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Slow flow & gentle classes in LA

19 studios offer slow flow & gentle across Los Angeles, choose by feel, not by spreadsheet.

19 studios found

Slow flow and gentle classes take the same idea as vinyasa flow, linking poses on the breath, and give it more time. Holds are longer, the transitions are explained, and there is room to rest when you need it.

Studios name these classes in different ways: slow flow, gentle flow, gentle yoga, or somatic and mindful movement. They are listed here as one style, so you can find the easier end of each studio’s timetable in one place.

For classes that barely move at all, see yin and restorative yoga.

CEREMNY, Marina del Rey Featured Sound bath
Marina del Rey

CEREMNY

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A thoughtfully curated, multidimensional wellness space where movement becomes a gateway to deeper self-discovery. CEREMNY brings yoga, sound healing, breathwork, and somatic practices together with immersive workshops and transformative learning experiences, inviting you to explore not only how you move, but how you feel, connect, and grow. With its beautifully designed light-filled and intimate studios, the space balances physical practice with stillness, soulful exploration, and meaningful community. More than a place to take a class, CEREMNY is an invitation to reconnect with yourself and experience wellness in a deeper, more expansive way.

Sound bathYinSlow flow & gentleRestorativeBreathworkPowerSculptMeditationMovementKirtan
Veda Yoga Culver City, Culver City Hot yoga
Culver City

Veda Yoga Culver City

4.9(225)

More than a yoga studio, Veda Yoga Venice is a home for a devoted community of practitioners who return not just for the practice, but for the connection they find here. The original Veda location, this beloved space carries a special kind of energy, warm, vibrant, and deeply alive. At its heart is Kumi, whose magnetic presence and genuine passion bring people together and make newcomers feel part of something meaningful. Here, yoga becomes more than movement: a shared ritual, a lasting connection, and a community that grows stronger with every practice.

Hot yogaSculptTeacher trainingVinyasa flowPowerSlow flow & gentleRestorativeYinSound bathMat pilatesMobilityMeditationPhilosophyCommunity
Yoga Nest Venice, Venice Sound bath
Venice

Yoga Nest Venice

4.9(65)

An eclectic, light-filled studio known for candlelit yin, immersive sound baths, and a magical community feel. Offering everything from energizing Vinyasa and Ashtanga flows to gentle yoga, meditation, breathwork, and restorative practices, Yoga Nest creates space for both movement and deep rest. With a welcoming, inclusive spirit and a vibrant calendar of workshops and special events, it’s a place to explore new practices, reconnect with yourself, and find a sense of belonging in the heart of Venice.

Sound bathCandlelit yinCommunityVinyasa flowSlow flow & gentleRestorativeYinKundaliniAerialHathaPrenatalMovementBreathworkMeditationBhakti
shefayoga Venice, Venice Sculpt
Venice

shefayoga Venice

4.8(184)

Rooted in abundance and built around community, Shefa Yoga Venice is a vibrant, welcoming home for movement, discovery, and connection. With heated and unheated studios, an expansive schedule, and teachers who bring their own distinctive voices and traditions to the mat, the practice here is anything but one-size-fits-all. Explore dynamic Vinyasa, traditional 26&2, Rocket, restorative practices, meditation, and sound experiences, or simply linger over tea and connect with fellow practitioners. Just blocks from the beach, Shefa is a place to grow your practice, find your people, and experience yoga in all its many forms.

SculptReikiBreathworkVinyasa flowHot yogaPowerSlow flow & gentleYinRestorativeHathaMeditationKundaliniSound bathMovementPilatesHeated pilates
Embody Through Yoga, Woodland Hills Vinyasa flow
Woodland Hills

Embody Through Yoga

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A small studio tucked into the ground floor of an apartment building on Oxnard, built explicitly around not being intimidating: vinyasa, a gentle flow, restorative and a prenatal class, all pitched at every level. Every class ends with a sound bath in savasana, and there is a longer hour-long sound bath weekly. Warm floors, a brew-your-own-tea bar, and an intro week of unlimited classes for $30.

Vinyasa flowSlow flow & gentleRestorativeBeginner-friendlyAll levelsSound bathBreathworkPrenatalCommunity
Garden of Yoga, Woodland Hills Slow flow & gentle
Woodland Hills

Garden of Yoga

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A small, deliberately unglamorous studio on a residential street off Ventura, running mindful, gentle, restorative and mixed-level classes with an emphasis on working around injuries and chronic pain rather than pushing through them. Every class is offered live online as well as in the room, there is a pranayama and meditation class on the schedule, and sound baths run monthly. The draw is hands-on alignment feedback in a room small enough for the teacher to actually see you.

Slow flow & gentleRestorativeBeginner-friendlyAll levelsMeditationBreathworkSound bathLivestreamTraditional lineageHatha
Light On Lotus Yoga, Mar Vista Vinyasa flow
Mar Vista

Light On Lotus Yoga

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A soulful, spirited neighborhood sanctuary where yoga is as much about connection as it is about movement. Light On Lotus brings together adventurous, music-filled flows, restorative practices, sound baths, and the joy of shared rituals in a space that feels both grounded and full of life. From its sunlit studio to its garden practice space, there’s room to sweat, soften, explore, and simply be. Rooted in community and guided by a playful, heart-centered spirit, Light On Lotus welcomes you to experience yoga in all its beautiful contrasts: strong yet gentle, transformative yet joyful, deeply personal yet shared.

