09/14/2026
🔥 So…what ARE those things?
If you’ve ever looked up during class at Yoyogi and wondered what those white panels hanging above you are, meet our infrared heating system!🔥And no, they’re not just really fancy space heaters.
Infrared heat works a little differently from traditional heating. Instead of simply warming the air around you, infrared energy radiates warmth directly toward you and the surfaces around you. Think about how good it feels to stand in the sun on a chilly day. Same basic idea. ☀️
So why do we love infrared heat?
🔥 That deep, radiant warmth feels AMAZING once you start moving
☀️ It creates the hot, sweaty, but-not-overly-stuffy environment we love
🩸 Gets your blood flowing as your body naturally responds to the warmth
💦 Encourages a serious sweat and your body’s natural cooling response
🧘 Warm muscles feel REALLY good when you move, whether you’re flowing, stretching, lifting or pulsing through your 47th squat 😅
🌡️ That surrounded-by-warmth feeling when the system is properly designed and the heaters are placed just right
❄️ And when the weather cools? Walking in from frigid weather and getting underneath one of these things is👌🏼
There’s actually a LOT that goes into those innocent-looking white panels.
Any studio with infrared heat as a standard part of the studio experience will tell you that designing and installing these systems is one of the bigger challenges and investments when building a studio. Room size, ceiling height, electrical capacity, number of heaters, wattage, placement, and coverage all have to work together to get the room feeling just right - like a heated blanket throughout class.
We put a ton of thought into ours because we want that unmistakable feeling when you walk through the door at any of our locations. Warm, cozy, sweaty and ready to move. 🔥
So now you know what you’re looking at! And you might start noticing them a little more now. 👀
