Yoga

Mode fitness can come and go, but it is safe to say that yoga, practiced for over 5,000 years, is here to stay. It is most certainly the general form of training in San Diego.

California sunniest city is home to dozens of studio yoga practice many of the more popular forms of yoga, including Ashtanga, Bikram, Iyengar, Kundalini, Power Yoga, Svaroopa, and Vinyasa. In addition to traditional classes, prenatal yoga studio offering local, healing yoga for cancer patients and survivors, and age-appropriate lessons for children, as well as yoga-based non-profit donations are designed to bring the practices to the masses.


Traditional forms of yoga

Bikram: Yogi turned up the heat in the popular style of yoga practiced in a studio heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit. This style involves repeated 26 poses in the same order, and those who practice this form swear by its ability to improve flexibility and skin tone. The two largest cities studio are Bikram Yoga Studio and Core Power Yoga, running multiple locations throughout the city.

Iyengar: Thinking outside of the mat: props, including belts, blocks and chairs-is an integral part of a very traditional form of yoga. Created by BKS Iyengar, the style is perfect for those who want to focus on old-fashioned style of yoga. Poses in Iyengar classes are held for longer than in other yoga styles and focus on body alignment, making way for Iyengar yogis to practice and improve their posture, their shape. Iyengar Yoga San Diego and North County Yoga Studio either dedicate a class to a unique style of yoga.