20 Alignment Yoga Classes in San Francisco, CA, USA

A fun, strong exuberant class full of lovely yogis. You will be lovingly nudged to find your strength, stamina, and stillness with presence and breath.

This class is open to all beginning students, even if it's your first class.

Vinyasa Flow All Levels

studio is heated to 79 degrees
max capacity is 25 (however, we do not turn students away) sign up online in advance to reserve your spot!
Yogabeach is where stillness meets movement and the body breathes you. Our intense Vinyasa classes invite you to immerse yourself in a feeling of energized focus, experience complete absorption and reemerge positive, energized and aligned. Realize Flow.

Our Vinyasa Flow classes are designed to cultivate heat in the body with creative sequences involving sun salutations, standing and seated postures, back bending, arm balancing, and a strong focus on the power of breath awareness concluding with a delicious Savasana. Flow yoga classes tend to be more vigorous and aerobic accompanied by instructor's choice of music. Each instructor has their own authentic Vinyasa Flow style.

Caution: Practitioners have been known to experience spontaneous joy and rapture.

"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." Isak Dinesen

Come groove, sweat, and giggle in this open levels morning asana practice! Moving through vinyasa sequences attuned to alignment of both body and mind, we play and rejoice!

Deepen your practice in this all-levels Hatha class. All are truly welcome here, from beginners to advancing students, regardless of age and ability. You can expect a diverse, dynamic practice that is fun and challenging for all!

This is a yoga class which concentrates on physical health and mental well-being. Hatha yoga uses bodily postures (asanas), breathing techniques(pranayama), and meditation techniques(dyana) with the goal of bringing about a sound, healthy body and a clear, peaceful mind. The asanas work to make the spine supple, the core strong and supple and to promote circulation in the organs, glands, and tissues. Hatha yoga postures strengthen and stretch the body, promoting balance and flexibility.

This is a yoga class which concentrates on physical health and mental well-being. Hatha yoga uses bodily postures (asanas), breathing techniques(pranayama), and meditation techniques(dyana) with the goal of bringing about a sound, healthy body and a clear, peaceful mind. The asanas work to make the spine supple, the core strong and supple and to promote circulation in the organs, glands, and tissues. Hatha yoga postures strengthen and stretch the body, promoting balance and flexibility.

This class focuses on movement precision and alignment by applying techniques, sequences and instructional cues that are structured differently from a flow process. This form of yoga is designed to build strength, mobility and stability. It is recommended that students attend a few basics classes before visiting intermediate and advanced Iyengar sessions as proficiency in fundamental poses is required.

Class is free to YMCA members and $20 for non-members (which includes an all-day pass to the Embarcadero YMCA).

Forrest Yoga inspired practiced set to music

A sweaty, all levels Power Flow class! Room is heated to 90 degrees.

This class is open to all beginning students, even if it's your first class.

This basic level class is perfect for those who are new to yoga, have physical limitations, or would like to learn the basics of alignment, breathing and yoga philosophy. In each class a life-affirming theme is woven into the instructions to assist the student to feel better in his/her body, mind and spirit.

A dynamic system of practicing asana, linking breath to movement. Builds heat, endurance, flexibility, strength and concentration. Sequencing is often built around sun salutations.

An alignment/therapeutic hatha flow class with the intent to cultivate a deeper relationship with the practice. This is not your average hatha class, you'll work and flow, yet learn how to access and understand poses through precise movement. Each class will take a thematic and alignment based approach which will take you deeper into areas of your body through subtle and specific alignment cues. Expect to tap into underworked parts of your body, discover patterns of holding, and releasing tight muscles to create ease and balance in the body. All levels welcome!

Stiff Glow-getters welcome! You do not need to be flexible to enjoy yoga.
Breathe, move, meditate. Strengthening vinyasa yoga class to the deep soulful beats. Find focus, inner peace, stress release and, unleash your potential.

Practice with attention and intention. Our signature YogaWorks classes blend precision in alignment with breath awareness and fluid movement for a balanced practice. These classes typically move through a warm-up and Sun Salutations into strategically sequenced postures, working toward a particular peak pose or targeting a specific body part. Come prepared to learn how to move your body skillfully and safely on the mat. You’ll leave these classes feeling like you got a satisfying workout for both your body and your mind.

Hatha Alignment is a moderately paced dynamic class with focused attention to detailed alignment principles and the actions of engagement that support and empower the practitioner to both move more deeply into the postures. Students can expect a well-rounded class, which includes strength building, flexibility, balance, concentration, meditation, pranayama, and mindfulness. An excellent class for those with injuries or physical challenges, modifications and variations are given to accommodate students of all levels.

A dynamic Vinyasa class, strong but slow, rhythmic flow that incorporate hands-on adjustments, verbal alignment cues, and an opportunity for students to enter a space of meditative inquiry.