OUR CLASSES
At Kanga Studio Nairobi, you can find a whole range of classes to suit all levels, ages and abilities. Our yoga teachers offer different styles of yoga including Ashtanga, Hatha, Kanga, Kids, Prenatal, Restorative, Vinyasa and Yin. We also offer classes and workshops in Ayurveda, Pranayama, Meditation, Mindfulness, Spiritual Philosophy, Sudarshan Kriya, Sound Healing, Family Constellation, Feminine Cyclicity and Vedic Ceremonies. Allow yourself to try different yoga classes until you find the one that’s right for you. You can book any of our classes, workshops and therapies through the timetable page or via emailing the studio. Drop in classes and class passes are available. Please see timetable for more information.
Vinyasa Yoga
Vinyasa classes draw from the foundation of Ashtanga yoga. Linked to the moon’s cycle and astrological transits, the practice focuses on compassion as well as intimacy with your body and feelings. The class is dynamic, rigorous, and focused on technique but coupled with connection and fun!
Restorative Yoga
Slow down, soften, and surrender with this deeply nourishing restorative class.
Using props to fully support the body in long-held, gentle poses, this practice encourages deep relaxation, nervous system regulation, and emotional balance. Ideal for all levels, including complete beginners. This class is also welcoming to pre- and postnatal women, offering a safe and supportive space to rest, restore, and reconnect. A gentle and healing practice for all stages of life
Lunch Meditation
Prenatal Yoga is a gentle and supportive practice designed to help expectant mothers nurture their bodies and minds throughout pregnancy. This class focuses on improving strength, flexibility, and balance while promoting relaxation and emotional wellbeing. Each session includes breathing techniques, mindful movement, and guided relaxation to help prepare for labour and enhance comfort during all stages of pregnancy. The practice encourages connection with your baby and provides a safe space to move, unwind, and build confidence in your changing body. Whether you are new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, Prenatal Yoga offers a calm and caring environment to support your journey into motherhood.
Prenatal Yoga
Prenatal Yoga is a gentle and supportive practice designed to help expectant mothers nurture their bodies and minds throughout pregnancy. This class focuses on improving strength, flexibility, and balance while promoting relaxation and emotional wellbeing. Each session includes breathing techniques, mindful movement, and guided relaxation to help prepare for labour and enhance comfort during all stages of pregnancy. The practice encourages connection with your baby and provides a safe space to move, unwind, and build confidence in your changing body. Whether you are new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, Prenatal Yoga offers a calm and caring environment to support your journey into motherhood.
Beginner Kanga Yoga
This class is suitable for beginners, or those wanting to slow down and move gently and reintegrate some basic knowledge of yoga. Students will be introduced to the Sun Salutation series, yoga postures and some fundamental principles of alignment, some simple breathing techniques, and end with deep relaxation. This class is great for all those wanting to open up the body, calm the mind, and dedicate some time to the self. This is a beginners version of Kanga Yoga, which is an energetic, alignment‐based flow yoga practice using music, gravity and the breath to rediscover and rejuvenate the body and mind. The practice is inspired by the teachings of Swami Sivananda, Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois.
Hatha Yoga
The hatha yoga classes are designed for mixed level participants and provide a balanced combination of sustained poses with attention to basic alignment and therapeutic principles. Madhvi often works with a theme which deepens the practice and encourages self awareness. Every class is different.
Ashtanga Vinyasa
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a dynamic and physically energizing style of yoga that links breath with movement. Each posture flows smoothly into the next, creating a sequence that feels like a moving meditation.
Ashtanga Vinyasa is ideal for anyone seeking both a physical challenge and a deep, mindful practice.
Vinyasa Flow
Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga is traditional sequence of postures linked seamlessly with flowing transitions, designed to build strength and flexibility. Through synchronized breath and movement, this invigorating practice cultivates focus, balance, and inner harmony. Suitable for all levels, come explore the transformative power of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga and leave feeling energized, centered, and revitalised.
Jivamukti Yoga
Jivamukti Classes are energetic and uplifting classes most suitable for practitioners with a bit of experience. Music, philosophical dharma talks, pranayama and concentration/meditation praxis are part of the dynamic classes and woven in into every single unique class. The emphasis of the classes changes every time according to the focus of the month. Asanas can be adapted to the student’s needs.
Family Yoga
Family Yoga is a special yoga experience designed for children and their parents or caregivers to practice together. It’s a chance for families to bond, move, and have fun while promoting physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
In this session, families will:
Move together through yoga poses – Children and parents/caregivers practice poses side by side or in pairs, encouraging cooperation, trust, and laughter.
Engage in partner activities – Simple stretches, balance exercises, or gentle back-to-back poses that strengthen connection and teamwork.
Learn mindfulness and breathing techniques – Families practice together to feel calm, focused, and present. Experience creative and playful elements – Storytelling, music, or themed yoga flows that make the session engaging and memorable for children. Enjoy relaxation time – Guided relaxation or gentle stretching helps families end the session feeling refreshed and connected.
