Our story
We are Mircea Nicoară and Alexandra Postolache-Nicoară, husband and wife and founders of UP: Yoga and liberting arts studio. After more than 11 years of intensely practicing yoga and different types of liberating practices, we decided on January 15th 2024 to open up a space where we can share all the methods that have really brought something worthwhile in our lives.
We are on a mission to challenge you, thrill you, and most importantly help you feel a new sense of freedom within you from the first class.
We are the first
no-phone policy studio
Welcome to our oasis of calm and presence!
At our yoga studio, we’re all about helping you truly disconnect, leave your worries at the door, and focus on what brought you here—your practice. That’s why we’re the only studio in Bucharest with a no-phone policy. Yup, you read that right!
As soon as you step in, it’s time to unplug. We kindly ask you to leave your phone to the side until you exit the studio, giving yourself the gift of a precious time free of distractions. As you prepare for the class in the dressing room and wait to enter the practice space, choose consciously to just be with yourself, relax, breathe deeper, or even stretch if you feel —after all, yoga is your moment to connect with yourself, not your screen.
Thank you for embracing this little digital detox with us. Your peace of mind will thank you later!
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Passionately teaching:
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Unique classes
With our unique blend of classes, nowhere else to be found in Bucharest, like Air Yoga,
Air Hoops, FeetUp Yoga, Wheel Yoga, Dynamic HotYoga, we are THE unconventional yoga studio that you want to visit.
Mixing traditional, foundational yoga and meditation classes with new and exciting fusion practices, we carefully curated experiences that create a deep impression on you, and in some way, either in the body, emotion or mind, liberate you towards a new possibility. They will make your body feel again strong, light and energetic, and the mind filled with a new sense of positivity, confidence, discipline and readiness to explore the unknown. We have many classes, but rest assured, everything that you try in our studio has the 'liberating promise' in it, opening that beautiful new inner door.
Weekly Schedule
- Click on any class name to see details and book -
Monday
(best to learn inversions)
19:00 - Air Yoga all levels (60')
(our speciality, a must try)
(best for deep relaxation)
Tuesday
(best for calm and yoga fundamentals)
(best for flexibility)
Wednesday
18:45 - Ashtanga yoga beginner (75')
(ideal for beginners)
Friday
(best for deep relaxation)
Thursday
(our speciality, a must try)
(our speciality, a must try)
Saturday
(best for calm and yoga fundamentals)
(best for elegance of movement)
(our speciality, a must try)
Air Yoga
Our flagship class, open to all levels. If you're new to our studio, start here, it's a must have experience!
Great for: releasing stress & fears, back opening, improving balance
Intensity: medium
Teachers: Mircea, Alexandra
Yin Air Yoga
Looking for a soothing class to end a long day at work? We've got you covered.
With the lights dimmed and beautiful spiritual music played in the background, this evening Yin Air Yoga class is the perfect way to let go and relax.
Expect relaxing breathing exercises and long passive stretches, that manage to open the body beautifully, especially that often tense back.
Great for: deep relaxation, back opening, breath control and awareness
Intensity: easy-medium
Schedule: Monday 20:15
Teacher: Claudia & Roxana
Kids Air Yoga
A love at first sight for children aged 5-14, this fun but disciplined class will help your kids become familiar with inverted and acrobatic positions specific in Air Yoga, all while developing body and breath awareness and understanding basic principles of yogic practice
Great for: improving calm and focus, discipline, body coordination, breath awareness
Intensity: easy-medium
Schedule: Sunday 10:00
Teacher: Mircea
Wheel Yoga
Prepare to twist, turn and especially arch your body in every possible way with this the help of the amazing Yoga Wheel! If you've ever done a Vinyasa yoga class in India and want some deja-vus, make sure to book this one.
Great for: developing all-body flexibility, focus and coordination
Intensity: medium-high
Schedule: Tuesday 20:00
Teacher: Mircea
Hatha Yoga
Learn the fundamental asanas of the Hatha Yoga, which is specialized in creating balance in the mind and emotions through the gradual development of the physical body.
Great for beginners, the class has a meditative feel, with each asanas being held between 6-10 breaths, allowing time to develop flexibility, strength, balance and breath control.
Great for: Developing calm, purifying and harmonizing the general functioning of the body, breath and body control
Intensity: medium
Schedule: Tuesday 07:30, Saturday 08:30
Teacher: Alexandra
FeetUP Yoga
Ever dreamt of holding your body upside down in a headstand?
This class uses the versatile FeetUp Chair to help you become an inversions expert, in the safest way possible!
Great for: improving focus, body coordination in inverted positions, strength of upperbody
Intensity: medium-intense
Schedule: Monday 07:15
Teacher: Mircea
Dynamic
Hot Yoga
This is a dynamic class, accessible to all levels, held in a heated room at 27 degrees Celsius. Poses are connected fluidly and quickly one after another, periodically interspersed with static ones, held for up to 1 minute
Great for: learning new yoga asanas, improving stamina, detoxifying the body
Intensity: medium-intense
Schedule: Sunday 11:30
Teacher: Mircea
Air Hoops
A circus inspired one-of-a-kind practice, that you will love from the first class!
Air Hoops is a thrilling mix of elegant dance moves, stretching, spinning, and all body toning, done on a colored metal hoop 1.5 m above the ground!
Great for: Improving elegance of movement, upper body strength, releasing fears and control
Intensity: medium-intense
Schedule: Saturday 10:00
Teacher: Mircea
Beginner meditation
This class is created as a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the power of imagination and mental visualization to facilitate fluidity and success in personal, professional, and social life, as well as to later open doors to deeper, spiritual experiences, beyond the body and mind.
Great for beginners, just starting their way into the meditation practice but also for more experienced meditators, as they can pick up new subtleties of the visualization techniques.
Great for: exploring the inner world, emotional balance, improving peace, joy and focus.
Intensity: easy
Schedule: Thursday 20:15
Teacher: Mircea
Ashtanga
Yoga
Ashtanga Yoga is one of the most loved and on the rise practices around the world. With a standard set of poses (standing, sitting and lying down), that you can explore in any Ashtanga Yoga studio around the world, is a dynamic practice, where each pose is held for 5 to 10 breaths. Its purpose is to develop control of breathing, attention, and the essential abilities of the body: strength, flexibility, and balance. It is also excellent for improving posture and relieving stress
Great for: control of breath, stamina, flexibility, balance, focus
Intensity: medium-intense
Schedule: Wednesday 07:30 & 18:45, Friday 07:30
Teacher: Mircea
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