The Deal

The Cambridge Prosociality and Well-being Laboratory at Cambridge University is conducting research on yoga and wellbeing. Participation involves completing some online questionnaires, answering short surveys on a smartphone and attending four yoga classes per week, for six weeks. Eligibility is dependent on being over 18, owning an Android smartphone, having had no yoga experience within the last six months and being in good physical and mental condition. Participants should also be aware that the classes will be staggered, so some will have a six-week wait before they can practise. After ‘purchasing’ option one, customers will be contacted via email by one of the Lab’s research staff to discuss the details of the study further. For those not interested in research participation, 10 standard off-peak or peak classes are also available.

Choose from the following options:

• 24 free hot yoga classes, contingent on research participation

• £25 for 10 exercise list one classes

• £35 for 10 exercise list two classes

Exercise List One

Monday: Ethos Hot Yoga 12pm | Hot Yoga 5pm | Vinyasa Flow 7pm

Tuesday: Athletes’ Flow 7.30am | ETHOS Series Express 8pm

Wednesday: TRX Strength 12pm | Hot Yoga 5pm |Silent Hot Yoga 8.45pm

Thursday: TRX Core Flow 12pm | Hot Yoga 5pm | Barre Conditioning 5.15pm

Friday: Hot Yoga 12pm | Ashtanga 5.30pm | Ethos II Intermediate 6.45pm

Saturday: Ethos Ballet Class 10.30am | Ethos Hot Yoga 12pm | Myofascial Release Yoga 1.45pm | Yang Yin Yoga 3pm

Sunday: TRX Core Flow 1pm

Exercise List Two

Monday: Ethos Hot Yoga 12pm | Hot Yoga 5pm or 7pm | TRX Strength - Cardio Circuit 5.30pm | Vinyasa Flow 7pm

Tuesday: Athletes’ Flow 7.30am | 17:00 TRX Core Flow 5pm | Hot Yoga 6pm | TRX Strength 7pm | Ethos Series Express 8pm

Wednesday: TRX Strength 12pm | Hot Yoga 5pm or 7pm | TRX Strength 6pm | Silent Hot Yoga 8.45pm

Thursday: TRX Core Flow 12pm | Hot Yoga 5pm or 7pm | Barre Conditioning 5.15pm | Yin Yoga 6.45pm |

Friday: Hot Yoga 12pm or 5pm | Ashtanga 5.30pm | Ethos II Intermediate 6.45pm

Saturday: TRX Strength 9am | Hot Yoga 10am | Ethos Ballet Class 10.30am | Ethos Hot Yoga 12pm | Myofascial Release Yoga 1.45pm | Yang Yin Yoga 3pm

Sunday: Hot Yoga 10am or 12pm | TRX Strength - Legs & Core 11am | TRX Core Flow 1pm | Hot Yoga Barre 2pm

Research Participation Involves:

• A series of 30 to 45-minute online questionnaires
• Downloading an app on an Android smartphone, which will buzz several times a day, every day for six weeks. It will ask you short questions about your experiences, feelings and health conditions, taking around 1 to 2 minutes each time
• Weekly health check-ups
• 10 to 15 minutes’ worth of questionnaires at the end of the six-week period
• A 10 to 15-minute follow-up questionnaire three months after the end of the six-week period

For the full class timetable, click here.

The Merchant

Workouts get heated at ETHOS, a modern, bright penthouse studio purposefully designed for hot yoga. Bikram-certified instructors lead studio sessions seven days a week, and posture clinics are also held regularly, with one-to-one tuition to inspire improved flexibility, breathing techniques and general wellbeing. Current students range from 18-76 years of age and include athletes and absolute beginners.