# R1SE Urban Studios
> Sheffield's premium urban performance and recovery studio. Hot yoga, reformer pilates, fire & ice therapy, breathwork, barre, aerial yoga, and advanced recovery services. Philosophy: Chaos → Control → Calm.
## About R1SE
R1SE Urban Studios is a performance and recovery studio founded in 2018, operating two locations in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. The studio's philosophy follows a Chaos → Control → Calm progression - combining high-intensity movement practices with evidence-based recovery therapies to help members build resilience, physical strength, and mental clarity.
R1SE serves approximately 2,000 monthly attendees and 1,000 active members across two sites, with 25+ class types and 19 instructors.
## Locations
### R1SE Brook Place (Studio)
- Address: 112 Napier Street, Sheffield, S11 8DL (Sharrow Vale area)
- Services: Hot yoga, reformer pilates, barre, mat pilates, aerial yoga, infrared sauna
- Opening hours: Mon-Fri 06:00-21:00 | Sat-Sun 08:00-18:00
- Phone: +44 114 258 0000
### R1SE Kelham Urban Spa
- Address: 8 Shepherd Street, Sheffield, S3 7BA (Kelham Island area)
- Services: Hot yoga, reformer pilates, breathwork, fire & ice, red light therapy, PEMF, compression therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), Finnish barrel sauna (8-person), infrared sauna
- Opening hours: Mon-Fri 06:00-21:00 | Sat-Sun 08:00-18:00
## Core Services
### Studio Classes
- **Hot Yoga**: Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, and specialist yoga sessions in 35°C heated studios
- **Reformer Pilates**: Machine-based pilates on state-of-the-art reformers for strength, flexibility, and rehabilitation
- **Barre**: Ballet-inspired strength and toning classes targeting legs, glutes, and core
- **Aerial Yoga**: Yoga suspended from silk hammocks for spinal decompression and upper body strength
- **Mat Pilates**: Classical pilates on the mat for core control and flexibility
- **Breathwork**: Guided breathing techniques for nervous system regulation and stress reduction
- **SYNC**: Specialist class type available at Brook Place
### Recovery & Urban Spa (Kelham)
- **Fire & Ice Thermal Cycling**: Contrast therapy combining Finnish sauna and ice baths. Unguided 30-min sessions (Fire & Ice) or guided with breathwork facilitation
- **Guided Fire, Ice & Breath**: Facilitated contrast therapy with breathwork coaching
- **Wellness Experience**: 4-hour guided recovery journey - yoga, Fire & Ice, compression, red light therapy, saunas, ice baths
- **Red Light Therapy**: Clinical-grade full-spectrum red and near-infrared panels for cellular repair
- **Compression Therapy**: Sequential pneumatic compression (hips, arms, legs) - 30-min sessions
- **Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)**: Pressurised oxygen chambers for tissue repair and cognitive function (40-180 credits)
- **Finnish Barrel Sauna**: 8-person barrel sauna at Kelham, maintained at 80°C
- **Infrared Sauna**: Full-spectrum infrared at both locations, 45-60°C
- **Ice Bath**: Maintained at 2-4°C at Kelham Urban Spa
### R1SE TV
- On-demand streaming platform with 4,500+ sessions
- Content: yoga, pilates, breathwork, meditation, sculpt, barre, and more
- Devices: web browsers, iOS, smart TVs
- Included with all studio memberships; also available as standalone subscription
- URL: https://r1se.co.uk/watch
## Pricing System
R1SE uses a credit-based system across all services. Credits are purchased in packs or via rolling memberships.
