yoga and wisdom community that serves the Madison area. Providing an array of yoga classes such as flow yoga, flow rejuvenate, flow beginners, and ground yin yoga, it strives to help students achieve a sensory experience that unites their minds, bodies, and spirits. It also offers a 200-hour teacher training program for those who wish to become yoga instructors. Crystal Ann Hanson, one of the yoga instructors at the studio, is a certified ayurveda yoga specialist and a certified fitness nutrition coach.

Pilates Central

Owned by Vanessa Washicheck, Pilates Central is a Madison-based studio. The studio offers private and small group classes that include yoga, barre, pilates chair, pilates mat, pilates equipment, semi-private training, and private training sessions. Clients speak highly of the great teachers, excellent location, and clean studio.

Prairie Athletic Club

• Teach Training

The Prairie Athletic Club (PAC) offers Sol Hot Yoga to the locals of Madison and the surrounding areas. Members can choose between in-person classes, virtual classes, or open studio time. Some of the classes offered are yoga power, sol roll and recovery, and the sol yoga versions of core, slow flow, yin, foundations, and power. PAC also offers other programs such as CrossFit vultus, martial arts, and group fitness classes. PAC has been in the industry since 1976.

Prairie Fire Yoga

• Teach Training

Prairie Fire Yoga offers heated and non-heated yoga classes daily to learners and practitioners coming from the Madison area. Open to all levels, its classes are facilitated by experienced yoga instructors to help students reap the benefits of the practice in healing the mind and body. In addition to yoga classes, the studio also offers health and wellness services. Established in 2013, Prairie Fire Yoga is the first hot yoga studio opened in Prairie du Sac.

Resolution

• Private Lessons

Resolution is a bodywork and fitness facility serving the Madison metro and the surrounding areas. It offers 60-minute Hatha and all-levels yoga classes that are also available during lunch breaks for workers who want to feel active. Furthermore, the facility offers infrared sauna, massage therapies, functional fitness classes, Pilates classes, acupuncture and cupping, and personal training. Resolution Health Collaborative is owned by Andrea Keapproth, who has been providing clients with therapeutic solutions for their chronic pains and injuries for 13 years.

Ruthie Goldman

• Restorative Yoga
• Slow yoga
• Power Yoga
• Private Lessons

Ruthie Goldman is a yoga teacher and a life coach who has been serving clients in Madison and the surrounding communities since 2011. She co-created the Olive Tree Yoga Foundation and developed its 200-hour yoga teacher training program. She offers gentle flow yoga classes for people who have anxiety or depression, chronic illnesses, and personal problems. Her classes include warming up and grounding sessions with soothing music and optional consented assistance. In addition, Ruthie offers 30-minute life coaching and retreats.

Tantra

• Restorative Yoga

Tantra is a yoga studio that serves individuals in Madison. It allows individuals to heal themselves with modalities that address the mind, body, heart, and spirit. Its classes are divided into earth, fire, water, air, space, and awareness—each of which is designed according to the different needs of practitioners. Its space classes incorporate yin and therapeutic postures that help in refining, restoration, and resting. Founder Amy Pearce-Hayden formally studied yoga starting 1995 and is now an internationally recognized yoga teacher.

The Soul Heals

The Soul Heals focuses on energy medicine for the soul, heart, mind, and body. The studio offers workshops and classes that include Kundalini yoga and Tantra. Pat Barone, also known by the spiritual name Kavita Kaur, is a Certified Yoga Instructor, Certified Soul Awareness Healer, Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, Certified Co-Active Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Weight Management Coach, and more.

The Studio

Located in the historic Machinery Row Building in the heart of Madison, The Studio focuses on blending daily yoga classes with conscious living discussions to stretch the body and mind. The company offers classes that include fit, circuit, yoga TRX, yoga barre, yoga strong, Prana Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga, Yin, meditation and restore, morning flow, intermediate and advanced flow, gentle flow, and more. They also provide workshops, events, fitness training and weight loss, personal yoga sessions, and life/career/health consulting.

Yoga for Good

• Pre Natal

Yoga for Good provides various types of yoga classes to the residents of Madison. It offers core, gentle, and flow yoga, as well as specialty types such as chair, recovery, and aerial yoga. It also holds other fitness classes, such as barre, Pilates, ergonomics, and meditation. In addition, the studio has virtual classes on Zoom and Facebook Live. Yoga for Good supports non-profit organizations, such as the Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center and the Domestic Abuse Intervention Services.

Yoga with Kristin Sage

Teaching yoga in Madison for over ten years, Yoga with Kristin Sage is a yoga studio that provides attentive and sensitive guidance to each student. The studio offers classes that practice techniques that include asana practice, pranayama, meditation, kriya, and more. They also provide private instruction, limited mobility classes, courses, and workshops.