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Hot yoga classes in LA

64 studios offer hot yoga across Los Angeles, choose by feel, not by spreadsheet.

64 studios found

Hot yoga turns up the heat, literally. Practiced in a room warmed to anywhere from 90°F to 105°F, it loosens muscles fast, encourages a deep sweat, and asks for a steady, focused mind. The warmth means you’ll move deeper into poses than you might in a room-temperature class, and you’ll leave feeling thoroughly wrung out in the best way.

The feel ranges widely. Some rooms are candlelit and quiet, built around a slow, meditative flow. Others are high-energy power-heat sessions that move with the music and leave you dripping. Across Los Angeles you’ll find both, calmer, no-mirror studios alongside studios that lean hard into the burn.

This style suits anyone who likes a physical challenge and finds that heat helps them switch off. It’s also a favorite for people who feel stiff in the morning or after sitting all day, since the warmth makes tight hips and shoulders far easier to open. If you run cold or simply love a sauna, you’ll probably love the room.

LA has a strong spread of heated rooms. Santa Monica is especially dense, with highly rated studios like Sweat Yoga and Hot 8 Yoga both calling it home; Hot 8 also runs rooms in Hollywood and Pasadena. Across town you’ll find North Ray Yoga in Echo Park, Yoga Vibe in Los Feliz, Veda Yoga in Culver City, and Sweat Yoga and TruFusion in West Hollywood, plus Boheme Yoga and CorePower in Downtown LA and Y7 Studio in Silver Lake.

New to the heat? Hydrate well, arrive a few minutes early, and give yourself permission to rest in child’s pose whenever you need it. Sitting one down is part of the practice, not a failure. Bring a towel for your mat and another for yourself, and wear something light you don’t mind soaking through.

Browse every heated room on the studios page, or explore other styles and neighborhoods to find the practice and the part of town that fit you best.

Pasadena

Hot 8 Yoga Pasadena

4.9(1028)

A large, much-loved Old Town studio with a serene outdoor courtyard and classes from dawn to night.

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Santa Monica

Hot 8 Yoga Santa Monica

4.9(656)

A polished hot-yoga studio with a deep class menu spanning yin, power, sculpt and barre fusion.

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Santa Monica

Sweat Yoga Santa Monica

4.9(253)

Candlelit, no-mirror hot yoga in downtown Santa Monica with a loyal, packed-room following.

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Veda Yoga Culver City, Culver City Hot yoga
Culver City

Veda Yoga Culver City

4.9(225)

A welcoming two-room studio with infrared heat, sculpt classes and immersion/teacher-training programs. Its own site and booking system call it Veda Yoga Venice, since it is on Venice Boulevard, but it is in Culver City; the second Veda room is on La Cienega.

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West Hollywood

Sweat Yoga West Hollywood

4.8(73)

The WeHo outpost of Sweat Yoga, with self-paced heated flows and a popular yin soundbath class.

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Hollywood

Hot 8 Yoga Hollywood

4.7(184)

The Hollywood branch of Hot 8, with clean facilities, easy parking and a full menu of heated classes.

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Los Feliz

Yoga Vibe

4.7(38)

A cozy studio in a converted house with warm instructors and approachable heated classes.

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Echo Park

North Ray Yoga Echo Park

4.6(149)

North Ray Yoga's Echo Park studio on Glendale Boulevard, run by the team formerly known as Modo Yoga LA, teaches in rooms warmed by radiant heat panels to 98 to 100°F. The schedule covers Foundations, two levels of vinyasa flow, yang yin, candlelit yin, core flow and HIIT Pilates, seven days a week from a 7 AM weekday start. A cold plunge kept at 37 to 40°F and a sauna are there for self-guided contrast therapy, and there is free on-site parking off Aaron Street, with a valet at busy times.

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Downtown LA

Boheme Yoga

4.5(52)

A tidy DTLA studio with hot classes, live-music sessions and restorative practice in the Historic Core.

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West Hollywood

TruFusion West Hollywood

4.4(184)

A large multi-modality studio mixing heated yoga with HIIT, boxing, cycling and barre under one roof.

