On Good Ground

On Good Ground is an independent yoga and barre studio on the upper floor of a shophouse at 458B Joo Chiat Road, in the heart of Katong's café and heritage strip. The light-filled room has timber floors and tall shuttered windows, and the studio describes itself as a communal space for mindful movement and breath.

Yoga makes up around half the timetable: Yoga Basics for beginners, multi-level Vinyasa Flow, Gentle Flow, Mindful Flow, a 75-minute Hatha class, Yin, Yin Yang and Yin with sound. The other half is barre, from Barre Basics to Barre Sculpt, Barre Yin and Barre Cardio, and the studio also runs kids' yoga, workshops and corporate sessions.

A single drop-in costs S$42. Newcomers can start with the Beginner's Trial of three classes for S$50, and packs run from five classes for S$200 to 50 classes for S$1,200. Book through the online schedule, which runs on Mindbody, as classes are capped and the studio has no published walk-in hours. Marine Parade station on the Thomson-East Coast Line is the closest MRT, and buses run along Joo Chiat Road and East Coast Road.