Best Yoga Studios in Washington DC

532Yoga is a studio serving individuals in Washington DC and the surrounding areas. It offers a wide variety of classes, including gentle yoga, meditation, power yoga, flow yoga, and yin yoga. Specialized sessions are available for teens, tweens, and expectant mothers. The studio also holds private yoga classes, yoga parties, and corporate yoga classes. 532Yoga has 26 yoga instructors with over 100 years of combined experience. It is a registered yoga school providing 100-hour and 200-hour yoga teaching programs.

Be Here Now Yoga offers more than 50 yoga classes each week. The Washington yoga studio's classes include Vinyasa Flow, Power Flow, Dharma Vinyasa, Jivamukti Vinyasa, Candlelight Flow, Gentle Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga for Healing, and Meditation. Be Here Now Yoga's healing services include Reiki, life coaching, past life regression therapy, and Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy.

Bhakti Yoga DC is a studio serving clients in Washington, D.C. It offers in-studio, outdoor, and online yoga classes that include Vinyasa, Yin, Bhakti Vinyasa, restorative, and yoga nidra. The studio is equipped with restrooms, one shower, a lounge, and a changing room. Studio owner Gopi Kinnicutt had lived in a Bakhti Yoga ashram for 10 years. She also trained under the guidance of several yoga teachers, including Shiva Rea, Ana Forrest, and Gary Kraftsow.

Bikram Yoga Wellness is a family-owned and family-operated independent studio serving the Washington, D.C. area. In addition to hot and yin yoga classes, it conducts Inferno Hot Pilates, barre, and core exercises. In addition, it offers FLEX'T and DRIP'T workout sessions. Owners and instructors Omekongo and Kendra Blackett-Dibinga began practicing Bikram yoga to help with their chronic injuries. The couple established the studio to share the benefits of yoga and support injured individuals through its wellness services, such as PEMF and cryotherapy.

Bluebird Sky Yoga is a yoga studio situated right in the heart of Washington D.C. The studio was established to bring a safe community space for yoga, joy, and art lovers. The founder, Jenny Light, seeks to provide a wide range of unique yoga styles, including Ashtanga, Rocket, and Vinyasa. In addition, it also offers virtual classes and artwork. Apart from yoga classes, the studio also offers physical therapy and massage services performed by a trained professional.

Circle Yoga has been serving individuals of all ages and skill levels in the Washington DC area since 2003. It offers yoga classes and meditation sessions, including super gentle yoga, functional flow, Pilates, mindfulness meditation, and prenatal yoga. The facility conducts 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher training and budding yogis teacher training, as well as Buddhist wisdom workshops and yoga parties. Circle Yoga is a local cooperative that aims to help students cultivate self-awareness, find greater ease, and connect with the community.

Dragon’s Breath Yoga is a Washington D.C.-based studio that offers an array of classes and workshops for practitioners of all experience levels. Yoga enthusiasts may choose from a variety of in-studio and online classes such as Forrest, ashtanga, vinyasa, prana flow, yin & yin/yang, and beginners yoga. Workshops are also available for students who are looking into deepening their yoga practice. The studio also offers a 300-Hour Forrest Yoga Advanced Teacher Training for aspiring yoga instructors.

Dream Yoga Studio & Wellness Center offers a variety of yoga and meditation classes in its McLean studio. The yoga studio, founded in 2002, aims to create a supportive environment for all levels of learners. The business' classes include Gentle Yoga, Yoga Stretch & Strengthen, Vinyasa Flow, Yoga Workout, and Partner Yoga. The yoga studio is a member of Integrative Yoga Therapy, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and the National Certification Board for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

Dupont Circle Yoga is a fitness studio serving clients in Washington, D.C. It offers classical yoga classes that are based on the hatha, vinyasa, Iyengar, and ashtanga traditions, which focus on understanding a variety of poses and proper alignment. It has been teaching teacher-driven yoga styles since its establishment in 2012. Yoga teacher Maryl Baldridge and yoga student Elias Hengst founded the studio based on their shared passion for yoga. Dupont Circle Yoga is also the sister studio of Georgetown Yoga and The Yoga Shala.