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Downtown LA

CorePower Yoga Downtown LA

4.3(47)

A central branch of the national chain with reliably heated classes and easy drop-in scheduling.

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Redondo Beach

423 Yoga

Not yet rated

Named for its address on South Pacific Coast Highway, and one of three Redondo Beach studios in this directory within a mile of each other. Every class is heated: vinyasa leads the schedule, with hot sculpt, mat Pilates and yin filling it out, plus trainings, events and workshops. Two weeks unlimited for $49 if you have never been.

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Encino

Bikram Yoga Encino

Not yet rated

Open on Ventura Boulevard since 1996 and still running the traditional 26-posture Bikram series in a hot room. Same sequence every class, which is either the appeal or the reason you will not come back. Showers and changing rooms on site, and a 30-day challenge for anyone who wants the deep end.

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Center For Yoga, Hancock Park Flow
Hancock Park

Center For Yoga

Not yet rated

The studio calls itself the longest continuously operating yoga room in Los Angeles, founded in 1967 and on Larchmont since 1969, in a 1925 building that was a Masonic temple and then a dance school. Nine formats run off one schedule, from a foundational level-one class and Iyengar through vinyasa, infrared hot flow, power sculpt, pilates and restorative.

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CorePower Yoga Beverly Grove, Beverly Grove Sculpt
Beverly Grove

CorePower Yoga Beverly Grove

Not yet rated

The Wilshire Boulevard room, on the lower level of an office tower near Fairfax. Heated power classes and weighted sculpt on the chain's usual daily schedule, in a large, plain, well-lit room.

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CorePower Yoga Culver City, Culver City Sculpt
Culver City

CorePower Yoga Culver City

Not yet rated

A Culver City location of the CorePower Yoga chain a block from Downtown Culver City, running Yoga Sculpt, CorePower flow and Hot Power classes.

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CorePower Yoga Encino, Encino Sculpt
Encino

CorePower Yoga Encino

Not yet rated

In the Plaza de Oro on Ventura Boulevard, with the practice room looking out over the street. The standard CorePower menu (heated power and weighted sculpt), run to a full daily schedule.

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CorePower Yoga Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach Sculpt
Hermosa Beach

CorePower Yoga Hermosa Beach

Not yet rated

A South Bay room on Pacific Coast Highway, well outside the Westside but on the same chain schedule: heated power classes and weighted sculpt, seven days a week.

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CorePower Yoga Hollywood, Hollywood Sculpt
Hollywood

CorePower Yoga Hollywood

Not yet rated

The chain's Hollywood Boulevard room, upstairs at the corner where the Walk of Fame runs past the door. Same format as the other CorePower studios (heated power classes and weighted sculpt on a full daily schedule), in a bigger, plainer room than most.

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CorePower Yoga La Canada, La Canada Flintridge Sculpt
La Canada Flintridge

CorePower Yoga La Canada

Not yet rated

Up in the foothills on Foothill Boulevard, in a red-fronted building with its own parking. The format is the chain's (heated power and sculpt), and it is the nearest CorePower to the Pasadena and Glendale side of town after Pasadena itself.

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CorePower Yoga Manhattan Beach, Manhattan Beach Sculpt
Manhattan Beach

CorePower Yoga Manhattan Beach

Not yet rated

A South Bay studio on North Sepulveda, a mile or so up from the pier. Heated power classes and weighted sculpt on the usual daily schedule.

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CorePower Yoga Marina del Rey, Marina del Rey Sculpt
Marina del Rey

CorePower Yoga Marina del Rey

Not yet rated

On Glencoe Avenue just off Washington, a short walk from the Marina. Heated power and weighted sculpt, with showers and lockers, built for people coming from work.

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CorePower Yoga Pasadena, Pasadena Sculpt
Pasadena

CorePower Yoga Pasadena

Not yet rated

Just off Colorado in Old Pasadena, with an unusually comfortable front lounge for a chain studio. Heated power classes and weighted sculpt on the standard daily schedule.

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CorePower Yoga San Vicente, Brentwood Sculpt
Brentwood

CorePower Yoga San Vicente

Not yet rated

The Brentwood room of the chain, on San Vicente's tree-lined stretch and up a flight of stairs on the top floor next to Chin Chin. The format is the familiar CorePower one (heated power classes and weighted sculpt), run to a full daily schedule. Parking is in the garage underneath, validated for 90 minutes in-studio.

