Yoga Concepts

Cranston, United States

5

3 reviews

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+1 401-461-8484
Website:
www.bikramyogari.com
Address:
1150 Pontiac Ave Rear Unit, Cranston, RI, 02920
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.8 miTF Green Airport
1.8 miOld Spring Loop
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Local time (Cranston) 04:07 Friday, 20 June 2025

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Specialties

We are a Bikram Yoga School. Each class is a 90-​minute comprehensive program, teaching you the basics of Bikram yoga. The 26-​posture sequence is scientifically designed and choreographed to go through the entire body, relieving stress, balancing and strengthening the glands, organs, tendons, and weight, and building willpower, self-​control, and patience. The class is effective at conditioning the mind and body, as well as rehabilitating a variety of injuries.

History

Established in 1985.

Yoga Concepts @ Bikram’s Yoga College of India is the ONLY officially accredited Bikram Yoga College of India School in Rhode Island offering the Strict Bikram Method of Yoga. For more than a quarter of a century, Yoga Concepts has defended the sequence of postures and benefits of Bikram Yoga. Established in 1985, Yoga Concepts was the first Bikram Method School in the northeast and the second school on the east coast. Join nationally recognized Senior Bikram Yoga Teachers, Mary Ann & Donna Nassa, as they lead you in the granddaddy of hot yoga. Classically trained since 1984 under the exclusive tutelage of Bikram & Rajashree Choudhury and Emmy Cleaves, you receive individual attention with emphasis on correct form and alignment. Participants sweat their troubles away for 90 minutes in our state-​of-​the-​art Far Infrared Heated Studio. On purpose!

Meet the Business Owner

Mary Ann and Donna N.

Business Owner

Directors and founders of Yoga Concepts @ Bikram’s Yoga College of India (bikramyo​g​ari​.com) established in 1985, is the pioneer of Bikram Yoga in the Northeast United States. Mary Ann and her sister Donna have been devoted students of Bikram Yoga since 1984 under the exclusive tutelages and wisdom of Bikram and Rajashree Choudhury, and Emmy Cleaves. Mary Ann serves as a member on the Judges’ Committee for the USA Yoga Federation, and has been a leading volunteer for USA Yoga since 2003 and the International Yoga Asana Championships. Mary Ann continues the privilege of assisting Bikram and Rajashree with seminars and yoga competitions worldwide.

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3 reviews of Yoga Concepts

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Place rating: 5
Warwick, RI
Yoga Concepts is super clean. The studio doesn’t smell and the locker rooms and showers are clean.
The heat at this studio is just amazing, it’s a hot and sweaty Bikram class, yet my lungs don’t feel like they are going to explode. I’ve been practicing Bikram yoga for over 5 years and the far infrared heat allows me to work harder while Donna and Mary Ann, the owners, give specific corrections that help me improve. Since I started coming here in May, I can stretch about 4 inches more in the half moon, and can hold the standing head to knee pose w/​leg extended. I’ve also lost 10 lbs and a dress size. I feel great.
This isn’t a place where a bored instructor recites the dialogue with the canned corrections. Mary Ann and Donna TEACH, and correct everyone by name. The other students are friendly and polite – people will offer to move over a couple of inches to let you squeeze in and not have to practice in the crack of a mirror, for instance. People of all ages, sizes and shapes practice here – not just the super flexible people in trendy yoga clothes – it’s a great place to develop a solid foundation and life long practice.
Place rating: 5
Providence, RI
I have been practicing Bikram yoga for years and have visited number of studios around the country and outside of the US. This is one of the few studios that gets the temperature and humidity perfect nearly every time. Just warm and humid enough so that you are not sweating until you start doing the poses. Mary Ann and Donna are great teachers that have a lot of experience and will help you improve. They will also notice if you are subtly out of position and give you corrections to get you back in place. If you have not tried hot yoga this would be a great place to do so as you will get personalized instruction. Also if you are a little tight or have an old injury you may get some modifications to the standard poses that will get you straightened back out.
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
I have visited 55 hot yoga studios across the country, and Mary Ann is easily the best teacher I’ve met. Her knack for providing carefully crafted instructions to individual students is awe-​inspiring. There is no painfully regurgitated «dialogue,» and no ridiculous and extreme conditions that cater to the egotist. Don’t get me wrong – the room is hot and humid, but you sweat because she makes you work hard, not because you feel faint due to a heat index of 150.
Mary Ann knows all the modifications for those who have any ailments, and how to push those who master the basics. You can take a break if you are having an off day without absurd repercussions or belittling. Unfortunately, I can only make it once or twice a week now since I moved away – but the high quality instruction and proper conditions make it worth the trip.
Definitely try the place, especially now with the brand new accommodations – always clean and never smelly. Easy parking eliminates yet another headache. Go in prepared to listen and learn, and you will be amazed at how much you didn’t know!