Epic Yoga DC conducts yoga classes for individuals in Washington DC. It offers different types of yoga sessions, including the Americana heat, which is done with earthy music to give students a meditative yoga experience. It also provides Power Vinyasa classes, which encourage strength, flexibility, and fitness by guiding individuals in practicing breathing and posture synchronicity. Its owner, Emma Saal, is a yoga teacher who is also well-versed in Pilates, martial arts, dance, and barre.

Based in Washington, D.C., Flow Yoga Center aims to maintain a cozy and inviting environment where clients can discover the art of yoga. The studio offers a variety of class types that match the clients’ fitness goals, from slow and soothing classes to high energy and fast-paced flows. It also provides other services such as yoga teacher training sessions and corporate wellness programs. Flow Yoga Center was featured in the Yoga Journal and has received the Environmental Excellence Award from the D.C. mayor.

Haute Bodhi is a yoga studio serving clients in Washington DC. It offers a Bikram or 26&2 yoga method that consists of a series of 26 postures designed to promote the production of oxygenated blood. Classes are available in 60-minute, 75-minute, and 90-minute options. The studio also facilitates inferno hot Pilates, Yin yoga, warm Vinyasa, and express hot yoga classes. One of the instructors, Alba Nagurney, holds a Master's in Public Health and integrates her medical and personal background into the benefits of yoga.

Hot Yoga Capitol Hill is a studio that serves clients in the Washington, D.C. area. It provides a range of classes, which include 60-minute slow-moving yoga, hot yoga, hot power express, and yoga sculpt. It also offers hot Pilates, Yin, and barre sessions. In addition, the studio organizes retreats, where it conducts meditations, prepares healthy meals, and explores waterfalls and ancient ruins. Its current owner, Lara Atella, has a background in neurobehavioral science and has been with Hot Yoga Capitol Hill since 2010.

Lighthouse Yoga Center has been offering yoga classes to the residents of Washington, D.C., since 2013. It teaches several types of yoga, such as yin yoga, flow yoga, restorative yoga, kundalini yoga, and hatha yoga. The studio is a KRI-affiliated Kundalini yoga center and all of its teachers have completed the Kundalini Research Institute’s 220-hour level one teacher training program. Lighthouse Yoga Center's owner and founder, Julie Eisenberg, is a level two certified kundalini yoga teacher and has completed the 500-hour teacher training program.

Past Tense is a yoga studio serving clients in Washington, D.C. With ahimsa or non-violence as its guiding principle, the studio offers flow-style classes to its students. While classes are separated into levels based on students' yoga experience and background, there are programs offered to all levels. These include Pilates, restorative, sound bath meditation, slow flow, Roll + Restore, and yin yoga. Past Tense also offers specialty classes for kids, seniors, young adults, prenatal women, and parents with babies.

Woodley Park Yoga is a Washington D.C. studio that offers Ashtanga yoga classes. Its in-studio and virtual classes are taught by guides who have been practicing yoga for many years. Some of the studio's classes are guided quarter, half, and full primary classes; guided beginner classes, guided meditation, and Mysore style. Woodley Park Yoga was established in 2007, and its director, Faith Scimecca, spent two years learning directly from Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois, the founders of Ashtanga yoga.

Yoga District holds yoga sessions for individuals and groups in Washington DC and other nearby locations. The studio provides one-on-one coaching online and in-person that can help its clients achieve their respective wellness goals. Its instructors also conduct classes for for-profit and non-profit organizations that focus on stress relief, self-empowerment, mental health, and physical fitness. Its senior staff also leads retreats and workshops in the city. Most of the Yoga District's team has completed the 200-hour training program.