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CorePower Yoga Santa Monica 2nd Street, Santa Monica Sculpt
Santa Monica

CorePower Yoga Santa Monica 2nd Street

Not yet rated

Two blocks from the Promenade on 2nd Street, which makes it the most walk-in-able of the chain's Santa Monica-area rooms. Heated power and weighted sculpt, daily.

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CorePower Yoga Sherman Oaks, Sherman Oaks Sculpt
Sherman Oaks

CorePower Yoga Sherman Oaks

Not yet rated

On Ventura Boulevard in a stone-fronted building, one of four studios listed within a few blocks of this stretch. Heated power classes and weighted sculpt on the chain's daily schedule.

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CorePower Yoga Studio City, Studio City Sculpt
Studio City

CorePower Yoga Studio City

Not yet rated

Up in the Cahuenga Pass rather than on Ventura. The postal address is Los Angeles 90068, on the studio-city side of the hill, in an office building with covered parking. Heated power and weighted sculpt, daily.

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CorePower Yoga The Circle Long Beach, Long Beach Sculpt
Long Beach

CorePower Yoga The Circle Long Beach

Not yet rated

By the Traffic Circle on Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach. By some distance the furthest south of the chain's LA-area rooms. Heated power classes and weighted sculpt on the usual daily schedule.

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CorePower Yoga Torrance, Torrance Sculpt
Torrance

CorePower Yoga Torrance

Not yet rated

A South Bay studio on Crenshaw in a Spanish-style building with arcaded entrances. Heated power and weighted sculpt, seven days a week.

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CorePower Yoga USC Village, USC Village Sculpt
USC Village

CorePower Yoga USC Village

Not yet rated

Inside the USC Village development on Hoover, under the brick arcade. A student-heavy room by location, though it is open to anyone. Heated power classes and weighted sculpt, daily.

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CorePower Yoga Westwood, Westwood Sculpt
Westwood

CorePower Yoga Westwood

Not yet rated

In Westwood Village on Glendon, a few minutes from campus. The practice room has arched alcoves along one wall, which is more character than the chain usually runs to. Heated power and weighted sculpt, daily.

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CorePower Yoga Wilshire, West LA Sculpt
West LA

CorePower Yoga Wilshire

Not yet rated

On Wilshire near Bundy, upstairs. One of the larger rooms in the chain's Westside set, running heated power classes and weighted sculpt on a full daily schedule.

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Atwater Village

Home Studio Hot Yoga Atwater Village

Not yet rated

On Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village, running seven days a week across a wide heat range rather than one fixed temperature: roughly 80 to 105 degrees depending on the class, from Original Hot Yoga in the Bikram style through vinyasa to a warm yin. There is a second location out in Hacienda Heights.

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Beverly Hills

Hot 8 Yoga Beverly Hills

Not yet rated

The Beverly Hills room of the Hot 8 chain, a dozen or more classes a day from a 6:15am barre or sculpt through hot power fusion, sculpt, a 90-minute 26 and 2, a strength class and an evening yin. Heated classes are the spine of it. First-timers get a week for the price of one class, which is the cheap way to find out whether you like the heat.

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Culver City

Hot 8 Yoga Culver City

Not yet rated

The Culver City branch of Hot 8, on Washington Blvd near downtown Culver. Same deep daily schedule as the chain's other rooms (hot yoga, sculpt and power, most of it heated), and the same seven-days-unlimited welcome week for a first visit.

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Hot 8 Yoga Sherman Oaks, Sherman Oaks Hot yoga
Sherman Oaks

Hot 8 Yoga Sherman Oaks

Not yet rated

The Sherman Oaks room of the Hot 8 chain, on Ventura Boulevard. Heated classes are the spine of the schedule (power, sculpt and a slower hot yin), with sound baths on the calendar alongside. First-timers get a week for the price of a class, which is the cheapest way to find out whether you like the heat.

