Restorative is the most supported thing on a yoga timetable. Bolsters, blankets and blocks hold you in a small number of shapes so that very little effort is being made, and the class is largely spent still.
4 of the 42 yoga listings in the directory match this view: restorative yoga. The count is live, and the order below is members first, then alphabetical — never by rating.
Beginner friendly — 3 of the 4 here say so on their own website or timetable.
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.
Two rooms on the coast — Railway Street in Cottesloe and a second inside the Swanbourne Surf Club — running more than thirty classes a week between them. The timetable is unusually wide for a studio this size: vinyasa and power vinyasa at one end, hatha flow and slow flow in the middle, and yin restorative, yin and yang, and myofascial release at the other. Sound healing runs as its own session and paired with yin.
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.
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.
The props are the class, not an accommodation, and the studio provides them. Expect to spend most of the hour lying down, and bring a layer — you will not be generating much heat, and rooms are often kept warm for that reason.
Restorative sits close to yin on a timetable and the two are often confused. Yin works into the same shape for several minutes with some sensation; restorative aims for none, with the props taking the weight.
A style built entirely around support. A handful of shapes are propped with bolsters, blankets and blocks so that almost no muscular effort is being made, and each is held for several minutes.
4 of the 42 yoga listings in the directory publish restorative classes. The count is live.
How much you are asked to feel. Yin holds a shape long enough for sensation to build; restorative props you up so there is as little as possible. Studios frequently run both and the timetable names which.
Studios generally list it as an all-levels class, and there is no sequence to learn. Tell the teacher before you start if anything needs adapting — the props are adjusted to you rather than the other way round.
The teacher sets up each shape with props, you settle into it, and you stay there for several minutes while very little is said. Expect four or five shapes across an hour, and to be repositioned rather than corrected.
Sound baths in the hills above Armadale — fortnightly Sunday sonic immersions plus sunset, full-moon and cacao-ceremony sessions, with mats, bolsters and blankets provided. The bush setting is half the experience, and a three-event pass suits people who want it as a regular reset rather than a one-off.
One of Perth's longest-standing yoga studios, running morning vinyasa, hatha, beginners, therapy yoga, restorative yin and mum-and-bubs classes from Petra Street. Occasional sound bath evenings round out a timetable built for regulars rather than drop-in tourists.
Running since 2005 under founders with research doctorates and a thoughtful, non-performative approach, this Colin Street studio teaches Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Yin and pregnancy yoga in person and online. The three-week unlimited introduction is a proper way to test whether a regular practice fits your week.