A studio of slow practice
The body,
unhurried.
Glide is a small studio of vinyasa, mobility and breath. Classes are written the way letters are written — to one person, on a soft morning. We keep the rooms quiet, the schedule unrushed, and the teaching close.
Room 02 — linen, south light
see rooms48 min
average practice length
3.2 yrs
average membership
1 : 14
teacher to practitioner
Six rooms
linen, stone, warm wood
Slow VinyasaRestorativeYin & HoldBreath SequencingMobility for RunnersPre-natalPost-natalSunset HathaNervous-system resetLong FloorShoulder CareWalking MeditationSlow VinyasaRestorativeYin & HoldBreath SequencingMobility for RunnersPre-natalPost-natalSunset HathaNervous-system resetLong FloorShoulder CareWalking Meditation
01 · The practice
Six ways of
being on a mat.
We run six kinds of class, each with its own register. Nothing is hybrid, nothing is bootcamp-adjacent. If one room is a slow song, the next is a long silence.
a slow sunday · 8:00 am
AslowSundaybeginsthewayabreathdoes —withoutannouncement.Bolstersstacked.Aclaycup.Lightthroughlinen.Thebody,unhurried.
the body, unhurried
02 · Whispered numbers
Quiet on purpose,
measured anyway.
14 bodies
per class at most — every mat has a metre of air around it
2.4 %
of classes cancelled in two years. A teacher we know picks up.
92 %
of members return after their first intro class week
6 rooms
linen light, stone floors, warm wood, no fluorescents
1 hr
the average class length — no fifteen-minute flows
0
a/c units running during restorative hours, as a rule
03 · Teachers
A small roster,
kept for a long time.
Four teachers on our main roster. Each has been practising for at least seven years, and teaching with us for at least three. None of them were hired in a hurry.
04 · Letters
From the front desk tin.
We keep a tin on the front desk where practitioners leave notes on folded paper. Three of them, with permission, reprinted here.
No. 01
“I came in with a frozen shoulder I had been carrying for nine months. On the fourth week of the mobility class I reached into the top cupboard without thinking and laughed out loud in my kitchen.”
A. Kovač, 41 — mobility class, Tuesday 7am
No. 02
“The pre-natal room smells like tangerine peel. Ísabel walked me through a practice I could do lying on my left side in the third trimester, and then, months later, with a newborn asleep on my chest.”
Lior Benitez-Pereira, 33 — pre-natal, Thursday 11am
No. 03
“I do not normally write notes to places. I am writing this one because I do not know where else to put the fact that for the first time in four years I have slept through the night.”
Unsigned — Restorative, Sunday evenings
05 · A small week
This week,
quietly.
mon
slow vinyasa
07:00
with ísabel
tue
mobility for athletes
07:30
with noor
wed
pre-natal
11:00
with ísabel
thu
breath sequencing
18:30
with tomás
fri
restorative
19:00
with wren
sat
long floor (community)
09:00
with wren + ísabel
sun
silence week closes
—
with all
06 · Before you come in
A few gentle questions.
Yes — especially. The slow vinyasa, restorative and breath sequencing classes are built for bodies that have never unrolled a mat. Our teachers give two options for every shape; you can practice the whole class in a chair or on the floor. There is no ladder here, no way to fall behind.
07 · A first class
Come in quietly.
Leave slowly.
A first-class week is four introductory sessions paired with a private fifteen minutes with one of our teachers. No commitment, no conversion funnel — a pot of tea afterwards is the closest thing we do to a sales call.