'Exciting new chapter' as Shrewsbury yoga centre expands to meet demand
A yoga business in Shrewsbury has proved so popular that work is now under way for a major expansion in a bid to keep up with growing demand.
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The thriving centre - Jenna Blair Yoga - has outgrown demand, with classes and a variety of offerings to support wellbeing often fully booked with waiting lists.
A building in Belle Vue - directly attached to its current space - will now be used for the creation of a second studio space, additional treatment rooms offering holistic therapies, and more.
The transformation will require a full-scale rip-out and redesign to turn it into an oasis of serenity and calm with the aim of completing the renovation works in time for the space to open later in 2025.
Founder and Director, Jenna, said: “This is a plan that’s been in the works for a while now, and it’s an exciting chapter for our team as we start this new phase of our expansion.
"We took on the first building back in 2021, transforming the space from a dilapidated office block to what we have now which is a much-loved, peaceful haven for a huge variety of classes, treatments and offerings that support wellbeing.
“We welcome more than 400 people through our doors each week and demand for what we offer here is more popular than we ever could have imagined.
"We are growing our building as we grow as a business and a not-for-profit community organisation. It’s our ambition to benefit as many people as possible through yoga, and our new second building will help us to do this."
The centre's current space will remain open throughout the build and Jenna is hoping that, once the expansion is complete, more people will take a look at the activities at the centre.
"We’re now also offering so much more than yoga - although that will always remain at the core of what we do," Jenna said.
"Recent funding from Arts Council England, the National Lottery Community Fund, Lingen Davies among others has seen us offer a full programme of mindful creative activities including arts, crafts, writing, singing and walking workshops to name a few.
“The growing community strand of our work means we want to make the new space fully accessible for wheelchair users and families with baby changing facilities.
"It’s our mission to make yoga, creative practices and activities that support wellbeing accessible to all, which our new building will allow us to do.”
Classes, workshops, events and treatments can be found at jennablairyoga.co.uk
