How Surya Yoga Started

It all began with a passionate young girl. 

She had a deep interest in health and well being from a young age. Josephine Chan, or Jo, as all of us affectionately call her, started teaching yoga part time right after completing her form 5 education. 

She had a 'can do' attitude, and didn't believe in giving up. She persevered in everything she took up in life. She knew what she wanted from a young age, and went all out for it.

With joy and much enthusiasm, she taught yoga in a friend's studio called Yumi Beauty and Fitness in Taman Megah. Being flexible, Jo pursued an a architecture course. She managed to strike a balance between work and studies, and completed her course in 1999.

from left, Jo and her friend '02

Jo and instructors Yumi Beauty and Fitness '02

Driven by her dreams, she decided to focus her heart and soul into yoga. Her knowledge in architecture allowed her to help with studio design and outlook. 

Being a budding entrepreneur, Jo continued to buy over Yumi Beauty and Fitness in Taman Megah and changed it's name to BodyFit in 2001. After about a year, more students began to pour into BodyFit for yoga lessons. It was then she decided to expand her studio and bought over another floor unit for specialized yoga and therapy sessions.

Her dreams flourished and with great ambition, she started another studio under the Jiva Yoga franchise, with was started by the famous Vincent Tam.

She reinvented Jiva Yoga, and chose to name her new studio, Surya Yoga. 

7 years later, Surya Yoga is now a well known professional 
yoga center providing premium quality services.

It started with passion, bloomed into a dream and 
made real with hard work and enthusiasm.

Surya Yoga now proudly provides many specialized yoga classes, a juice and salad bar cafe service, have our own little library of health and yoga books, hold many workshops throughout the year, and plan yoga retreats for our vibrant students.

Our humble studio in Aman Suria, Damansara, is open to everyone. 

All ages. 

All sizes. 

All backgrounds.

All walks of life.

Our doors are always open.

Drop by for any inquiries.

Sample our juices.

Take a quick tour.

We would love to have you in our blossoming Surya Yoga family.

Let's all walk on a little sunshine.

Have any inquries? 

do email us at 

mysuryayoga@gmail.com 
016 - 202 7417 (Jo)
03 - 7803 6044 (studio)