Welcome to the Fit Family
When you move your body with intention, something shifts. You become stronger, more flexible, more present — not just on the mat or in the gym, but in everyday life too.
That's the simple belief at the heart of everything we do at Yoga&Gym Zanzibar.
Why We Do Fitness
One of our founders worked 16 hours a day, seven days a week, for three years — earning 45 CHF a month. From that, he had to pay rent and food. No days off. No way out.
That experience never left us. And it became the reason we built something different.
Yoga&Gym Zanzibar was created out of a shared vision: to build a place where people from all over the world come together, while genuinely empowering the local community — not just as a side effect, but as the whole point.
Travelers fund locals.
In our small guesthouse, we offer retreats for visitors. That income allows us to give back: yoga, fitness, dance, and community — accessible to locals too, at prices people here can actually afford. Because we believe physical and mental health is not a luxury. It's a basic right.
We provide all our employees with accommodation and meals — the kind of conditions our founder always wished someone had offered him. Our goal is to pay every employee a truly fair wage. Every retreat booking brings us one step closer.
This is not a resort. It's a community. And you're welcome in it.
Our mission is simple: provide a welcoming space where both locals and visitors can access yoga, fitness, dance, and healing — together.
Our vision is a Zanzibar where a healthy lifstyle is accessible to everyone.

Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Our team brings together yoga, sound healing, fitness, boxing, and dance. Small in number, big in passion.

The Dance Crew
Dance Teachers:
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Afrobeat
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Amapiano
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African Traditional Dance
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Singeli

Zakaria
Yoga Teacher:
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Vinyasa
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Hatha
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Nidra
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Therapy

Eliya
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Personal Training
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Group Fitness
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Boxing

Laura
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Sound Healing
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Reiki
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Yoga: Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Nidra, Alignment