Derekthedog Yoga Centre
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Yoga Studios
Derekthedog Yoga Centre
3rd floor, Exeter EX4 3RP
# Derekthedog Yoga & Wellbeing Centre
Derekthedog Yoga & Wellbeing Centre is Exeter's pioneering yoga studio, established in 2002 as the city's first dedicated yoga space. Operating from a serene rooftop studio in the city centre, they offer a comprehensive range of authentic yoga practices grounded in classical Indian traditions alongside contemporary wellbeing support.
The studio serves a deliberately inclusive community: beginners through advanced practitioners, children and seniors, pregnant and post-natal clients, corporate teams, care home residents, and individuals in secure settings seeking therapeutic yoga. Their trauma-responsive trained teachers create safe spaces for people of all abilities, sizes, backgrounds and genders.
What sets them apart is their commitment to authentic yoga transmission combined with accessibility. Rather than trendy fitness yoga, they teach genuine Hatha traditions including Ashtanga Vinyasa, Kundalini, and restorative practices. They've cultivated this approach over two decades, witnessing Exeter's yoga community flourish around them. Their offering extends beyond group classes to bespoke provision: one-to-one sessions, private group instruction, online ZOOM classes, summer park yoga, studio hire, workshops, festivals, and accredited teacher training courses.
Their teachers are specifically selected for their ability to hold safe spaces and provide holistic yogic support—integrating nutrition guidance, emotional management, stress relief, and wellness therapies within the yogic framework. The studio explicitly welcomes diversity and excludes no one, recognising yoga's transformative potential across physical, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions of human wellbeing.
Derekthedog Yoga & Wellbeing Centre is Exeter's pioneering yoga studio, established in 2002 as the city's first dedicated yoga space. Operating from a serene rooftop studio in the city centre, they offer a comprehensive range of authentic yoga practices grounded in classical Indian traditions alongside contemporary wellbeing support.
The studio serves a deliberately inclusive community: beginners through advanced practitioners, children and seniors, pregnant and post-natal clients, corporate teams, care home residents, and individuals in secure settings seeking therapeutic yoga. Their trauma-responsive trained teachers create safe spaces for people of all abilities, sizes, backgrounds and genders.
What sets them apart is their commitment to authentic yoga transmission combined with accessibility. Rather than trendy fitness yoga, they teach genuine Hatha traditions including Ashtanga Vinyasa, Kundalini, and restorative practices. They've cultivated this approach over two decades, witnessing Exeter's yoga community flourish around them. Their offering extends beyond group classes to bespoke provision: one-to-one sessions, private group instruction, online ZOOM classes, summer park yoga, studio hire, workshops, festivals, and accredited teacher training courses.
Their teachers are specifically selected for their ability to hold safe spaces and provide holistic yogic support—integrating nutrition guidance, emotional management, stress relief, and wellness therapies within the yogic framework. The studio explicitly welcomes diversity and excludes no one, recognising yoga's transformative potential across physical, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions of human wellbeing.
Services offered
Daily group yoga classesPrivate one-to-one sessionsOnline ZOOM classesPark yoga in summer monthsCorporate and care home sessionsYoga teacher training coursesWorkshops and festivalsStudio hire