The entrance of Mandir Danang, with prayer flags, orange walls and a carved altar with flowers

VEGAN YOGA STUDIO · HOA CUONG

Mandir Danang

A vegan yoga studio. Mandir means temple.

Hatha, Jivamukti, Ashtanga-Vinyasa, Yin and Mantra Yoga, on the second floor of 61 Tieu La.

About Mandir

Mandir means temple in Sanskrit. Mandir Danang is a yoga studio on the second floor of 61 Tieu La, and the people who run it call it a yoga shala: a room to practise in, and a place to pray.

It is a vegan studio. They practise ahimsa, which means non-harming, and at Mandir that covers animals as well as people. Each class is offered as a prayer for the happiness and freedom of all beings.

The teaching comes from old yoga traditions, not from trends: Hatha, Jivamukti, Ashtanga-Vinyasa, Yin and Mantra Yoga. "We do not invent Yoga, we are passing down the traditions," they say. Their teachers keep studying after the first 200 hours of teacher training.

Mandir is run by a couple, Ha and YogaGiri. Ha lived in France for 13 years. Right after she moved back home, she met YogaGiri at a kirtan, where people sing mantras together. Two years ago they travelled to Da Nang together, and it felt like home. They told each other they would move here in two years, and now they are here.

What to know

Three people stretching forward on mats with cork blocks at Mandir Danang

Five Kinds Of Yoga

Hatha, Jivamukti, Ashtanga-Vinyasa, Yin and Mantra Yoga. All of it from old yoga traditions.

A painted mural with a cow and a peacock on the wall of the practice room at Mandir Danang

No Harm, To Anyone

Ahimsa means non-harming. At Mandir it covers animals as well as people, so the studio is vegan.

The practice room at Mandir Danang, with mats on a wooden floor and white pillars

Teachers Who Keep Learning

Their teachers keep training after the first 200 hours. Here, everyone is a student and a teacher at the same time.

An orange wall at Mandir Danang with a Sanskrit poster, Lokah Samastah, and orange flowers

Painted Geru

The walls are geru, an earthy orange. To them it means letting go, inner fire, energy and wisdom.

Yoga mats on the wooden floor at Mandir Danang, seen from floor level
A person in a yellow shirt sitting on a mat at Mandir Danang
Two people sitting cross-legged with their hands together by a big window at Mandir Danang
The whole practice room at Mandir Danang, with the mural on the left and mats by the window

2nd floor, 61 Tieu La, Hoa Cuong

The Facts

What it is
VEGAN YOGA STUDIO · HOA CUONG
Hours
7:30am to 8:30pm

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