Best Yoga Studios In Detroit

Namaste, Detroiters! Are you seeking a place of calm amid the chaos of busy urban life? Why not look within, to meditation and yoga? Downtown and Metro Detroit are home to many excellent yoga studios of various styles. Here the best yoga studios in Detroit to help you reclaim your Zen!

Citizen Yoga
1224 Library St.
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 502-5450
www.citizenyogastudio.com

What leaps out about Citizen Yoga is the health extensions and community engagements. It offers a variety of class styles: vinyasa, ashtanga, slow burn, prenatal yoga and rehabilitative yoga (tailored to medical exceptions). There's also on-site day care, acupuncture and an online store. Community outreach takes yoga to venues like Eastern Market and the Detroit Zoo. Two convenient locations in Detroit and Royal Oak, competitive pricing, memberships and packages deals make Citizen Yoga an ideal studio.

Be Nice Yoga
4100 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 544-9787
www.beniceyoga.com

Located in Detroit's heart of Midtown, Be Nice offers all the options of a quality yoga studios, plus some extra amenities. Shaia training, music, art, meditation, community partnerships, special activities, family involvement and reasonable rates give it two thumbs up. Be Nice has memberships and discounts available. Fees are lowered the more you use the studio.

Yoga Shelter
69 W. Forest Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 831-9642
www.yogashelter.com

This studio is for hardcore yoga enthusiasts. It's not Bikrum, but Yoga Shelter does practice "hot yoga" (combination of hatha, vinyasa and power styles). Different class options are available depending on preference. It's user-driven and membership is price-by-options. There are seven Metro Detroit Yoga Shelter locations in Metro and downtown Detroit.

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Iyengar Yoga Detroit
10023 Jos Campau
Hamtramck, MI 48212
(313) 820-9579
www.iyengaryogadetroit.com

What elevates this yoga studio is a reasonable fee structure plus flexible class schedule. Restorative yoga and leveled classes work with each student's needs. The studio offers events and lessons on psoas, chakras, karma and other health and meditation helps.

Bikram Yoga Midtown Detroit
55 W. Canfield, Suite 1
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 782-4663
www.bikramyogamidtowndetroit.com

For an intensely therapeutic yoga, Bikram offers a hatha approaches in a heated environment. During each class, students spend ninety minutes doing a series of 26 yoga postures (asanas) and two breathing exercises (pranayamas). Bikrum Yoga Midtown Detroit's fees can be set up and paid yearly, monthly, weekly and daily.  New student discounts are available.

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A veteran teacher and web journalist, Marilisa Sachteleben's career spans Montessori, special education, homeschool and ESL. She writes for Examiner.com, AXS.com and Yahoo! News, on parenting, education, Detroit and her native Grand Rapids. A self-proclaimed "manic blogger," Marilisa's 55 niche blogs cover everything from autism to zoology, and everything in-between!