A studio where people actually slow down and breathe.

The practical minimum for a functional small-group corporate yoga studio is 200 sq ft of clear floor area, no furniture, pillars, or protruding fixtures within the mat zone. This fits eight to ten participants at the standard 21 sq ft per mat (approximately 2 m × 1 m per person including side clearance), plus a clear instructor zone at the front of 30–40 sq ft. A room of 300–400 sq ft becomes much more comfortable, accommodating 14–18 participants without a cramped feeling. Smaller rooms (150 sq ft or below) can work for one-on-one personal training or very small private groups of three to four, but the experience feels confined for any group class format. For Vinyasa or flow-style yoga where participants move between standing and floor positions with wide arm extensions, additional per-person space is needed, sportsOS recommends 25 sq ft per person for dynamic styles. We will assess your available room honestly and tell you exactly what it can and cannot support before any work begins.

The right floor specification depends on how the studio will primarily be used. A sprung wood floor is the premium option: the subfloor spring system absorbs impact and reduces joint stress during standing sequences, jumps, and dynamic transitions, it is the specification used in professional dance studios and is ideal for Vinyasa, power yoga, or high-frequency mixed-use studios. The trade-off is cost and installation time: a sprung floor typically costs three to four times more than a mat tile option and takes longer to install correctly. High-density EVA foam tiles or natural cork tiles are a very good alternative for the vast majority of corporate yoga studios. Both materials provide adequate cushioning for Hatha, Iyengar, restorative, and meditation classes, the sessions that make up most corporate wellness programmes. Cork adds a premium natural aesthetic. EVA installs faster and is more economical. For a corporate studio used primarily for gentle and moderate yoga styles, EVA or cork performs entirely adequately long-term and represents significantly better value than a sprung system.

Yes, the sportsOS multipurpose wellness room specification is specifically designed to support both barefoot yoga and footwear-based fitness classes such as Zumba, aerobics, and HIIT sessions within the same space. High-grip rubber tiles or natural cork provide the barefoot traction needed for yoga while also handling the lateral movement and footwear contact of dance-based classes. The sound system specification (a wall-mounted amplifier with ceiling-flush speakers), supports both calm guided meditation tracks and high-energy Zumba playlists without requiring separate equipment. The primary consideration for dual-use studios is flooring durability: for studios where footwear-based classes run daily, we recommend a commercial-grade rubber tile (6–8 mm, high-density) rather than cork, which is more prone to surface wear and indentation under repeated hard footstrike with trainers. Cork is better suited to studios used predominantly for barefoot yoga sessions. sportsOS will recommend the correct floor grade based on your planned class schedule and the proportion of barefoot versus footwear use.

Ventilation is one of the most underestimated requirements in a yoga studio fit-out and one of the most common gaps sportsOS identifies during site assessments. A room with twelve to fifteen people doing active yoga generates a significant heat and humidity load, body heat, breath, and perspiration raise room temperature rapidly in an inadequately ventilated space. The room must have either a dedicated fresh-air supply system or sufficient air conditioning capacity to maintain a comfortable, consistent temperature without creating a direct draught on participants, which disrupts practice and causes discomfort. As a minimum, the space should achieve six to eight air changes per hour. For hot yoga or Bikram-style classes (practised at 35–40°C intentionally), a purpose-built HVAC system with precision temperature control is essential and completely changes the ventilation specification and cost. sportsOS checks ventilation capacity during the site assessment and provides a requirement specification to your facilities or MEP team so upgrades can be completed before installation day.

sportsOS handles both the studio fit-out and the equipment supply, either together as a single order or independently depending on your situation. The core studio fit-out (flooring, mirrors, lighting, sound system, and storage) is the primary scope of every installation. Equipment sourcing is an optional addition. If you want everything from a single supplier on a single GST invoice, we can supply yoga mats (4 mm or 6 mm thickness depending on style), foam blocks, cork blocks, non-slip straps, bolsters, and cotton blankets, all stored in wall-mounted cubbies or a freestanding equipment rack that we integrate into the fit-out design. We source equipment from established yoga equipment suppliers and size the storage to your participant count and prop inventory. If you already own props, or prefer to source them independently, we design the storage system to correctly accommodate whatever you have, cubby height, number of slots, and mat hanging configuration are all designed around your actual inventory. Equipment sourcing is genuinely optional and never bundled into the core fit-out price.