OUR STORY
Yoga Yard is a serene, purpose-built studio with a calming courtyard garden, providing a true sanctuary in the heart of Dublin. This tranquil atmosphere permeates from the reception area through the changing rooms to the studios, enhancing the yoga experience. Every area has been mindfully created for yoga students to delve deeper, explore limits, develop strength, stamina, balance and most of all breath, so they have the ability to slow down or power up as life requires.
The studio’s temperature is achieved by bringing hot air into the room. The air is heated energy-efficiently, with the help of an air-to-heat pump, and photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. Heated fresh air is constantly being introduced into the room to replace stale air using mechanical ventilation heat recovery units, allowing you to enjoy fresh filtered indoor air. The studio floor is specially designed for hot yoga with an antibacterial, non-slip surface.
Yoga Yard is the culmination of the very best of Anne Parsons' yoga experiences over the past 15 years. Her journey has encompassed participation in several teacher training programmes by renowned yoga teachers around the world. She has experienced first-hand the wonderful benefits of yoga, particularly hot yoga.
Anne wanted to open a studio designed to offer yoga to students of all levels in a safe, welcoming and calming environment. In 2013, Anne met yoga teacher and studio owner, Fiona McNamara and was inspired by her teaching approach. The two became friends and Fiona agreed to one day bring her expertise to Yoga Yard.
The final piece of the puzzle was the location. After an extensive search, Anne eventually came across a builders yard in Irishtown. Its former use inspired the name of the new studio and with years of planning and preparation – Yoga Yard finally opened its doors in March 2023.
OUR SPACE
OUR VISION
Yoga Yard’s top priority is to provide teaching of the highest calibre, which is why Anne asked Fiona to be involved from the beginning. Together they bring a team of highly skilled, qualified yoga instructors, specialising in a range of yoga styles.
The Yoga Yard logo represents the synergies created by the student, the teacher and the community moving together in harmony. Hot yoga builds and integrates the suppleness and strength of the body and mind that helps you to take on the inevitable challenges of life, and trust in your own abilities to cope.
It is a lifelong practice of choosing over and over again to build yourself up with kindness and care.Yoga Yard is a place where movement unites mind, body, and spirit.