Down Under School of Yoga

Down Under School of Yoga America’s Finest Yoga, Fitness, & Meditation Teachers Under One Roof. Wellness offerings include massage, body work, and Ayurveda.

6 convenient Boston area locations:
Back Bay • South End • Brookline • Harvard Sq • Porter Sq • Newton

Back Bay • 1112 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215

South End • 505 Tremont Street
Boston, MA

Brookline • 1054 Beacon Street
Brookline, MA

Harvard Square • 22 John F Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA

Porter Square • 2000 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA

Newton • 306 Walnut Street
Newton, MA

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http://www.downunderyoga.com/full-schedule

Boston's premier yoga studio offers three levels of instruction, many styles of yoga and is the home to some of America's most senior yoga teachers. With beautiful custom-built studios in Back Bay, South End, Brookline, Harvard Sq, Porter Sq, & Newton the studios have a class for everyone. Recognized as Best of Boston in 2016, we have become a resource for students, teachers, and visiting faculty who help shape our school and what it offers to our students and clientele with a high level of excellence. Pristine yoga studios, a wellness center, free lockers, showers, we strive to create an experience that is highly welcoming, warm, and without distraction to our students. Our 200 and 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training programs have become a resource for students and teachers seeking to learn from our revered faculty. Yoga classes and programs include Flow, Baptiste, Heated Flow, Slow Flow, Foundations/Beginners, Iyengar, Mysore, Ashtanga, Restorative, Relax & Renew, Meditation, Pilates, Pre- & Postnatal, and Babies, Kids & Teens. Our Newcomer Pass is the best deal for new students – $49 for 4 weeks of unlimited yoga. https://downunderyoga.com/boston-yoga-classes/new-to-yoga


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10/23/2025

Strong bones, healthy bones 🦴 Masha Leuner breaks down and demonstrates the 3 key elements of building bone health in a yoga practice.

1️⃣ Posture: Build postural awareness to restore alignment and stability in the spine
2️⃣ Balance: Enhance confidence in movement to prevent injuries
3️⃣ Proprioception: Know where your body is in space to avoid falls and protect bones

Grab your blocks and try these poses at home! 💫

Looking for more tips to tailor your practice to build healthy bones? Join Masha for her 4-week Yoga for Osteoporosis Series starting Wednesday, October 29 🔗 Sign up at the link in bio!

Find balance ⚖️ Join Elliott McEldwoney and Evan Kenny for Strength & Stillness: Yin Meets Ashtanga, a unique workshop w...
10/22/2025

Find balance ⚖️ Join Elliott McEldwoney and Evan Kenny for Strength & Stillness: Yin Meets Ashtanga, a unique workshop where the quiet, deep stretching of Yin meets the breath-driven energy and movement of Ashtanga 🌿 You’ll finish with an extended savasana and breathwork, allowing you to integrate your experience with clarity and calm. Leave with insights to inform any practice. 

💫 All levels welcome, no prior experience in either yoga style is necessary.

🗓️ Saturday, Nov 1 • 1:30-3:30 pm
📍 Down Under School of Yoga, Central Square  • 585 Mass Ave

🔗 Sign up at link in bio

10/21/2025

Meet Kira! ✨ A lifelong mover whose practice has been her steady thread for more than a decade, grounding her through change, guiding her home to herself, and reminding her to move with intention.

🏙️ Having practiced across cities from Seattle to New York to Charleston and now Boston, Kira brings a global sensibility and deep presence to every class. Her teaching is rooted in the belief that movement is both personal and communal; a space for quiet self-inquiry shared in community.

💖 Kira’s Core classes blend strength and softness, encouraging students to move at their own pace and trust what unfolds. Expect creative sequencing, mindful breath, and moments that gently invite you back to stillness and connection.

Sign up for class via our link in bio 📲

Ancient wisdom for modern life 🌿Did you know that asana, the physical postures of yoga, are just one part of the bigger ...
10/20/2025

Ancient wisdom for modern life 🌿

Did you know that asana, the physical postures of yoga, are just one part of the bigger picture? 🦋 Yoga is actually a full toolkit for living with intention, self-awareness, balance, and connection to others, on and off the mat. 

