The aim of this study is to investigate the motives of maintaining physical activity on the example of students in yoga centers. Thanks to its holistic approach on physical and mental health, yoga is becoming more popular as a form of physical activity. Due to today's busy lifestyle, a great number of people find it difficult to maintain persistence in exercise. On the other hand, there is a group of people keen on maintaining physical activity. Theories of motivation, which are explaining human behavior from different perspectives, are used to study the motives that influence behavior of an individual. For an explanation of perseverance in physical activity on the case of students in yoga centers, the Sport commitment model has been used, by which there are five factors shaping individual perseverance: sport enjoyment, personal investments, alternative opportunities, involvement opportunites and social constrains. In addition to in-depth interview, the study used existing questionnaire of Sport commitement model, which has been modified for the purposes of this study. The research confirmed the assumption about the impact of sport enjoyment and personal investments as the factors influencing the persistence of physical activity the most. Since yoga is not a sport, assumptions about the impact of alternative options and social contraints through in-depth interview and questionnaire have shown less impact than the original model assumptions, in which these factors have a major impact on persistence. Involvement opportunities as a factor showed a partial effect on motivation, to the extent that concerns the intrinsic motivations of the individual who is ultimately proved to be the most important for the determination in yoga practice, and physical activity in general.