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Woodland Hills

Hot 8 Yoga Woodland Hills

Not yet rated

The newest Hot 8 room, on the second floor at The Village on Topanga Canyon, and a busy one, a dozen classes a day, from a 6:30am sculpt through hot power fusion, barre, a strength class and an evening yin. Two hours of free parking with validation, and showers and mat rental on site. Note that the studio's own page still carries pre-opening copy about founding memberships; the schedule is live and bookable.

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Newhall

Hot For Yoga

Not yet rated

Old Town Newhall's hot room, heated with far-infrared panels rather than forced air and fitted with a hydroxyl generator and rubber floors. The studio makes a point of not smelling like a hot studio. The schedule runs the traditional 26-posture Bikram series at 95–105°F alongside hot pilates, vinyasa and yin, so it is hotter than most and honest about it.

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Marina del Rey

Hot Yoga Los Angeles

Not yet rated

A hot room on Washington Boulevard at the Venice–Marina border, running traditional Bikram alongside hot yin and a hot fusion class, a hybrid studio rather than a single-sequence one. The pitch is on the teaching: seasoned instructors watching your form rather than calling the script from the front. Free parking lot, bike rack, and the entrance is in the rear alley. The company also has a Manhattan Beach room, outside this directory's patch.

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Santa Clarita

HOTWORX Santa Clarita

Not yet rated

Not a class in the normal sense: HOTWORX is a 24-hour infrared studio where you book a slot in a sauna pod and a screen leads a 30-minute session (hot yoga, pilates or barre), with no teacher in the room. Useful if your hours are odd and you want heat and a routine; not the place to learn the shapes or be corrected.

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Torrance

Kefi Yoga

Not yet rated

Kefi is a Greek word for joy and passion that, the studio says, has no direct English translation, and the studio was built out of it: founder Angeliki Papadakis started teaching her brother through the pandemic shutdown, when the corporate studios closed and their teachers and students scattered. It grew from there into two studios on Crenshaw Boulevard in Torrance running 8 to 13 classes a day, including heated Hot Fusion, and the LA Times has written it up.

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Highland Park

Kinship Yoga

Not yet rated

On North Figueroa in Highland Park, with a mission statement that treats health as a common right rather than a product: self healing, self awareness, and a stated commitment to tolerance and recognition across a diverse room. Much of the schedule runs hot, in an infrared-heated room the studio puts at 98 to 100°F, with yin, sculpt, power and aerial classes, workshops and a teacher training, and a new-student path that does not assume you have practised before.

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North Ray Yoga La Brea, Hancock Park Hot yoga
Hancock Park

North Ray Yoga La Brea

Not yet rated

The La Brea studio of North Ray Yoga, the hot yoga studio formerly called Modo Yoga LA. Most classes are warmed by radiant heat panels to 98 to 100°F, from Foundations and two levels of vinyasa flow to yang yin, yin, core flow and HIIT Pilates, while mat Pilates, mobility and Counterbalance classes run cooler, at 85°F. A cold plunge and sauna are open for self-guided contrast therapy, there are showers and keyless lockers, and parking is on the street or in a paid lot a few doors down.

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Long Beach

Ra Yoga Long Beach

Not yet rated

The only Los Angeles County room of a mostly Orange County chain, in the Long Beach Exchange (LBX) centre by the airport rather than near the water. Heated and unheated classes across a full daily schedule, with teacher training, workshops and retreats run under the studio's own Ra University banner.

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Satorii Yoga and Wellness, Santa Monica Hot yoga
Santa Monica

Satorii Yoga and Wellness

Not yet rated

Moved from West LA to Berkeley Street in the summer of 2026, with a heated room, a non-heated room and a dedicated meditation space. Classes run seven days a week: a slow, breath-led foundation class, a signature yang-then-yin hybrid, a conditioning class of strength and mobility drills, and a faster intermediate flow. Most of the room work is heated to 85–90°F, so come expecting to sweat unless you pick a non-heated slot.

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SoHo Yoga, Hermosa Beach Hot yoga
Hermosa Beach

SoHo Yoga

Not yet rated

A Hermosa Avenue studio running both heated and non-heated classes, and drawing as much on functional fitness, dance and Pilates as on yoga, the studio says so itself rather than pretending otherwise. The reason to know about it is the outdoor beach yoga at 14th Street and The Strand, which is a genuinely different thing from an indoor class. There is a 200-plus class on-demand library for $15 a month and a teacher training.

