A small studio on SE Division
Mara Ellis opened Sabi in 2019 with one idea: a calm room, a small class and a teacher who knows your name.
How Sabi started
Mara taught in other people’s studios for eight years. She loved the teaching and didn’t love the mirrors, the loud music or the classes of forty.
In 2019 she found a former print shop on SE Division with tall windows and old wooden floors. That became the Linen Room. The Heat Room followed a year later, for students who wanted to sweat.
Today nine teachers run 52 classes a week for about 1,100 members. One in three had never done yoga before their first class here.
Sabi in numbers
A quick look at the studio, straight from the front desk. Numbers from September 2026.
The people in the room
Mara Ellis
Founder · flow and yin
Teaching since 2011, still loves a slow Sunday.
Theo Park
Sabi Heat lead
Runs the 6:30 AM Heat 26 and makes it feel doable.
Noor Haddad
Mat Pilates
A former physical therapy assistant who fixes desk posture.
Jun Watanabe
Breathwork and yoga nidra
His Friday class is the quietest hour in Portland.