What is Hatha Yoga?
Hatha Yoga is a space to explore where the breath meets the posture, and what happens when you stay.
It differs from many modern day understandings and interpretations of yoga where there is a strong emphasis on movement and flow. Instead, Hatha Yoga explores stillness. In the traditional practice, any one pose or technique can guide you to higher knowledge, and the student practices listening to their inner awareness in each pose.
In Hatha classes, we use this technique— instead of a constant flow of movement, we pause. We breath steadily in each pose, observing what’s there for us to find out. We layer in additional techniques like pranayama (breath work), mantra, and meditation to guide us deeper into our intuitive awareness. It’s space to feel your breath, connect to your prana, and more deeply acknowledge where you are in the moment.
This allows for students to make adjustments and move at their own rate, creating an ideal environment for an all levels practice.
In person classes in Los Angeles, California
Astro Gong Yoga
145 N La Brea Avenue
morning hatha
Monday / Wednesday / Friday
9:00-10:00 am
Begin your day with a slow and peaceful morning practice. Each class begins with a grounding meditation to join your awareness with your breath and check in with how you’re feeling. As the class progresses, you’re invited to move at your own pace through a series of gentle movements, opening up the body and beginning to move energy consciously through your system. The last half of the class is spent in simple seated postures and pranayama, awakening your intuitive awareness within yourself. We close the practice with restorative postures, mantra, and a crystal bowl sound bath in savasana.
The class is designed to be a gentle and grounding start to your morning, leaving you feeling connected to your purpose and ready to approach the day with a fresh mind.
In this class, space is intentionally held for students at all levels of their yoga journey. Come as you are and find your connection to your inner self.
evening hatha
Tuesday / Thursday
6:30-7:30 pm
This class invites you to step into the steadiness of a Hatha Yoga practice. Through a focus on stillness rather than constant movement, we explore how energy and consciousness shifts through each pose, and what happens when you stay. The practice is intentionally simple, holding poses for several breaths to observe your inner awareness, while layering in additional techniques like pranayama (breath work), mantra, and meditation to guide you deeper into your connection to your inner self.
Here you’ll find space to feel your breath, connect to your prana, and more deeply acknowledge where you are in the moment. This allows for every student to make adjustments as needed and move at their own rate, creating an ideal environment for an all-levels practice.
evening yin
Tuesday / Thursday
8:00-9:00 PM
Yin is a practice of slow and deep stretching. By holding grounded poses with the use of props, we allow the body time and space to find deep release.
class with Meghan
“I love Meghan’s Hatha Yoga class. It’s the perfect pace for someone trying to build a foundation of yoga skills and knowledge, while simultaneously being challenging and a workout!”
“Such a positive atmosphere and instructor was so helpful with making body adjustments Felt so relaxed after leaving class!
“Meghan is the best! She has the most positive energy. Her class is always such a good balance of stretching, strengthening, and good vibes! She’s really good about coming around and making adjustments during poses which is really helpful!”
“Meghan is amazing to work with, her classes are so wonderful you will feel like a new person afterward.”