Vinyasa flowAll levelsPrenatalSound bathCommunityTeacher trainingLivestreamYinPowerSlow flow & gentleAshtangaRestorative
La Canada Flintridge

Lila Yoga Studio

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A little further along Foothill from Yoga Rebel, and pitched at the traditional end: a genuine Ashtanga class sits on the same timetable as vinyasa, gentle flow, Yin, Yoga Nidra and a Restore and Sound class, with targeted hips-and-hamstrings and shoulders mobility sessions for people working around a specific restriction. Lila Strength and Hatha Power cover the harder end.

AshtangaVinyasa flowSlow flow & gentleYinRestorativePowerTraditional lineageMobilitySound bathAll levelsBeginner-friendlyHatha
Metta Meditation and Yoga Studio, Glendale Vinyasa flow
Glendale

Metta Meditation and Yoga Studio

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Open since 2018 on the Montrose edge of Glendale, and unusual in giving meditation equal billing with the mat: short guided sits are scheduled as their own twenty-minute classes straight after the evening Vinyasa, not tacked onto the end of one. The rest of the week runs Hatha, Yin, Gentle Yoga, a breathwork-and-twists class and a stretch ritual, with crystal-bowl sound bath meditations as the recurring special event. There are meditation chairs as well as mats.

Vinyasa flowYinSlow flow & gentleTraditional lineageMeditationBreathworkSound bathAll levelsCommunityHatha
Altadena

practiceALTADENA

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A room-temperature studio on Lake Avenue whose sessions are named rather than graded, flow, rest, a half-and-half flow-then-rest, an alignment workshop class, a philosophy-and-drills class called yoke, and a seated pranayama and meditation sit. All are open to every level and mats and props are free to borrow. Pricing is a two-tier sliding scale, Phoenix or Patron, that the studio asks you to choose by financial capacity after the fire, with a lower supported rate on marked sessions and community rates for students, teachers, essential workers and veterans on request. The studio publishes its post-fire remediation in detail: full attic and HVAC remediation, walls sanded and resealed, donated replacement mats and props, a continuously running air-quality monitor, and classes cancelled if readings are unsafe. Contact is by email; there is no phone line.

Vinyasa flowSlow flow & gentleRestorativeMeditationBreathworkPhilosophyAll levelsAffordablePrivate sessionsCommunity
Satorii Yoga and Wellness, Santa Monica Hot yoga
Santa Monica

Satorii Yoga and Wellness

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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.

Hot yogaVinyasa flowYinSlow flow & gentleBeginner-friendlyMeditationTeacher training
Soul Play Yoga, Culver City Vinyasa flow
Culver City

Soul Play Yoga

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A community studio on Washington Blvd that sets out to have something for everyone in the room, beginners' classes, chair yoga, pre- and post-natal, kids' classes and a programme for older adults alongside the vinyasa, yin and sculpt schedule. Several restorative and yin classes pair the practice with reiki, breathwork or aromatherapy.

Vinyasa flowYinRestorativeBeginner-friendlyInclusiveSlow flow & gentlePrenatalPostnatalKids yoga
Spiritual Heart Yoga Center, Montrose Traditional lineage
Montrose

Spiritual Heart Yoga Center

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A neighbourhood studio on Honolulu Avenue in Montrose, built on Hatha: the schedule runs from a traditional Hatha class through Hatha Flow, a Gentle Flow that is explicitly open to prenatal students, Gentle Yin and a half-flow half-restorative Flow and Release. Advance booking is required and walk-ins are not taken. Unlimited members also get an on-demand library of over a hundred videos, and there is a small boutique attached, open Sundays.

Traditional lineageVinyasa flowSlow flow & gentleYinRestorativeAll levelsBeginner-friendlyPrenatalPrivate sessionsCommunityHatha
Sunstone Yoga, Westchester Vinyasa flow
Westchester

Sunstone Yoga

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A single-location Westchester studio running vinyasa, yin and slow flow classes seven days a week, with sound baths and its own teacher training alongside. Booked through the studio's own online schedule.

Vinyasa flowYinSlow flow & gentleAll levelsSound bathTeacher training
Yoga Rebel Studio, La Canada Flintridge Vinyasa flow
La Canada Flintridge

Yoga Rebel Studio

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Boutique strength, yoga and recovery on Foothill Boulevard, running 20-plus classes a week across three tracks, dynamic vinyasa and candlelit slow flows on the yoga side, plus strength, mat Pilates and mobility work, and sound bath meditations on the events calendar. Classes cap at twelve students, which is the reason to come: at that size a teacher can actually watch you.

Vinyasa flowSlow flow & gentlePowerSculptRestorativeMobilityPilatesMeditationSound bathAll levelsBeginner-friendlyCommunity
Long Beach

YogaSix Long Beach

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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.

PowerSculptRestorativeHot yogaSlow flow & gentleBeginner-friendly
Porter Ranch

YogaSix Porter Ranch

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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 flow & gentleBeginner-friendly
Redondo Beach

YogaSix Redondo Beach

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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 flow & gentleBeginner-friendly
Torrance

YogaSix Rolling Hills

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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 flow & gentleBeginner-friendly

Frequently asked questions

What is slow flow yoga?

Slow flow keeps the breath-linked sequencing of a vinyasa class but takes more time in each pose and between them. There is room to settle, adjust and breathe, so it suits beginners, people coming back from a break, and anyone who wants a calmer class.

What is the difference between gentle yoga and slow flow?

The names overlap. Gentle classes usually move less and use more props, while slow flow keeps a steady sequence at a lower tempo. Studios use the words differently, so read the class description on the studio's own schedule.

Is slow flow the same as yin or restorative?

No. Yin and restorative are mostly still, with long holds on the floor. Slow flow still moves from pose to pose, just at an easier pace.

Is gentle yoga a good place to start?

Yes. It is one of the easiest ways into yoga. If you have an injury or a health condition, check with a health professional first and tell the teacher before class.