In this series of posts, we’ll explore each of the 8 Limbs of Classical Yoga and how you can practice them in your daily life. 

➡️ Today we focus on the first limb, Yama, translated as abstinence or restraint. Yama is about external discipline, about modifying our behaviors so that we can live ethically and in harmony with others and the external world. In a time when many of us feel isolated and overwhelmed, small actions that acknowledge our interconnectedness with people and things outside of us can have a big impact on the quality of our lives 🤝

Stay tuned as we continue to explore yoga beyond asana.

💪 Strengthen your foundation from the inside out.Join Masha Leuner for Yoga for Osteoporosis, a 4-week series rooted in ...
10/19/2025

💪 Strengthen your foundation from the inside out.

Join Masha Leuner for Yoga for Osteoporosis, a 4-week series rooted in Dr. Loren Fishman’s groundbreaking Yoga for Osteoporosis method designed to build strength and stability in your spine, hips, and beyond.

Each session provides a comprehensive and adaptable movement practice that includes breathwork to support postures, regulate the nervous system, and enhance respiratory function.💨

You’ll gain:
✨ A clear understanding of alignment, safe movement, and contraindications
✨ Tools to grow your home yoga practice
✨ Techniques to improve bone health, balance, and body awareness
✨ Confidence to practice a research-based approach to skeletal health

The series is suitable for all levels. 

📅 Four Wednesdays, Oct 29–Nov 19 • 12–1:15pm
📍 Down Under School of Yoga, Brookline + Livestream

🔗 Link in bio to register & learn more

 

10/19/2025

🪷 Your yoga practice begins on the mat, but it doesn’t end there ➡️ Ayurveda, yoga’s sister science, offers a way to extend mindfulness into every part of life through how you eat, rest, and move with the seasons 🌿

Our Foundations of Ayurveda self-paced course bridges practice and lifestyle, guiding you to align your daily rhythms with the wisdom of nature. Discover how subtle shifts in nourishment and routine can support balance, vitality, and ease on and off the mat ✨

10/18/2025

🌀 Keep your practice moving! Try this dynamic “around the world” flow sequence from Hot Power Flow and Pilates instructor Erran Gilchrist to add some spice to your practice.

Changing directions on the mat can refresh your flow and shift your perspective, on and off the mat. Practicing constant movement and creative transitions between poses keeps your mind and body engaged in the present moment ☀️

Tip 🎶 Add a little music, and let your practice become a dance.

The Sequence:

Tadasana (Mountain)
Utkatasana (Chair)
Uttanasana (Forward fold)
High plank
Chaturanga (Low plank)
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward facing dog)
Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward facing dog)
Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I) (right side)
Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II)
Reverse Warrior
Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended side angle), bottom arm floats
Ardha Chandrasana (Half moon)
Garudasana (Eagle) (left leg on top)
Natarajasana (Dancer) (left leg lifted)
Utkatasana (Chair)
Parivrtta Utkatasana (Revolved chair) (to the right)
Padangusthasana (big toe pose)
Ardha Chandrasana (Half moon) (same side)
Skandasana (Side lunge), left leg bent
Transition through low lunge to back of mat
3-legged Adho Mukha Svanasana, facing back of mat (left leg lifts)
Flip dog
Vasisthasana (Side plank) with lifted bottom leg (left hand down)
Vinyasa to 3-legged Adho Mukha Svansana (left leg lifts)
Repeat sequence Virabhadrasana I through Ardha Chandrasana, facing back of mat and starting with left side (replace Padangusthasana with Padahastasana (hand to foot pose))
Skandasana to front of mat, right leg bent
3-legged Adho Mukha Svanasana, facing front of mat (right leg lifts)
Flip dog
Vasisthasana
Vinyasa
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Balasana (Child’s pose)

Try it and let us know how it goes! 🔗 And sign up class with Erran at link in bio, “Today’s Schedule.”

