Yoga Mayu

Founder Gizella Donald has been practicing yoga in San Francisco since the ‘90s, and the community feel is apparent, from the friendly staff to the post-class mingling around the tea station. She founded this studio in 2008 (and since added a second location in Noe Valley), offering heat-building vinyasa classes tailored to build endurance, flexibility, and strength. Advanced classes work on arm balances and inversions, while yin and mellow flow classes foster concentration and balance. Several of the instructors are former dancers, which means there’s a gentle emphasis placed on proper form and an innate sense of varying capabilities.