Lucky Lotus Yoga

A wonderful oasis of zen. Love the vibe. the classes… and the instructors. Visit and be enchanted.

A true gem. I’ve been practicing yoga for years, in different cities and countries, and this is one of my favorite studios. The classes always ease my brain and get me smiling, but what what I love most of all is that I learn something new every time I’m there. The teachers are unique and their sequencing innovative and exciting. The vibe is friendly and the café in front a total perk. I’d go every day if I could.

I can’t say enough good things about this place. The yoga practice is really amazing, and spiritual, and physically very challenging. I think I come for mental health services as much as the yoga practice. Each teacher is unique, but I’ve had a wonderful experience with each one I’ve had the good fortune to take a class from. The whole energy of the place is kindness and generosity. I am smitten.

By far my favorite yoga studio. The people are so warm and friendly; it feels like a true community. The food is also delicious. I highly recommend the super seed oat bars. Healthy, homemade and heavenly!

I just moved to the neighborhood after 15 years in Manhattan (and have been practicing yoga for almost 20), and can confidently say that this is the yoga studio I’ve been looking for for a decade: homey, diverse, eclectic, with knock-​your-​socks-​off talented, attuned teachers who know exactly what to bring into the room. I went the other day to try out a class and re-​establish a daily practice, which I knew was missing from my life, and immediately felt that resonance that I was in the right place at the right time, and that it would be just as easy to go every day as it would be to not go. I’m on my third day, and the classes, the vibe and the confidence I feel in the commitment I’ve made to myself & my practice keeps getting better. I feel a deep sense of gratitude for this place, and a responsibility to share that knowledge, too. And I always eat at the café right afterwards too, for a holistic sense of nourishment. It’s bliss.

I’ve been going to Lucky Lotus for about 5 years. I’ve always enjoyed the classes there — great variety of teachers, accommodating schedule, good location. The owner seems to always be making improvements. And now they’ve added Bridgette Trezza to the roster — I’m very excited! I love Bridgette’s style of teaching so I will be visiting LL more often because of this addition. :) Yay!

There are yoga studios that are kind of like a gym, and yoga studios that are about something deeper. This is the latter. The teachers are superb and after every class I feel calmer, stronger and happier. My new Yoga home, found.
I’m adding an update about the essential oil service offered by Ava (the owner of LL). I broke my toe and she offered to make me one of her custom elixirs that she said can help bones heal in half the time. I really want to shed this stupid foot boot and splint as fast as possible so I took her up on it. Within four hours of applying the essential oil, the purple bruising on my toe went down by, like 75%. The oil comes with a complimentary reiki and crystal treatment, which I also did and, although those things kind of walk the edge of my belief system, I definitely felt results during and after the treatment. It’s been two weeks and my toe is…85% better?
I would use the oil offering for anything she would make it for at this point.
Love LL deeply!!!

I know the name is Lucky Lotus Yoga but I love the Sunday morning pilates.
Kerstin is engaging and energizing. It’s sort of a mix of pilates and yoga. A great way to start a Sunday. She keeps the class moving and walks around to realign you if needed.

I love the café here! The food is beyond amazing. I’ve had breakfast and lunch here and it doesn’t disappoint.
Chia pudding is so fantastic here and has a layer of cacao on the bottom.
Everything can be vegan or is vegan and vegetarian.
So happy to have this new place!
And they take credit card!

I stumbled upon this yoga studio by happenstance, on my way elsewhere on Myrtle Avenue and coincidentally thinking (with a heavy heart) that due to travelling I’d only be able to do one yoga class that week.
Buuuut, some persistent little thought kept coming into my head after I passed the adorable little studio and saw what looked like a teacher and student talking out front. Later that night. after searching for yoga studios in Fort Greene via Unilocal (I’d forgotten the name of it) and then going to their website, I couldn’t find a good reason NOT to sign up and try an afternoon class. It’s $ 14 for a drop in (they’ve also got some better deals for trying it out if you’re a resident) and a (ever so slightly lavender scented) mat is included.
I chose the beginner level class, because although I’ve gone to a lot of classes, I had never been to this particular studio and wasn’t on home «turf» so to speak.
Any worries I had were alleviated on entering. They have a little coffee bar area in front, and the back yoga area was soothing and warm, and everyone was very open and misjudgmental.
The class did incorporate some spirituality but I also felt the moves were still challenging enough that I got a good workout. We did for the most part vinyasa style yoga and focused on sun salutations. The instructor really focused on making sure we were using proper alignment through each pose. I liked that at the beginning of class she had us use a hand signal to communicate if we were ok or not with «hands on» adjustments (hey, I’ll take all the help I can get.)
The class actually lasted a little over an hour, and I left feeling more focused and relaxed. It totally felt like a cute little neighborhood studio. If I lived here, I’d go all the time.
Namaste!

I love Lucky Lotus. I went on a retreat with Ava and Mary in February to the Dominican Republic and it was absolutely amazing. We did everything you could ever imagine on a wonderful yoga retreat. we did laughing yoga, meditation and vinyasa classes everyday. The house we rented was the perfect size and we had a wonderful woman cook lunch for us everyday with local, fresh ingredients.

