Grand Opening: Park Circle Yoga Opening May 1, 2024

New studio brings full schedule of yoga classes to North Charleston’s vibrant Park Circle neighborhood  

North Charleston, SC, April 24, 2024 – Park Circle Yoga will officially open its doors on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in the heart of North Charleston’s Park Circle neighborhood. The studio’s opening at Marquis Station (1021 E. Montague Ave #103 North) is a welcome addition to the burgeoning Park Circle neighborhood that has been without a yoga studio for several years.

The studio will provide a truly unique experience as the space itself is located within a historic Quonset Hut, dating back to 1947. In 2017, Iola Modern, Cityolve and Middleton Group worked together to reimagine the rusted, old hut into a sleek modern studio space. The space served as Iola Modern’s design studio until their expansion to West Montague Avenue in December, 2022.

Park Circle Yoga will offer classes seven days per week with several class times scheduled each day, all taught by a diverse group of local teachers and practitioners. Students can expect classes rooted in solar and lunar experience, which honors the essential energies of both the sun and the moon.

About the solar + lunar experience:

The light, energy and warmth of the sun is essential for our survival. Solar practice includes dynamic, strong, physically invigorating movements. It produces a certain amount of heat in the body. The moon directly impacts the water on our planet. Lunar practice is more fluid and flowing and has an intuitive, calming effect. Most classes will have some of both types of movements with either solar or lunar being the primary energy.

Studio Founder Steven Ortego is excited to bring this offering to the Park Circle area. “While we live in one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in the entire Southeast, Park Circle has been yearning for a dedicated space for the practice of Yoga,” he said. “It is my sincere desire to make yoga accessible to our entire community which is rich in diversity. All are welcome at Park Circle Yoga Studio.” 

Park Circle Yoga provides access to yoga for all, regardless of age, size, gender, or identity. Students can find comfort in knowing there is a place for every person in the space, regardless of where they may be on their journey.  

“I want to take people beyond what the body can and cannot do,” said Studio Director Suzanne Goldston. “I want to take students beyond a practice that’s too fast, too hard and not properly supported. You have a body but you’re not a body. Uniting us with something beyond the body is yoga.”

Pay-per-class and monthly membership options are available via the Park Circle Studio website. The first 100 members who sign up for unlimited membership will receive 10% off their first year of membership.

Aside from the regular class schedule, Park Circle Yoga will soon offer beginner courses, workshops, camps, teacher certification and special events.