Best Yoga Studios in Santa Monica

2021

Beach Yoga SoCal

Beach Yoga SoCal is LA’s iconic beach yoga studio, offering daily classes, year round, directly on the sand, next to the sea. The ocean is your soundtrack, with breathtaking views of SaMo Pier, sunsets, dolphins, and so much more. This is a Bucket List item for tourists, and a unique experience for locals to add to their workout regime. It was established to promote mindful living and a unique yoga experience by the beach led by Vee Gomez. The yoga studio offers yoga classes not only to residents of the metro but to corporate clients as well. Apart from beach yoga classes, it also offers packages for parties such as bachelorettes, corporate outings, and family reunions. In addition, the yoga studio is a proud member of the Holistic Chamber of Commerce.

Body Wellness

Body Wellness is a Santa Monica fitness studio providing yoga, Pilates, and spin classes to those living in the greater metro area. The studio offers group classes as well as private sessions, and prices vary based on type of class or package rate. The staff includes seasoned yoga, Pilates, and spin instructors with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Hot 8 Yoga

With four locations throughout Southern California, Hot 8 Yoga offers a variety of yoga classes for individuals living in Beverly Hills, Manhattan Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica, and the surrounding areas. The studio’s group classes focus on strength, flexibility, and balance while also fulfilling spiritual needs. Hot 8 Yoga features over 200 weekly classes including Hot Yoga, Hot Power Fusion, Hot Power Yoga, Hot Yoga Sculpt (with weights), and Hot Yoga Barre. The facility offers class packages and monthly membership rates.

Laughing Frog Yoga

• Teach Training

Laughing Frog Yoga offers a variety of group yoga classes for practitioners in West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and the surrounding areas. Classes include Vinyasa Flow, Yoga with adjustments, Insight Meditation Yoga, Yoga foundations, Yin Yoga, and Rise and Shine Yoga. The facility has new student specials for local residents as well as memberships and class pack rates.

Sweat Yoga

Sweat Yoga is a Santa Monica yoga studio specializing in an athletic style of yoga that incorporates modern and creative music playlists. Sweat classes are heated with an infrared heating system that offers medicinal properties and allows students to quickly loosen up and facilitate a cleanse. Though most classes are heated to 106 degrees, the studio’s high ceilings and air scrubbers ensure that the environment is not overbearing.

The Yoga Collective

• Power Yoga

The Yoga Collective is a studio operating within the Santa Monica area that offers online yoga and wellness sessions. Its instructors provide a wide variety of classes for practitioners of all levels, including dynamic Vinyasa flow, barre, awakened flow, Eka Pada power flow, and kids yoga. It also has lessons on Pilates, chair yoga, and Devi flow. In addition, the studio's online platform gives access to videos on life coaching, guided meditations, breathwork, and Pranayama.

YOGAqua

YOGAqua offers paddleboard yoga classes to those living in the greater Santa Monica area. Each class is 90-minutes long, with 30 minutes dedicated to learning how to use the paddleboard and the remaining 60 minutes for Vinyasa yoga flow on the paddleboard. The classes are open to students of all levels and do not require previous experience practicing yoga or using a paddleboard. The instructor offers detailed and customized instructions so everyone is able to follow along.

Yogaraj

Yogaraj offers Vinyasa, Yoga Fundamentals, and Kids Yoga group classes to practitioners living in Santa Monica and the surrounding communities. No memberships or packages are required though the studio does offer three monthly membership options. Students can book and cancel classes using the yogaraj mobile app or on the studio’s website.