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About us

Studio based in Anlaby Common, Hull, East Yorkshire.

Our Story

RISE Hot Yoga & Fitness is the culmination of many years of hard work and dedicated research led by Senior Certified Bikram Yoga Teacher, Michelle. Her journey into the fitness world began in 2012, when she attended her first Bikram Yoga class in New York. After graduating in 2014, Michelle travelled across the country and even as far as Thailand, teaching and gaining invaluable studio experience. Having previously owned three hot yoga studios, RISE was established through patience, focus, determination, passion, and a steadfast will to overcome every obstacle—hence the name RISE!

Our Philosophy

We offer our students anauthentic and truly life-changing experience. In 2024, Michelle partnered with Coach Ede, and together, they bring over 30 years of combined expertise in the fitness industry. They take pride in their proven track record of supporting clients and students with compassion, strength, and unwavering focus.

The hot studio!

Our hot yoga studio has been carefully designed to create the perfect setting for your practice. We have invested in advanced heat and humidity equipment, ensuring the environment is consistently warm and humid—ideal for Hot Yoga sessions. Drawing on more than thirteen years of experience from leading studios in the UK, Thailand, and New York, we have refined every detail to provide a distinctive and comfortable space for our students.

The studio’s climate control system continuously monitors and maintains the temperature throughout each session. This precise regulation is essential not only for your comfort but also for your safety, enabling you to practise in an authentic yet secure environment.

With space for approximately eleven students, our studio fosters a focused and supportive community atmosphere. The room is exceptionally well insulated, both for heat retention and sound, utilising non-slip and acoustically insulated flooring with additional layers beneath to minimise external noise and distractions.

We have installed full length mirrors on the wall to support your active meditation and help deepen the mind-body connection. These mirrors allow Bikram Certified teacher to observe your posture and movement, offering precise guidance to ensure safe and effective practice.

At the end of each session, our natural, gently diffused light enhances your relaxation, allowing your body to unwind and process the benefits of your practice. This unique feature ensures your final moments on the mat are as rewarding as the effort you put in throughout your class.

Okay, so why the heat?

The heat is created to mimic the temperature in India which is the correct temperature for a pure Bikram Hot Yoga experience – there are a multitude of benefits to be gained from it.

Humidity is there to assist in your body’s own natural cooling system – SWEAT! Without the humidity, the room would be very dry. But with the humidity, your pores will open up and the sweat will pour out leaving you with a glowing skin, relaxed muscles and a clearer mind.

You will increase your water intake, which is the commencement of your detoxification process. It all starts here.

Heat Heals.

Our sequence of postures combined with the heat will provide increased blood flow to 100% of your body. Increased blood flow flushes out toxins from every single muscle, joint, organ and system in the body. It relaxes the muscles keeping them happy and ready for change. This then enables us to lengthen and strengthen the muscles, also stimulating the soft, connective tissue, which is an endless web of packing material inside the body. Soft tissue and connective tissue are things like ligaments and tendons, which is where the ‘stretch- reflex receptors live.

Recent studies say your connective tissue contains around 10 times more nerve receptors than your muscles.

The benefits

Many people are unaware of just how good their bodies are meant to feel. By engaging in Bikram Hot Yoga at RISE, you will discover a range of positive changes and improvements in your overall well-being.

  • Enhanced Hydration and Detoxification
  • Improved Sleep and Mental Strength
  • Better Stress Management and Recovery
  • Increased Mobility and Efficiency
  • Body Awareness and Injury Prevention
  • Renewed Energy and Readiness

At RISE, we take great pride in our teachers’ ongoing professional development, ensuring that our Bikram Yoga classes remain authentic and effective. Our instructors are dedicated to guiding you through your practice, regardless of any injury, illness, or challenge you may face on a given day. With years of experience and unwavering commitment to our students and the business, we are confident that our standards are unmatched in Hull.

Ready to join us?