Gilroy Yoga Studio: Indoor Reopening

Downtown Gilroy Yoga Studio Reopens Indoors

A self-proclaimed "cleaning fanatic," Wendy Mosgrove's reputation has served her well, especially during this era of Covid-19. As the owner of Best Yoga Studios in downtown Gilroy, she is already ahead of the pack.

Mosgrove invested heavily in an HVAC system when she opened the studio at 60 Fourth Street in 2015, which replaces room air every 20 minutes with a mix of fresh and ultraviolet-sanitized air. Two large exhaust fans refresh the air after every class, ensuring a safe environment for those attending Gilroy yoga classes.

Best Yoga Studios reopened on March 15, 2021, after Santa Clara moved into the Red Tier of the state's reopening framework, allowing yoga studios to operate indoors with capacity restrictions.

The 3,200-square-foot space offers 28 classes a week, including a 60-minute version of Bikram yoga, hot yoga, and Pilates classes, along with deep-meditative, non-heated Yin Yoga, Hot Fusion, and Hot Power Yoga classes. Temperatures in the hot yoga classes reach 105 degrees Fahrenheit with 40 percent humidity.

Mosgrove said clients range in age from 25 to their 70s, and about two-thirds are women.

A professional ballerina from Hartford, CT, Mosgrove was trained as a workout instructor by Jane Fonda in 1981 after moving to San Francisco. She became interested in hot yoga 10 years ago when she agreed to accompany a friend to a studio in San Jose.

At the time, she suffered from insomnia, took medication for depression, and had limited neck movement due to an automobile collision. After 10 days of hot yoga, Mosgrove said she was sleeping through the night, no longer required her medications, and had full range of motion.

"I knew it was going to change my life," she said. "This is such a healing type of yoga."

She opened her first studio in Morgan Hill in 2011, but closed it in 2019 after opening the Gilroy studio in 2015.

Mosgrove provides mats and cleans after each session with a hospital-grade disinfectant.

"We are delighted that we can welcome customers again to a safe, clean studio for practicing hot yoga and Pilates," Mosgrove said. "2020 and 2021 were difficult years for everyone, and we look forward to continuing to expand our services."

Best Yoga Studios owner, Wendy Mosgrove. Gilroy Dispatch article about the reopening of the studio.

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