No. 01
12 yrs
Anna Voskerchian
Founder · Hatha · Restorative
Origin
Yerevan / Brooklyn
Note
Trained in Pune. Teaches the breath like a poet.
Lotus HourEstablished · Brooklyn, NYVol. XII · No. 06
[ 01 ]
The Studio
Section
Williamsburg · BK
Hours
07:00 → 20:00
Issued
June MMXXVI
— A Quiet Practice, North 6th Street
Lotus
Hour.
A sunlit corner room on North 6th Street — six teachers, three lineages, thirteen hours of breath each day. We don't shout. We hold space.
Fig. 01 · Vinyasa, 07:00Photograph
no. 01
[ 02 ] — The Reading
An Essay
On Practice
by Anna Voskerchian
Founder & Lead Teacher
Founder & Lead Teacher
“The room is small on purpose. The bell at the top of the hour is not a performance — it is permission to stop rehearsing your day, and to begin breathing it.”
Lotus Hour was opened in 2018, in a sunlit corner of North 6th and Bedford. The room faces south and east, which means the floor is gold by 7am and lavender by 7pm. We took the room because of the light, and we have kept the light at the center of every decision since.
We teach Hatha for the foundation, Vinyasa for the flow, and Restorative for the nights when the city has been louder than usual. There are six of us, and we know your name by the third visit. The class is capped at eighteen mats. There is no music in the final ten minutes — only the Williamsburg traffic, softened by the brick.
Anna V.
Brooklyn, June MMXXVI
[ 03 ] — The Lineages
Three rooms,
one practice.
Pick the room by the day you are having, not the body you wish you had.
I.
Hatha
The Slow Foundation
The grammar of the practice. Held postures, full breath cycles, and the quiet diagnostic of where the body has been holding the week. 75 minutes.
Teachers
Anna · Marisol · Devon
Schedule
Mon, Wed, Fri · 07:00 & 18:00
Tempo
Slow
Effort
1 / 3
II.
Vinyasa
The Moving Meditation
A flow of linked breath and movement, returned to a single sustained moment. We teach the long line, not the difficult shape. 60 minutes.
Teachers
Jules · Devon · Priya
Schedule
Tue, Thu, Sat · 08:00 & 19:00
Tempo
Medium
Effort
2 / 3
III.
Restorative
The Nightfall Practice
Bolsters, blankets, the lights at three percent. Five postures over eighty minutes. For tired backs, tight jaws, and the Sunday before a Monday.
Teachers
Anna · Saoirse · Priya
Schedule
Sun & Wed · 19:30
Tempo
Held
Effort
1 / 3
— All rooms capped at eighteen mats. Props are provided. First-timers are asked to arrive ten minutes early.
18 mats · max
See full schedule ↓
[ 04 ] — The Week
Seven mornings,
seven evenings.
Issue 06 · ScheduleCapped 18 mats · ↻
Mon
01
07:0075m
Hatha
w/ Anna
12:1545m
Vinyasa · Express
w/ Devon
18:0075m
Hatha
w/ Marisol
19:3080m
Restorative
w/ Saoirse
Tue
02
07:0060m
Vinyasa
w/ Jules
09:3075m
Hatha · Slow
w/ Anna
17:3060m
Vinyasa
w/ Priya
19:0075m
Vinyasa · Long Line
w/ Devon
Wed
03
07:0075m
Hatha
w/ Marisol
12:1545m
Vinyasa · Express
w/ Jules
18:0075m
Hatha
w/ Anna
19:3080m
Restorative
w/ Priya
Thu
04
08:0060m
Vinyasa
w/ Priya
10:0075m
Hatha
w/ Devon
18:0075m
Vinyasa · Strong
w/ Jules
19:3080m
Restorative · Candles
w/ Anna
Fri
05
07:0075m
Hatha
w/ Anna
17:3060m
Vinyasa
w/ Devon
19:0075m
Hatha · Quiet
w/ Saoirse
Sat
06
08:3090m
Vinyasa · Long
w/ Jules
10:3075m
Hatha
w/ Marisol
16:0060m
Vinyasa
w/ Priya
Sun
07
09:0090m
Hatha · Open
w/ Anna
11:0080m
Restorative
w/ Saoirse
19:3080m
Restorative · Closing
w/ Priya
Same room, same teachers, every week. Subject to weather, holidays, and the occasional Brooklyn fire drill.
All classes 75-minute median
[ 05 ] — A Conversation
Interview · 06
Fig. 02 · Anna, in studioPhotographed June MMXXVI
Founder, Lead Teacher
Anna
Voskerchian.
“I was a tense person, in a tense city. The mat is the only thing that has told me the truth about my own breathing, twelve years running.”
Anna trained in Pune in 2013, taught in Lisbon and Mexico City, and opened the Williamsburg room in 2018. She teaches the morning Hatha most weekdays, the candle-lit Restorative on Thursdays, and the long Sunday flow.
