Yoga in Los Angeles
and from Los Angeles.

Santa Monica, with 14 of the 175 studios listed here. Hollywood, Long Beach and Venice follow with 7 each. Density is not the whole story though: a single studio that matches how you practise beats six that do not.

Four things decide it more than the website does: whether the room is heated and how hot, what the floor is like underfoot, how many mats fit in the space, and whether you can drop in without a membership. Every studio page here lists the styles taught and the neighborhood, so you can filter on the first and the last before you ever call.

91 of the 175 studios listed are tagged beginner-friendly or all-levels. Filter the directory by that tag, or start from a style built for it: restorative, yin and slow flow are all easier first rooms than a heated power class.

12 studios here run beach, outdoor or sunset sessions: Westside Yogis and Beach Yoga SoCal and Beach Yoga Life and Laughing Frog Yoga and Reserve Venice and ROAM LA Yoga and Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine and SoHo Yoga and Veritas Yoga and Yoga Galactica and Yogalution Movement and Wellness and YogAqua. Outdoor classes move with the season and the light, so check the schedule on the day rather than the week before.

64 of 175. "Hot" covers a wide range, from a gently warmed room to Bikram's 40°C, so the temperature matters more than the label. The style pages explain which is which.