Discover HOT HOUSE, Manila’s First FAMILY FORM Studio

It’s getting hot in here. Ahead of the opening of HOT HOUSE, Manila’s first dedicated FAMILY FORM studio, Lifestyle Asia talks to its founders on the method behind the movement.

HOT HOUSE didn’t start as a business plan. It started as a habit.

Anya Limjoco, Gabbie Rodriguez, Giea Gorostiza, and Ysabela Narvasa were each managing full careers across corporate, creative, and entrepreneurial worlds when they found themselves training for the same fitness method at a pop-up in another fitness studio. The method—a mat-based, infrared-heated sculpt class from Hong Kong called FAMILY FORM—was not something any of them had planned their lives around. And then, almost inevitably, they started building a studio—and a whole neighborhood—around it.

HOT HOUSE will be Manila’s first dedicated home for FAMILY FORM. The space is also designed around what they call “daily rituals,” a phrase used deliberately, because what they’re actually building isn’t a simple drop-in studio, but an environment for people who crave consistency but keep losing it to the pace of their actual lives.

“Wellness often feels fragmented,” the founders share with Lifestyle Asia. “Workouts are in one place, nutrition in another, and community somewhere else. HOT HOUSE aims to bring it all together in one space. We found a gap in studios that have a holistic, lifestyle-first approach.”

Ahead of its opening on May 20, Lifestyle Asia talked to HOT HOUSE founders on the method behind the movement, the rituals they’re building around it, and what it really means to make wellness stick.

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FAMILY FORM, The Method That Started It All

FAMILY FORM, the method that brought them all together, is the tie that binds. It consists of a 55-minute class that’s infrared-heated and music-driven, blending elements of yoga, pilates, and ballet into a single full-body sculpting sequence that runs nearly without pause. The founders encountered it at the aforementioned pop-ups, liked it enough to audition as trainers, and watched it land hard with the local community. According to them, “It’s a method that builds both physical strength and mental toughness.”

Built To Last, Not Just To Burn

“We’re promoting consistency, not just intensity,” the founders share. “Every element, from the workout to the recovery environment, is designed to work together so members can simply show up and build habits that stick.”

Beyond the signature FAMILY FORM classes, recovery was built into the programming. HOT HOUSE offers a 60-minute heated stretch class designed to follow the slowness and intentionality of FAMILY FORM, the relentless sculpt class focused on mobility and full-body reset. Foundation classes are also on the schedule.

The Neighborhood Beyond The Workout

The studio also runs a membership program called “Neighborhood,” which extends that thinking well beyond the fitness schedule, giving members unlimited access to all HOT HOUSE classes alongside perks across partner brands in wellness, dining, and retail.

What the founders want HOT HOUSE to become is specific. They don’t plan on being the biggest studio in Manila, nor the trendiest, but the most consistent. “Sustainable, undeniable, visible results,” they say. “The kind you feel, and others can see.” In a city full of people perpetually running out of time, they seem prepared to keep up with that promise.

HOT HOUSE is located at 8465 Kalayaan Ave., Poblacion, Makati City and is set to open on May 20, 2026. For more information, check out their official website at www.hot-house.co/, and Instagram and TikTok.

Photos courtesy of HOT HOUSE