Blue Honey Yoga & Fitness

I started a membership here in Sept. 2014. Some teachers have been great. Some were not. It is a smaller studio with smaller classes. I really liked it for about 9 months or so.
Several months ago the studio started changing from just yoga and a few pilates classes to adding yoga with weights, barre classes, and other forms of non-​yoga classes, hence the Blue Honey Yoga AND Fitness name change.
I moved from the west side of the city to the east side and got a membership at a new studio very close to my house and attempted to cancel my Blue Honey membership. I have called, left voicemails, emailed, tweeted and facebooked messages to the business. No one has returned any of my messages and I was forced to contact my credit card company to block this business from making further charges on my account.
None of their social media pages have been updated in a month. So, buyer, beware.

Blue Honey is a clean and professional yoga studio near downtown Austin. They offer a variety of yoga and meditation classes. The instructors are very friendly and knowledgeable. Highly recommend!

Love this place! I loved the group exercise classes when in school and sorely needed a studio with cardio and yoga. Blue honey has it all, and the instructors are all very good. Every class is different, they play great music and I get a great workout. Favorite is Barre with Katie — but warning, you’ll be sore the next day! There’s a huge variety of classes, and the yoga classes are especially challenging. Power Flow can be modified but great for an advanced yogi looking for more. Also true for yoga with weights.

Super friendly and personable instructors make these intense workouts fun (or at least bearable towards the end of the hour). Blue Honey has evolved from a yoga-​centric studio to an all-​inclusive fitness experience with pilates, barre, bootcamp, and a running club. Become a member and get a personalized Honeycomb Code workout schedule to be your fittest self! They are running an amazing special right now $ 75/​month unlimited class membership (normal $ 110/​month). So happy I found this studio!

I love Blue Honey. So much. The instructors are kind, accommodating, and friendly, the studio space is light-​filled and beautiful, and the classes are varied and challenging. I feel like a new woman every time I leave class. I started coming here a year ago and have no intention of leaving for as long as I live in Austin. BY has also added a bunch of new fitness classes — Yoga with Weights is a must try.

Blue Honey was recommended to me by a co-​worker last August, the next day they offered a Groupon… it must have been fate!
After not working out for many years, I was very happy to try yoga at Blue Honey Yoga! Can’t beat the parking plus the studio is beautiful and always clean! Instructors have been great and have helped me build strength physically but also how to incorporate the principles of yoga into my everyday life, too!
I am sitting better at work, my breathing is more regular, tension in my body has reduced, and I am feeling much better overall… all thanks to practicing yoga at Blue Honey a few times a week!
Big, big thanks!

I love blue honey! I purchased a groupon a little over a year ago and I never left. I’ve practiced at other yoga studios but I feel at home at blue honey. Each teacher is unique and knowledgable and brings something new to each class to help cultivate my practice. I love the level 4 power yoga and yoga/​Pilates fusion classes (both worked my core) and the level 3 vinyasa flow classes! All the teachers are wonderful but Anne, Lindsay, Jordan and Leigh are among my favs. I haven’t had a chance to take a class with Lena but every time I come in to the studio she is so warm and welcoming! I can’t say enough great things about this studio.

I attended one class at this studio and it was with Leigh.
Background on me: Have been practicing yoga for 15 years and enjoy classes that are physically challenging while still maintaining the basic tenet of yoga practice. Bonus points for spiritual component.
Pros:
Beautiful studio.
Friendly receptionist.
Cons:
I did not find it challenging.
Not very zen.
Can’t comment on other instructors or their L4 level classes.

I love this place! I was afraid the small room would make for a judgmental environment but I was wrong! People of all skill levels come here to practice and the awesome instructors always provide modifications. I have benefitted from every class I have been to! I always look forward to coming to clas

Eh, do yourself a favor and go to a different yoga studio than Blue Honey. I’ve been to a few yoga studios Austin now and this one is by far my least favorite. The teacher didn’t do any adjustments and really didn’t move around the room at all. She seemed more interested in changing the volume of the music than the students in class.

