Ministry of Yoga

09/07/2025

Looking for a place to practice yoga in the town centre of Lisbon, Portugal? Whilst traveling in 2013, Zoe the founder of Ministry of Yoga planted a Sankulpa (intention) to teach yoga everyday in Lisbon. It took 18months to move life from Australia and another 5 months to find a space, this came to fruition when she opened a small studio in Rossio, January 2016....

An authentic yoga studio in Lisbon Portugal. A place that puts the yogis and practice as the centre of what they do.

05/06/2025

Deepen your knowledge and experience of breathwork with us
The benefits are immeasurable such as unlocking physical potential in the body for those that practice Asana, however there’s also another few that perhaps will interest the majority of population:

✨improved sleep quality
✨improved mental alertness
✨improved digestion
✨improved mood

Look for Prānāyāma on our schedule to guarantee you’ll spend a minimum 15mins on breathwork in the session. Current classes:

Tuesday 5pm Hatha & Prānāyāma
Wednesday 10h30am Prānāyāma Vinyasa
Thursday 5 pm Hatha & Prānāyāma
Saturday 9h30am Hatha & Prānāyāma
Saturday 11am Prānāyāma Vinyasa

Let’s correct breathing patterns to improve quality of life. 🙏

First picture taken by .murphy.photo

13/05/2025

Through the pure sounds of crystal singing bowls and gongs, we will create a soundscape designed to bring clarity, peace, and deep healing to your body and soul.

This meditative concert can help you:

🌿 Relax deeply;
🌿 Gain mental clarity;
🌿 Reconnect with your true self;
🌿 Release stress and tension;
🌿 Find pain relief;
🌿 Improve sleep quality;
🌿 Calm anxiety and relieve depression;
🌿 Focus the mind and spirit;
🌿 Nurture spiritual growth and awareness;

Although the session is filled with pure sounds of a very rich and smooth texture, the goal is to guide you into the purest and most subtle silence where true healing and transformation takes place.

We look forward to sharing this profound experience with you, welcoming you into a state of peace, renewal, and divine connection.

Book through website or app www.moyportugal.com

Date: Sunday 1st June 11am-1pm
Event Entry: €30 (early bird €25 if booked and paid by 30th May)

26/04/2025

Join us for a profound yogic experience.

Saturday 10th May 5pm-7pm

An evening of Bhakti Yoga and Meditation with

Paramesh will begin the program with a guided meditation suitable for all experience levels—from complete beginners to seasoned practitioners. The meditation will gently bring awareness to the body and breath, creating a space of calm and presence. No prior experience is needed—just an open heart and willingness to explore.

In the second part of the program, Paramesh will lead the chanting of sacred mantras from the Hindu yoga tradition. Alongside the chanting, he will share stories of deities such as Ganesha, Sita and Rama, Krishna, and Shiva, offering insight into their qualities and significance. This helps deepen the connection to the mantras and the energies they invoke.

We look forward to a wonderful evening of yoga, connection and community.

Book via the website or app (link jn bio).

Event Ticket €30 (or early bird book and pay by 8th May €25 DM for payment options).

12/03/2025

Why do we retreat?

“Without flexible, active frontal lobes people become creatures of habit, and their relationships become superficial and routine. Invention and innovation, discovery and wonder- all are lacking”
Bessel Van der Kolk

Time for a change? Join us for a weekend retreat and see how the mind responds to life itself 🙏

Spring Equinox Renew & Restore 21st-23rd March

•deepen Asana and Meditation practices
•eat delicious plant based food
•enjoy the company of new people
•breathe in nature

Message now to get one of the last available spots for next weekend
1 private room- double bed
1 twin share- single bed

06/02/2025

There are many things in life that seem to damage, dent or even break our spirit. However did you know, there are ways to heal, repair and nurture the soul back into joy? This is why we practice yoga, not just for physical and mental wellbeing, but spiritual health too. Come join us on a mat and we'll share the wisdom of the yogis with you.

