The body in the room is the only one that matters.
Not the body in the mirror, the Instagram pose, or the body of the person on the next mat. Every cue we give is meant to ladder back to the practitioner who showed up today.
Our story
A studio that started with one heated room and a stubborn idea.
That movement should feel like care — not a performance review.
How it began.
Kelvio opened in late 2019 with a single 90-square-metre studio, four far-infrared panels and a kettle older than the lease. Our founder Mei-Lin had spent eight years teaching across forced-air hot rooms and felt, every shift, the same quiet frustration: the heat was cooking the practice instead of warming the practitioner.
Radiant infrared changed that. The room felt softer, the breath stayed easier, and members who had previously written off heated yoga as "not for them" started returning. We've grown to two rooms, eight class formats and a small team of teachers who all trained together — but the original kettle is still in the lobby.
We're not the loudest studio in Kuala Lumpur. That's deliberate. We'd rather a member call us in three years than tell us we're "the best" in three weeks.
What guides the studio
Three quiet principles.
Heat is a tool, not a personality.
We use radiant infrared because it's gentler on the lungs, kinder on existing injuries and easier on the long-term. The heat is there to soften the practice — not to be the practice.
Small, on purpose.
Twenty-two mats per class is a hard ceiling. It means slower onboarding, fewer flash sales, and turning people away on Saturdays — but it also means a teacher can actually see you.
The team.
Five lead teachers, one physiotherapist on call, and a studio manager who knows every member's name by month two. Each of our instructors holds at least 500 hours of certified training plus continuing-education in heat physiology and trauma-aware teaching.
- Mei-Lin Khaw — founder, lead Vinyasa & Yin (E-RYT 500)
- Adib Razali — Pilates Burn & Foundation 26 (NASM-CPT, RYT 500)
- Saraswati Iyer — Slow Yin & breathwork (Yin RYT 200, IAYT)
- Jason Lee — Foundation 26 & alignment workshops (RYT 500)
- Hana Goto — Sunset Flow & masterclasses (RYT 500)
2019
Studio opened
5
Lead teachers
42
Classes weekly
410+
Active members
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The fastest way to know if a studio fits the rest of your life is to spend a real week in it. RM 49 covers seven days of unlimited classes — mat, towel, and that old kettle included.
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