New York's Best Yoga 2008

Two floors of yogic heaven right in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen.

Reviews:

• “AMAZING yoga studio in Hell’s Kitchen”
• “Refreshing attitude…awesome yoga – with a smile "
• “Eh.”
• “I’ll be coming back!”
• “Great Instructors”

Tips: Throughout the year, Sonic Yoga offers adventurous ways to incorporate your practice into your vacation with packages that combine yoga and kayaking, yoga and surfing, or yoga and snowboarding. Call for details.

Sonic Yoga or email Sonic Yoga

Reviews:

• “A+”
• “Best Wellness Center In NYC”
• “Great place / great massage!”
• “Sooooo Relaxing”
• “Best Yoga”

Namaste Yoga & Tranquility Center or email Namaste Yoga & Tranquility Center

Offers daily vinyasa classes for all skill levels, including prenatal and private classes; on-site corporate programs are also available.

Reviews:

• “Great Teachers & Best Teacher Training Classes”
• “Awesome Yoga Studio”
• “excellent for all”
• “Are you ready to sweat ??”
• “What Yoga should be…”

Yoga Effects

This Upper West Side, single-room anusara studio has offered individual and group yoga and meditation instruction since 1972.

Reviews:

• “Great Therapeutic Class”
• “Ehh1”
• “The Only Yoga School You’ll Want to Go to "
• “Great sense of community”
• “a haven for yogis”

Tips: For prospective teachers, the center has an annual training certification program and is registered with the Yoga Alliance.

World Yoga Center or email World Yoga Center

With an unheard-of amenity (showers), this space proves there’s no place like OM.

Reviews:

• “Om Lacks Atmos…”
• “Not impressed”
• “Om sweet Om”
• “Karma Mart”
• “Uneven instruction, Many inexperienced teachers”

Tips: Although the showers are free, a dry towel or an exercise mat will set you back a buck.

OM Yoga Center

True to its sorbet-colored walls, this yoga studio is cool and sweet.

Reviews:

• “Sweet love”
• “Best yoga in NYC”
• “true to tradition”
• “A bit creepy”
• “Tough, in a good way”

Tips: Classes are moderately priced and don’t include mat rental. Luckily, various multi-session packages are available, including a three-class deal for first-timers. Community sessions with teachers in training are pay-as-you-wish.

Laughing Lotus

Luxury and strength add up to an addictive exercise regime.

Reviews:

• “Great Eyebrows, but not so great spa :(”
• “Elizas eyes great eyebrows :)”
• “in response to ksan345”
• “Eliza’s Eyes Best in NYC!!!”
• “look for the better place to do your eyebrows , don’t give up to find the best eyebrow specialist”

Tips: If you don’t find what you want at the on-site, organic cafe, consider one of the complimentary teas concocted to detoxify, uplift or relax.

Exhale or email Exhale

Three flights up from Fifth Avenue is the nicest of this hot Hatha chain’s Manhattan studios.

Reviews:

• “Amazing, most of the time”
• “amazing”
• “I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS CLASS”
• “I love this studio!”
• “Run! Run Away!”

Tips: The changing rooms come equipped with lockers but if you’ve got something you can’t part with, you can always bring it in the studio and keep it on one of the small shelves in the back corners of the room.

Bikram Yoga NYC

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