LOS ANGELES YOGA CLASSES

Our Los Angeles Yoga Classes have no levels

Los Angeles Yoga Class Schedule for our Brentwood, LA, California Yoga Studio

MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT

6:45-8am	6:45-8am	6:45-8am	6:45-8am	8-9:30am	845:1015am
John	Mark	Carla	Mark	Marcos	Marcos

10-1130am	10-1130pm	10-1130am	10-1130pm	10-1130am	10:30-12pm
Mark	Kathleen	Mark	Kathleen	Mark	Mark

12-1:15pm	4-5:30pm	12-1:15pm	4-530pm	12-1:15pm	4-5:30pm
Rebecca	Carla	Rebecca	Carla	Rebecca	Beau

345-515pm	6-7:30pm	345-515pm	6-7:30pm	345-515pm	6-7:30pm
Jad	Heather	Jad	Heather	Jad	Shoshana

6-7:30pm	745-915pm	6-7:30pm	745-915pm	6-7:30pm	---
Mark	Beau	Mark	Beau	Marcos	---

745-915pm		745-915pm
Michel		Michel

An updated schedule for the Los Angeles Yoga Classes can be seen here:

We feature a branch of yoga practice known as being the most physical form of yoga - Vinyasa Flow Yoga (movement with breath yoga).

Our Los Angeles Yoga Studio Class

Don't believe other Los Angeles Yoga studios when they say they are have the toughest yoga available! Vinyasa Yoga is the most physically taxing form! All adherents to it have equally tough yoga asanas. Our Los Angeles yoga studio will make you exert, sweat and give you the best workout you can get from yoga - and it is medically safe to boot!

All classes are based on Vinyasa Flow (Movement with breath):

THE MOST PHYSICAL FORM OF YOGA

We don’t use props or have levels - just breath,
honesty, and the art of letting go of the ego.

Suggestions:
• Do not eat 2.5 hours before class, but be
well-nourished and well-hydrated.
• Do not drink during class.
• Please refrain from wearing perfume or scents.
• HAVE FUN!

What style of yoga do you teach in your Los Angeles Yoga Classes?
We adhere to Power Yoga, a yoga style based on the Vinyasa method of yoga.

Vinyasa is defined as coordinating of breathe and movement, very physically active, ujjayi breath.

Vinyasa is also defined as Breath-synchronized movement.

Vinyasa when applied to a yoga style is the adherence to flowing movement and breathing. It is a very physically intense yoga style wherein one asana (yoga pose) flows from one to another all the while that the yoga practicioner is breathing very regularly.

So, what is power yoga?
Power Yoga is a general term used in the West to describe a vigorous, exercise-centric approach to Vinyasa-style yoga. Most Power Yoga is closely related to and is historically a derivative of the Ashtanga style of practice.

The term Power Yoga came into usage in the mid 1990s, when several yoga teachers were looking for a way to make yoga more accessible to a western audience. Unlike Ashtanga, Power Yoga does not follow a set series of poses. Thus, any Power Yoga class can change from one class to the next - even from one day to the next.

What they have in common is an emphasis on strength and flexibility. The advent of Power Yoga heralded yoga’s current popularity, as people began to see yoga as a way to work out.

Power yoga brought yoga classes into the gyms and yoga studios of Los Angeles.

Using the term Power Yoga differentiated the intense, flowing style of yoga they were teaching from the gentle stretching and meditation that many Americans associated with yoga.

Power Yoga classes can vary widely from teacher to teacher. However, Power Yoga will most likely appeal to people who are already quite fit, enjoy exercising, and want a minimal amount of chanting and meditation with their yoga.

The main difference of this style of Yoga to other styles is the focus on vinyasa, literally the intelligent putting together of things but taken in this style of asana practice as a variant of suryanamaskara practised between asana. The practice is a defined set of postures always done in the same order,which are combined with specific breathing patterns (ujjayi breathing). The purpose of vinyasa is to create heat in the body, which leads to purification of the body through increased circulation and sweating. It also improves flexibility, which allows the student to practice advanced asanas with reduced risk of injury.

Other components of Ashtanga Yoga include bandhas (internal locks) and drishti (gaze).

There are six series altogether. The sequence begins with Sun-Salutations and standing poses, which is also called the "opening sequence," then the student moves to either the Primary, Intermediate, Advanced A, B, C, or D, depending on his or her skill level, and closes with a set of inversions called the "finishing sequence." Ashtanga Yoga is traditionally taught in Mysore style (supervised self practice). Each student moves through the practice at his or her own pace and level.

Bandhas
There are three bandhas, or internal body locks, prescribed in the different postures. The banda is a sustained contraction of a group of muscles that assists the practitioner not only in retaining a pose but also in moving in and out of it. The mula bandha, or root lock, is performed by tightening the muscles around the pelvic and perineum area. The udiyana bandha, often described as bringing the navel to the base of the spine, is a contraction of the muscles of the lower abdominal area. Jalandhara bandha, throat lock, is achieved by lowering the chin slightly while raising the sternum and the palate bringing the gaze to the tip of the nose.

Drishtis
There are nine drishtis that instruct the yoga student in directing his or her gaze. Each pose is associated with a particular drishti.

Want to learn more? Want to go beyond learning and start on power yoga?
Grab a towel and a yoga mat then head on down to our Los Angeles Yoga Studio!