I tried the groupon for this, really just to do the acro yoga. The ACRO was awesome. The teachers left are super. But, as soon as I signed up for a membership, the the teachers quit. But, I would totally go back there.
The teachers are awesome. The place is really clean.

I went for a bit using a groupon deal– however stopped going before the time was up because the classes were so hit or miss. It is all personal preference however– the instructors seemed very nice, as did every one else I encountered.
The classes I could make it for were not very hands on (literally, as another review mentioned– there were not really any corrections or adjustments made by the instructors), and the music played was very «dance-​y». In the end, I just couldn’t focus on relaxing because of the music and wondering about my accuracy.

Blue Honey Yoga studio is probably my favorite place to spend my free time. I’ve been going for the past two months and always feel great during and after the classes. All of the instructors I’ve had for my power vinyasa classes so far have been great, and unique in their own ways.
I bought a Groupon for 2 months of unlimited yoga when I first moved to Austin and for several silly reasons (it was too hot out, I didn’t feel like it, I was nervous, blahblahblah) I didn’t sign up until 3 months later, when my Groupon deal was about to expire. I’m soooo grateful for the Groupon deal, as I was able to try out the studio for an inexpensive price before committing.
The studio is always clean, has good lighting, friendly staff/​instructors, welcoming atmosphere, plenty of free parking and perfect class times for my lifestyle.

I purchased a Groupon for both my girlfriend and I for a one month subscription here. My girlfriend went to a class on Friday while I was at work, so I was depending on her to see if we got a good deal.
Well, she told me that it was amazing. The atmosphere is nice. The classes are small, and the instructors are helpful and give good corrections. I went with her the following Saturday and Sunday, and I am happy to report the same. Our instructor was Anne. She was very nice, and was understanding that I was a beginner. My girlfriend said her instructor on Friday was Jordan who was equally as great.
I am pleased to say that I am going to use my one month subscription as much as possible. And I may pay full price later on. This is great intimate and charming studio. I encourage all who are new or experienced yogis to give it a try.

I’m not one to write a review unless it’s glowing, but I felt like I should give another perspective as someone who went in reading the glowing reviews on an instructor and environment *super* pumped for a great class– and yet came out feeling an enormous let-​down. :(
While the studio is clean and cute and the parking is great– and yes, there aren’t many people there (plus!) — I’m sad to share that the instructor I had seemed to have absolutely no connection with us as a class. I knew her name only from the schedule– she never introduced herself. There was no eye-​contact and she never encouraged students of hers by name (which I’ve experienced at corepower, yogavida, and other studios where teachers *know* who is in their class– and GET to know me– even calling me by name on my first class!). There were no hands-​on adjustments nor assists given (save for one that I saw her give during savasana to 1 student) and the energy in the room was flat and dull. I felt like I could’ve been seriously damaging my body without the teacher having the slightest clue that I was ‘off’ in my pose (not safe, y’all!).
I know there are other teachers on the roster there who I’ve had at other studios that are great; but sad to say that this main one left me feeling like my $ 15.00 drop in was a huge waste of money and time.

