Solaris Yoga opens Shoreham wellness hub with puppy yoga fundraisers

Infrared heat and rescue puppies met at 99-25 Route 25A in Shoreham, where Solaris Yoga marked its opening with a ribbon cutting and a grand opening built to draw neighbors through the door. Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner joined owner Ina Visich, instructors, students and other local representatives at the June 5 ceremony, underscoring the studio’s push to become more than a place for class.

Solaris Yoga is leaning into a mix that stands out even in a crowded wellness market. Alongside infrared hot yoga, the studio offers Pilates and rescue puppy yoga, and Visich said the business plans to host regular rescue puppy yoga fundraisers for local animal rescues. That blend gives the Shoreham studio a built-in community angle from day one, pairing a fitness format with an animal-welfare tie-in that is likely to resonate well beyond the usual yoga crowd.

The studio is also being presented as a neighborhood wellness hub rather than a single-discipline room. Visich has described the space as one where students can find support as well as exercise, a framing that fits the launch event’s public-facing feel and the owner’s broader brand. A Solaris-affiliated site says the lineup behind the business includes heated vinyasa, mat Pilates, meditation, yin yoga, puppy yoga, workshops, special events, retreats and yoga teacher training, giving Shoreham a local outpost tied to a larger wellness ecosystem.

Visich’s background helps explain that approach. She founded Solntse Hot Yoga in Wading River in 2016 after falling in love with yoga and wanting to bring it to the community, and she has since been connected with other wellness ventures, including Inhales Wellness and retreat programming. Her retreat work has taken students to destinations including Portugal, Italy, Costa Rica, Greece, Morocco and Joshua Tree National Park, which fits a business model built around experience and community as much as classes.

Bonner’s presence also reflected the studio’s local reach. Brookhaven Town Council District 2 includes Shoreham and East Shoreham, and the Town of Brookhaven later noted that Bonner joined local representatives at the ribbon cutting. For Solaris Yoga, the opening at 99-25 Route 25A was not just a storefront debut, but a community launch built around sweat, support and the attention-grabbing pull of puppy yoga.