Located in downtown Easthampton and opening January 2027, Round Trip is a studio where we teach precise, rooted and relational yoga asana and philosophy. Our sequences are built on alignment that is repeatable and measurable and our classes happen everyday at hours that consider the needs of working people. We provide the time and place to choose beyond habit, and find out what the body can learn and unlearn with intention and attention.
Endless departures, endless homecomings. How delightful.
Max Gonen
Max trained at Kripalu and is currently studying to become a Katonah Yoga teacher with Abbie Galvin and the Katonah Yoga Collective. His teaching runs through Ashtanga, Kripalu Hatha and Katonah: repetition, structure, alignment and metaphor in service of an embodied spiritual practice.
He is also a bodyworker, trained in assisted stretch and fascial release. He is currently finishing a PhD in Communication theorizing endurance and cultures of healing and wellness through the lens of his trans embodiment.
He is a float facilitator at Go With The Float, caretaker to Gnome the dog and Joan the cat, and is deeply in love with Western Massachusetts.
OUR COMMITMENTS
At least one morning and one late afternoon or early evening class every weekday. Classes build on each other, with a shared structure across styles and teachers. Repetition builds insight.
Our class prices are below the regional average and we offer a sliding scale membership structure. Max comes from a deeply working-class background, and we refuse to build another yoga space that only caters to the wealthy. If there's something you want to do with us and cost is a barrier, reach out.
Our practice draws from music, art and poetry as well as yoga philosophy and anatomy. We treat sequencing as a craft and the body as a vessel for creative expression.
Yoga invites connection to nature beyond the self. Practice puts the body in relationship with the patterns of the universe: rhythm, shapes and cycles remind us we're part of something beyond our selves.
You can practice alone at home, and we hope you do. But class is where we learn together and from each other. The studio is a social space: we encourage lingering, asking questions during and practice, and learning together beyond the teacher student relationship.