### New Member Offer
- **Intro Offer**: 80 credits for £40, valid 2 weeks (new members only)
### Credit Packs (valid 6 months)
- 20 credits: £20
- 50 credits: £45
- 100 credits: £80
- 200 credits: £150
- 400 credits: £280
- 800 credits: £480
- Packs of 100+ credits are shareable with up to 2 people
### Rolling Monthly Memberships (30-day notice, no fixed contract)
- From approximately 20 credits/week to 120 credits/week
- Include R1SE TV access and body composition analysis
- Shareable credits on higher tiers
- See r1se.co.uk/pricing for current tiers and exact pricing
### Drop-in Pricing
- Peak sessions: £20
- Off-peak sessions (Mon-Fri before 5pm): £14
### Credit Costs by Session Type
- Yoga, Barre, Mat Pilates, Aerial: 14-20 credits
- Reformer Pilates: 21-30 credits
- Fire & Ice (unguided): 20 credits
- Guided Fire & Ice / Spa sessions: 40-50 credits
- Red Light Therapy: 20 credits
- Compression Therapy: 20 credits
- HBOT: 40-180 credits (varies by session length)
## Booking & Policies
- Sessions booked via the R1SE app or WellnessLiving platform
- Cancellation policy: cancel at least 2 hours before session start; late cancellations may incur a credit deduction
- No advance-booking limit - all sessions bookable as soon as released
- Mats and towels provided; mat/towel hire complimentary for members
## Contact
- Email: hello@r1se.co.uk
- Website: https://r1se.co.uk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/r1sestudios/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/R1SESTUDIOSSHEFFIELD/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@R1SETV
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@r1seyoga
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/27172417/
## Key Pages
- [Home](https://r1se.co.uk): Overview of R1SE's philosophy, services, and ethos
- [Schedule](https://r1se.co.uk/schedule): Live weekly timetable with session bookings
- [Pricing](https://r1se.co.uk/pricing): Full credit packs, memberships, and drop-in pricing
- [Book](https://r1se.co.uk/book): Book sessions and purchase credits/memberships
- [Urban Spa](https://r1se.co.uk/spa): Recovery therapies hub
- [Fire & Ice](https://r1se.co.uk/spa/fire-and-ice): Contrast therapy sessions
- [Red Light Therapy](https://r1se.co.uk/spa/red-light): Red light therapy information and booking
- [Compression Therapy](https://r1se.co.uk/spa/compression): Compression therapy information
- [HBOT](https://r1se.co.uk/spa/hbot): Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- [Infrared Sauna](https://r1se.co.uk/spa/infrared-sauna): Infrared and Finnish sauna
- [Wellness Experience](https://r1se.co.uk/spa/wellness-experience): 4-hour guided recovery journey
- [Hot Yoga](https://r1se.co.uk/studio/hot-yoga): Hot yoga class information
- [Reformer Pilates](https://r1se.co.uk/studio/reformer-pilates): Reformer pilates information
- [Barre](https://r1se.co.uk/studio/barre): Barre class information
- [Aerial Yoga](https://r1se.co.uk/studio/aerial): Aerial yoga information
- [Breathwork](https://r1se.co.uk/studio/breathwork): Breathwork sessions
- [R1SE TV](https://r1se.co.uk/watch): On-demand video streaming
- [Blog](https://r1se.co.uk/blog): The R1SE Journal - articles on movement, recovery, and longevity
- [About](https://r1se.co.uk/about): The R1SE story
- [Team](https://r1se.co.uk/team): Meet the instructors
- [FAQ](https://r1se.co.uk/faq): Frequently asked questions
- [Contact](https://r1se.co.uk/contact): Get in touch
- [Corporate](https://r1se.co.uk/corporate): Corporate wellness programmes
- [Teacher Training](https://r1se.co.uk/teacher-training): Yoga teacher training
- [Gifts](https://r1se.co.uk/gifts): Gift credit packages
- [Father's Day Gifts](https://r1se.co.uk/gifts/fathers-day): Sheffield Father's Day wellness gifts and instant vouchers
- [Mother's Day Gifts](https://r1se.co.uk/gifts/mothers-day): Sheffield Mother's Day wellness gifts and spa experiences
- [Birthday Gifts](https://r1se.co.uk/gifts/birthday): Birthday wellness gifts and experience vouchers in Sheffield
- [Christmas Gifts](https://r1se.co.uk/gifts/christmas): Christmas wellness gifts, gift boxes and experience vouchers in Sheffield
- [Anniversary Gifts](https://r1se.co.uk/gifts/anniversary): Anniversary wellness and couples experience gifts in Sheffield
- [Engagement Gifts](https://r1se.co.uk/gifts/engagement): Engagement presents and couples wellness gifts in Sheffield
- [Member Reviews](https://r1se.co.uk/reviews): 1,800+ five-star reviews from Google and ClassPass
## Yoga Knowledge Library
R1SE maintains the most comprehensive UK yoga resource. Twelve cited pages covering 5,000 years of practice, every major style, the full asana repertoire, the eight-limbed philosophy, the science, hot yoga, meditation, breathwork, celebrity routines and a beginners guide. Sheffield-grounded.