She is on the mat at six twenty-five every weekday. She makes the coffee that the front desk drinks at seven. She will, if you ask, talk about your shoulders for an hour.
Teaching
12yrs
Studio · Est.
2018
Lineages
III
portrait
[ 06 ] — The Roster
Six teachers,
one room.
We don't rotate the schedule. You will know whose class you walked into.
No. 02
9 yrs
Marisol Reyes
Hatha
Origin
Mexico City
Note
Slow holds. Cervical anatomy nerd.
No. 03
7 yrs
Jules Anan
Vinyasa · Long Line
Origin
Marseille
Note
Will make you sweat by minute eight.
No. 04
11 yrs
Devon Hale
Hatha · Vinyasa
Origin
Asheville, NC
Note
Plays cello before the seven am.
No. 05
6 yrs
Priya Mahesh
Vinyasa · Restorative
Origin
Chennai
Note
Sanskrit translations, weekly.
No. 06
8 yrs
Saoirse Walsh
Restorative · Quiet Hatha
Origin
Galway
Note
Holds the candle-lit Thursdays.
[ 07 ] — Plates
The room,
photographed.
Plates I–IV
Hatha · Vinyasa · Restorative✦North 6th & Bedford✦Eighteen mats✦Doors at six fifty-five✦Cap of forty per day✦Twelve years on the mat✦Six teachers✦Sunlit at seven✦Three lineages✦Established 2018✦Hatha · Vinyasa · Restorative✦North 6th & Bedford✦Eighteen mats✦Doors at six fifty-five✦Cap of forty per day✦Twelve years on the mat✦Six teachers✦Sunlit at seven✦Three lineages✦Established 2018✦
[ 08 ] — Rates
Three ways to
stay on the mat.
No initiation fee. No annual contract. You can cancel at the front desk in one sentence.
No. I
Drop-in
$28/ single mat
One class, any lineage, any teacher. Good for the visiting friend, the wedding-weekend stretch, the curious neighbor.
- ✦Any class on the schedule
- ✦Props & mat included
- ✦Reserve up to 7 days ahead
Most chosen
No. II
Five-Class Card
$125/ five mats
For the every-other-week practitioner. Valid for ninety days from purchase. Shareable with a partner. No fine print.
- ✦Five classes, any lineage
- ✦Valid 90 days
- ✦Share with one other person
- ✦Reserve up to 14 days ahead
No. III
Monthly Unlimited
$189/ per month
For the daily mat. Auto-renews; pause any month. A guest pass each month for someone you would like to bring.
- ✦Unlimited classes, any lineage
- ✦Pause any month, no fee
- ✦One guest pass / month
- ✦Priority reservation
* Your first class is fifteen dollars, regardless of plan. We will not ask for a credit card to hold your mat.
First class · $15
Cards · Apple Pay · Cash
[ 09 ] — Letters
What members
have said.
Excerpted with
permission
№I
Hatha, Wednesdays
I came in to stretch my hamstrings and I have stayed for the silence after the bell.
— Mira J.
Member, three years
№II
Hatha, Fridays
The light at 07:08 on a Friday is the reason I have not quit Brooklyn.
— Daniel R.
Member, since 2019
№III
Restorative
Anna corrected my shoulder once, gently, and it has not bothered me in eighteen months.
— Priscilla M.
Drop-in, occasional
№IV
Vinyasa, Tuesdays
I tried four studios in the neighborhood. This one remembered my name on the second visit.
— Henry T.
Member, one year
[ 10 ] — The Address
How to
find us.
North 6th & Bedford,
Williamsburg
Williamsburg
Studio
Lotus Hour
162 N 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
162 N 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Telephone
+1 718 555 9988Letters
hello@lotushour.nycMon–Fri
07:00 — 20:00
Weekends
08:30 — 19:30
Questions, answered
Q.01Do I need experience?+
No. Every class welcomes a first visit; the slow Hatha at 09:30 Tuesdays and the Sunday morning Open are the easiest places to begin.
Q.02What do I bring?+
A water bottle, a pair of clothes you can fold in half. Mats, blocks, bolsters, and straps are part of the studio. Showers in the back room.
Q.03Can I cancel?+
Yes. Cancel up to two hours before class with no fee. Monthly memberships can be paused at the front desk in a single sentence.
Q.04Is there parking?+
Street parking on N 6th and Berry. The Bedford L is a four-minute walk. The studio has a small lobby with hooks for coats and the wet of December.
Q.05Is the room quiet?+
Yes. The room has wool baffles and a single brass bowl. Music in the first thirty minutes; the last ten are always silent.
[ Colophon ] — The Last Page
Doors open at 06:55
Come be
intheroom.
Your first class is fifteen dollars. The front desk will lend you a mat, a towel, and a polite reminder where to put your shoes.
Studio
Lotus Hour
162 N 6th St
Brooklyn NY 11211
162 N 6th St
Brooklyn NY 11211
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