The Yoga Gem is a small hatha yoga studio in Solway, Masterton, teaching the Iyengar style of hatha yoga. It is aimed at absolute beginners as well as people who already practise. Classes put much attention on alignment, precision and breath, and the studio uses props so that students can reach poses they might otherwise struggle with because of flexibility, balance or strength. The studio is sun-filled, and the teaching is non-competitive, so a student can work at their own pace with an enquiring mind and some humour. Students who have taken classes here describe feeling well supported, and the teaching builds confidence over time, moving students from doing the poses towards observing them as their practice deepens. The owner's own practice began in 1996, when she trained in Iyengar yoga in a group that met at a home in the Wairarapa, and that roots the studio in a long, local tradition. The Yoga Gem also runs yoga retreats abroad, with trips to Bali in 2024 and Rarotonga in 2023. You will find the studio at 121 Solway Crescent, Solway, on the edge of Masterton.