The St Marks Stays Studio is the connecting room between the main house and Damian and Joanne’s apartment at the end of the house and is used for yoga and creative retreats.

The studio is multi purpose and has been used for sewing, quilting, vision board creating, wreath making, art courses, presentations, fitness circuits, qi gong, meditation, sound bath sessions and of course predominantly yoga. We do ask that it is not used as a party room, place to sleep in, or playroom please, due to our apartment being the other side of the door.

It is an ever evolving space since we took it on. Take a look back at an old blog post on how it looked when we first moved here in 2017. We spruced it up then and thought it was okay, but compared to now, it makes us chuckle. So who knows what it may be in years to come as we adapt to your needs.

New windows have been installed and we have also added curtains to make it cosier and help with the sound echo that was present in an empty room. We have tables and chairs that can be moved in and out of the studio for courses and meetings and all things creative. We have a bluetooth speaker and a projector and you can access the WiFi, but bring in one of the plug in boosters for this.

Lighting has been amended and added to, so evening yoga sessions can be more subdued. Fairy lights have been attached at low level. There are LED candles that can be moved from the lounge and dining room in to the studio if required. Plus we have added in some remote controlled mood up / down lights that be changed in intensity and also colour and rotated around. Hopefully this will prove better than the dimmer switch ceiling lights.

The big investment in the studio has been our yoga equipment for you all to use. You don’t need to be a yoga retreat to use it by the way. We have the kit on shelves with a step so you can get to it and the bolsters in bags, so you can move them out of the studio if you don’t need them. It can be taken outside on to the yoga decking. We just ask that the mats are cleaned down after use and there is spray and cloths in a basket to do this.

St Marks Stays Yoga Equipment
8 cylindrical bolsters
8 flatter style bolsters
16 yoga mats
16 eye pillows
16 blankets ( We have spare if these get dirty)
16 yoga belts
16 cork blocks
32 cork bricks

St Marks Stays Studio Size

The studio measures 6.7 x 5.1 metres. It can fit anything from 8 to 15 yoga mats, but to be honest 13 is a squeeze. I have photographed the studio with the mats laid out in different set ups so you can get the idea.

If anyone has questions about the suitability of the studio for them, do email us.
info@stmarksstays.co.uk