Beginner yoga in Perth

A northern-suburbs studio built around pregnancy and women's yoga: five-week pregnancy courses for every trimester, yoga for active birth, mum-and-baby postnatal classes and women's immersions, plus prenatal yoga teacher training for teachers who want the specialty.

A yoga studio on Stirling Highway, Nedlands, with a wellness spa attached. The spa menu runs signature and pregnancy massage from $145 for the hour, an iKOU facial at $160, iKOU body scrubs and rituals from $140, a 45-minute infrared sauna at $50, and wellness consultations; upstairs the studio teaches vinyasa, yin, prenatal and foundation classes, with private sessions, corporate programs, workshops and retreats. Open seven days around class and appointment times.

Charley has taught for over two decades from shared studio spaces in Applecross, Bateman and Hilton, with a practice built deliberately for stiff mornings and old injuries rather than for people who already bend easily. Gentle therapeutic yoga, strength work, mindfulness and meditation, plus private yoga-therapy sessions, seniors classes and online options. Registered as a Yoga Therapist with both Yoga Australia and IAYT, and a Level 3 teacher.

A Bikram studio south of the river, running the original set sequence in a heated room. The studio makes a point of the practice being for people who do not think of themselves as yoga people — its own words are that you do not need to be fit, or young, or a devotee — and first-timers are given mat and towel hire at no cost. An introductory pass covers twenty-five days of unlimited classes.

A retreat centre on ten acres of bushland in the Perth hills, with a seasonal creek, native forest and an octagonal yoga shala. Alongside weekly classes it runs a monthly one-day silent retreat, longer weekend retreats through the year, self-guided personal retreat stays and long-form teacher training. Retreat days fold in bush walks on the property.

A North Fremantle studio whose timetable runs from power yoga and sculpt Pilates down to yin, restorative, and a yoga nidra class held inside live crystal-bowl sound healing — the guided yogic-sleep practice done properly, lying down, with the room resonating. Drop-ins $32, memberships from $39 a week.

Tamara's long-running school across Claremont and Bibra Lake studios plus online: vinyasa and yin through to meditation, soundbath classes that settle into yoga nidra, restorative work, and courses for pregnancy, children and trauma-informed practice. Unlimited membership at $49 a week, a three-week unlimited intro for newcomers, and 150- and 350-hour teacher trainings for those going deeper.

Three rooms across the metro — East Victoria Park, Joondalup and Butler — mixing hot yoga, yin and reformer Pilates, with a yin-plus-sound-bath meditation class that ends the week slowly. The northern studios run a $89 twenty-day unlimited intro across reformer and mat classes.

Scarborough's hot-room specialist: Bikram hot yoga, Sumit's hot vinyasa flow, hot core Pilates and a yin class to balance the heat, fifteen minutes up the coast from the city. Fourteen days unlimited for $39 lets newcomers try the lot before committing.

Holly Dutton teaches yoga at City Beach and runs residential retreats in WA's south-west — most recently a four-day Margaret River weekend combining daily yoga, sauna and ice bath sessions, breathwork, meditation, bush walks and a cacao ceremony, fully catered. Shared and single rooms from $1,495. Private retreats for groups of six or more can be arranged at Rottnest, Yallingup, Ferguson Valley and the Swan Valley.

A first-floor studio at Carine Central covering the full spread — vinyasa and ashtanga through to yin, restorative, pre- and post-natal, and classes for kids and teens. Built around the same three words on every page: breathe, move, meditate.

More than thirty-six classes a week across Ashtanga, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Hatha and Yin, seven days a week — including Mysore-style self-practice from 5.30am for the before-work crowd. The six-week Beginners Foundations course is the structured way in if you've never stepped on a mat.

A full spectrum of yoga offerings all designed to strengthen and open your body, calm your mind and restore balance. It's the perfect practice for navigating the fast pace of modern life. The Lab is a large space in the heart of Freo with a minimalist design, offering plenty of room even in busier classes. We run regular workshops, retreats and teacher trainings.

Fremantle's yoga and Ayurveda house, running since 2008: daily classes from gentle to dynamic, Friday-evening yoga nidra and deep-restore sessions, and an Ayurvedic clinic alongside — consultations, massage and steambox treatments. Six-week beginner courses from $126 prepaid; even Bollywood dance gets a slot in the week.

Mandy Francisty runs day retreats around Perth and weekend retreats further afield — the next in Pemberton — built from slow-flow and restorative yoga, yoga nidra, meditation, breathwork, journaling and a vegan, gluten-free lunch, each day on a different theme. Based in Two Rocks, where there is venue hire, a sauna and ice bath and weekly yoga, she is a yoga and pilates teacher, breathwork practitioner, NLP and EFT therapist and personal trainer, and takes private bookings for hens, birthdays and teams.

Neerja Ahuja's Applecross centre pairs classical Ayurvedic treatment — snehana herbal-oil massage, nasya, purvakarma and panchakarma programs — with diet and lifestyle sessions and yoga nidra. A long-established practice on the south side of the river with consultations and treatments booked separately.

A volunteer-run meditation centre teaching Raja Yoga meditation through free introductory courses, public talks and workshops, with an ongoing Thursday evening class for those who have completed the intro course. All courses, classes and retreats are offered free of charge.

A Hardy Street studio running barre alongside reformer and matwork, which is less common than it sounds — most Perth barre classes sit in gyms rather than Pilates studios. The studio is explicit that no dance background is expected; its own test is whether you can hold a barre. Yoga and private sessions run on the same timetable.

The Western Australian licensee for Master Choa Kok Sui's pranic healing system, affiliated with the Institute for Inner Studies. Runs pranic healing sessions and the full course ladder — Basic through Advanced, Pranic Psychotherapy, Psychic Self Defence, Feng Shui and Crystal levels — plus weekly Meditation on Twin Hearts and monthly full-moon meditations at venues around Perth.

Monthly two-hour conscious connected breathwork in a warm room at Spanda Yoga, capped at ten people. Sessions pair the guided breathing with plain-science education and a follow-up email the next day, which is more aftercare than most group breathwork offers. Mats, bolsters and blankets provided.