Student Community and Feedback
Yoga District studios are by the community, for the community. The studios improve and grow with your constructive feedback. We re-energize and motivate with your kind words. Check out past feedback below, and please offer any new feedback you have in the comment form belowor by emailing us. Thanks for your support!
“…Teachers as dedicated as any in Washington… [with] classes costing about half what many studios in the city charge” (Washington Post, May 9, 2008)
…Nonprofit studio Yoga District is one of the main forces behind the “yoga activist” outreach effort in the area (Washington Post’s front page, Aug. 6th, 2009)
Highest-rated yoga studio in Washington DC on yelp.com for over a year.
Rated “Best Yoga Studio”” and “Best New Yoga Studio” in the Washington City Paper’s “Best Of” (2010)
Yelp Reviews…
“I really like Yoga District. It is a great little neighborhoody place. The mission is affordable, eco-friendly yoga. The space is beautiful. The classes are challenging. Basically, it is a little garden of yoga Eden. Check it out, your first 3 classes are $10… So good.”
“I would seriously give this place ten stars if yelp would let me… Until next time Yoga District. I miss you.”
“I found Yoga District on Yelp after searching fruitlessly for a yoga studio I could afford. Not only is it affordable, they have [three] studios and you can go to either. All I want is good instruction in a positive atmosphere–the old wooden floors and simple rooms are perfect–without all that crap I don’t want to pay for anyway like bright lights, new construction, consumerist junk, and fake spirituality parsed out to the highest bidder. …haven’t even tried out all the great instructors yet, so I”ll be coming back!”
“I think the only reason this place has so few reviews is because we’re all afraid to let our little secret out. This place is awesome.”
“definitely one of the best studios i’ve been to. …teachers are all incredibly friendly, helpful and hands on… i love love love this place. completely affordable, work hard to be environmentally friendly and just a hidden gem…”
“Go there! The young turks of the DC yoga scene are bringing $10 classes to… yogis in the city. Two locations on Dupont Circle and T at14th, this is the the place to be. With all the overpriced and overhyped yoga studios in town, Yoga District has managed to hit the sweet spot. Hip, affordable and with a sense of humor.”
More Reviews…
“Yoga District is one cool little studio… The most interesting and valuable part of this class was the instructor [Amy Dara]… extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful, and comprehensive in her teaching script and her technique…” – Blog YogaNat.com
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The Teachers
The diverse family of DC yoga teachers at Yoga District are dedicated to making yoga accessible to everyone through a huge variety of yoga class types, from vinyasa flow to restorative and beyond. Most Yoga District teachers are graduates of Yoga District’s nationally-attended 200 hour teacher training program. All Yoga District classes focus on coordinating breath with body movement to promote flexibility, strength, and peace of mind. We strongly believe in yoga as therapy, so catch one of our classes whenever you need a healthy dose of self-care.
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The Next Step
The Yoga District 200 and 500 hour teacher training certification programs, registered by the Yoga Alliance are unique in their emphasis on diversity of teaching styles studied, personal attention, and trauma sensitive yoga. It's no coincidence that Yoga District is regularly voted the leading studio in the nation's capital, and that most of its classes are taught by graduates of its training program. As a full time yoga school, small group trainings are led up to eight times a year by a dedicated faculty including Jasmine Chehrazi, contributor to the Harvard Karma Yoga Project teacher training, teacher training faculty at George Washington University, Yoga Alliance Standards Committee Advisory Board Member, Yoga Activist Founder, and Yoga Service Council Advisory Board Member. So take your practice and community involvement to the next level by joining a training. There's a reason why our graduates call the training "transformative."
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I’m a yoga newbie. I have judgement on my own ability; enough to mitigate the experience of a good teacher able to engender bravery with kindness. I’ve been practicing in such a welcoming space for a while, but found myself with Sean, a challenging teacher, but one so deliberate and thoughtful, that he’s one of the most inspirational practitioners to inspire my effort. I’m very grateful to the space, the instructors, and the heart that’s motivated the mission, Having practiced in a few cities, my honesty stays where I’ve felt so welcome.
You should have a section of the website – or maybe on the blog – where the YD teachers can volunteer to share the names of artists and songs currently on their class playlists. After hearing the songs time and again, I’d love to listen to some of them at home, but I don’t always know the names of the songs(particularly the ones that involve chanting or are chant remixes). Such a page would be appreciated!
In a city that can sometimes focus on the ephemeral and superficial, Yoga District is an authentic and deeply embedded place of practice and self-development. Thing is, you can join YD and develop your practice as your playground, your meditation place, your training focus, whatever. YD was for me -while I lived in DC- a place of great physical, mental and community solace. It’s kinda looking at the Potomac from a bridge in the sunset: one wonders what would DC be without it. Keep up the good work, the engagement with the community and the good spirits! Whatever accolades you receive, you have certainly earned them.
I tried yoga 20 years ago in NYC and it didn’t interest me. I needed to run, lift and play traditional sports then. Now I’m older and wiser and after 11/9/16 I knew I needed something new for my head, other than marathons, elliptical machines, lifting weights and hiking. Fortunately, with the encouragement of friends (yoga teachers and students), I decided to give it a go, again. I found a great place with awesome teachers and diverse co-students without any of the “attitude” I expected from yoga in the city. I do have a favorite teacher but won’t reveal that for fear of being shut out of the class. Viva Yoga District and thanks for helping to keep me grounded during this unsteady time in our nation’s history!