Best Yoga Studios in Oakland

2021

Anasa Yoga

Anasa Yoga is an Oakland yoga studio. Patrons have access to a full menu of classes, workshops, and events, and Anasa boasts being the only green yoga studio in Alameda County with certification from the Bay Area Green Business Program. The center has been featured in MindfulStudioMagazine.com as a minority-owned business as well as in EBONY, and one of the co-founders also runs a "Yoga and Inclusivity" project.

Asta Yoga

• Ashtanga

Asta Yoga is a wellness studio serving clients in the Oakland area. It offers classes that utilize the Rocket Vinyasa system. This type of yoga incorporates Ashtanga yoga techniques, including primer classes, primary series, mixed levels yoga, and Ashtanga yoga levels I, II, and III. The sessions emphasize the balance between movement and conscious breathwork. Yin and Kundalini classes are also offered. Asta Yoga is known as a teacher's studio while also accepting clients of all skill levels.

Barefoot Movement

• Private Lessons

Barefoot Movement is a yoga studio that caters to the needs of clients residing in Oakland. It delivers a wide variety of services, including yin and healing yoga classes. The wellness center also offers prenatal and postnatal courses for pregnant women and postpartum parents. In addition, it provides private and corporate yoga sessions, both online and in-person. Leah Gillman started Barefoot Movement in 2010 but eventually sold it to her students Alek Trail, Kara Contreary, and Leonora Willis in 2018. The three continued Leah's vision of enabling individual learning through the studio's community.

Brooklyn Academy Roots

Brooklyn Academy Roots has been offering yoga classes in Oakland for almost five years. The center describes itself as "targeted, balanced, and revelatory" and provides trainings such as Slow Flow Detox Yoga, Yoga Flow, Core Pilates Springboard, Muay Thai Conditioning, Prenatal Pilates, Foam Rolling, KettlebellTRX, and Reality-Based Self Defense. Clients also have access to healing workshop series, private personal training, Roots Nutrition, and private Pilates sessions on the reformer.

Downtown Yoga

• Restorative Yoga
• Pre Natal

Downtown Yoga offers its classes to students of different levels in Oakland and the neighboring areas. The studio holds classes for beginner, restorative, and in-depth yoga. Its classes employ instructions that encourage precision, knowledge, and safety in movements. Its advanced studies include lessons on developing clarity through the daily practice of asana, inquiry, and meditation. Kate Coughlin, the founder of Downtown Yoga, extends accountability and support to students on the road to reaching happiness and wholeness.

Heather Haxo Phillips

• Power Yoga

Serving Oakland residents, Heather Haxo Phillips is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher at the intermediate junior III level. She has been practicing yoga for 20 years and teaching it for almost 15 years. Heather specializes in working with beginners, addressing the needs of every student, and mentoring new teachers. She owns and runs Adeline Yoga with her husband, Bashir. The studio aims to provide a safe space for customers of all ages, levels, and health statuses.

Hot Spot Yoga Oakland

• Teach Training

Hot Spot Yoga Oakland is going on its third year as a yoga center in Oakland. Clients frequent the studio for Ashtanga and Vinyasa-inspired yoga as well as strength training sessions seven days a week including Introduction to Vinyasa Yoga, Hot Spot YO Flow, Bubbles & Flow (with complementary champagne), and Hot Tuff Yogi (Body Sculpt). Hot Spot features post-class lavender towels, yoga mat and towel rentals, class music, Wi-Fi, and hair-ties.

Innerstellar

• Teach Training

Innerstellar is a yoga studio serving clients in Oakland. It offers in-person and virtual yoga and Pilates mat classes that emphasize deep breathing and healing. The studio also provides corporate wellness yoga and Pilates programs for local and national corporations. It is equipped with a spring-based Pilates machine called the Reformer, which helps clients strengthen their arms, legs, and core. Kiki Lovelace established the studio in 2011, with the aim of helping people resolve anxiety and recover from chronic pain and injuries.

Nandi Yoga

• Private Lessons

Nandi Yoga, based in San Mateo, is a studio that serves clients in and around the Oakland community. It offers various yoga classes for practitioners of all levels. It holds over 65 classes weekly, providing sessions in flow yoga, restorative/yin yoga, Iyengar, prenatal yoga, kids/family yoga, and meditation. The studio also offers virtual yoga classes via Zoom. Nandi Yoga also holds workshops, special events, and teacher training programs. Additionally, it provides special offers for veterans and green transportation users.

Symmetry Yoga

• Restorative Yoga

Symmetry Yoga is a yoga studio serving clients in Oakland. It offers a variety of yoga classes for beginners and advanced practitioners, including Vinyasa flow, Hatha flow, restorative yoga, and prenatal yoga. Its yoga teachers were chosen based on their knowledge about proper posture and biomechanics, which are the founding principles of the studio. Symmetry Yoga is also located within a health center, which facilitates a working relationship between practitioners and instructors to manage special cases.

The Green Yogi

The Green Yogi offers yoga classes in Berkeley. Both men and women of all ages are welcome to benefit from yoga via a range of classes such as Power Vinyasa and Candlelight Yin Relaxation, and the eco-chic studio offers workshops and events, teacher trainings, corporate sessions, prenatal yoga, and online yoga classes as well. The Green Yogi has been featured in American Way and Racked SF.

Thriveability Yoga & Wellness

• Restorative Yoga
• Pre Natal

Thriveability Yoga & Wellness is a family-operated yoga studio that is available to individuals of all ages and abilities in Oakland and the surrounding communities. Its classes include mat Pilates, candlelight flow, Vinyasa, and Hatha. The company offers prenatal and postnatal classes, as well as senior and tween yoga. To focus on specific needs and concerns, private and semi-private classes are also available. Thriveability Yoga & Wellness also hosts workshops and retreats abroad for yoga, wellness, and meditation.

Ume Yoga

Ume Yoga is an Oakland yoga studio. Clients are able to de-stress and regain well-being for the mind, body, and soul via Ganjasana, Power Hour Flow (Heated), Vinyasa Flow - All Levels (Heated), Candlelight Yin, and Gentle Flow. Ume also features a RISE Yoga for Youth Donation Class. Events are listed on the studio's website as well, and patrons can find an online shop with various items such as hoodies and waterbottles.

Yoga Love

• Teach Training
• Pre Natal
• Power Yoga

Yoga Love is a yoga and wellness studio that serves clients in the Oakland area. It offers a variety of yoga classes, including vinyasa, yoga with meditation, gentle soul, and plus-size yoga. Sessions are conducted in small groups and can be held outdoor or via Zoom. Yoga Love also offers wellness services, including deep tissue massage, energy healing, aromatherapy, and ThetaHealing. One of its instructors, Asatu Hall, is a founding member of the artists' group Emesè: Messengers of the African Diaspora.

YogaKula

• Power Yoga

YogaKula is a yoga studio and wellness center that serves clients in Oakland, both online and in-person. It provides various services to all types of clients, from teens to seniors, including a comprehensive range of yoga courses, from Anusara, Hatha, mindful flow, restorative, qigong, to noon flow yoga. The word Kula in YogaKula is a Sanskrit word that means clan, tribe, or community of the heart. The studio aims to foster a sense of community and belonging among its members.