Recreation Yoga in LA Guide

Madonna may have started preaching about yoga in the late '90s, but LA's been holding downward dogs since the era of the shoulder pad. And while crazy hybrids (yoga and spinning, anyone?) may come and go, triangle poses will always stay the same. —Elisa Jacobs

Yoga Works--Westwood

Westsiders may be casual about the way they dress, but they can be very serious about the yoga they do at this chain studio.

Center for Yoga

More than 100 classes are taught at this yoga powerhouse each week, so the "I don't have the time" excuse won't work here.

Bikram's Yoga College of India

Even if the room wasn’t heated to 100 degrees, we'd still sweat while we held (and held… and held…) the poses.

Black Dog Yoga

Named after the owners' pet pooch, this intimate Valley studio isn’t about the scary hard bodies. It’s about the prana.

Golden Bridge Yoga

Chanting, singing, gongs and turbans run free at this yogic lair for Kundalini, a form of practice that focuses on the mind-body connection.

Maha Yoga

Resident guru Steve Ross attracts the wealthy and famous at this Brentwood studio, where fast-paced flow-style reigns.

Truyoga

An enviromentally friendly yoga studio, Truyoga warms up bodies while flighting global warming. Talk about multitasking.

Exhale’s Center for Sacred Movement

If sun salutations aren’t getting yogis out of bed in the morning, the promise of a post-class massage next door could do the trick.

Santa Monica Yoga

Want to do yoga in Spanish? Want to bring your toddler to class? Want to end flow class with some trance dancing?

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Dancing Shiva Yoga & Ayurveda

Yogis won’t find pop soundtracks at this yoga haven - the only sounds here are mantras and pranayamas.

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Posted 04/30/08 02:21PM PDT by Karen Jashinsky