Most yoga studios charge more than $100 a month of yoga, with a full year ringing in at more than $1,000. Those prices are hard to swallow, even if you are paying for peace of mind and a tight bod. Enter the eminently affordable City College of San Francisco, which offers beginning, intermediate, and intensive classes. There's even a Senior and Restorative class. Main Campus classes take place in a yoga studio with bamboo floors and lots of natural light. Mission Campus classes take place in the same linoleum-floored, fluorescent-lit room as the dance classes. They can be crowded, but at $20 a unit (about $44 a semester for one weekly two-hour class after all the fees are added) it's easy to overlook the lack of luxury. Mats, blocks and straps, and woo-woo yoga music are provided gratis. Availability varies by semester, so check the catalog.

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