Breathe, move, return.

A small yoga studio on a quiet Pangrati street. Slow Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin and Restorative — never more than fourteen mats in the room.

A converted tailor's workshop, kept slow on purpose.

A converted tailor's workshop, kept slow on purpose.

The same teacher every week.

Eleni Markatou

Founder, Slow Hatha & Yin

Stamatis Voulgaris

Co-founder, Alignment & Restorative

Petros Antypas

Vinyasa

Maria Christou

Yin & Yoga Nidra

Five ways to practise this week.

Slow Hatha

Slow Hatha

long holds, breath-led, props on every mat.
Vinyasa Flow

Vinyasa Flow

moderate pace, no music, focus on transitions.
Yin & Restore

Yin & Restore

three to five poses in 75 minutes, candlelit.
Alignment Lab

Alignment Lab

Stamatis's Wednesday class, one shape unpacked in detail.
Pre-natal

Pre-natal

small group, second and third trimester, Saturday mornings.
Mondays for Carers

Mondays for Carers

donation-based, hospital and home-care staff.

What students say after a few months.

“I came to Slow Hatha with Eleni in January after two years of bad sleep. By March I was sleeping through. Nothing dramatic happened in the room — it was just the only hour of the week where nobody asked anything of me. The 14-mat cap is the whole secret.”
Anastasia P.
Pangrati — 5 stars.
“Stamatis's Wednesday Alignment Lab fixed an SI joint problem that two physios had given up on. He spent three classes on the hip before he ever touched my back. Engineering, not magic.”
Yannis K.
Mets — 5 stars.
“Maria's candlelit Yin on Tuesday at 21:00 is the only reason I survived a brutal product launch. Three poses in 75 minutes. I cried in the second one and nobody made it weird.”
Sophie L.
Kolonaki — 5 stars.
“Did the 200hr training in 2024 with Eleni and Stamatis. The cohort really is twelve people. The anatomy weekend with the visiting osteopath was worth the tuition by itself. Knocked one star because the schedule overlapped a public holiday and we made up the hours on a Sunday.”
Christos M.
Kaisariani — 4 stars.
“Mondays for Carers is the most generous thing anyone has done for hospital staff in Athens. I sign up at 09:00 every Monday and I cry in savasana every other week. Thank you, Eleni.”
Vassia D.
NICU nurse, Sotiria Hospital — 5 stars.

From the journal.

Practice

Practice

"Why we cap classes at fourteen mats" — 12 Aug 2025 — Eleni explains the room math and why we won't move to a bigger studio.
Anatomy

Anatomy

"Your hips are not tight, they are tired" — 02 Aug 2025 — Stamatis on the difference between length and rest.
Studio

Studio

"Two weeks closed every August: a defence" — 27 Jul 2025 — Why the studio shuts and the teachers go home.

Quietly mentioned.

Names: Lifo (2023

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