Top 10 Best Yoga Studios In The Philippines

Whether you practice yoga to get that long and lean physique minus the heavy weight-lifting, to find some quite time and focus on the breath, or just to relax at the end of a chaotic day, summer is the perfect time to kick off your day with a sun salutation or wind down in corpse pose in the city's best yoga studios.

Here are the top 10 Best Yoga Studios in the Philippines:

1. Bikram Yoga Manila - Offering purely Bikram Yoga classes, ensures a comprehensive exercise that works out every muscle and organ in your body from head to toe. This type of yoga may be intense because of its heat, but the benefits include detoxification and improved flexibility.

Branch locations are:

5/F CKB Centre
203 Tomas Morato Avenue, Quezon City

15/F, 88 Corporate Center
141 Valero Street corner Sedeno Streets
Salcedo Village, Makati City

2. Ananda Marga - This charitable non-profit organization offers yoga classes where asanas are practiced, yogic treatment that includes discusssions on natural health and vegetarianism, and teachings on meditation.

Branch locations are:

46 Maamo Street
Sikatuna Village, Quezon City

42 Concord Street, Airmen's Village
Pulang Lupa, Las Pinas City

3. Echo Yoga - Focuses on niche groups, offering classes for the overweight, stressed out, for senior citizens, and even for those with ailments.

It is located at Echo Yoga Community Center Century Plaza (Penthouse Level)
120 Perea Street, Legaspi Vilage, Makati City

4. Pulse Yoga - Pulse is known for its variety--offering everything from Ashtanga to Hatha, Vinyasa to Power Yoga, as well as pre-natal and kid's yoga. It also offers mat Pilates.

Branch locations are:

33 Annapolis Street, Greenhills
4th floor Intrawest Center, San Juan

Manila Polo Club Dojo Gym
Mckinley Road, Makati City

5. Yoga Manila - Offers Ashtanga Vinsaya yoga, pre and post-natal yoga, as well as Slow Flow.

Branch locations are:

Chi Spa, EDSA Shangri-la
Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City

405 Bougainvilla corner Sanggumay, Ayala Alabang Village
Muntinlupa City

6. Sundar Bikram Yoga - Subscribe to the 26-posture sequence through the intense 105 degree F rooms that help heat up the body and get it as flexible as possible.

It is located at 3rd Floor, Fox Square Building
53 Connecticut Street, Greenhills, San Juan

7. Yoga+ - Has programs centered on Vinsaya Flow which help improve balance, flexibility and strength. The studio has a special floor that provides traction and prevents black knees and bruises, the heaters use infrared rays that heal injuries, prevent wrinkles, and kill bacteria. They also have Manduka mats which are made from recycled, non-toxic materials, yoga and bath towels, toiletries and alkaline water.

It is located at Unit 1102 Fort legend Towers
3rd Avenue corner 31st Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

8. Iyengar Yoga Center Manila - Concentrates on asanas or postures with big emphasis on precise alignment--which in the long run, helps your mind tune into your body, unifying the mind, body and spirit.

It is located at Joya Tower, Plaza Drive
Rockwell Center, Makati City

9. Ekagrata Sala - Offers Yin (a slow and relaxed form of yoga that requires you to hold the pose for five minutes), Ashtanga Vinyasa, and Vinsaya Flow. The classes are open for first-timers, regular practitioners, and returning yogis.

It is located in a non-commercial home-based yoga space inside Ayala Alabang
Can be reached at (0917) 8436111.

10. Bliss Yoga - Cater to beginners and intermediate yoga practitioners alike. Popular classes include Flow, Anusara (Sanskrit for "flowing with grace" and "following your heart") and Bhakti Urban Flow that merges chanting and vinyasa.

It is located at Unit 101 Dona Consolacion Building
122 Jupiter Street, Bel Air, Makati