Cover Going on holiday doesn’t have to mean pausing your practice—these 11 yoga and Pilates studios around the Philippines are worth saving for your next trip (Photo: Pexels / FbyF Studio)
Going on holiday doesn’t have to mean pausing your practice—these 11 yoga and Pilates studios around the Philippines are worth saving for your next trip (Photo: Pexels / FbyF Studio)
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From Boracay to Siargao, these yoga and wellness studios make it easy to keep your practice going while you travel
A well-earned holiday is one of the best forms of self-care—but so is sticking to your practice. Across the Philippines, yoga and Pilates studios make it easy to roll out a mat, book a reformer or even find a barre class without breaking stride. Whether you’re chasing a sunrise flow before breakfast, a post-flight stretch to get the body moving, or a proper Pilates session between lazy days at the beach, these studios prove that rewarding yourself with a trip doesn’t mean putting your practice—or your progress—on pause.
This list is in alphabetical order.
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1. 8 Club Lagree Cebu
Location: Streetscape Mall, Banilad, Cebu City
Cebu is a major gateway for island-hopping across the Visayas, and 8 Club Lagree gives travellers passing through a reason to break up transit days. Opened in February 2026, it’s the city’s first certified Lagree studio, offering a high-intensity, low-impact workout designed to sculpt muscles, strengthen the core and improve cardiovascular health in just 45 minutes. Expect slow, controlled movements that target slow-twitch muscle fibres by optimising time under tension, resulting in muscular “shakes” that challenge your endurance. Don’t forget to pick up some treats on your way out, like their strawberry banana or pistachio overnight oats.
2. After Boracay
Location: Sunflower Building, Main Road, Balabag, Boracay Island
A space for wellness that focuses on “restoration rather than intensity”, After Boracay is primed for travellers seeking to slow down and reconnect. Open daily, their 60-minute classes span core-focused strength yoga, grounding breathwork practice and energising vinyasa flow. With just eight students per class, expect hands-on teaching and a calm studio environment. Keen to take your practice to the next level? After Boracay is hosting its first five-day, 50-hour yoga immersion retreat this September.
Tatler Tip: Check out their Instagram page to see The After Boracay Guide, with recommendations that embrace a slower side to the tourist destination, like boutique hotels and matcha cafés.
3. Anahaw Dauin
Location: La Independencia Street, Poblacion, Dauin
Found about 15km from Dumaguete City, Dauin is another tourist destination known for its marine sanctuaries, black sand beaches and volcanic hot springs. Also here is Anahaw: a plant-based restaurant, yoga studio and freediving centre rolled into one. Their weekly yoga classes include morning sweat sessions, power yoga, HIIT yoga, ashtanga fusion and restorative yoga, among others—they’ve even hosted a pulse and whisk pilates and matcha class in the past. Work up your appetite with one of their classes, then tuck into their smoothie bowl, vegan breakfast plate or pancakes.
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4. Dumaguete Wellness
Location: Seaside Homes, E J. Blanco Drive, Dumaguete City
Part accommodation and part movement studio, Dumaguete Wellness is built for travellers who don’t want their routine competing with their itinerary—stay onsite and roll straight out of bed and onto the reformer. They provide a comprehensive suite of Pilates reformer classes that target specific muscle groups: core, glutes, upper body or full body. Since opening, they’ve rapidly expanded their portfolio to include strength reformer, hot Pilates, mat Pilates and full-body strength classes, as well as prenatal and senior-friendly reformer options, plus callisthenics and handstand training. Looking for a more gentle practice? They also offer gentle flow yoga, vinyasa yoga and sculpt and weights yoga.
Tatler Tip: Complement your movement with recovery treatments, such as ice baths and myotherapy, also available at Dumaguete Wellness.
5. Feral Pilates & Physical Therapy Siargao
Location: SOS Gym, Malinao, General Luna, Siargao Island
Eager to continue your Pilates regimen while on vacation? Feral is Siargao’s first and only reformer Pilates studio, offering classes that emphasise science-led guidance and intentional movement. Allegra de Borja, Feral’s co-founder, is not only a Merrithew-trained Stott Pilates instructor, but also a Philippine Board-certified physical therapist, so you can trust the precision behind every class. Choose from the longevity class, which promotes sustainable fitness; the surf class, designed to support your surfing performance; the flexibility class, for increased mobility; the fight class, primed for athletic power; and groundwork, perfect for beginners.
Tatler Tip: Feral also runs a studio next door for yoga, barre, and dance, called Feral Movement. In the same complex is Holding Space by Vultun, home to sound healing, meditation, and breathwork practices.