I HATE that I’m writing this review.
Not because I feel bad about anything that I’m going to write. I HATE that I’m writing it because… I want to keep this as my own special secret.
Welcome to Austin folks! The place where if you want to practice yoga, you get to be crammed into a room where you’re can literally watch the beads of sweat form on the person next to you because you’re that close to them. Oh, and practicing yoga in Austin, pretty much guarantees that you’ll be in a room of folks who are so damn toned, that you sort of want to give up and go sit on a couch with your two favorite guys – Ben & Jerry. OH… and it also means that most classes will be filled with ONE type of – not just body type – but ethnicity. And as a curvy, woman of color — THAT. SHIT. GETS. OLD.
Welcome to Blue Honey Yoga. Where the instructors aren’t tools, the room is clean and doesn’t smell like 8,000 people died and were buried under the wood floors, the classes are BEAUTIFULLY taught and incredibly challenging, no matter what level you’re at, and where classes haven’t YET reached capacity levels that yank the zen right out of you just from being frustrated by that.
I’ve been to, BFree, Dharma, Yoga Yoga, Pure Bikram (got yelled at for walking out of a class because the instructor was giving me anxiety… and he yelled at the the entire time I was rolling up my mat, and exiting…), Black Swan… blah, blah, blah… the list goes on.
As someone who has practiced yoga for 12 years, 10 of which were at 1 studio in Dallas… I was SEARCHING for my yogic home. My requirements:
1) Down to earth, non preachy, friendly, open, live the life yoga teachers — because authentic hearts are REQUISITE when teaching others yoga
2) A space with good energy
3) Places that had a lot of people that come to practice, but still have room for you to stretch your arms out in poses without touching someone else
4) A place that draws in PEOPLE OF COLOR.
5) A place where ALL body types are present in classes
6) A place where each class … even if you go to the same class at the same time every day of the week… will offer you a new flow, not the same old one
7) A place when where I work out… I feel like I’ve practiced with a wide intersection of people in my community, and I genuinely feel at peace as soon as savasana is over — and that knows how to make savasana a healing space for the close of your practice.
8) A space where if you’re 5 or 10 minutes late, they don’t guilt you about it, because they’re just GRATEFUL and happy for you to be joining the flow…
Well, guess which studio in Austin fulfills EVERYTHING I’ve been searching for. Since I was 18, I’ve learned to take my worries, anxiety and anger to the mat. Work it all out, on the mat. Leave all that stuff behind you, on the mat. So, to find this yoga studio in Austin, basically has been like finding the perfect therapist to soothe the inner chaos in my mind. Yeah… it’s that good. You will come in, be challenged, sweat your ass off, and leave in AWE of your own strength and resilience.
The ONLY thing that I would like to see is for the 6pm class to be 6:15 or even 6:30pm — because so many people get off at work at 6pm and that grace would be LIFESAVING.
PS: My favorite teacher at the studio is Jenna. She makes my heart happy. She’s an EXCELLENT teacher, has the best energy, and radiates a spirit that you just KNOW she lives a very centered life. :) And Lena is just the nicest human being… ever.

I came for a single acroyoga session with fellow Unilocalers. Grant and his team were great, enthusiastic instructors who were accommodating to all levels of participants. Great location as well.

The studio is very cozy, calming, and has instructors that make the process fun while learning.
The acroyoga is taught at a nice pace and the instructors are hands on. When Grant (instructor) said that anyone can do AcroYoga I wanted to believe him so badly. I love yoga but since I’ve been overweight I haven’t even done a handstand. Grant came over to our group and made me fly! I felt so free and weightless. It not only uplifted my spirits but made me a true believer in this type of yoga. My husband and I were partners and it really helped us connect on a different level… maybe because I made him fly… maybe not.
Overall, it’s a great thing they are doing at AcroYoga and I can’t wait to go back.
Do yourself a favor and try it. No matter your size, skill level, or experience. They will make you feel welcome and have you believing in only one class.

This was my first introduction to acroyoga and it was a blast!
The instructors were awesome and it was great to see the demos of what advanced acroyoga looks like so you can see what you’re working towards.
We were split up into groups, so I got to meet some new Unilocalers and get up close and personal with them. Even bonded with my new Unilocal Bestie, Joy after our tension trust exercise. We were divided into Trees, Flyers, and Treeves, which were pretty obvious as to which group you fit into. I was the tree and spotter for most of our exercises, though one of the gracious and kind instructors gave me the thrill of the Flyer roll for the falling exercise. I would not have made a good Flyer, I am such an alpha that being the Tree, or the control base, was my perfect niche for this genre of yoga. I definitely got a nice, sweaty sheen going and felt muscles I didn’t even know I for two days later, but I’ll be honest and say it hurt so good!
It was a great workout and I definitely recommend this for teambuilding exercises!

BHY is probably one of my favorite yoga studios in Austin. I like the friendly instructors here, the facilities are clean, and it’s conveniently located. Also, THERE IS PARKING and it’s on 6^th Street! That alone is awesome!
I really like that they have fun, unique classes too like free yoga with live music on the first Saturday of every month, and acroyoga.
Give it a try!