Torch Yoga opens Virginia Beach studio with community celebration

Torch Yoga turned its Virginia Beach studio opening into a neighborhood celebration on June 28, setting up a free, public event at 1290 Diamond Springs Rd. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The studio invited visitors to experience what it called Torch Yoga 3.0, but the day read more like a community block party than a standard ribbon cutting.

The opening brought together a local vendors and makers market, live music and a DJ, food trucks and refreshments, free massages, raffles, prizes, crafts and activities. That mix gave the launch a public-facing feel, with families, first-timers and neighbors able to drop in without paying an entry fee or committing to a class. One event listing said the celebration marked the finish of Torch’s 24-Hour Yoga Relay, the new studio and the local community all at once.

Torch tied the opening to a charitable push as well. Its 24-Hour Yoga Relay ran June 27-28 and benefited Aid Another, an inclusive local nonprofit that serves people with disabilities and caregivers. Aid Another says its programming includes adaptive athletics, adaptive yoga, social clubs and caregiver-related community support, so the relay and grand opening doubled as a fundraiser and a visibility moment for a cause rooted in access.

The new Virginia Beach space is part of a larger Torch footprint that already includes a Norfolk location. Torch Yoga says it offers more than 30 classes per week, and describes its practice as athletic hot vinyasa, with classes that include Hot Yoga, HIIT, Bootcamp, Yin Yoga and Cycle. On its class schedule, the Virginia Beach location at 1290 Diamond Springs Rd. was listed as moving as of March 2026, giving the opening the feel of both a relocation and an expansion.

Jess Bycraft, listed by Torch as lead instructor and owner, is the face of the studio’s rollout. The company’s event materials said the relay and grand opening were designed to bring different styles of yoga together under one roof, and the public market around the launch made that goal visible from the start. By the time the doors opened on Diamond Springs Road, Torch had already framed the studio as a place where yoga, local makers and neighborhood turnout could meet in the same room.