When you step into Jógovna, you enter a space that gently holds you.
High ceilings, the scent of wood, and the quiet between the city sounds create an atmosphere of calm and ease. Jógovna is a boutique yoga studio in the heart of Prague — a home for Jivamukti Yoga and other approaches that connect movement, breath, music, and silence.
STORY OF
JÓGOVNA
We believe that things happen at the right time and in the way they are meant to. So it didn’t surprise us when, in 2016, a space in Jindřišská Street in Prague 1 came to us — and we instantly knew it was the one.
Old parquet floors, a high studio ceiling, natural clay plaster on the walls, a white poured floor, and industrial lights in the reception area.
The moment we entered, we could already see how Jógovna should look — we wanted to keep most of what the space offered, highlight its character, and add thoughtful design pieces: a unique large reception table connected to simple materials for the library, boutique shop, and mat holders, complemented by metal lockers in the dressing rooms.
Every detail was crafted with sustainability in mind. And that’s how Jógovna — a place for meeting and connection — was born under the hands of architect Milan Konečnýand KON studio.
It’s truly a family project, since Milan Konečný is the father of Jógovna’s founder, Šárka Vojáčková.
From an online platform called Jógovna, where Šárka used to share information about her classes and workshops, grew a unique and authentic yoga studio in Prague — and eventually, the first official home of Jivamukti Yoga in the Czech Republic.
JIVAMUKTI
Referring to Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, which state that an āsana should be sthira and sukham (steady and joyful, Jivamukti Yoga teaches that our relationship to others (āsana) should be mutually beneficial and rooted in a consistent (sthira) place of joy and happiness (sukham).
It’s a radical idea - one that, when put into practice, transforms the physical exercise of āsanas into something far beyond fitness or flexibility.
It becomes a way of being - a practice of improving our relationship with ourselves, with others, with animals, and with the Earth.
A way to dissolve the illusion of separateness, realize the oneness of being, and rediscover lasting happiness.
THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF JIVAMUKTI YOGA IS EXPRESSED THROUGH FIVE PILLARS:
AHIMSA
Nonviolence
Live in a way that causes no harm to any living being. Live with compassion — and let that compassion expand to everyone around you.
To those close to you and those far away.
To the ones you love, and even to those with whom you’ve had challenges. Extend compassion to animals, trees, nature — to the whole of Mother Earth. Live sustainably. Live with love.
Be a spiritual activist.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLANET B.