Mission Ashtanga

Quiet and peaceful yoga class and great teacher. I feel so good all day after practice. I like to come here to practice because i don’t feel pressure to wear fancy yoga clothes or do advanced postures. Highly recommend!

It’s an atypical yoga studio lacking the cool, feel good beats and bass.
What you do hear is the rhythm of your breath. And, your concentration is so deep that nothing else comes into mind while you master a pose or keep yourself balanced. Another difference is the biggest ego crusher (NOT WESTERN AT ALL)! You cannot move onto the next pose Grasshopper until the teacher, Devorah, determines that you’re ready.
“But I am ready!” Are you?

Let’s be honest, you might get p_ssed off if you’ve paid for a class and were instructed to “please, sit down, and watch.” C’mon, that’s not the end of your life. It is your practice for that day. If you’re truly ready for Ashtanga Yoga Mysore Style (self-paced), you’ll learn patience and kindness, especially towards yourself.

Btw, the stars posted (3.7) are laughable. Seeing is believing. The yogis’ mats are likened to housing in SF. No joke. We are mat-to-mat neighbor. Devorah as a teacher has a wealth of experience and understanding of the body and its limits whether you’re cirque star or an injured bird with a broken wing.

Don’t forget to bring a towel, a yoga mat, and your commitment...it will take a month minimum to learn the pose(s) she gives you.

This quiet, meditative, and honest place is a refuge in the city. Devorah could teach anywhere with her knowledge and skill, and she chooses to show up every morning, without fail, for our group. She gives us exactly what we need - be it understanding, a soft word, or pushing us past our comfort zone. Though she was named one of the Top 100 Yoga Teachers in North America, she's humble and respectful. She doesn't subscribe to the commercial yoga fru-fru-ness that pervades the million other studios in the city. Instead, you'll find her studio filled with song and people of all ages and sizes moving through their bodies.