The journal · 5 pieces
Written slowly, posted rarely.
Notes from the teachers on breath, the room and the decisions behind the rules. A new piece every six weeks or so, when one is finished. No newsletter sequence, no pop-up.
- beginners
- breath
- money
- phones
- rest
- studio
- teaching
the latest
What sixteen mats actually cost
Where your £16 goes, why we will not add a seventeenth mat, and why there is no joining fee. The studio's numbers, published once a year.
2026
5.5 seconds, and why we count it out loud
No app, no metronome, no soundtrack. A person at the front of the room saying numbers is the oldest technology we use, and still the best.
- Tomáš Řeháček
- breath
- teaching
- 2 min
The basket by the door
Sixteen mats, one willow basket, zero exceptions. What happened when we stopped letting phones into the room — including the complaints.
- Stillwater
- studio
- phones
- 2 min
Why nothing here starts before 9:30
Every studio we visited before opening sold a 6am class as discipline. We think it is mostly a sleep deficit with a membership fee attached.
- Neve Ashworth
- studio
- rest
- 2 min