Iyengar Yoga Detroit — Local services in Hamtramck

IYDC is a dream! This welcoming studio has empathetic, generous teachers aimed at supporting and encouraging you. The studio is beautiful and charming, featuring an amazing wooden rope wall. The teachers are wonderful, extremely knowledgeable, curious, and energetic. I especially appreciate George's beginner classes and Erin's Uterine health class!

If you've ever considered trying yoga, or are looking for a new practice, I would strongly recommend this spot! In fact, I have been lovingly teased by friends for how often I bring up Iyengar as a solution for their aches and pains.

It's also worth mentioning, that this is the first practice type and studio that's helped me stick with a fitness practice--I have been going for over a year. I feel an increase in physical ability, but also mental capability and calm.

In addition to it being a wonderful studio, I also appreciate that it is cooperatively owned, with a commitment to accessible classes for everyone! It's located on one of the charming main streets of Hamtramck.

THANK YOU IYENGAR...

I thought I hated yoga until a massage therapist insisted I come to this studio, and I immediately realized that This Is Not Your Typical White Lady yoga studio. The healing-justice-centered and trauma-informed approach that the teachers at IYDC use when instructing this more philosophical, spiritual, and medicinal yoga lineage ensures that everyone, regardless of their (lack of) prior yoga experience, will be treated with respect and a more-thoughtful, no-one-left-behind practice. If you need a yoga practice where the teachers are trained through thousands of hours to ensure that each student is positioned correctly to avoid injury and assist in healing, THIS IS THE PLACE. I especially appreciated the co-op business model and its anti-racist approach to everything it does. I found a community at this studio, and found that the more I got involved, the more I knew about the co-op itself. But even just attending the in-person or online classes gave me an inner strength I needed to match my growing outer strength. I...

I signed up and paid for the uterine yoga class through their website a few hours before the class was supposed to start. I drove to the location they had on their webpage (Yemans location) and the door was locked and lights were shut off. Confused, I called the phone number provided on the webpage and the voicemail stated a different address a few blocks from that location. So I got in my car and drove to the other location, this address (Caniff location) had its doors locked as well and what looked like construction materials inside when I peered through the window. I again called the number and got voicemail. I looked online and there was indeed a class scheduled for the day and time I was there. Also, there was no note on the webpage about location change or construction. I am still waiting for a response to my message as to why...