Yoga Chateau is a boutique yoga studio upstairs in the Optimum Wellness Centre, on Beach Road in Campbells Bay, Mairangi Bay, on the North Shore. The studio was founded and is run by Simone Lawry, who describes it as a place for awareness, meditation and healing. Classes include a dynamic but gentle vinyasa flow, and a Yin class that holds each pose for three to five minutes on the floor with props. Every class includes pranayama, meditation and yoga nidra. A Yin and Meditation class runs on the last Sunday of each month at 4.30pm, and it lasts 60 minutes. Membership is through the studio's YCD Membership, and the studio offers a package for people practising one or more times a week that expires three months after first use.
Parking is free, and the beach is a short walk, which the studio suggests as a finish to a class. Yoga Chateau is a small studio, and the classes are built for people who want a calm, slow practice as well as strength and flexibility. For a Mairangi Bay or Campbells Bay local who wants a yoga studio near the beach, with a class that suits rest days after running or lifting, it is a good choice.