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Manhattan Beach

Sol Seek Yoga El Porto

Not yet rated

Sol Seek's second Manhattan Beach room, opened in 2022 at the busy corner of Rosecrans and Highland, a few doors from Round Willow. It is the company's only heated studio, with classes between 85 and 108 degrees: hot flow, Burn, hot HIIT Pilates and Sol Strength, plus warm flow, warm yin and sound baths, in medium to large classes. The intro offer covers both rooms, and the livestream and on-demand library is shared.

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Sweat Yoga Playa Vista, Playa Vista Hot yoga
Playa Vista

Sweat Yoga Playa Vista

Not yet rated

The Playa Vista room of the Sweat Yoga trio, on the ground floor of a Waterfront Drive office block. One big open studio with a graffitied wall, prop shelves along the back and a small retail counter at the front; the heated flow and power schedule matches the Santa Monica and West Hollywood rooms, and the intro pass works at all three.

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The Wild Plum, San Fernando Hot yoga
San Fernando

The Wild Plum

Not yet rated

A holistic spa and yoga center on North Maclay Avenue in San Fernando, opened in 2018 by sisters Alexandra and Daniela Del Gaudio, with a scholarship that gives a monthly unlimited membership to students in financial need. Most of the 20 weekly classes are heated, the hot vinyasa up to 105°F with added humidity, alongside yin, Pilates fusion, a Sunday evening candlelight restorative and a Saturday kids class. The spa side runs facials, massage, private reiki, sound healing and an infrared sauna by appointment. New students get a month of unlimited yoga for $59, and parking is on the surrounding residential streets.

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Urban 728 Yoga, Hollywood Hot yoga
Hollywood

Urban 728 Yoga

Not yet rated

A hot yoga studio on La Brea heated with a ThermaRay radiant system; flow, power, yin and mat Pilates are all taught in the heat, though the site publishes no temperature. Classes, sculpt included, run seven days a week, booked through the studio's app, with class cards, unlimited memberships and private sessions on offer.

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West Coast Sweat Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach Hot yoga
Hermosa Beach

West Coast Sweat Hermosa Beach

Not yet rated

A hot yoga room on Pier Avenue, with the classic Bikram sequence at the centre of the schedule alongside Inferno hot Pilates, power fusion and candlelight yin. There is a second location in Long Beach. Getting started runs $35 for a week, which is the sensible way to test whether a hot room agrees with you.

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Long Beach

West Coast Sweat Long Beach

Not yet rated

The original West Coast Sweat room, open since 2002 and out on Pacific Coast Highway near the Seal Beach line; Hermosa is the newer studio. The classic Bikram sequence is at the centre, with Inferno hot Pilates, which fills about half the schedule, and stretch and restore classes around it. Memberships cover both rooms.

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White Heat Yoga, North Hollywood Hot yoga
North Hollywood

White Heat Yoga

Not yet rated

A boutique heated studio in the NoHo Arts District with a wider menu than most hot rooms: a fast Hot Flow, a Hot Power Fusion built on the classic 26-posture sequence, a weights-and-barre Hot Sculpt, a slow Dynamic Stretch that holds poses on long breaths, plus Buti Yoga and a beginners' Fundamentals class. New students get a week unlimited for $30.

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Hollywood

Yoga Box Hollywood

Not yet rated

The first Los Angeles room of a chain that grew up elsewhere, on Cole Ave just off Santa Monica Blvd. Hot, vinyasa, power and restorative run through the day on an app-booked schedule, and first-timers get three free classes. A generous trial by LA standards, and enough to tell whether the heat suits you.

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Hancock Park

Yoga Box La Brea

Not yet rated

Yoga Box's second Los Angeles studio, on South La Brea a few blocks north of Beverly. The class menu is the same as the Hollywood room (hot, vinyasa, power and restorative), in a newer space, and the same three-class trial applies.

