Class styles

Join us for this specialist arm balances and inversions class and get to grips with going upside-down and on your hands. With carefully curated drills pulled from multiple disciplines, your teacher will guide you through a workshop-style class focused on yoga inversions (such as handstand and headstand), arm balances and the trickier transitions you might find in your yoga practice. Want to feel strong and well-balanced? This class is for you.

Suitable for all those with a regular yoga practice.

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a practice that links breath and movement in a continuous flow. This class is based on the Ashtanga Primary Series – a dynamic sequence of postures practiced with focused breathing techniques, designed specifically to align the body and strengthen the nervous system, while cultivating a feeling of inner peace and leading to a natural state of meditation. This is an open level class, and everyone is welcome, however some yoga experience is recommended.

Please note: Hannah Whittingham’s classes will be taught to music.

An inclusive class for parents, caregivers and babies, Baby & Me combines nursery rhymes, massage, and gentle yoga. This is a perfect opportunity for sharing experiences and knowledge, to make new friends and connect with other parents and caregivers – and realise you are not alone!

As well as yoga, you’ll learn baby massage techniques to aid with digestive issues, constipation and colic; relaxed walking and holds to calm and settle your baby; and serene relaxation techniques to develop emotional awareness as well as a positive use of voice while communicating with your baby. Feel free to nurse, change, bounce, feed and walk around.

The class is suitable for mothers from 15 weeks post birth (or until ‘signed off’ by GP) and to all pre-crawling babies. Yoga mats and props are provided but please bring a muslin or blanket for baby to lie on.

New to yoga? Come to one (or two, or three…) of our beginners classes to get your yoga practice started and feel comfortable in a studio environment.

This class will demystify some of the key postures (and Sanskrit terms) of yoga while taking things at a slower, manageable pace, so you can learn some of the basics, before exploring other classes on our schedule.

We also offer beginners workshops and courses for a more in-depth introduction to yoga – keep your eyes peeled or ask reception.

Beginners’ Yoga in Peckham (and Online) is at 10:00-11:00 on Saturday.
Beginners’ Yoga in Streatham is at  11:45-12:45 on Sunday.

In this class we will be exploring conscious, connected, and therapeutic breathing. This powerful breathwork technique is designed to help unlock and release trapped emotions. We will start and end the session with an opportunity to relax and allow you the space to connect with the mind and body.

Connect with higher aspects of yourself, entering a meditative state for guidance and insight during this transformative 90 – minute breathwork experience.

Please note: This is not a classic meditation session – Breathwork involves a powerful breathing technique that can trigger altered states of consciousness leading you into positive change – if you have any questions please reach out to kerry@togetherwebreathe.co.uk

This type of Breathwork may trigger powerful physical and emotional responses. If you have any underlying conditions, please consult your GP before practicing.

Our Community Yoga Classes are usually dynamic and flowing in style – Dynamic Flow, Yoga Flow or Yogasana. They are taught by our 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Graduates as part of their on-going learning. We often ask for feedback so please do get in touch if you have any.

Suitable for beginners, all abilities are welcome. 

Our community classes are £7 in person or £3 online, however if this is still not accessible for you, please email hello@yogarise.london for a free of charge space (or whatever is within your means).

Founded by Brazilian Sri Dharma Mittra, Dharma yoga is a strong physical and mental practice that will increase your mobility, flexibility and strength.

Dharma is a beautiful devotional practice that emphasises good health, a clear mind and a kind heart. Through a series of postures, the teacher will take you on a journey that may explore more advanced variations, such as deep back-bends and inversions.

Marcia Sharp in Queen’s Park teaches a Level 2 Dharma class which is only suitable for those with a very strong practice and plenty of yoga experience.

Dynamic Flow is a vinyasa yoga style that is upbeat, challenging and often taught to music – you can expect to have fun and get sweaty!

This style of yoga is designed to challenge the body while quietening the mind, using a series of varied yoga postures that synchronise the breath with continual flowing movement.

