Modo Yoga LA

Anna Hernandez

I was originally dragged here thinking that I would hate everything about it, but Ritual immediately became part of my workout routine. Everything about this experience can be summed up in one word - "nice". The studio is nice, the classes are nice and the instructors are too. Ritual is a great break from everyday live and a beautiful oasis in busy San Francisco.

Eileen Benson

Valentina and Felicia welcomed me to the 6:10am class and I was impressed. I am pretty loyal to corepower but unfortunately need to adopt a less hectic studio and I have a good feeling about this one. Class style is def more challenging than c2 and is more rhythm based which I personally love! Huge plus is everything from mats to face towels are provided and studio is much cleaner than most.

kelld12 D

Whether you’re experienced or unexperienced, I strongly suggest you pass on this La Brea located studio. Don’t waste your peace, practice, energy, or $32 on a class here. There are far better yoga studios in LA that offer a better (cleaner and unpretentious) yoga experience. I’ve been here plenty of times to discern at this point that this is just a physical exercise for this particular location, it is not a place of peace, moral virtue, etc. that the philosophy of the practice harnesses. I’ve practiced yoga for twenty years (around the world) and have never been to a place that doesn’t honor the purpose of the practice as much as this studio. The studio is not the tidiest and it is not an authentic yoga studio filled with spiritual, welcoming, socially conscious individuals that are leading with unity and love (two concepts that are essential to all limbs in the yoga philosophy). It is also NOT a cultured place to practice ( I am a person of color, a blend of cultures). The uncultured part never bothered me so much until today when I felt a prejudice. Before the class started an older white woman who wanted to position herself where she was comfortable (meaning I had to move my mat I placed before she walked in) LIED on me. She went out to the front desk and lied and told the instructor (Deacon) that I was on the phone while I was stretching. I was never on the phone and would never be on the phone when entering the business, studio, before class starts, etc. She also told him that I wasn’t on the red tape. Not many were, most were on the black tape. She had been weirdly eyeing me out while I was stretching as if she was bothered by my presence, but I paid it no mind. Well, the instructor (Deacon) stormed in, not to make an announcement to everyone, but to stand over me and my mat and single me out… demanding that I put my fanny pack (that I carry my emergency contact info in) in a dirty locker (they’re never cleaned) and made me move my mat. As I walked to other end of the wall to move completely away from the woman, I noticed that not all practitioners were lined up to the red tape, but he never made an official announcement to everyone. It was about singling me out and making me move to make her superior. I would have handled that completely different, but again, it’s this particular yoga studio that has this bad energy looming. The irony of it all.. before the class started, when I checked in at the desk, the concierge asked if I had any special requests, and I simply responded “for the instructor to go easy on me” and the instructor, Deacon was sitting there and heard me. The times I’ve practiced here, the instructor (referred to as Deacon), has had a hard core rude personality and carries himself with an unnecessary level of superiority. It is a very unpleasant energy, but if you love sarcasm, have a high threshold for being talked to rudely and having your positive spirit nudged for unnecessary petty things before class starts, and can tolerate prejudice, you’ll be fine. I live 5 mins away, but it won't be an option going forward and I'll never recommend it to anyone. By far the worse yoga studio I’ve been to in Los Angeles. Set your intentions elsewhere .

Anna Zigmond

I never thought I would enjoy hot yoga until I went to Modo. Even as a beginner and newcomer I felt right at home. The studio is clean and peaceful and the instructors care about your technique and experience. I’ve only been practicing at Modo for a month now and it’s already become my daily therapy. Great workout, great people, & great practice.