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North Hollywood

Yoga NoHo Center

Not yet rated

A long-running Vineland Avenue studio running two tracks side by side (far-infrared heated classes and traditional non-heated ones), seven days a week, all of them built on a Hatha foundation the studio is explicit about. Sound baths, workshops and 200-hour and Yin teacher trainings fill out the calendar, and an on-demand video library covers the days you cannot get there. Contact is by email only; there is no phone line.

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Long Beach

Yoga108

Not yet rated

A downtown Long Beach studio built around Bhakti principles, with a free kirtan on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Infrared heat, vinyasa and fitness classes fill the timetable, with workshops, trainings and retreats on top.

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YogaSix Culver City, Culver City Power
Culver City

YogaSix Culver City

Not yet rated

A Culver City location of the YogaSix chain, running power sculpt, restore, hot yoga and a sound bath format on its weekly schedule.

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Long Beach

YogaSix Long Beach

Not yet rated

On Pacific Coast Highway about a quarter mile from West Coast Sweat, which makes this corner of Long Beach an easy place to try two very different rooms in a week. The YogaSix menu is the chain's usual six, graded by intensity and labelled plainly, which is the appeal if you are new enough that a studio's private vocabulary is a barrier.

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Porter Ranch

YogaSix Porter Ranch

Not yet rated

The north-Valley branch of the chain, in the Vineyards centre off Rinaldi. Same six-class menu as every other YogaSix (a slow flow, a restorative, a hot one, a power class, a weighted sculpt and a mobility class), each labelled by intensity, so you can pick without having to decode a studio's private vocabulary. That predictability is the whole point if you are new.

PowerSculptRestorativeHot yogaSlow flowBeginner-friendly
Redondo Beach

YogaSix Redondo Beach

Not yet rated

On North Pacific Coast Highway, about half a mile from the pier. The chain's six class types graded by intensity, which makes it a low-risk first studio: you can read the schedule and know what you are walking into without having practised before.

PowerSculptRestorativeHot yogaSlow flowBeginner-friendly
Torrance

YogaSix Rolling Hills

Not yet rated

Named for Rolling Hills but actually in Torrance, on Rolling Hills Road near the Palos Verdes edge. Standard YogaSix menu of six class types graded by intensity, from a slow restorative through a hot one, a power class and a weighted sculpt, each labelled so you can pick without guessing.

PowerSculptRestorativeHot yogaSlow flowBeginner-friendly
Stevenson Ranch

YogaSix Stevenson Ranch

Not yet rated

The Santa Clarita Valley branch of the chain, out on The Old Road. The menu is the same six class types graded by intensity (restorative through hot and sculpt), which makes it a reasonable first studio if you have never booked a class before and do not want to guess what you are walking into.

PowerSculptRestorativeHot yogaBeginner-friendly
Studio City

YogaSix Studio City

Not yet rated

The Ventura Boulevard branch of the chain, running the standard YogaSix menu (a slow restorative class, a hot one, a power class and a weighted sculpt), with the classes labelled by intensity so you can pick without guessing. Predictable in the way a chain is, which is the appeal if you are new.

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Frequently asked questions

What is hot yoga?

Hot yoga is any yoga practiced in a deliberately heated room, usually between 90°F and 105°F. The warmth loosens your muscles quickly, encourages a heavy sweat, and adds a real layer of challenge to even gentle poses. Some classes follow a fixed sequence; others are flowing power-style flows turned up to the heat.

Is hot yoga good for beginners?

Yes, as long as you take it at your own pace. The heat makes everything feel more intense, so newcomers should expect to rest more than usual. Rest in child's pose any time you need to, sip water between poses, and don't push to keep up with the room. A first class is about getting used to the heat, not nailing every pose.

What should I bring to a hot yoga class?

Bring more water than you think you'll need, a towel for your mat (you'll sweat onto it), and a second towel for yourself. Wear light, breathable clothing you don't mind soaking through. Many studios rent or sell mats and towels if you're trying it for the first time.

How should I prepare for the heat?

Hydrate well throughout the day, not just before class. Avoid a heavy meal in the two hours beforehand, arrive a few minutes early to acclimate to the room, and give your body permission to ease in. If you feel dizzy or lightheaded, lie down, that's a normal, expected part of learning the heat.