Bedstuy Yoga Yin Yoga Studio: Thursday Yin With a Sound Bath

Every Thursday evening, Bedstuy Yoga at 465 Marcus Garvey Blvd runs YIN + SOUNDBATH with Taylor, a 60-minute class that starts with gentle yin postures and finishes with an immersive live sound bath, for $25 with mats included. The start time moves a little from week to week, between 7:00 pm and 7:30 pm in October, so check the booking page for the exact slot. If you want a yin yoga studio in central Brooklyn where the last stretch of class is spent lying still while live instruments play, this is the one to try.

Bedstuy Yoga is new. Its founder, Diana Arnold, opened it on Valentine's Day 2025, and the about page says she built the studio entirely herself. It occupies the bottom of a brownstone on a corner, across the street from a historic church, which gives the room tall windows, original trim and a far more domestic feel than the commercial lofts that host most Brooklyn studios.

Being a young, owner-run space shapes the experience. The schedule is compact, the class names carry the teacher's name, as with Thursday's session with Taylor, and the house rules are written in plain language on the contact page rather than as a long legal policy. Regular classes are for adults only, so this is not the place to bring a teenager along, even to a gentle class.

The booking description sets the order: gentle yin postures invite the body to soften and settle, and then the class moves into a live sound bath. In practice the yin portion covers floor shapes held for several minutes, such as a supported bound angle, a long forward fold and a reclined twist, before everyone settles onto their backs for the sound section, with the sound played live in the room rather than through a speaker.

That second half is why people book this specific hour. A recorded playlist in a yin class fades into the background, while a live sound bath fills a small brownstone room and makes it very hard to keep thinking about email. The trade-off is that the yin section is shorter than in a pure 60-minute yin class, so anyone who wants five or six long holds in a row should know the class splits its time between the two.

Who it suits: anyone who finds silent yin hard because the mind keeps racing, since the sound gives the attention somewhere to rest; people new to yoga, because nothing in the class is athletic; and regular practitioners who already do strong vinyasa elsewhere and want one quiet evening a week. It is less suited to anyone sensitive to loud sound, so mention it to the teacher and take a spot farther from the instruments.

The doors lock five minutes after class begins, a slightly gentler rule than studios that lock before the start, but still strict enough that you should not count on slipping in late once the sound bath is underway. The fixed price for this session is $25, the same as a regular class, and mats are included, so all you need to bring is something warm to wear and maybe a pair of socks for the final rest.

The pricing page lists a 1st Class Special at $20, a 1st Week unlimited at $69 and a 1st month unlimited at $199. Regular classes are $25 each, and community classes are $16. A 5-Class Pack is $115 and valid for two months, while the 10-Class Pack is $229 for three months. The homepage banner currently also advertises three classes for $59 for new students, which is the better deal if you plan to come back.

Monthly memberships are named after poses: Lotus at $179 a month for eight classes, SPHINX at $239 a month for ten classes, and Warrior at $289 a month for unlimited classes. An honest note: if Thursday yin and sound bath is the only class you want, none of the memberships make sense; the 5-Class Pack at $115 covers five Thursdays at $23 each and expires after two months, which fits the weekly habit exactly.

Bedstuy Yoga provides mats and props for free, which is not universal in New York, so there is no rental fee to factor in. You can cancel up to one hour before class for a full credit; no-shows and late cancellations forfeit the class. That one-hour window is more flexible than the three- or four-hour rules common at other New York studios, so it is reasonable to book Thursday on Monday and decide on the day.

Arrive ten minutes early to take off your shoes, pick up a bolster and blanket, and choose a spot. A spot near the wall is useful if you like to rest your legs up it during a restorative variation, and a second blanket folded under the head makes the long sound section far more comfortable. Leave the phone in your bag; a single screen lighting up during a sound bath is very visible in a dim room.

The nearest subway is the C at Kingston and Throop Avenues on Fulton Street, about a ten-minute walk, and the A express stops at Utica Avenue farther east. Several buses run along Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Fulton Street. Plan B if Thursday is full: book a regular $25 class earlier in the week and join the waitlist for Thursday, since anyone cancelling has until an hour before class to release a mat, and you will at least have a slow class in the week if it never clears.

After class, walk a few blocks to Fulton Park, a small square of grass and trees between Chauncey Street and Fulton Street with a statue of Robert Fulton at its center. For dinner, the brownstone blocks of Bed-Stuy around Halsey Street and Lewis Avenue hold several neighborhood restaurants, and a slow walk past the row houses of the Stuyvesant Heights historic district is a calm way to stretch out the evening after the sound bath.