Philosophy classes in LA
7 studios offer philosophy across Los Angeles — choose by feel, not by spreadsheet.
7 studios found
Shiva Yoga
A philosophy-forward studio rooted in the traditional practice of yoga, with no mirrors or music and a strong YTT program.
BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles
The non-profit Iyengar institute for Los Angeles, on Washington Boulevard, with a daily schedule split between studio, online and hybrid classes. Every class is taught by a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, so the instruction is hands-on and the props do a lot of the work. Alongside the timetable it runs workshops, teacher training and the local Iyengar association. Enter through the parking lot at the back.
Meditation Self-Realization Fellowship Glendale Temple
The Fellowship's Glendale temple, a striking mid-century building on Chevy Chase Drive with a roof that sweeps up like a sail. Sunday and meditation services, Sunday school, and teen and young-adult programmes — more of a congregation than a drop-in room, and welcoming to first-timers.
Meditation Self-Realization Fellowship Hollywood Temple
One of Paramahansa Yogananda's own temples, on Sunset near Vermont and running since the 1940s. The practice here is Kriya-lineage meditation rather than asana — Sunday services, meditation services, and a bookroom selling the Fellowship's texts. Open to anyone; no experience assumed and nothing to sign up for before you arrive.
Meditation Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
Ten acres of spring-fed lake and gardens off Sunset, with a windmill chapel, a houseboat and a temple up the hill — the most-visited of the Fellowship's LA sites and as much a garden as a centre. Meditation services and Sunday services run in the temple; the grounds are the reason most people come. Visits are by reservation, so book before you drive out.
Traditional Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center Los Angeles
Classical Sivananda practice, seven days a week, from a Broadway suite sixteen blocks from the beach. The all-levels class is a full 90 minutes — breathing exercises, sun salutations, the twelve basic postures and a long final relaxation — with a shorter gentle class for anyone who wants more warm-up and shorter holds. Daily satsang of meditation and chanting is free and open to everyone, and the centre also runs teacher training, meditation and positive-thinking courses, yoga therapy and Ayurveda. Classes are offered in person and online; pre-registration is expected and there is a dress code.
Kundalini Veritas Yoga
A Kundalini-led studio in the Malibu Country Mart, where the kriyas come with breathwork, mantra and a gong rather than a mirror. The schedule also carries sound healing, yin, a dharma class, morning sadhana and a power class, plus surf yoga when the ocean cooperates, and there is an online studio for practising away from Malibu.