Yoga in LA: Vinny Marino

Vinny Marino teaches the most amazing yoga class in Santa Monica, at YogaWorks’ Main Street and Montana Avenue locations.  I sweat more in his class then I have in a long time.  I actually started to feel a little overwhelmed by the heat in the room, but I worked through it.  He packs the classroom (generally the sign of a good teacher and an amazing and dedicated student-body) and teaches a flowing vinyasa class that seamlessly moves through the asana practice.  I loved taking this class because it was physically demanding.  We did a ton of arm-balances and also standing balancing poses which challenged my stamina and my ability to remain calm and collected while on the mat.  Vinny’s class is so LA!!  After savasana (corpse pose) he even recommended we walk a couple blocks and jump in the ocean.  Taking class in LA is amazing because the community of yogis there are active, healthy, open, and friendly, and they’re all in Vinny’s class.  Check out Vinny’s cameo in the inappropriate yoga guys first video.