6. Modo Studio Bacolod
Location: The Shophouse Heritage, Bacolod City
Bacolod’s reputation as the City of Smiles extends to its food scene and festival calendar, and travellers who spend a few days working through plates of chicken inasal will find Modo Studio a useful reset between meals. Modo Studio boasts a vibrant range of classes for various forms of movement, suited for both early risers and night owls—think 7:30am hot Pilates or gentle yoga through to 10:30am boxing basics, 6pm intro to Muay Thai and even callisthenics-based classes at 7pm. They’ve even got programming for little ones: beginner dance for kids, plus sponge painting and turtle crawl classes for babies aged six to 26 months, aimed at building fine and gross motor skills. Keep your eyes peeled for other one-off classes, like core & booty blast pilates, boxing basics and sunset sessions.
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7. Pilates Plus Davao
Locations: The Compound, Tulip Drive, Matina, Davao City; Azuela, Lanang, Davao City; and Luisa Avenue Square, E. Jacinto Extension, Davao City
Davao’s appeal for travellers runs from Mount Apo’s trails to resort getaways—and after a weekend of hiking or lounging, Pilates Plus is a precise way to reset. With three locations across Davao City, Pilates Plus specialises in one-on-one classes on the reformer, chair, ladder barrel and other Stott Pilates-certified apparatus. Alignment and form are the top priority here, ensuring you engage the right muscles, prevent strain and injury and build both balance and control. Soon, they’ll also introduce group classes. Stay tuned.
8. The Reset Studio Cebu
Location: MSY Tower, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City
Seeking yoga, mat pilates or barre classes for your next trip to Cebu? Check out The Reset, the city’s only infrared-heated and red light studio. Infrared heat adds a cardio element while enhancing mobility and promoting detoxification, and red light therapy is known to improve recovery, circulation, skin health, and inflammation support. Have your pick from barre signature, barre sculpt, barre flow, classical pilates, contemporary pilates, vinyasa yoga and hot aromatic slow flow yoga—just check the class type when you book, since sessions span regular, hot, and red light formats.
Tatler Tip: Check their socials so you don’t miss their sunset rooftop sessions or guest-instructor visits.
9. Rich Spirit Yoga Siargao
Location: Santa Fe, General Luna, Siargao
Siargao draws travellers for its surf breaks and slower pace of life, and Rich Spirit Yoga taps into that same rhythm. The studio is a serene yoga and movement space engulfed in lush greenery, inviting you to submit to nature and align with your body. Originally from Toronto, Desiree Gamotin opened the studio in 2025, building on principles of community and connection. Their weekly schedule includes vinyasa flows, gentle hatha flows, fast-paced rocket yoga and even a candlelit vinyasa every Wednesday led by Bea Gonzalez to the beats of R&B and soul. They regularly host special events too, from a full moon yin and sound bath session to complimentary yoga classes to thank the hardworking caregivers of Siargao.
Tatler Tip: Stay tuned for their next Girls Who Rip shortboard clinic, a two-day workshop built to give women the confidence and skills to take on Siargao’s famous waves.
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10. Yoga Dumaguete
Location: Bamboo Pavilion, The Henry Resort, Dumaguete City
Commissioned by Jaime Ponce de Leon, The Bamboo Pavilion by architect Rhalf Abne of Kawayan Design Studio stands 16.5 metres tall across 575 square metres, and is often cited as one of the most compelling cases for bamboo to date. Found within The Henry Resort Dumaguete, the landmark hosts events such as weddings, food festivals, and flea markets—but it also holds classes by Yoga Dumaguete, Mondays through Fridays. It’s a fitting home base for a laid-back city that doubles as a gateway to the reefs of Apo Island, drawing travellers keen to balance dive days with time on the mat. Book into their vinyasa yoga, hatha yoga, power yoga, candlelit yin and pilates classes, then marvel at the architectural wonder that is The Bamboo Pavilion.
Tatler Tip: This July 25, The Bamboo Pavilion revives the Namasday yoga and wellness retreat, with classes, talks, social events, and even markets from 8am to 8pm.
11. Yoga Tayo El Nido
Location: Shops at Lio Beach, El Nido, Palawan
Temporarily closed for their annual rainy season break
When Yoga Tayo started in 2021, it was a small mat on one of El Nido’s beautiful beaches. Today, it operates as a full wellness studio offering Hatha-based yoga, contemporary Pilates, barre-inspired workouts, and mindful breathwork practice. Adjacent to the studio is Om Nom Nom, their café serving sweet and savoury treats like crème brûlée toast, a bagel sandwich, and fish tacos.
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