It’s not the first time we’ve written in the blog about the popularity of the Rotunda Yoga Studio so please forgive us if we’re rehashing old news, but many of our clients are asking us to design their yoga studios in order to create the ideal environment for yoga, meditation and workshops or exercise classes.

Whether you are a seasoned professional or a trying out a new hobby it’s worth considering which elements are most beneficial to you for the optimum Yoga Studio space in your garden.

• Light!  Practicing yoga in a dark room may certainly be on your bucket list but for most of our clients, the pre requisite is usually for a bright, airy and expansive light-filled room! We’d recommend looking for a garden room with a rooflight.  Some of our yoga studios incorporate a much larger opening dome (2m in diameter) which floods your yoga studio with natural light.
• Orient the windows to align with the best view and to a southerly elevation to capture optimum light levels.
• The energy of the space – We can confidently state that there is a positive, uplifting energy in the round and this claim has been substantiated by the feedback from all of our clients over the years.  Its strange but most definitely true, there is more to this space than shape alone – it really feels incredible. Why this is, we still can’t say. But we love it.
• Climate Control – who wants to practice on a cold floor? Or struggle in the summer in a sweltering garden building?  When looking at a Yoga Studio for your garden you might like to consider what the ‘U-Values’ of the building are (this is the figure attributed to the thermal efficiency of the building – a requirement of UK Buildings Regulations) and whether it comes with heating options.  Our clients prefer the electric underfloor heating mats under a warm oak floor or skirting board heating.
• A thermally efficient building should stay as cool in the summer as it does warm in the winter. The high level of insulation deflects the warmth of the sun and keeps the interior of the building beautifully cool.   An opening dome can serve as an immediate vent for further air-flow!
• The height of the room – Most garden studios in the marketplace at the moment take the form of a ubiquitous box with a flat roof.  No doubt this is to get around planning regulations but it doesn’t seem to do much for the aesthetics nor the functionality of the space.  If you’re using a garden room exclusively as a yoga studio in your garden it’d be worth considering whether you would invest a little more for a building with a dual pitched or apex/cathedral roof to allow you room for stretching and give the atmosphere of an expansive space in which you can breathe.
• The size of the building – are you looking to run classes from your building commercially? The addition of a cafe perhaps? Of course, a garden studio could be anything from a 4m diameter building suitable for one to one classes or could extend to the home gymnasium that we currently have in production for a Yoga teacher in Kent.

All you have to do, is imagine the type of experience you wish to create for yourself and then call us to design your yoga studio for you.

Let the magic begin!

From all at Rotunda x