I’ve been attending yoga classes as long as I’ve lived in London, but my interest initially peaked when I tried my first hot yoga session – a concept made famous by Bikram Choudhury in the 1970s. He started teaching in 40-degree heat as a way of mimicking the Indian climate and traditional conditions of the practice. Fast forward to 2025 in London, and the practice has become a coveted pastime for many.
Spending as little as an hour in a room of that temperature, moving your body in ways you wouldn’t naturally, is undoubtedly intense. But for many, the benefits outweigh the discomfort. It encourages flexibility and allows the body to sink more deeply into stretches, adds a cardiovascular boost to even the simplest of sequences and requires deep concentration. The latter encourages a meditative flow state, and often, people leave feeling mentally restored as well as physically.
Among our listings are classes that follow traditional Hatha yoga sequencing (a series of static postures) as well as Vinyasa Yoga (something more fluid and free, often with an instructor’s own spin), and Yin yoga (a calming practice that encourages deep muscular release by combining restorative positions that are held for between 2 and 5 minutes each). Whether you’re looking to try something new, perhaps TriYoga’s Warm Yoga is a good one to start with? –, want to complement a strength-focused training program, or already have an established practice and simply feel intrigued by the best hot yoga classes in London, there should be something below to inspire you.
What to know before you try hot yoga for the first time:
1. Hydrate
It’s important to arrive hydrated and take a bottle of water (or coconut water, as is sometimes recommended) into the session with you. Post class, continue to drink plenty of hydrating liquids to replenish those lost.
2. Try not to eat directly before a class
As with most intense exercise sessions, eating a big meal or heavy, rich food prior to a class is not advised.
3. Take a mat towel (or small other towel)
It’s almost a guarantee that you will sweat during these sessions, so arriving with a mat towel (or a normal towel) is a good idea, especially if you’re borrowing equipment from the studio.
4. Take breaks
In some sessions, instructors will advise when and how to take breaks, but it’s important that you feel confident enough to sit out a few moves or take a momentary child's pose/savasana whenever you need it throughout the session. This is especially key if you’re new to a heated room.
5. Don’t push your body too far
The benefit of a heated room is that it encourages and allows muscles to release and relax a little more than they would otherwise, but remain mindful of your body’s limits, and avoid pushing moves significantly further than you think feels ‘normal’ for your anatomy to avoid injury.
6. Talk to the instructor
Especially if you’re new. This will give them a sense of awareness and perhaps adapt their use of language or levels of demonstration in a way that’s helpful to you and others in the room
The best hot yoga studios in London
Mission E1, Shoreditch
Mission is arguably the coolest yoga studio in London. It’s the brainchild of TriYoga founder Genny Wilkinson, and it’s tucked away down Fashion Street in Shoreditch, bordered by buildings with black iron windows and graffiti-sprayed brick walls (the kind only East London gets away with in an endearingly edgy way). Here is where the city’s best instructors fill their schedules and where new or experienced yogis can try a multitude of practices, join workshops, and even indulge in a treatment or two. In the heated room, a 4-beat sequence inspired by Marcus Veda and Good Life Yoga School’s identifiable approach to vinyasa, or a class appropriately named Hot 26&2, which flows through 26 postures and two breathwork exercises. If hot yoga is your thing, then these sessions offer something a little different to the norm, but I stand by my pre-existing opinion that the best sessions on the schedule are RocketBeats by Imi Wiseman and Alan Ellman’s (see you there at 6.45am on a Friday). Be warned, this studio is expensive. It’s £28 for an in-person drop-in, plus a £4 mat hire and £1 for a towel. Regulars tend to leave their mats in the changing rooms.
Address: 7-9 Fashion St, London E1 6PX
Price: £28 per drop-in session, with packages available
Website: mission-e1.com
TriYoga
For anyone apprehensive about spending at least an hour in a heated room, TriYoga offers sessions with a slightly lower temperature that might appeal. Its Warm Yoga and Warm Vinyasa Flow takes place in a room that maxes 30 degrees instead of 36-38 degrees. The infrared ceiling panels undoubtedly have an impact, but the slightly lower levels of heat do make a significant difference. The studio in Camden is one of the original outposts, but there are others dotted around the capital if heading north doesn’t appeal. The facilities are nice enough, but not the most luxurious in London – TriYoga is, and always has been, more about the quality of the session than the boujie changing rooms and state-of-the-art equipment.