Dynamic flow classes vary from teacher to teacher as they draw upon their diverse influences and own individual styles, but most classes will open with sun salutations, include standing and seated asanas (postures), and conclude with a savasana (relaxation).

Suitable for all abilities, though some yoga experience is recommended.

Yogarise Queen’s Park is proud to be an official home for Fierce Grace, bringing hot yoga classes from their signature Fierce Grace Method to the studio. Classes offer a unique blend of all yoga styles, HiiT, Pilates and slow strength. Fierce Grace enables you to achieve the ultimate combination of strength and flexibility for both body and mind.

FIERCE GRACE (45 / 60 / 75 MINS)

Everything you ever wanted in a hot yoga class. Multi-level, multi-style. Fluid and expansive. A whole body expression. Strength and power balanced by depth and relaxation.The main class in the FG system, a user-friendly but challenging general level class. Fluid but not a “flow” class, the class develops freedom of movement, breath and power. It works 100% of the body safely in an empowering way. Expect hip openers, deep twists, upper body, glute and core strength. FG is a combination of the best of Hatha, Power and Ashtanga yoga, sequenced with Interval timing and Slow movement. It balances your Fierce with your Grace. Performed to music it develops a sense of physical and mental freedom. Beginners work to their own level while more experienced can move into their deeper expression. The Fierce Grace class is central to the FG Method and the class they all originate from.

DEEP CORE (60 / 75 MINS)

Deep Slow Stretch. Flexibility and alignment of our “true core” – the pelvis, hips and lower back. Deep relaxation. The deepest stretch out there. Suitable for beginners and advanced students alike, the class focusses mainly on the flexibility and alignment of our “true core” – the pelvis, hips, lower back and their supporting muscles. The class is predominantly floor based and is both motivating and relaxing. Foundation standing poses improve alignment and give freedom to drop any desire to “perform” while connecting us deeply with body and breath. The floor series favours longer slower holds to allow deep connective tissue releases, providing safe and lasting flexibility. This class develops awareness and sensitivity, which are keys to a successful yoga practice.

PRIMAL (60 / 75 MINS)

A simple powerful class aimed at the body’s full natural functional movement. The key foundation poses from the FG system, a breath-led Warrior sequence coupled with groan inducing core and upper body strengthening, deep hip openers and relaxation. A foundational class for strength, flexibility, stamina and alignment. Awaken your primal instincts and get in prime condition. An evolution of the Classic Class that is safe for newcomers whilst moving the avid FG-o-phile into new areas. Key foundation poses, a breath-led Warrior sequence, animal and natural functional movements, and groan inducing core and arm strengthening. The simplicity of the class is balanced by its power. A great foundation class suitable for newcomers and experienced alike. Get back your primitive, animal freedom.

IN (75 MINS)

A deep, slow muscle and joint release class, based entirely on the floor. Deeply correcting, aligning, and releasing. Improve joint mobility while gradually getting wound down, de-stressed and softened. In this class you will open your hips, spine, neck, shoulders and wrists carefully, deeply and softly. You will get flexible in slow holds, stronger in stationary core activators,and passively and actively open tight areas with the help of props. You will go from active poses to gradually getting wound down, de-stressed and softened. We end with a long guided relaxation/meditation. Retreat INward to re-connect, relax and restore your power and truth. “Yin” on steroids.

WILD (60 MINS)

An uplifting cardio-kundalini, muscle-sculpting class. Power up, get fit and ripped with a mix of strength poses, Kundalini, core and upper body strengtheners, stamina building and purifying breath work. Lose weight, get ripped and go Wild. GET RIPPED (not torn.) WILD is a unique combination of Yoga’s strength poses, Kundalini Yoga, Core strengthening, Qui Gong, HIIT and Super Slow training. Constant movement combined with long slow strength holds, bring about an effective combination of freedom and control. Strengthens and sculpts every inch of your body while benefitting your joints. We work core, legs, neck, arms, back and glutes. This high energy, stamina building class is great for endurance, muscle tone, and weight loss. Perfect for flexible people who need to strengthen. If you are looking for weight loss, long lean muscle and cardio vascular conditioning this is the class for you.

