20 Yoga Classes in Washington, DC, USA

This class honors and embodies techniques from all yoga systems, uses alignment and breath to create stamina and focus to be able to hold and understand the poses. The class may be challenging at times but it is always FUN and inspiring to live a life with peaceful minds and hearts filled with love. Beginners with a strong desire to learn are more than welcome since the small class size allows for addressing each individual’s needs and limitations, creating a safe environment for the students to be guided through physical, emotional and spiritual dimensions.

A continuous flow of postures

Warm room. For beginners and those looking for a less rigorous class.

An empowering vinyasa class that moves with the breath to strengthen your body, burn calories, increase flexibility and relieves stress. All Levels and Heated to 85 degrees.

This class for more advanced beginners and intermediate students will emphasize strength, stamina and deeper understanding of the poses. The poses learned in Level I or Mixed level classes are explored more in depth and more challenging postures are introduced, including inversions and back bends Various modifications are taught to make the more challenging poses accessible or working deeper in poses. Special attention is paid to discovering how breath work can support you in a pose and practicing the connection between the physical and energetic body.

Prerequisite: Intro to Yoga workshop, strong background in Yoga practice, or two private sessions.

A continuous flow of postures

We all know that any real program designed to make a serious change must go straight to the core! Mat Pilates classes strengthen and tone all of the body's core muscles through targeted exercises. Mat Pilates classes challenge the student to focus on specific muscle groups, and, with practice, students will soon build tremendous core strength. Strong core muscles support the spine, reduce back pain, add an amazing new depth to yoga practice, and are an integral component of athletic performance as well as every day balance.
Pilates Mat Fusion steps up traditional Mat Pilates to provide a cardiovascular workout. It targets the bigger muscle groups in lthe lower body with standing balance exercises as well as ring work. Beginners and more experienced Pilates students can enjoy and benefit from this class!

Bring a towel and a water bottle and be ready to work.

A class for more advanced beginners and intermediate students. Poses learned in Level I or mixed level classes are explored in depth and more challenging postures are introduced. Various modifications are taught to make the challenging poses more accessible. Special attention is paid to discovering how breath work can support a pose and practicing the connection between the physical and energetic body.

Soft fabric hammocks suspend you while you do traditional and non-traditional yoga poses.

Benefits include:
Assists alignment
Deepens awareness
Immediate spinal decompression
No additional equipment is necessary. You may bring your yoga mat.

We require shirts that cover the underarms and ask that you refrain from wearing zippers or buttons.

Space is limited to 9 spots per class so please register in advance.

Vinyasa - Open Level

Our most popular class at Down Dog Yoga. All students are welcome, from the newbie walking in the door for the first time, to the experienced yogi, stepping down from the mountain. Sweat, move, find your edge, and simply have fun as we flow through the full 90-minute Baptiste Journey into Power sequence.

A delightful class with Laura Narayani Gubisch, who has studied at Ashrams in India and is experienced in Energy Medicine and Non-Violent Communication.

A total body workout, CorePower Yoga Sculpt classes are set to energizing music and designed to tone and sculpt every major muscle group. This class complements your regular yoga practice, while boosting your metabolism and pushing your strength and flexibility to new heights. Free weights are added to the CorePower Yoga 2 (C2) sequence, creating resistance and intensifying each pose. Strength-training exercises such as squats, lunges, bicep curls and tricep curls are incorporated to build lean muscle mass. You will see visible results in your body. Class is heated (92 - 95 degrees) with little added humidity.

75 minute hatha yoga class focused on the asana portion of the Sivananda yoga practice. This is a slow-paced, meditative practice aimed to quiet and focus the mind by finding stillness in each posture. Asana's are held for several breaths to several minutes at a time.

Slow it down and Stretch it out!
Experience the benefits of holding poses a little longer, giving your muscles more time to ease into stretches. All levels welcome.

This class is for anyone! New to yoga and tight, mature or injured bodies. We do this class in a warm room so your joints, tissues, muscles etc., in combination with the movement, relax more and allow the asanas (yoga postures) and breath to renew, replenish and heal your body. This slow paced class focuses on stretching those big muscle groups as well as the connection to movement and breath.

Uses passive postures held for longer periods of time to allow for deep opening in the connective tissue of the hips, pelvis and spine.