Nilaya House

10/04/2026

Dear Nilaya House friends,

Nilaya House will be closing its doors on April 26.

It has been a beautiful journey together and we are truly grateful for your presence, dedication and support over this time.

Please make the most of the remaining weeks of practice with us.

From now until closing, we will continue offering classes, and new passes will be limited to 5-class packs and drop-ins only.

Please note, Ashtanga Yoga Dubai will continue at another location, soon to be advised.

Do visit us over the next few weeks! 💙 🙏

09/04/2026

05/04/2026

Happy Easter to our community!

03/04/2026

One of the most noticeable things about a Mysore room is the calming silence.

While verbal instructions are given when needed, particularly for beginner students, students are primarily guided through touch.

Touch is a powerful language. When offered with sensitivity and presence, touch can gently down-regulate the nervous system.

It gives a sense of safety, grounding the body and quieting mental chatter. The breath softens, effort reorganises, and the practitioner can move from doing into sensing.

Sometimes the most powerful adjustment is the one that communicates: you’re safe here.

DM us for a FREE trial of Mysore class. No experience needed.

📷 .macdonald

02/04/2026

We keep stumbling over the same idea, that yoga āsana is somehow not spiritual. As if the body is separate. As if the material and the sacred live in different worlds.

Every breath and every sensation is prāṇa in motion, awareness expressing itself through form.

Hanumanāsana, reminds us of that great leap across the illusion of separation. When we embody this bridge, the posture can become more than a stretch, it becomes a remembering. There is no “just physical.” There is no “only spiritual.”

Practice then is not about transcending the body, but dissolving the idea that you ever could.

Join us for yoga at Nilaya House.

✨New Student Pass - AED375 for a five-class pass valid for five weeks for Ashtanga led & Iyengar classes.

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01/04/2026

✨Save the Dates✨
Gregor Maehle & Monica Gauci in Dubai
May 16-20

Programme

Saturday May 16 
8:00-10:30am
Led Primary: Technical Analysis of the Primary Series with Monica

12:30-3:00pm
Yogic Meditation - Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom with Gregor

3:00-5:30pm
The Breath of Yoga - Pranayama and Kriya with Gregor

Sunday May 17
8:00-10:30am
Led Intermediate: Technical Analysis of the Intermediate Series with Gregor

2:00-5:00pm
Bending Backwards with Monica

Monday May 18 - Wednesday May 20
6:30 - 8:30am
Mysore classes with Gregor & Monica

Visit our website for early bird bookings.
maehle .gauci

31/03/2026

There’s something powerful about moving together.

In a led Ashtanga class with Sanskrit count, the practice becomes more than individual effort—it becomes rhythm, breath, and attention woven into one shared experience.

You don’t rush ahead. You don’t fall behind.
You listen. And in that listening, the mind begins to settle.

The count anchors the breath.
The breath steadies the mind.
The mind returns to the body.

As Patanjali reminds us:
“Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.” (Yoga Sutra 1.2)

Sometimes, that stillness begins not in silence, but in the simple, steady rhythm of eka… dve… trini…

Join Ashtanga Led Classes at Nilaya House

Half Led Primary
Monday & Wednesday 
8:30-9:45am

Full Led Primary
Saturday
8:30-10:00am

yogacommunity

30/03/2026

We are a yoga oasis in Al Quoz. A place to start or deepen your yoga journey, with experienced teachers, focused on personalised attention and guidance.

✨New Student Pass - AED375 for a five-class pass valid for five weeks for Ashtanga led, Hatha & Iyengar classes.

29/03/2026

Ashtanga Fundamentals 3-Week Course
With Aime MacDonald
Tuesday & Thursday
8:30-9:30am
March 31 to April 16

Join this three-week course with ​Aime MacDonald to learn or refine the fundamentals of Ashtanga yoga.

Over six sessions, the course will cover the beginning of the Ashtanga yoga primary series, preparing you for Mysore-style self practice.

This course is suitable for students new to Ashtanga yoga, or those with some experience looking to review and fine tune the foundations, in a course-style format.

AED650
macdonald

28/03/2026

Did you know some of our Iyengar classes are online or hybrid (both in shala & online)?

Online only
Friday 6:30pm

Hybrid
Sunday 8:30am

DM to get started!

✨New Student Pass - AED375 for a five-class pass valid for five weeks for Ashtanga led, Hatha & Iyengar classes.