FG2 (60 / 75 MINS)

The intermediate version of the Fierce Grace class. Experiment with more developed versions of poses, allowing more experienced students deeper exploration, while beginners can remain safely in the earlier expression of the pose. Optional excursions into intermediate expressions brings alchemical, unpredictable, magical freedom. Launch into uncharted territory with a safety net below your bare feet. An evolution of the popular Fierce Grace class, giving an alchemical mix of structure and freedom. Explore variations, the unexpected, optional advanced poses and surprises. Move your practise along wherever openings occur for you. Cleverly sequenced to embrace all levels, FG2 straddles Fierce Grace and The Beast allowing more experienced students deeper exploration of advanced poses, while beginners can remain safely in the earlier expression of the pose. A truly user-friendly intermediate class everyone can enjoy, FG2 progresses your practise with optional excursions into alchemical, unpredictable, magical freedom. Discover more advanced versions of poses you know. Nudge yourself deeper when you feel like it. Develop greater stamina, strength and flexibility. All levels can move into a more advanced practise if they desire in this no-pressure enjoyment of movement.

THE FIX (50 MINS)

The condensed version of everything with some added surprises. This is a super-charged class designed to maintain your practise when you are high on motivation but low on time. A mix of Classic, Primal and FG, with a focus on arms, abs, breath and stamina. The Fix blends elements of all the classes, including the key foundation poses, core strength upper body and ab conditioning and deep hip opening. A great maintenance class it whips you into shape faster than you can say ‘Namaste’. For the motivated person on a tight schedule, this is an effective no-frills yoga class combining cardiovascular sweat-inducing poses, strength, flexibility, body sculpting, and stress-release through breath and relaxation. Do it in your lunch hour or on your way home from work and your energy levels will soar. Thirty minutes standing, twenty minutes floor work to leave you revitalised and raring to go.

FIERCE – AKA ‘THE BEAST’ (105 MINS)

The fiercest and fullest expression of Fierce Grace. An advanced class. Designed to take you to the next level in strength, flexibility, balance, patience and sense of humour. Learn the developments of the poses you have learned in the other classes and the safe steps to master some of the most glamorous poses in yoga. You’ve learned the alphabet now speak the language. An advanced class with no superior attitude. This class is guaranteed to take your yoga practice to new heights with arm balancing poses, deep hip opening, inversions, lotus, shoulder opening, deep backbends, and deeper meditation. Taught in an encouraging, non-judgmental atmosphere to great tunes and an expansive freedom. The intermediate practitioner is encouraged to work at their own pace and the advanced practitioner is encouraged to explore new horizons under expert guidance. “Fierce” makes us superhuman with its wide alphabet of physical, emotional and spiritual expression. Not suitable for beginners.

FOUNDATION (60 MINS)

At last a foundation class that isn’t too easy. Develop correct technique while strengthening safely. Suitable for newcomers who want to learn alignment as well as experienced practitioners who value a regular physical reset. This yoga/physiotherapy class draws on elements from all the FG classes. Learn the 12 key poses in the FG method too ensure a seamless transition to the rest of the FG classes. Scientifically proven physiotherapy exercises and yoga poses strengthen knees, lower back, core, hamstrings, hips and shoulders in a dynamic, enjoyable class. The class delivers retraining of muscle groups and strengthening of unstable areas of the body. Receive personalised suggestions form our Senior teachers.

Flow + Restore is a balanced practice built through a steady-paced vinyasa flow sequence followed by grounding restorative postures.

The combination of ‘flow’ (a breath-paced vinyasa sequence) and ‘restore’ (supported restorative poses) has a calming effect on the mind and body.

Yoga props such a bolsters, blankets and eye pillows may be used during this class (and are provided in all our studios).

This yoga style varies from teacher-to-teacher so don’t forget to read their bio when booking. All levels welcome.

