Urban OM

Urban Om is a small gem right next to the main railway station in Stockholm.
One of the founders is from New York and many of the guest teachers are from all over the globe, which gives a nice feeling of opening towards the visitors.
All day long people come and go, taking part in classes, receive sessions and hanging out with friends, gracefully serviced by the reception and the karma crew.
The program offers a wide variety of classes with (just some examples): vigorous Osho dynamic morning meditation, different yoga styles, chakra dance and silent sitting mindfulness practice.
It’s simply a great place to be. Check it out for yourself!

So, I tried this place out with a Groupon. They were offering a months membership at a discount. I’m happy with what I got for the price, and I think even the full price is reasonable considering what you get. There is a sauna and a nice locker room (I do wish it was a little bigger and had a shower curtain, I’m not as brave as the Swedish women who shower freely together). Sometimes the locker rooms can get a bit full and there is only one mirror that’s usually occupied.
The staff has been super accommodating and nice. Good customer service is important to me! Booking classes is easy and convenient through the website. I really think if your a yogi you will love this place.
The classes themselves have been mostly good. I first took a «therapeutic yoga» class thinking it was more like muscle therapy, but it was definitely more like mental therapy… Stuff got a little weird. Everyone was moaning and breathing out so much it felt like I was having a stretch in the middle of an orgy on the subway in July. They could definitely use a little better air circulation if their going to keep having everyone share smells of what they just ate for lunch. That class got a little too «spiritual» for me.
But, I still really like the place because the Flow yoga is pretty on point. However, they do tend to do some pretty advanced moves in there and do not offer modifications for all of them. It’s like you just have to know them already (i know some, but not all). They also do not have very many levels of difficulty in their classes either, like I’ve seen at most other places. It’s straight from yoga basics to full on flow yoga balancing on your head stuff. Needless to say, a lot of these sporty swedes could hack it, but I’m starting out again after quite a few years and found that standing on my head is just not going to happen at this moment in time.
So overall, this place is good. I just feel like I need to try our a few more (maybe more of a sporty type of Pilates and yoga together in a studio) to make a judgment call of what I need personally. I’m just not into all that «free yourself, water, fire, spirit» stuff. If your like me you might find it a bit too extreme. I would stay away from the meditations and go more for the stretching classes.