Westside Yoga is Permanently Closed

Dear Friends:

As partner/owners of The Lotus Center & Westside Yoga, we have experienced so much joy serving you and our yoga community over these past 10 years.

After carefully considering our capacity and options for offering in-person yoga classes in the "new normal" our world is revealing, we have come to the conclusion that it is time for us to step down. We simply do not have the administrative capacity to manage the complexities involved with operating safely, or to weather the financial risk of potentially ongoing periods of social distancing. With additional energy and attention now needed at work and home, each of us are feeling the call to consolidate and fortify other areas of our lives. 

Westside Yoga studio, in its current form as managed by the three of us, will close permanently and all scheduled classes, events, and contracts are cancelled effective April 30. Farhang Khosh, owner of the building and Natural Medical Care, will take over management of the studio space, and will likely offer a mixture of dance, yoga and other wellness practices. We are so grateful to the Khosh Brothers for being such generous and flexible landlords over the years and look forward to seeing them realize a fresh vision for the space. 

Hoping this finds you continuously healthy and nourished by the wisdom and skills yoga has brought into your lives. We are humbled and honored to have shared our yoga home with you over the years, and will miss practicing, learning, and growing together.  

Please stay safe and keep practicing.

Love, Mel, Rita & Gopi
 
"I want to express, which is truly difficult to find the words, just how much I have enjoyed my experience at Westside Yoga these last few weeks. Each and every class I have attended has been a wonderful experience. Each and every teacher has welcomed me, made me feel comfortable and included in the Westside Yoga community. I am enjoying and learning at each and every session I attend. I am truly grateful I have found such a wonderful community to join."
                                             
​~ Cathie Klein, 2019 Unlimited Member
"Westside is a place that allows and even encourages students to express their yoga freely, as a natural extension of self, where yoga is not necessarily a certain look, but instead, a feel. The studio is a very friendly, inclusive, and supportive gathering place. With heart open and arms wide, Westside warmly welcomes and invites practitioners of all ages, a place equally suited for beginners, novices, and advanced practitioners. Steeped in humility and compassion, Westside is a place neither poisoned with ego nor befouled with pretense and presumption. Rather, it is a place wrapped in community, “where everybody knows your name.” 
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​~ Ronnie Ching, 2018/19 Unlimited Member