Address: 57a Jamestown Road, London NW1 7DB
Price: £25 per single class credit
Website: triyoga.co.uk
Psycle, Bank
In 2025, Psycle opened a new studio in Bank, in the former Another Space building, just a five-minute walk from the station (or The Ned, depending on what your preferred landmark might be). It’s glossy, it's fabulous, and it's home to an infra-red studio with four mirrored walls but – gratefully – flattering low lighting. This is an excellent option if you’re into multi-disciplinary training but you don’t fancy signing up to more than one London studio at a time. The schedule includes ride (as the name suggests), reformer pilates and barre as well as yoga, so if you wanted to do a different discipline for four days of the working week, it’s doable. The Infrared Release is based on Yin yoga, so it's slow, meditative and encourages students to sit in postures for between two and five minutes at a time. The benefit of doing this in the heat is that the muscles in the body soften and stretch more deeply and more quickly. Expect minimal movement, maximum zen.
Address: 40 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5EH
Price: £26 per single class credit, with packages available
Website: psyclelondon.com
Fierce Grace, Primrose Hill
Fierce Grace was the first hot yoga studio I tried when I moved to North London many moons ago, and I stand by the belief that its concept and sequencing are still among the best in the city. Back then, I loved a 50-minute ‘Fix’ session, which has since been bumped from the schedule, but the FG60 and the FG75 were by far the most popular classes (maybe that explains the change). All its outposts focus solely on heated sessions, and no matter what day or time you book, you’ll be attending a hot yoga class. Visit more than once and you’ll start to notice the strict and structured sequencing of the sessions – they follow a formula that doesn’t tend to deviate week after week, but that means you’ll genuinely see and feel the improvements in your posture, alignment, strength and stamina as you build on your experience.
Address: 200 Regents Park Road, London NW1 8BE
Price: £26 per drop-in class
Website: fiercegrace.com
Third Space, Marylebone
Above all, Third Space is a gym and a wellness destination. Members here spend serious amounts of time and money in their chosen studio, and there are luxuries included in a membership that go above and beyond a simple drop-in setup. Some studios have a pool and a sauna, and all are fitted with state-of-the-art changing rooms, which make getting there more appealing than at home. The Marylebone outpost is home to a heated studio, where Flexibility Flow classes focus on a different yogic element (twists, folds, backbends, etc) per session and classes last a quick but effective 45 minutes. This is perhaps a place to add hot yoga to your schedule if it’s already packed with strength and cardio sessions and you’re looking for a release – the heat and the faster pace of the classes compared to at other venues will keep non-yogis interested, and the fact you’re out and showered within the hour will suit those more interested in the physical benefits than the mental or spiritual escapism. What’s more? The studio itself simply looks good. It is a Third Space, after all.
Address: Bulstrode Pl, London W1U 2HU
Price: A club membership for the Marylebone gym costs £260pm
Website: thirdspace.london
HotPod
I've tried a few hot yoga classes in my time, but I'd left it a few too many years and felt nervous about trying it again – particularly when the class involves entering an inflatable heated tent that is firmly zipped closed as class begins. But I needn't have worried – at HotPod, instructors are well aware of how intimidating the tent may look, and cater to all newbies with extra care. Classes are done in dim lighting, with soothing scents sprayed and deep music to flow along to. Five classes are available to book at most studios (studios are spread out around London – I regularly attend the South Wimbledon one): Rest and Restore, Dynamic Flow, Foundation Flow, Nurturing Flow and Hotpod Flow. Hotpod Flow is the most frequent class, and while the foundation or nurturing classes might be best for beginners, know that in all classes, you are welcome to take breaks and rest in child's pose as and when you need to. Olivia Morelli
Address: Several studios across London
Price: £18 for a single class pass
Website: hotpodyoga.com
The Good Rooms
Perched on the top of Muswell Hill in North London is The Good Rooms. The classes here are without a doubt the best thing I can simultaneously do for my body and my mind. The studio is an inviting, warm, candlelit space from the moment you walk in, with soothing rainforest sounds echoing all around. It feels more like a cosy hug than your typical yoga class. You’re completely dripping within seconds of entering the studio, but in the best way. Most classes here last around 75 minutes, which allows you plenty of time to settle into the flow completely. Whether it’s a long, deep stretch in Bliss, a meditative moment in Reset, or you sink into a dream-like state in Yin and Gong Deep Relaxation. It’s total escapism. I walk in kinda stressed, but walk out feeling like I’m floating. Chelsea Hughes
Address: 56 Muswell Hill, London N10 3ST
Price: £23 for a single class pass
Website: thegoodrooms.co.uk