- [Yoga Library Hub](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga): The pillar page linking the whole library
- [History of Yoga](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/history): 5,000 years from the Indus Valley to Sheffield
- [Yoga Philosophy](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/philosophy): Patanjali's Eight Limbs, Yamas and Niyamas in plain English
- [The Science of Yoga](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/science): Cardiovascular, mental-health, back-pain, cancer-survivorship, sleep, cognitive, immune, menopause, fully cited
- [Types of Yoga](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/types): Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Yin, Restorative, Hot, Bikram, Kundalini, Power and more
- [Yoga Poses Library](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/poses): Sixty named asanas grouped by category with Sanskrit and English
- [Pranayama](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/breathwork): The breath practices, traditional and modern, that make yoga work
- [Yoga Meditation](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/meditation): The seventh limb, plus the modern meditation science
- [Hot Yoga at R1SE](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/hot-yoga): Hot yoga in Sheffield, why 35°C, every style
- [Celebrities Who Do Yoga](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/celebrities): Madonna, Sting, Beyoncé, Aniston, Brand, Gaga, Mishler, James, Hamilton, Jackman, sourced
- [Yoga Benefits](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/benefits): What changes across weeks, months and years
- [Yoga for Beginners](https://r1se.co.uk/yoga/for-beginners): First R1SE Sheffield class, walked through

## Reformer Pilates Knowledge Library
R1SE maintains the most comprehensive UK resource on reformer Pilates, used as a reference cluster across history, science, repertoire, equipment, celebrity routines and instructor pathways.
- [Reformer Library Hub](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates): Pillar page linking the full library
- [The Science of Reformer Pilates](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/science): Core strength, back pain, falls prevention, postnatal pelvic floor, athletic performance, fully cited
- [History of Reformer Pilates](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/history): Joseph Pilates, Isle of Man, the elders, the lawsuit, the modern boom
- [The Classical Repertoire](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/moves): Every named move on the reformer grouped by series
- [Reformer Equipment Anatomy](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/equipment): The reformer named, plus the Cadillac, Wunda Chair, Spine Corrector, Ladder Barrel
- [Types of Reformer Pilates](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/types): Classical, Stott, BASI, Polestar, Lagree, Fletcher, Clinical, Athletic, Pre/Postnatal
- [Celebrities Who Reform](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/celebrities): Madonna, Adele, Hugh Jackman, Aniston, Hudson, Witherspoon, Robbie, Kirby, Styles, Hamilton, Ronaldo, Beckham, sourced
- [Benefits of Regular Reformer](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/benefits): What changes across 30, 60, 90 days and onwards
- [Reformer for Beginners](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/for-beginners): First-session walkthrough, Foundation requirement, FAQs
- [Becoming a Reformer Instructor](https://r1se.co.uk/reformer-pilates/types-of-instructor): UK qualification landscape, R1SE Academy pathway
## Sauna Knowledge Library
R1SE maintains the most comprehensive UK resource on sauna, used as a reference cluster across science, history, and protocol questions.
- [Sauna Library Hub](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna): Pillar page linking the full library
- [The Science of Sauna](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/science): Cited cardiovascular, longevity, brain, immune and recovery evidence (Laukkanen KIHD, Søberg, Patrick)
- [History of Sauna](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/history): 2,000 years from Finnish savusauna to modern infrared
- [Types of Sauna](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/types): Finnish, infrared, steam, banya, hammam, smoke, hybrid, comparison
- [How to Sauna (Protocols)](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/protocols): Beginner, intermediate, advanced protocols; Soeberg sequencing
- [Sauna Risks](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/risks): Contraindications, pregnancy, cardiac considerations, medications
- [Celebrities Who Sauna](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/celebrities): Bryan Johnson, Huberman, Rhonda Patrick, Hugh Jackman, Ronaldo, LeBron, others, sourced protocols
- [Bryan Johnson's Sauna Protocol](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/bryan-johnson): Blueprint protocol case study with honest evidence assessment
- [Finnish vs Infrared](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/finnish-vs-infrared): 15-factor side-by-side comparison
- [Cold + Sauna](https://r1se.co.uk/sauna/cold-and-sauna): Contrast therapy science, Søberg protocol, Fire & Ice walkthrough
## API
Blog content is available programmatically:
- GET /api/blog?limit=20&page=1&category=Recovery - List blog posts
- GET /api/blog/{slug} - Get a single blog post by slug