Massage as meditation. Movement as connection. 🦋🤝 Bring a partner and join Emily Sullivan for Partner Thai Yoga Massage,...
10/17/2025

Massage as meditation. Movement as connection. 🦋

🤝 Bring a partner and join Emily Sullivan for Partner Thai Yoga Massage, a two-hour workshop designed to benefit the giver and recipient alike through mindful movement, breath, and assisted stretching. You’ll learn and practice a sequence for unwinding tension, elevating mood, and easing stress.

Come learn why in Thailand, partner massage is often referred to as a dance. 

📅 Sunday, Oct 26 • 1:30-3:30 pm
📍 Down Under School of Yoga, Porter Square • 2000 Mass Ave.

➡️ Save your spot!  Register at link in bio.

10/16/2025

Sore shoulders? You need this! ⬆️

Caitlin Green shares a simple at-home practice you can do in just minutes a day to relieve shoulder tension and pain. 🌱 This technique, called myofascial release, helps to alleviate discomfort and improve joint mobility by hydrating and addressing restrictions in our fascia, the connective tissue that surrounds muscles, organs, and bones. Think of it as giving yourself a little massage! 🎾 Save this post, and next time your shoulders start to ache, grab a tennis ball and give this powerful self-care technique a try.

Want to learn more from Caitlin? Find her on “today’s schedule” at link in bio 🔗

10/15/2025

Ashtanga Yoga is hard 😤 Join us for a weekend to challenge, expand, and inspire your practice with world-renowned Ashtanga teacher and author Kino MacGregor, who is returning to Boston offering a full weekend of workshops across Down Under studios 🗺️ You won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn from and practice with one of the leading lights of modern yoga.

On Saturday, start your day with an Ashtanga Led Primary Series, then explore your edge in an afternoon workshop designed to help you build strength and confidence through arm balancing and powerful lift-ups, connecting body, mind, and spirit.

Sunday begins with a Mysore style practice and ends with a session to help you cultivate your flexibility and expand your sense of infinite possibility.

Full Weekend Schedule:

Ashtanga Yoga Led Primary Series
📆 Saturday, Oct 25 • 7-8:45 am 
📍Down Under Harvard Square + Livestream

Be Strong
📆 Saturday, Oct 25 • 1:30-3:30 pm
📍Down Under Yoga Porter Square + Livestream

Mysore Style Practice
📆 Sunday, Oct 26 • 7-8:45am 
📍Down Under Yoga Brookline + Livestream

Secrets of Flexibility
📆 Sunday, Oct 26 • 12:30-2:30pm 
📍Down Under Yoga South End + Livestream 

📲 Sign up for one or more sessions at the link in bio!

10/14/2025

✨ Meet Amanda! 🤸‍♀️ A yoga and Pilates teacher, doctoral candidate, and lifelong learner whose practice bridges scholarship and embodiment. By day, she researches virtue theory, feminist theology, and Latinx liberation theology at Duke University. In the studio, she guides strength-building practices rooted in breath and radical self-acceptance.

🌱 Amanda is as eager to learn from her students and colleagues as she is to share her own knowledge. Her classes are high-energy yet grounding, offering accessible pathways that honor every body and ability. Students leave her practice feeling more connected to themselves and to the world they are shaping with intention and power.

📲 Sign up for class via link in bio!

October is full of opportunities to grow 🍁We’re delighted to present a packed month of workshops and fall festivities fo...
10/14/2025

October is full of opportunities to grow 🍁

We’re delighted to present a packed month of workshops and fall festivities for our community. We hope you’re excited about upcoming opportunities to deepen your practice and expand your knowledge. Whether you’re perfecting your kickboxing skills, partnering up for a Thai yoga massage, attending a teacher training, or recharging at our retreat, there’s something for everyone 🧘

Which event interests you the most? Learn more and sign up via the ‘Events & Experiences’ tab on our website 💻🌀

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1054 Beacon Street
Brookline, MA
02446

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 9pm
Tuesday 6am - 9pm
Wednesday 6am - 9pm
Thursday 6am - 9pm
Friday 6am - 9pm
Saturday 6am - 9pm
Sunday 6am - 9pm

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+16175669642

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