Down Under School of Yoga

At Down Under, we’re proud to be teacher-led and teacher-focused. That means investing in teachers as educators, leaders, and community builders, not just in the 60 minutes at the front of the room 🌟 Behind every class is thoughtful planning, continued learning, relationship-building, and a genuine commitment to helping students feel seen, supported, and connected.

You’ll notice there’s very little footage from inside class. That’s by design. Our studios are phone-free spaces, which means many of the moments that matter most — the breakthroughs, the conversations, the laughter, the collective exhale — happen away from the camera.

We’re grateful for teachers like Lyndsay, who remind us that this work is about so much more than movement. It’s about creating spaces where people can show up as themselves and find community.

🌈 Join Lyndsay this weekend for her 4th Annual Pride Sculpt & Flow fundraiser, a joyful celebration of movement, music, and community in support of BAGLY ✨

📲 Tap the link in bio to sign up for the fundraiser, learn more about our teachers, becoming a teacher, or to sign up for class with Lyndsay!

This or That: Hot Power Flow & Hot Power Pilates teacher edition ❤️‍🔥 Welcome Mena Fenwick to Down Under!

Mena brings a spirit of curiosity, humility, and self-study to everything she teaches. Her classes balance thoughtful sequencing, accessible instruction, and the belief that yoga can be both a grounding practice and a space for discovery 🫶🌈

That perspective is informed by her work beyond the studio as well. A graduate of Wellesley College, where she studied education and psychology, Mena is currently pursuing her master’s degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education while teaching middle school mathematics ☀️🧮 Her commitment to educational equity, particularly supporting students with disabilities and fostering more inclusive learning environments, shows up in the care, clarity, and accessibility she brings to her classes.

✨ Whether she’s encouraging students to embrace a challenge, find support in a prop, or simply meet themselves where they are, Mena creates a welcoming environment where every student can learn, grow, and belong.

Sign up for her class via the Faculty Guide in our link in bio 📲

Students often believe that if they “can’t” do arm balances, it means they’re not strong enough. While strength is certainly involved when supporting your bodyweight with your arms, it’s only one piece of the puzzle 🧩✨

The other ingredients? Anatomical understanding, proprioception and coordination, proper alignment and muscle recruitment, and perhaps most importantly, like Dr. Didi von Deck explains here, the willingness to work through uncertainty one attempt at a time.

Sthira Bhaga, often translated as “sublime steadiness,” is the Sanskrit name for the Advanced A series of Ashtanga Yoga: a practice that explores the relationship between strength, focus, balance, and ease 🙏

🤸‍♀️ Arm balances aren’t reserved for a select few. They are skills that can be learned, refined, and developed through consistent practice and intelligent instruction.

Join Didi in Central Square for Arm Balances: Strength, Stability & Focus, a workshop designed to demystify these postures and break them down into approachable, learnable components 🐾

🛤️ Whether you’re working toward your first arm balance or looking to deepen your understanding of the ones already in your practice, you’ll leave with practical tools, greater confidence, and a clearer roadmap forward.

🗓️ Saturday, June 27 • 12-2pm
📍 Down Under Central Square with livestream option

🔗 Sign up today via the workshops tab in our link in bio!

Early in Down Under’s 20 year adventure, we decided to only work with outstanding teachers who play nicely in the sandbox with others 🤝🩵✨ We don’t hire divas, drama, gossip or performance acts but surround ourselves with those who are serious about developing their craft, walk the talk through life and bring a level of authenticity that then changes us forever from their imprint.

🦋 No one epitomizes authenticity more than the young man who walked in our doors more than five years ago 🎉 Bendex Stevenson first a student, then Studio Manager, then 300 Hour Teacher Training graduate, then full-time teacher, supporting family and colleagues throughout his classic Down Under story.

We love you Bendex! Thank you for all you have given your fellow teachers and managers and students. Our community will miss you and we’ll always have a mat waiting for when you come back to visit XOXOXO ✨🙏❤️‍🔥

Many of us arrive on the mat carrying the same habits we bring everywhere else: striving, comparing, performing, measuring. We look for proof that we’re progressing. That we’re doing it right 🏔️ But joy doesn’t usually show up when we’re trying to earn it.

For decades, Eoin has championed a practice rooted in play, connection, curiosity, and wonder. His teaching is a reminder that yoga can be both profound and lighthearted, and the most meaningful breakthroughs happen when we stop taking ourselves quite so seriously.

🤸‍♀️ Join us for a weekend of workshops with Eoin and rediscover what first made you fall in love with practice in the first place!

⚖️ Core Strength & Length • Friday, June 19 • 6-7:45pm at Down Under Porter Square
💓 Open Heart, Fluid Body • Saturday, June 20 • 12-2pm at Down Under Central Square

📲 Head to the Upcoming Workshops tab via our link in bio to learn more and save your spot!

A little Pilates plot twist for your day: lighter springs on the reformer aren’t always easier 💡 In fact, reducing spring tension can make an exercise significantly more challenging because your body has less support to work with. More support isn’t always less work, and less support isn’t always easier 🙏

🏝️ Our Summer Sale is happening now through June 14. If you’ve been curious to try a reformer class or commit to your practice, there’s never been a better time.

📲 Shop Summer Sale reformer class packs via the link in our bio!

NEWCOMER ➡️ TEACHER 🌈✨ When Adam first walked through our doors, he signed up for the Newcomer Special and dove right in, taking nearly 20 classes in his first month.

What drew him to Down Under was the opportunity to explore different class styles and different teaching approaches, all under one roof. But beyond the variety of classes, he found something even more meaningful: a space where he could show up as his authentic self 🌟

A few years later, Adam completed his 200 Hour Teacher Training with Down Under and now teaches within the very community where he began 🫶 His hope is simple: that no matter your gender, sexuality, experience level, or background, you can find a practice that feels nourishing and a community that feels welcoming.

🩵 Every student has a first class.
💬 This is Adam’s story.

Your summer plans just got hotter ☀️ For one week only, we’re sharing special pricing on class packs… including reformer classes❗ Designed for you to spend your summer committed to your practice amidst everything else keeping you busy 😎

CLASS PACKS
💥 20 class pack for $379
❤️‍🔥 10 class pack for $199
🌞 5 class pack for $99

REFORMER CLASS PACKS
🩰 10 class pack for $459
💕 5 class pack for $249

Whether you want to guarantee consistency or try something new, this is the moment to build a summer routine that can carry into fall 🌞🍃 These offers are only available through June 14, so stock up accordingly ✨ Link in bio to browse 📲