Hanu Wellness

Hanu Wellness is an independent yoga and wellness studio at 736 Sixth Street in the South of Fifth neighborhood of Miami Beach. It sits a few blocks from the beach and the Sixth Street parking lots that serve the southern tip of the barrier island. The studio pairs a full class schedule of heated and non-heated yoga and breathwork with an in-house Wellness Lounge. That lounge offers bodywork, Reiki, energy healing, sound therapy, and recovery services, all inside one street-level building, rather than as an add-on inside a hotel. Anyone arriving on foot from Ocean Drive or driving in from the MacArthur Causeway can find it. It sits in the same low-rise block as the neighborhood’s boutiques and cafes.

A Sanctuary for Movement and Recovery in South of Fifth

The studio describes its mission as building a container for embodied healing, rather than a conventional fitness class schedule. That shows up in how the studio organizes the space. Instead of a single studio room, Hanu runs two purpose-built practice spaces. A dedicated Wellness Lounge and an in-house boutique selling activewear and wellness essentials round it out, all reachable from one shared lobby. The result is a single address for movement, recovery, and community, rather than a referral elsewhere for bodywork or breathwork.

That combination is relatively uncommon on Miami Beach. Most yoga studios stick to classes alone, and most bodywork or IV-therapy lounges operate as standalone medical-spa businesses. Hanu’s pitch is that a single membership can cover both sides of a wellness routine — the workout and the recovery. A member doesn’t need to book two separate businesses for one week of self-care.

From Green Monkey Yoga to Hanu Wellness

Hanu has real institutional history in Miami Beach, rather than being a brand-new pop-up. The address traces back to Green Monkey Yoga, a long-running Miami Beach studio that opened in 2011. In 2023, under studio leader Katrina “Kata” Bilanchone, the business relocated and rebranded as Hanu Yoga. In 2024, NFL veteran and Harvard-educated Desmond Bryant took on ownership and pushed the studio’s direction forward. In 2025 the business expanded beyond a pure yoga schedule into the broader Hanu Wellness format it operates today. It added the Wellness Lounge and recovery-focused programming alongside the existing class schedule. That lineage is documented on the studio’s own About Hanu page.

For visitors who remember Green Monkey Yoga as a South Beach fixture, Hanu is the direct continuation of that studio at the same Sixth Street location. It’s not a new business that happens to share the neighborhood.

Two Studios Built for Different Practices

Hanu operates two distinct practice rooms, rather than one multipurpose space. Lila Studio is the main room. It’s an open, light-filled space the studio designs around sound and atmosphere for its larger group classes. Nava Studio is the infrared room. It’s a smaller, controlled-heat space intended for practices that call for infrared warmth, rather than a standard heated-room setup. The studio’s own materials describe infrared heat as warming the body from within, rather than just heating the surrounding air. It frames this as supporting circulation and recovery alongside the physical practice. Both rooms sit off a shared lobby, and the same building houses the in-house boutique stocking activewear and wellness products. Members can shop, change, and move between rooms without leaving the building. Details on both spaces are laid out on the Studio & Amenities page.

The two-room layout also means the class schedule can run heated and infrared sessions in parallel with non-heated or restorative classes. No class is forced into one shared temperature setting.

The Wellness Lounge: Bodywork, Recovery, and Healing

The Wellness Lounge is the part of Hanu that separates it most clearly from a standard yoga studio. It operates inside the same building as a curated roster of independent practitioners, rather than studio staff. Each offers a specific modality: massage and bodywork, lymphatic drainage, Reiki, energy healing, sound therapy, and other recovery-focused sessions. The Wellness Lounge page lists the current provider roster. It includes a licensed massage therapist offering deep tissue, sports massage, reflexology, myofascial release, hot stone work, Thai massage, and lymphatic drainage. The roster also lists a 500-hour registered yoga teacher and Reiki practitioner, a sound and womb-healing practitioner, and a nurse-practitioner-led integrative medicine provider offering IV vitamin therapy, wellness injections, peptide therapy, and hormone support. Hanu’s premium membership tier includes a stated discount on Wellness Lounge services. The same page confirms this detail; it’s not assumed.

The lounge providers are independent practitioners working inside Hanu’s space. Availability and specific modalities can shift as the roster changes. Anyone booking a specific service — IV therapy versus a Thai massage, for example — should confirm which practitioner is on the schedule that day.

Instructors and Practitioners

The class-side teaching team includes Martin Markaj, Severine Sekula, Daniela Novati, Daniel Silva, Daniel Cuervo, and Belu Ber. Each teaches under the studio’s regular rotation, rather than as a guest instructor. On the Wellness Lounge side, the practitioner roster is built around independent specialists, rather than a single in-house therapist. That’s part of why the lounge can offer such a wide modality list: massage, Reiki, sound healing, and IV/functional-medicine services. No single provider needs to be cross-trained in all of it.

Memberships, Classes, and Booking

Classes and Wellness Lounge sessions are both bookable in advance, rather than walk-in only. That matters on a schedule with only two practice rooms. The studio publishes its full class calendar and membership tiers on its own site. No phone call is needed to check availability. Members can browse upcoming sessions before deciding which studio — Lila or Nava — fits a given day’s practice. Premium members receive the Wellness Lounge discount noted above as a standing membership perk, not a limited-time promotion.

Booking ahead is recommended, since both Lila Studio and Nava Studio are relatively small rooms and popular class times can fill before walk-in visitors arrive. This applies especially to infrared sessions in the smaller Nava Studio.

Hours, Location, and Getting There

Hanu Wellness is at 736 Sixth Street, Miami Beach, FL, in the South of Fifth section of the island, an easy walk from the Sixth Street beach entrance and the neighborhood’s restaurant row. Hanu runs a split schedule of roughly 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM on weekdays, with shorter weekend hours on Saturday and Sunday; individual class start times vary within that window. Confirming a specific class or Wellness Lounge appointment time directly with the studio before a visit is worthwhile. Individual class start times shift around that broader daily window.

Street parking in South of Fifth is metered and can be tight during peak beach hours. Visitors driving in should allow extra time to park before an early class.

Who Hanu Wellness Suits Best

Hanu works well for residents and visitors who want a single studio that covers both a workout and structured recovery. Picture someone taking a heated Lila Studio class one morning, then booking a lymphatic-drainage session in the Wellness Lounge the next week. That beats splitting the routine across two unrelated businesses. It also suits visitors staying in South of Fifth or South Beach hotels. They’d rather walk to an independent neighborhood studio than rely on a hotel spa’s more limited menu. It is less suited to someone who only wants a single drop-in class, with no interest in the studio’s broader recovery and community programming. Hanu’s own framing leans toward regular practice and membership, rather than one-off visits.

Honest Limitations to Know Before You Go

The studio has only two practice rooms, so class capacity is genuinely limited compared with a large-format fitness club. The Wellness Lounge providers are also independent practitioners whose individual schedules can vary week to week. No single in-house therapist is always on site. The studio’s public pages don’t publish specific membership pricing or individual Wellness Lounge service rates in a single fixed price list. Anyone comparing costs should confirm current rates directly with the studio before committing to a membership tier.

Nearby on Miami Beach Drive

South of Fifth sits within Miami Beach’s broader fitness and wellness scene. Miami Beach Drive tracks that scene in more depth than a single studio profile can. The guide to new yoga studios and wellness trends in Miami rounds up what else has opened recently, for anyone comparing more than one studio. The Best Gyms in Miami Beach guide covers the island’s broader fitness options, for visitors weighing a studio membership against a traditional gym.