Kanga Yoga
Immerse yourself in the transformative teachings of Kanga Yoga, where ancient wisdom from Yoga and Ayurveda Vedic knowledge guides our practice. Kanga Yoga is a devotional, alignment-based yoga practice, harnessing the power of breath and sound to rediscover and rejuvenate the body and mind. Our focus on asana alignment serves as a gateway for practitioners to explore and understand their bodies intimately. Through the intentional alignment in each pose, we unlock the body, freeing it from discomfort and creating space for mental ease. This process not only unfolds on a physical level but extends to an energetic dimension. By opening energy centers and unblocking channels, we facilitate a harmonious flow of energy throughout. Inspired by the profound teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar, Swami Sivananda, and Yogacharya Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois, each Kanga Yoga class is thoughtfully adapted to the unique individuals in attendance, considering their body types and energy dynamics. In alignment with Ayurvedic principles, recognizing diverse body types and energy variations is essential. This awareness allows us to maintain balance, promoting not only physical health but also a transcendental connection with the spirit, the soul, the higher power, and the source of inner bliss. Embark on this journey with Kanga Yoga, where each class is an opportunity for personal alignment, exploration, and connection to the profound wisdom that resides within. Energetic, alignment‐based flow yoga practice using music, gravity and breath to rediscover and rejuvenate the body and mind. The practice is inspired by the teachings of Swami Sivananda, Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois. According to the Ayurveda system (“Life Science” in Sanskrit), people have different biological body types. A relaxed Yin Yoga practice may be good for one body type, whereas an energetic Yang practice may be best for alternate body types. Our biological energies vary according to our lifestyles. Ayurveda views illness as a result of an individual’s imbalanced physical and/or mental constitution, and therefore seeks to gently bring a person’s body and mind back into a healthy balance. Kanga Yoga adapts the practice to the individual. Each class deepens the student’s yoga practice, whilst providing a practical understanding of yoga and offering the opportunity to focus on specific postures, benefit alignment and breath control.
Community Yoga
Join us every Sunday from 12:00 to 13:00 at Kanga Studio Nairobi for Community Yoga, a gentle and grounding practice designed to help you release tension and step into the new week with clarity and ease.
This beginner-friendly class focuses on foundational yoga postures, mindful breathing, and relaxation techniques to restore balance in both body and mind. Guided by Jordanka Waiyaki, a 200-hour certified Kanga Yoga teacher and breathwork facilitator, this session offers a supportive space for all levels to move, breathe, and reset. Classes are donation-based, making it accessible to everyone. Come as you are and leave feeling refreshed, centered, and ready for the week ahead!
Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga classes are 90 minutes long and focus on deep, passive stretches. Poses are held for 2 to 10 minutes, targeting the body’s connective tissue to enhance mobility and support deep relaxation. This slow, meditative style helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system, encouraging a sense of inner calm and balance. Yin Yoga is perfect for those seeking stillness, emotional release, and a deeper connection to the body.
Asana & Pranayama
Join Gauri on Saturday mornings to mellow down the mind and body and get you into the perfect weekend mood. This practice begins by connecting the mind and body through a pranayama practice followed by a traditional restorative yoga practice. In each class, we focus on a theme to engage and dive into a deep relaxation that heightens the meditative aspect of yoga – the union of the mind and body. Props will be used such as the chair, bolster or blocks throughout the practice, allowing you to stay in the pose longer; easily.
Sivananda Yoga
The Sivananda practice is deeply rooted in classical yoga and a dharmic relationship that guides and motivates teachers and students to grow in their quest for awareness and knowledge of the universal, spiritual nature of Self. Ultimately, Self-realization comes through self-mastery based in practice. In Sivananda Yoga, asana is always balanced with pranayama and relaxation, offering indirect control of the mind. A healthy vegetarian diet supports the practice. Finally, meditation coupled with positive thinking work directly to master the mind. Through these five principles, the practitioner comes to know and feel firsthand what is healthy, gives energy, reduces stress, focuses the mind, cultivates integrity, and connects to the flow of universal life.
Sivananda asana practice, created by Swami Vishnudevananda, relies on a core sequence that includes a balanced set of 12 postures followed in a prescribed order, interspersed with periodic relaxation poses, such as Savasana (Corpse Pose). Each asana either augments or counterbalances the preceding one. A Sivananda Yoga practice also includes pranayama and opening and closing relaxations. The practice’s intention is to cultivate a meditative mental state, a sadhana, or self-study, that evolves into a focused ritual designed to awaken awareness of Self and sacred Presence.
Sound Healing With Crystal Bowls
Crystal alchemy singing bowls are powerful, photon activating sonic tools which raise our vibrational frequency. They release stuck energy, promote wellness and bring shifts in consciousness to our lives and to humanity. All my sound baths are Reiki infused, and are 1 hour. The classes are ideal for individuals who want to use sound to treat stress, anxiety, heal deep emotional wounds, grief, traumas, sleeplessness, abdication, burnout and depression. The alchemies in the bowls build energy circuits to house unconditional love.
Sound Baths
A Sound Bath is a unique and wonderful blend of sound concert, meditation and transformative healing session, a sensory experience in which participants are awash in sound vibrations produced by singing bowls, crystal bowls, Gong, and other sound tools. The results are waves of peace, heightened awareness, and deep relaxation of the mind, body and spirit. It is a totally immersive mind and body experience. The Tibetan Bowls and the gong provide a soulful nurturing of body and mind. The aim is to restore your inner harmony and provide access to your own insight.
Transformational Breathwork
Have the events that have occurred/ occuring in your life ever made you think… “If I could only catch my breath?” Do you desire peace and calm? Are you wondering how to reconnect with your center and stand in your power? Come catch your breath with Michelle. Come explore and experience breathing as more than an unconscious body function. Breathing allows us to speak, laugh, sing, cry. It gives us life and in abundance if we allow it. In these times, when we feel like things are out of control, coming back to how we are breathing helps us be with emotions, supports well being, grows our resilience and helps us manage our energy.
Meditation
Meditation is a mindful practice that involves training the mind to focus and become more aware of the present moment. It can be done in many forms, such as concentrating on the breath, repeating a mantra, or simply observing thoughts and emotions without judgment. By practising regularly, meditation helps calm the nervous system, reduce stress and anxiety, improve concentration, and foster a sense of inner peace and balance. Beyond relaxation, it is also a way to develop greater self-awareness, compassion, and emotional resilience, allowing individuals to navigate daily life with more clarity and ease.
