Latest space is 41st in the company’s portfolio, which began a decade ago with a stripped-down facility in Old Street
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MoreYoga has found a niche.
While there are plenty of high-end studios offering boutique spaces and glossy facilities, the company is expanding with a simpler, more accessible proposition.
The brand is set to open its 41st location in Wood Wharf’s West Lane on March 30, 2026 – one of an increasingly vibrant community of businesses to call the area home.
Their arrival is down to a collaboration between Canary Wharf Group and Tower Hamlets Council, offering companies affordable commercial space.
On the health, wellbeing and lifestyle front, the neighbourhood already boasts the likes of floristry from The Flower Club, Wayne Hairdresser Salon, beauty salon Awe London, Pawsome Pet Grooming And Spa, The Island Reformer Pilates Studio, clothing repair business Omnifix and music school Kitchen Jam.
Hospitality arrivals include Mama Li, Nora, Ong Lai Kopitaim, Cafe Seek, Lockdown, Supershakes and Signorelli.
This emerging cluster is an ideal site for MoreYoga, according to the company’s chief operating officer, Daniel Marin.
creating a community
He said: “Wherever we open, we want to create a community.
“Yoga is a practice where people are moving together – there’s a real energy to that.
“It’s one of the reasons we designed MoreYoga to keep our prices down.
“We noticed many businesses were focused on the services – the free towels, the showers and complex interior design as ways to create customer loyalty.
“That left a space for us to manoeuvre into – we wanted to keep the cost of coming to classes down, so we stripped back our offering to providing the space, the mats, the props and really great teaching.
“Initially, our first studio in Old Street grew out of a personal training business – a way to offer our clients something extra.
“But over time we started getting a name for ourselves providing Yoga and we were having real success delivering that.”
Daniel has been with the business since the beginning, helping run and grow the organisation for 10 years alongside founder and CEO Shamir Sidhu.
The team has now grown to more than 15 people, coordinating classes by over 400 Yoga teachers.
MoreYoga’s typical class size is 28 students, with instructors empowered to teach their preferred style over and above a proven level of proficiency and all the standardised health and safety practices you’d expect.
Daniel, whose passion for football saw him embark on a career in fitness and training before becoming a founding member of the MoreYoga team, enjoys practising fortnightly as an addition to his gym training.
“I always say to people that Yoga is what you make of it,” he said.
“While you’re in a group, it’s a personal practice.
“If you do another sport and you just want to stretch on the side, it could be perfect for you. It can also be your main exercise.
“Ultimately it can be whatever you want to make it.
“There are styles that are more prescriptive and many people enjoy that.
“As well as the physical, there are mental health benefits too. It can simply be about movement, but it can also be more spiritual.
“That’s the reason we have teachers offering different styles that are personal to them.
“We want to have a wide variety of classes for people to choose from and students react very positively to that.
“Our aim is to open studios so people can practise wherever they want whether that’s close to work or to home.
“One of the attractive things about Canary Wharf for us is that there’s a real mix of homes and offices here.
“One of the key things for MoreYoga is that it is about creating communities both around the studios, but also led by our amazing teachers.”
keeping the costs down
MoreYoga typically offers between 10 and 15 different styles of Yoga at each of its studios.
It also delivers mat Pilates classes and sound baths in its facilities, options that were introduced to meet increasing demand from its clients.
While a multitude of options are available, Vinyasa-based classes are the most common on MoreYoga’s timetables.
The overriding message to Wharfers, however is one of value, with multiple ways to access both the new studio and all of the company’s other locations, including nearby Blackwall.
There are monthly memberships with a headline offer of £1 for the first month and half price for life at £44 per month (usually £88) for a minimum of two months.
This includes unlimited classes. There are pay-as-you-go class packs of four, eight and 12 – the latter working out at £8.33 per class.
There’s also an up-front annual membership for £450, which saves £656 on regular membership and equates to £3.84 per class, based on two per week.
Daniel said: “For Wood Wharf, we’re also offering an Early Bird deal where people can pay £129 and get six months at over 50% off.
“Only 150 of these founder memberships are available and they work out at £21.50 per month.
“Those choosing this option must take at least half their classes at the new studio.
“We are so excited to be opening here.
“We’ve found that people really want our facilities close to where they live because they don’t want to travel far to use them on a regular basis.
“They want them on their doorsteps – that’s London life.
“We’ve found our studios can help establish communities, especially in areas with newly built homes where people are moving in for the first time.
“Going to classes is a great way to meet your neighbours.”
key details: MoreYoga
MoreYoga is set to launch at 17 West Lane in Wood Wharf on March 30, 2026.
Full details of its membership packages and introductory offers can be found on its website here.
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