My name is Martine and I opened Home Studio Yoga in San Anselmo in 2023. I get asked a lot of the same questions. At the front desk, after class, through Instagram, sometimes by complete strangers who just Googled yoga near San Anselmo and ended up at our door. I love these questions. They tell me what people are actually wondering about before they walk in.
So I thought I would answer them all in one place, in my own words, the way I would if you asked me face to face.
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I am obviously a little biased here. But I will tell you what we are and you can decide for yourself.
Home Studio Yoga is at 135 Tunstead Ave in the heart of San Anselmo. We are non-heated, non-competitive, and genuinely community-focused. We have classes for every age and every level. We have couches and tea and nobody rushing out the door. It is called Home for a reason. That is what we are trying to be.
We do not, and this is a deliberate choice I feel strongly about.
I used to teach hot yoga. Over time I became uncomfortable with it because I kept seeing the same thing: people getting hurt not because they pushed too hard, but because the heat made them feel like they could go further than their body was actually ready for. The warmth in a hot yoga room is artificial. It comes from the room, not from your own movement. And there is a real difference between a body that has been heated from the outside and a body that has genuinely warmed itself up through movement.
Research from orthopedic specialists confirms this. When muscles feel looser than they actually are, people overstretch tendons and ligaments that are not ready for that range of motion. That is where injuries happen.
At Home Studio your body warms up through movement. That is slower but it is safer and more sustainable. We also share our space with kids yoga so we genuinely cannot heat and cool the room quickly enough between sessions. But even if we could, I would make the same choice.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-is-hot-yoga
Yes, and this matters a lot to me.
We have Welcome Back to Yoga which is exactly what it sounds like. A foundational class where you do not need to know anything coming in. Mindful Flow, Align Restore Connect and Restorative yoga are also very accessible if you are just starting out.
Nobody here is going to make you feel behind. That is not the culture we have built. If you are nervous about your first class, I wrote a whole guide on what to expect at your first yoga class in San Anselmo that might help.
A drop-in class is $29. For new students the best way to start is our intro offer, two weeks of unlimited yoga for $59. If you sign up through the popup on our website you get $10 off, making it $49 for two full weeks of unlimited classes.
After that memberships start from $88 a month. If you come regularly that works out to well under $10 a class. We think that is genuinely good value for skilled teachers, a beautiful space, and a community that will actually remember your name.
It depends on what your body needs that day.
If you are deeply exhausted and need to slow everything down, Restorative yoga is your class. We have it every Tuesday and Thursday evening. You spend most of the class supported by props in long held poses, with your nervous system slowly unwinding. It is one of the most healing things I know.
Yoga Nidra, which we offer on the last Wednesday of every month, is sometimes called yogic sleep. You lie down for the entire class. It works on a very deep level and is extraordinary for burnout and anxiety.
We also have monthly breathwork classes focused specifically on stress and emotional release. These work directly with the breath to move through whatever is stuck.
And if you want to move but without pushing yourself, Mindful Flow is a gentle breath-led class that feels like a moving meditation. You will feel it but it will not deplete you. That one is great for people who are burned out but also a little restless.
We do not offer dedicated prenatal yoga right now. There are wonderful specialists in our area for that and I would rather point you there than offer something outside my expertise.
That said we have a lot of pregnant and postpartum moms in our community. Many of our classes move at a pace that genuinely works for them. Mindful Flow, Align Restore Connect, Restorative yoga and Welcome Back to Yoga are all classes where you can go at your own pace and our teachers are skilled at offering modifications.
I became a mom during the pandemic and it was part of what drove me to build this space. Moms at every stage are very welcome here.
A few things and I will just say them plainly.
We are non-heated and non-competitive. Nobody here is trying to impress anyone. The practice is slower and more internal. You are paying attention to your own body, not keeping up with the person next to you.
We are genuinely all ages. Kids come here. Teenagers. Adults. Seniors. Once someone turns 16 they practice alongside adults and we truly have multiple generations in the same class. There is something quietly powerful about that. Different generations breathing together in the same room.
And then there is the community. The people here are just kind. That has built slowly over two years through familiar faces and shared breath and tea after class. We have members who have become real friends, people who show up for each other outside the studio too.
It is called Home for a reason. We mean it.
Try two weeks of unlimited yoga for $59, or $49 if you sign up through the popup on our website. It is the easiest way to try different classes, meet the teachers, and see if it feels like home.
You can get started at homestudio.yoga/get-started
With love,
Martine
