Independent yoga studio (1-5 teachers, no video) → Junocal
£15 Starter / £29 Studio / £69 Growth. Membership-friendly, term-based TT cohorts built in, Bacs Direct Debit direct, no marketplace commission.
London yoga studios run a specific shape — membership-heavy revenue, teacher training cohorts as meaningful income, on-demand video increasingly expected. This guide compares the available platforms against that operation. Updated 24 August 2026.
£15 Starter / £29 Studio / £69 Growth. Membership-friendly, term-based TT cohorts built in, Bacs Direct Debit direct, no marketplace commission.
Junocal runs clients, live and hybrid capacity, memberships, teacher-training terms and payments; a specialist host keeps the recorded library independently portable.
Six storefront themes, branded booking, memberships and direct payments are included without a separate app or website-services module.
£15/month with classes, memberships, packs, intake and direct Stripe ownership already included.
Reliable Bacs Direct Debit for memberships
London yoga memberships at £130-£200/month justify Bacs over card processing. The £4 cap saves £40-£80/month for a 60-member studio versus card-only. Stripe Connect Standard direct (Junocal, Walla, OfferingTree) is the right architecture.
Teacher training cohort handling
A 200-hour TT in London runs £2,500-£3,800/student. Cohorts run 6-12 months with one upfront payment, separate intake, separate refund rules. Junocal builds this in, with deposit + balance options.
Specialist class intake (pre-natal, restorative, etc.)
Per-service intake means a pre-natal class has trimester and consultant-letter fields, a trauma-informed class can include adjustment opt-out, a beginner class can ask about injury history. With Junocal, each class type carries its own intake form out of the box; most other platforms require more configuration.
On-demand video pairing or native
Junocal pairs with dedicated video hosts through links in booking confirmations, keeping the library portable while the live studio operation, memberships and payments stay in one class-first system.
Retreat and workshop handling
London yoga studios run retreats (UK, Europe, occasionally Asia) and workshops with capacity-fixed events, deposit+balance billing, and stricter cancellation rules than drop-in. Junocal sets these up as their own event with the rules built in; Mindbody and Momence can be configured.
For independent London yoga studios, Junocal is the strongest fit from £15 Starter to £69 Growth. It combines capacity booking, teacher-training terms, memberships, packs, adaptive intake, Bacs Direct Debit through the studio's own Stripe account, branded booking, and no marketplace commission. Hybrid studios can pair Junocal with a dedicated video host, while premium brands get six storefront themes without a £500-per-month software stack.
Three operational differences. First, yoga revenue skews more toward memberships than pilates (which is more pack-driven), so recurring-billing matters more. Second, teacher training (TT) is a larger share of yoga revenue — a 200-hour TT in London runs £2,500-£3,800/student and cohort handling matters operationally. Third, on-demand video is more material for yoga than reformer pilates — yoga adapts more naturally to recorded delivery, and many London yoga studios run hybrid live + video subscriptions.
London is a major UK teacher-training market — 200-hour foundation and 300-hour advanced trainings. Cohorts run as fixed groups over 6-12 months with one upfront payment, separate intake forms, and refund rules distinct from drop-in. Junocal, Mariana Tek, and Walla build TT in as its own thing. On Mindbody you can set it up, but it takes more work. For London yoga schools where TT is 25%+ of revenue, the platform's TT handling matters more than day-to-day class scheduling.
Junocal pairs with Vimeo OTT, Uscreen, or Mighty Networks whether recorded video is complementary or sold as its own subscription. Junocal runs the live and hybrid schedule, teacher-training terms, memberships, intake, and direct payments; the specialist host runs the library. That keeps the studio and its content portable.
Measure it against direct acquisition instead of assuming it. Record the source of each first booking for 90 days, calculate commission per acquired client and compare it with studio-owned local search, referral and retention channels. Junocal routes every booking through the studio's branded page with no marketplace commission.
Specialist classes (pre-natal, post-natal, restorative, trauma-informed, chair yoga) typically run as separate service types with their own intake forms, capacity, and sometimes pricing. Per-service intake handles specialist health screening — pre-natal forms include trimester and consultant-letter fields; trauma-informed classes can offer hands-on adjustment opt-out. With Junocal, each class type carries its own intake form out of the box. Most other platforms support it with more configuration effort.
Junocal Studio is £29 × 12 = £348/year before Stripe processing. Walla's current public US-dollar Core stack with its Branded Studio App and Website & SEO Services is $320 + $149 + $199 = $668/month, or $8,016/year before onboarding and processing. Quote-only platforms need a current written total for a like-for-like comparison.
Comparisons, pricing, and migration guides for the major alternatives in the London yoga market.
14 days free on Junocal, no credit card. Configured for UK yoga studios out of the box: Bacs Direct Debit, term-based TT cohorts, per-service intake. Sharon (London-based) answers setup questions directly.