Western Massachusetts

If you’re looking to shake up your fitness routine this summer and try something new even while you're traveling, there’s plenty of unique options in Hampshire County in western Massachusetts! There are weekly drop-in group cycling rides, hooping classes, and certainly no shortage of daily classes at our yoga studios and even a handful of unique classes in famous gardens, breweries, and more. For the more adventurous and experienced, there’s even aerial yoga at the local circus training studio.

Yoga in the Brewery
There’s a new use for the brewery tasting room and it’s a pop-up yoga studio. And with over a dozen breweries in Hampshire County, there’s plenty of venues for it! Antilogy on Tap Yoga hosts classes at many western Massachusetts breweries with regular classes at Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, Brew Practitioners in Florence and Fort Hill Brewery in Easthampton. The next classes are Sunday, June 26 at Fort Hill Brewery;  Wednesday, July 6 at Abandoned Building; and Sunday, July 10 at Brew Practitioners.

Yoga in the Winery
If you would prefer to hydrate after yoga with wine, classes at our local wineries are starting to pop up. On Saturday, July 16, join yoga instructor Amy for an hour-long class at Mineral Hills Winery in Florence. Class includes a tasting or glass of your favorite Mineral Hills wine.

Yoga in the Garden
This summer, see the grounds of the Emily Dickinson Museum in a whole new way with Saturday morning yoga classes in Dickinson’s famous garden. Under the instruction of Matthew Andrews from Yoga Center Amherst, practitioners of any level can explore Dickinson's poetry through movement. Classes are every Saturday through August 20 from 10:3-11:45 a.m., weather permitting.

Heavy Metal Yoga
In addition to its schedule of dance classes, Vortex Dance & Fitness Studio has tapped into a very unique yoga practice featuring heavy metal doom music. Vortex hosts Metal Yoga every Friday night at 6 p.m. at Eastworks Suite 111 in Easthampton.

Circus Fitness
At SHOW Circus Studio in Easthampton you can get fit like they do for the circus, featuring classes in contortion, acrobatics, and more. The eight-week summer session classes begin July 11 and a few classes have drop-in availability. SHOW Circus is also home to aerial yoga; there’s currently no open aerial yoga class at SHOW Circus, but the next free trial is September 10.

Group Cycling  
If cycling is your way of life, join one of Northampton Cycling Club's group rides when you visit. Nearly every day of the week the Northampton Cycling Club hosts organized group rides around the region for a variety of cycling levels.

Hooping
Tap into your playful side at Amherst fitness studio Hoop Joy where hula hooping isn’t just child’s play.There are regularly scheduled classes and also twice-weekly “Bliss Blasts” where anyone’s welcome to show up and hoop at the studio.

Boot Camp in the Park
With the sun rising earlier, take your workout outside at Look Park in Northampton. Join fitness instructor Joan Griwold for an early morning outdoor fitness class on Tuesdays at 6:30 or Saturdays at 7:30. Classes run through the week of July 19 with a drop-in rate of $7/class.

See more of Shaina Mishkin's metal yoga photos and video on MassLive.com.