Relax into the healing vibrations of sound as you let go and detach from ‘chitter-chatter’ of the mind. Gong meditation and sound therapy, has been around for thousands of years as a way of healing.

Producing a sound wave, the vibration of the gong and other instruments create the perfect calm, safe and welcoming space to relax. You will be guided to a restful, meditative state using a variety of sounds. Stimulating frequencies create parasympathetic reactions that allow us to clear blockages whether emotional, mental, or physical. Work with such sound tools can be detoxing, balancing, de-stressing and uplifting.

Craig Rogerson of ‘Soundworks’ offers monthly Group Sound Meditation at our Queen’s Park studio. Some teachers use gong or sound to the end of their yoga asana classes, or keep an eye on our workshops page for special events.

Hatha is a branch of yoga designed to increase self-awareness through systematic exploration of the physical body.

In Sanskrit ‘ha-tha’ means ’sun-moon’, which indicates how Hatha Yoga synergistically unites and balances these two energies. The literal translation of Hatha is ‘force’ or ‘effort’, which alludes to the dedication to practice and the physical techniques used within this tradition, including asana (poses), pranayama (breathing), and stillness practices like yoga nidra and meditation.

Through this practice, you learn to find balance – not just standing on one leg, but the balance between effort and ease in each posture.

Hatha yoga is a great place to build foundations for your yoga practice as well as your life. Suitable for all abilities.

This Hatha/Scaravelli Inspired Yoga class focuses on somatic movements and asana (postures) using the ground, breath, spine, expansion, and space.

The practice begins on the ground where Lara will guide you away from ‘doing’ movement but rather sensing and feeling into ‘being’ movement, opening up sensory awareness and new neurological pathways through the body.

Exercises on the ground invite spirals, rotations, circular and sliding, gliding movements to reduce myofascial holding and then you are guided from the ground into an intelligent asana sequence to integrate, strengthen, elongate and bring a new found vitality and radiance to your inner structures.

Your mind becomes calm, focused and body free of tension. It’s a deeply intelligent, nurturing and grounding practice allowing you to get in contact with your true inner nature without imposing outer layers or a conditioned mind. A truly mediative and transformational experience.

Open to all levels.

B.K.S. Iyengar’s method of practising and teaching Hatha yoga developed from a profound understanding of the subtleties of yoga asana. Concentrating on building strong alignment, Iyengar yoga ensures a strong, safe and progressive exploration of the asana (physical poses).

Props such as belts, bricks, wall ropes and blankets are used to help students perform the correct actions as they develop their practice. Classes tend to be slower paced, but physically demanding, with a focus on alignment and the transformational potential of the asanas.

Suitable for all, but particular attention to attending the appropriate level is recommended. The Iyengar Yoga levels are as follows:

LEVEL 1: A great place to start your Iyengar Yoga journey. Level 1 is perfect for beginners and those wanting to get back to basics. This level will focus on fundamental principles of posture and sequence. Please attend 6 months of Level 1 before moving on to other levels.

LEVEL 2: Suitable for those with 6 months+ attendance of Level 1 Iyengar. Classes will typically cover a wide range of postures including forward folds, back bends, twists, inversions and restorative poses.

LEVEL 3: These classes are challenging and typically include more advanced postures. Level 3 classes are suitable for experienced practitioners only.

This is a Vinyasa Flow Yoga class with a difference! In this fun and dynamic practice you will move 360 degrees around your mat as we flow through strong poses and inversions to the rhythm of the breath.

The class begins and closes with yin yoga postures. The sequences are designed to target specific areas of the body, which relate to their corresponding chakra and the elements of the Mayan calendar.

A wonderfully complete vinyasa practice, this class is a treat and challenge for the body and mind.

All abilities welcome, though some yoga experience recommended.

Mat Barre is an energising Ballet-inspired class designed to increase strength and flexibility.

The session includes elements of Yoga, Pilates, strength training and stretching.

It will often make use of prop like balls, small weights and bands and targeting feet, ankles, calves, quads, glutes, core and more!

This class is open to everyone, no experience is necessary.