Yoga Teachers Outraged After Triyoga and Sister Brands Collapse
- Kate Comer lost about £1,500 in unpaid wages when her studio closed without warning in September, leaving her facing financial distress and fearing for her family's housing security.
- Triyoga and its sister brands—including Barrecore, Boom Cycle, Kobox, and Reformcore—are all owned by Common Bond.
- Triyoga previously closed its Soho studio in April 2022 after 17 years of operation before being acquired by United Fitness Brands (UFB) in January 2022.
Kate Comer lost about £1,500 in unpaid wages when her studio closed without warning in September, leaving her facing financial distress and fearing for her family’s housing security. Theguardian.com reported that Comer is one of an estimated 100 yoga teachers who were not paid for their final weeks of teaching before Triyoga, a London yoga studio, shut its doors.
Common Bond suspends trading across five fitness brands
Triyoga and its sister brands—including Barrecore, Boom Cycle, Kobox, and Reformcore—are all owned by Common Bond. The parent company announced on 24 September that it was temporarily suspending trading across the fitness network. Instructors of barre, spin, box-fit, and yoga classes reported that they had been left out of pocket following the abrupt closures. Financial strain had mounted for months, with bailiffs attending Triyoga’s Shoreditch studio in August and instructors threatening industrial action over delayed paychecks.
Corporate restructuring leaves instructors and students stranded
Triyoga previously closed its Soho studio in April 2022 after 17 years of operation before being acquired by United Fitness Brands (UFB) in January 2022. Following the liquidation of UFB in 2025, Common Bond took over the assets under the leadership of former UFB director Robert Rowland with backing from investment firm Nectar Capital. Rowland resigned in May 2026 as the company faced severe financial difficulties, and a winding-up petition was subsequently filed on 18 September. Nectar Capital has since launched an investigation into Rowland’s management of the business, while instructors and insiders have questioned whether the collapse constitutes a phoenixing operation designed to shed corporate debt.
Union pushes for gig economy workers rights
Davy Jones, chair of the Yoga Teachers’ Union, stated that it is now unlikely any of the affected instructors will recover their lost wages. I think it’s a wake-up call for yoga teachers to realise that they are actually part of that same gig economy,
Jones said, adding that the union is pursuing a test case to secure worker rights comparable to those won by Uber drivers. Meanwhile, students like Ciara Regan, who paid £180 per month for an annual membership for its mental health benefits, find themselves impacted alongside the staff as Common Bond undergoes an insolvency process aimed at repaying HMRC and placing the fitness brands up for sale.