There are many things in life that seem to damage, dent or even break our spirit. The pressures of day to day existence, natural disasters, diseases, grief of loss, but perhaps the biggest one for …

16/12/2024

We are hosting a party for our 9th Anniversary! All day donation yoga classes Sunday 12th January. A great way to start 2025, on the mat, bring friends and we’ll flow and workshop our way into the next lap. A side from classes we’ll also be hanging out in the afternoon at Cabal Bar. Just around the corner from the studio between 1pm-7pm.
Put it in your calendar, book your favourite sessions and come join us for a fun filled Sunday, everyone is welcome new and existing clients 🙏
Zoe and The MoY Team

15/12/2024

We are celebrating 9 years of yoga this January in our authentic, supportive and contemplative space in Lisbon. Come joins us for a full day of donation classes and workshop on the 12th January 2025. Bring a friend and we all hang out in the afternoon.

We are celebrating 9 years of yoga this January in our authentic, supportive and contemplative space in Lisbon, Portugal

06/06/2024

Are you ready for yoga in Portugal this Summer? Enjoy personable classes, workshops and retreats with us!

There is a buzz of activity and plans being made, with longer days why not make the most of Life? Connection, joy, and excitement….. exploring new experiences that will end in life time memor…

29/05/2024

Align & Strengthen Your Chaturanga: Yoga Anatomy of the Shoulders

You love Vinyasa, Rocket, or Power yoga. The problem is you’re still struggling with all those chaturangas! This workshop is for yoga students and teachers who want to get better at practicing and teaching chaturanga and other weight bearing postures such as downward facing dog. You will understand the biomechanics of the shoulder and what alignment cues to use to create ease and prevent injury. Practicing and teaching chaturanga shouldn’t be a struggle or something to avoid. This workshop will leave you feeling strong, knowledgeable, and at play with chaturanga and other postures where shoulder alignment is important.

Ministry of Yoga: Saturday, 8th June 2024 at 15h-18h

Led by: Dr Trish Corley ()

Investment €50
***Early Bird Book and Pay by 6th June €45***

Don’t miss the opportunity to refine your knowledge and techniques 🙏

14/02/2024

What's happening at your yoga studio in Lisbon these coming months? Plus our 2024 dates for retreats have been released.

Looking forward to spending more time in Yogic practices this year? check out the Events and Retreats we are hosting in 2024

31/01/2024

Good to Great

What makes a great teacher?
Have you asked yourself this before? Especially if your profession is teaching.
My 2cents 🤔 When yoga teaching becomes a career, it’s not that you’re just sharing yoga, you are looking at ways to keep the practices relevant in society, creating interest for students studying, to inspire others to have the passion that you hold so dearly inside. A good teacher will pass knowledge however a great teacher will inspire, will be available for discussion, will continually expand and offer their knowledge in many ways.
They will study, they will research, they will test theory, they won’t have ‘all’ the answers, they will challenge you to broaden your perspective.

I was inspired when I asked the MoY team what studies they did last year. It equated to over 500hrs of additional yoga teacher trainings and research in the field of yoga, not to mention their own practices, workshops, reading of old and modern texts, attending each others classes. This is not done because they are “forced to” it’s done because they “want to”.

This is what makes teaching great, if a teacher continually looks to improve and develop their knowledge and skills, then implements it directly into their work with others.

Their ego is humble enough to learn from others, even if it’s a different point of view, even if it’s new age thinking, even if it’s old age script.
Keep an open mind, closed mindedness leads to kleshas (afflictions)
1. Ignorance and Lack of insight
2. Identification with ego
3. Overly attached to pleasures
4. Fear of loss/death
5. Hate and Avoidance of unfamiliar

Do you study with a great teacher of any subject? Write below what made them great. 👇
Many great teachers aren’t famous and don’t have socials (Instagram or FB) they are busy studying, researching and preparing for their next in person class/interaction- that’s where the magic happens ✨

📸: taken out our MoY teachers retreat 2023
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