A wonderful experience. Would recommend for beginners or experienced yogis! Beautiful studio and excellent instructor, hooray for Lucky Lotus!

Lucky Lotus has been a center for me. Whether it was taking creativity workshops, shamanic breathwork, or meditation, I always left a bit more calmed down from manic energy the City supplies. All the teachers have been really nice and welcoming, especially Ava who’s a real delight. Highly recommend this place.

I started going to yoga here in May and it has definitely made a huge impact on my life. I love the community here. The teachers are fantastic, I always leave feeling like I am walking on a cloud. The meditation classes offered are a pure treat. I am so thankful to have found Lucky Lotus! Namaste.

I am a total fan of Lucky Lotus. It’s so zen, very clean, never overcrowded, and has quality instructors who emphasize the mind-​body connection. I went this past Tuesday evening and my favorite instructor, John, was in the zone… as if he was born to teach yoga (and I’m sure he has many other talents). I particularly appreciate his verbal cues, his music selection, and the personal attention he gives to all his clients. I typically buy the 10 class package, but single classes are available and on certain days/​times you can get single classes for as low as $ 12. While they don’t have a moblie app, they have recently improved their website to better display on smart phones.

Hello,
Today my friends and I all came to the 10am class to celebrate one of our birthdays. It was our first time at the studio, we are avid yoga practitioners and were very excited to try out LL. All of my friends were offered the $ 19 weekly special for new students, however I was not. I paid $ 18 and went upstairs to learn my friends got a deal we were going to come back again together, so I came back down to offer an additional dollar to the front desk woman. I was turned away and told repetitively in front of a long line there was nothing she could do to alter the system.
Ok, I said, but I’m right here with a dollar? Isn’t there a note you can make in the system? How about we talk after class since there is a line and work something out?’ I was again told no and felt a lot of unjustified animosity coming from the woman at the desk. I was pleasant and polite and left very confused.
After the beautiful class, which I enjoyed in an amazing space, I decided that rather than trouble the unpleasant woman with my simple request, that I will never return to this studio again. It was such a negative experience that I will never forget, and it’s really a shame, because we four looked forward to coming back.
I have a lot of friends in the neighborhood who often look to me for yoga studio recommendations or places to bring their workshops to and sadly, I will never suggest practicing here again.
There are much more wholesome and friendly studios to spend your time. What a diversion from the peaceful, gentle, and happy practice I came to that studio to find.

This is a great neighborhood spot with lovely teachers and interesting and enlightening programs. Worthy of being your yoga spot of choice.

I love lucky lotus. I went here during my whole pregnancy and the teachers were really great in supporting my practice. The breathing helped me a lot! The prenatal classes were good but for my personal need a little bit too easy going (as they probably should be!) I continued going to the regular all-​level classes which were a bit more challenging and ticked the box for my needs. everyone is extremely friendly and open.
A couple of things that bothered me slightly:
— In the warmer months the room gets a little stuffy when there’s a lot of people.
— Michael’s mediation sessions can go on a bit. up to 15 mins for a 1 hour class… I would have paid for a mediation class if I wanted to meditate. Having said that, his practice is great once it gets going.
can’t wait to go back once I get child care sorted!

Best place in the city! Seriously. Yes, most of the classes cater at tad more to people with more experience– and are not for the casual visitor– but the beginner classes are great too and I’ve introduced a few friends to yoga that way. Otherwise, I find the classes amazingly challenging and fun.
(On a side note: If you’re new to yoga just take it in stride. I was shocked by the two «anti-​Michael» posts. He’s great! I’ve taken a ton of his classes. He’s challenging and really knows how to deepen your practice if you’re open to a little self reflection! He’s one of the best teachers there!)

I’ve been to Lucky Lotus 10 or so times since I moved into the neighborhood… four years ago. Why the long time between visits? Every time I went, I had weird experiences: ranging to the harmlessly strange (meditating to «Jeremiah was a Bullfrog») to totally humiliating (literally being yelled at by a male instructor named Michael– who I see another reviewer had a bad experience with– who told me to «stop moving your sticky foot around, it’s gross and distracting during meditation»). Woah.
But. I’m a vaguely broke freelancer in need of zen, and so I wanted to go in the middle of the day and I wanted to pay less than $ 25 and I wanted to stay in the hood.
Sooo… the $ 10 12:00 class up the block with a girl named Aaron who I’d never taken a class with before seemed like a good gamble.
I am SO glad I went. The class was AWESOME. Aaron was really wonderful– positive with a meditative without being exclusionary, the flow was hard but not silly/​dangerous, she was funny but still serious and super helpful, and she played a great mix of weird yogic shantih songs and, like, the Talking Heads (maybe «Road to Nowhere» is someone elses «Jeremiah was a Bullfrog» but I felt totally zen with David Byrne). I walked out of there filled with wonder and feeling fine.
It was so awesome it rescued having been called «gross» to my face a month prior. So that’s saying something, a lot.
So. If you’re gross like me BEWARE of Michael, find a teacher you love (I recommend Aaron), and this little studio is ommmmmmagic.