Acro Yoga Near Me by London Bridge: Jaqui Wan's Sunday Class and Jam

Every Sunday at 5pm, Jaqui Wan teaches a two-hour acro yoga class inside Tokei, the martial arts centre at Lion Court, 28 Magdalen Street, London SE1 2EN, a short walk east of London Bridge station. Class only costs £16, class plus the 7pm to 9pm open training is £20, and her listing says it is open to all levels with no partner required. For anyone typing acro yoga near me on a Sunday afternoon in south-east London, it is the one regular class that rolls straight into a jam in the same room.

Jaqui Wan's website describes her practice as asana yoga, AcroYoga and healing arts, and her blog archive runs back to November 2009, which gives you a sense of how long she has been part of London's acro scene. She also teaches yoga at The Castle Climbing Centre, runs partner yoga and Thai massage double bills at Taramga Studio in Walthamstow, and organised an International Women's Day acrobatics and AcroYoga skills share in March 2026.

That background shows in the class description. Jaqui frames each session as an exploration of acrobatic principles, alignment and strength work that supports basic partner balancing and flying sequences, done in pairs or small groups. The vocabulary is about connection, trust and play rather than tricks, so the first hour often looks more like careful drilling than performance.

The room is the Hidden Gym at Tokei. Jaqui is upfront about its limits: the ceiling height restricts standing work to low foot-to-hand and standing open-straddle hand-to-hand, and that is about it. Anyone hoping to practise tall standing acrobatics should save that for an outdoor jam in summer.

What the room does well is floor work. The floors are padded and, in her words, there is plenty of space for L-basing shenanigans, which is exactly where beginners spend their first months. L-basing means the base lies on the mat with legs vertical and supports the flyer on their feet and hands, and the padded surface takes the sting out of the inevitable sideways tumbles while you learn.

The fee list on jaquiwan.com is short. Class only is £16, or £13 with a concession; class plus open training is £20 as a drop-in, or £17 concession; open training alone is £5. A Five Class and Jam pass costs £88 and is valid for three months, which works out at £17.60 a session if you use all five. Concession prices require proof, and booking runs through Square checkout links on the same page.

The pass is good value only if you can commit to most Sundays across a quarter. Read the cancellation list first: there is no class or jam on 8 November or 15 November 2026, both because Jaqui is on a Vipassana retreat, and earlier 2026 Sundays were dropped for festivals and conventions. With two Sundays off in November, a pass bought in late October has to stretch into January to be worth it.

The first two hours are taught. From 7pm the room switches to open training, a jam with no teaching, and Jaqui advises that if you plan to come only for that part you should already have some experience in acroyoga or acrobatics. That is not gatekeeping: in a jam, pairs choose their own skills and spot each other, and nobody is watching over a nervous first-timer.

For newcomers the best value is the £20 ticket. You learn a sequence between 5pm and 7pm, then spend the next two hours repeating it with whoever is still on the mats, which is where the shapes actually stick. If you are tired after the class, there is no obligation to stay, and many people leave at seven.

Magdalen Street is off Tooley Street, a few minutes' walk east of London Bridge station. Tokei sits in Lion Court, a small courtyard building, so look for the courtyard rather than a street-front shop. On Sundays the Jubilee and Northern lines and the mainline trains all run to London Bridge, and the walk takes about five minutes.

Arrive ten minutes early on your first visit so you have time to find the right door and change. Wear fitted clothing that keeps knees and ankles visible, take jewellery off and tie back long hair; flyers on a padded floor will be gripped at the ankles and shins. Bring water, because the room is busy and warm by the second hour.

Because the listing says beginners are welcome and the jam runs straight after, the room mixes first-timers with regulars from the wider London acro community. South London Acro Community, which organises the Saturday jam on Clapham Common, lists this Sunday session on its own weekly schedule, so you may meet the same faces across both. Jaqui notifies regulars of any extra cancellations by WhatsApp or Instagram.

The honest caveat is the ceiling. If your goal is standing two-high or hand-to-hand, this room will frustrate you after a few months, and the outdoor jams or a circus school are better long-term. For the first stages of L-based work, though, a padded floor and a teacher who has been doing this for years is hard to beat for £16.

Bermondsey Street, a short walk away, is lined with restaurants and bars and works well for dinner after a 7pm finish. If you come early, Borough Market on the other side of London Bridge station is the obvious stop, best treated as a lunch stop before a 5pm class rather than a late visit.

For a calmer stroll, walk north to the Thames path by Hay's Galleria and follow the river east towards Tower Bridge. It is about ten minutes on foot and gives your forearms a rest after two hours of basing.

Venue: Tokei / Hidden Gym, Lion Court, 28 Magdalen Street, London SE1 2EN. Sundays: class 5pm to 7pm, open training 7pm to 9pm. Prices: class £16 (£13 concession), class and jam £20 (£17 concession), jam only £5, five-class pass £88 valid three months. No sessions on 8 and 15 November 2026. All levels, no partner needed; jam-only visitors should have some experience. Book via the Square links on jaquiwan.com; questions to hello@jaquiwan.com.