Practice room at Delight Yoga, Weteringschans . (Photo courtesy of Delight Yoga)

Today is my favorite day of the week. And not for the obvious weekend-is-a-coming reason, but because it’s my prenatal yoga class. I know what you’re thinking: lame. Super lame. But hear me out for a second.

I’m a big believer in routine when it comes to fitness, and even though my usual hot yoga is on the “strictly forbidden” list of pregnancy exercises, I knew it would be essential to find a studio I liked in Amsterdam to continue my practice and keep my sanity. Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined finding a studio like Delight Yoga. Just look at this place:

Practice room at Weteringschans (where I take prenatal yoga).

Meditation room at Weteringschans.

Detail of the ceiling medallion and crystal chandelier in the prenatal practice room. (Also known as my view during savasana.)

Delight has three locations in Amsterdam, and I’m lucky enough to go to two of them each week. Friday’s I have prenatal yoga at their Weteringschans location, a beautiful, historic building directly across from the Rijksmuseum (shown above), and Monday’s I have Hatha at their modern, loft-like New Achtergracht studio just across the Amstel river (pictured below).

Practice room at the New Achtergracht studio. (Photo courtesy of Delight Yoga)

Needless to say, there is something so magical about practicing in a spacious room covered by warehouse skylights or 17th-century ceiling medallions. It’s not quite Bali or an ashram in India, but I think it’ll do just fine 🙂 .