On your mark, get set, flow. Urban life is kinetic and full of stimulation, so we need a yoga practice to meet the challenge. Urban Flow Yoga specializes in Bhakti flow, a mind-blowing balance between heart-centered devotional elements and Vinyasa flow poses. Taught in a warm but not super-hot room, classes are livened up by hip music on a state of the art sound system and tempered with meditative chanting and relaxation. (Get a peek via this video of the studio.) Urban Flow founder Rusty Wells, an in-demand instructor who's been teaching in the Bay Area for 13 years, has studied with an eclectic menu of yoga masters and enjoys melding different influences from each. With Urban Flow, Wells finally realized his dream of providing yoga for all, with a donation-based model that allows walk-ins to pay only what they can and classes spanning all abilities. We love the studio's green focus, using paperless forms, refusing to sell plastic water bottles, and suggesting students bring reusable ones instead. Go with the flow and stretch into Thursday evening classes with hip-hop musician MC Yogi or monthly session taught in Spanish. Those looking to take their Bhakti up a notch can enroll in frequent workshops with renowned teachers like Bryan Kest or try an evening kirtan, a sort of communal concert that encourages singing and celebrating together. Join the Bhakti movement.
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