FLUID Yoga provides the ancient art of health and wellness through hot yoga exercise and instruction, rejuvenating the total body in a chic, modern spa-like setting. Owned and operated by licensed yoga practitioner, Elizabeth Palmer. FLUID Yoga offers, beginning hatha hot yoga classes in a heated - hot room set at approximately 105 degrees Fahrenheit for students both advanced and beginner.
Additionally the studio was inspired by her frustrations with overstimulated interiors, toxins, odors, and bacteria, and unhealthy air quality environments, and realizing the need to provide Green energy solutions for the yoga community, Elizabeth has create a unique yoga studio offering classes 7 days per week. The result is FLUID Yoga.

• Offer self-responsible health and help clientele achieve total fitness transformation
• Provide quality instruction through happy and motivated professional staff members
• Create a green + clean contemporary yoga environment, free from toxins and odors

A regular yoga practice for a teacher equals practicing 3-7 times a week. We know what it is like to practice and teach when tired, overwhelmed, sick, or injured. We are not super yogis, we are human and we love what we do!

Each instructor is an independent certified hatha yoga professional.
Our teachers are highly respected and well educated in various styles of yoga. Education and teacher training programs primarily include Bikram Choudhury, Jane Austin, Brenda Strong, Rusty Wells, and Judith Lasater.
More importantly, they have personalized the practice to reflect their own studies, and their classes will reflect this dynamic quality.

Elizabeth Palmer has taught hatha yoga for over 20 years, she has both national and international yoga teaching experience, including teaching yoga through International Waters aboard the Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Cruise Lines. Elizabeth is additionally certified in Pregnancy Yoga: Pre-natal and Post-natal Hatha yoga and Yoga for Women's Health - the Strong Yoga for Fertility Inspired class series created by Brenda Strong. Elizabeth has experienced Infertility first hand - she has deep knowledge of human anatomy especially of the reproductive organs. Elizabeth and the Fluid Yoga teaching staff provide a safe space to help support women on their path to motherhood and beyond.
Prior to owning her studio, Palmer worked for Sun Microsystems, Inc. She achieved international success as a Marketing Brand Strategy Manager and Creative Director. Her knowledge and understanding of different cultures as well as the high tech and design industry is reflected in her teaching and in the studio's modern space. "I wanted to create a green + clean, contemporary yoga studio. The approachable environment is free from distractions, much like a 'day spa', so that yoga enthusiasts and beginners could focus on their practice."

Yoga professional certification: 2009
Frequency of practice: 4-6 days a week
Favorite pose: Ardha Chandrasana Half Moon
Hangouts: Yoga Studios, Spas, Parks, Cafe's, Home
Loves: Hot Whether, Travel, Playing,
Quote: "Life can either be a struggle, or it can be a disco party"
Photo: Me at the Fluid Yoga Studio in my least favoirte pose.

Yoga professional certification: 2002
Frequency of practice: 3 days a week
Favorite pose: Trikanasana - Triangle Pose
Hangouts: Coffee shops
Loves: Practicing yoga in and out of the yoga room
Quote: "Would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?."
Photo: Me at a cafe - Japan Town, San Francisco, CA

Yoga professional certification: 2002
Frequency of practice: 6 days a week
Favorite pose: Tuladandasana - Balancing Stick Pose
Hangouts: Remote beaches around the world and wine bars
Loves: Scootering on my Vespa about the city with Sailor
Quote: "Retox, Detox"
Photo: The 1 mile swim out to this remote rock to strike Standing Bow Pose was fine. Finding balance on a moss covered surface while not knowing when the wave was going to cross my feet - priceless - Aegean Sea, Santorini, Greece.

Yoga professional certification: 2007
Frequency of practice: 4 days a week
Favorite pose: Dandayamana Janushiraana - Standing Head to Knee Pose
Hangouts: The yoga studio and the playground.
Loves: Practicing yoga with my daughters Violet and Hazel.
Quote: "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Photo: Hard at work at teacher training in Balancing Stick Pose - Wikiki beach, Honolulu, HI.

Yoga professional certification: 2004
Frequency of practice: 5x per week, between Bikram and Power Vinyasa Flow
Favorite pose: Ardha-Matsyendrasana
Hangouts: A hot yoga room, hiking the DipSea trail or ducking into a dark movie theatre.
Loves: Preparing/sharing a great meal with/for my favorite people or curling up with a good book
Quote: "I remember being born" (my son Kyle, at 2 years old)
Photo: me, hiking in Maui, HI.

Yoga professional certification: 2009
Frequency of practice: 5 days a week
Favorite pose: Poorna-Salabasana, Ardha-Kurmasana
Hangouts: Out and about in San Francisco, in my garden, with my husband
Loves: Being an adventurer, traveling, sampling Pinot Noir and delicious food from around the world, trekking through the desert, lying on the beach with a good book
Quote: “At any given moment I open my eyes and exist.  And before that, during all eternity, what was there.  Nothing.”—Ugo Betti
Photo: Ta-da, Tadasana at Red Rock Canyon in Las Vegas, NV

Yoga professional certification: 2003
Frequency of practice: 6 classes a week
Favorite pose: Ustrasana - Camel Pose
Hangouts: Yoga studio, my sewing machine
Loves: Scottish terriers, the sun, and yoga of course
Quote: "Work hard, stay calm."
Photo: Me and Pony on a walk - San Francisco, CA

Yoga professional certification: 2002
Frequency of Practice: 4/5 days a week
Favorite Pose: Dandayamana Dhanurasana - Standing Bow Pulling Pose
Hangouts: The park with my sons Chase and Jordon.
Loves: My family
Quote: "The heart is small and embraces the whole wide world."
Photo: Me and my son Chase - San Francisco, CA

Yoga professional certification: 2003
Practice: 2-6 days a week
Favorite pose: Savasana
Hang outs: Crissy Fields, Dolores Park and my couch.
Loves:  Yoga, vegetarian cooking, Joshua Tree and my mom.
Quote: "Joy is a present tense phenomenon.  It is possible only if one attends to the moment"--Daniel P. Sulmasy.  
Photo: Me in Padangustasana "Toe Stand" In Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

Yoga professional certification: 2006
Frequency of practice:  4 times a week
Favorite pose: Dandayamana Dhanurasana - Standing Bow Pulling Pose... one day maybe a standing split!
Hangouts: The beach, park, studio and gym
Loves: Dancing, yogaing, working out, family and friends
Quote: Blessed are the flexbile for they shall not be bent out of shape.
Photo: Me, San Francisco, CA

French Toy Poodle: 2002 Born a certified Pedigree!
Frequency of practice: 7 days a week
Favorite pose: Downward and Upward Facing Dog
Hangouts: Under the towel bin and in Mom's purse
Loves: Licking the sweat off Mom after class
Quote: "I know the class timing and the final Khapalbhati breathing exercise. If I can get into the room I will show you."
Photo: Me on vacation - Mykonos, Greece.

Yoga professional certification: 2003
Frequency of practice: 3 day a week
Favorite pose: Dandayamana Dhanurasana - Standing Bow Pulling Pose
Hangouts: DJ Rx Lounge
Loves:  Coffee and chocolate
Quote: "A little tough love never hurt nobody."
Photo: Me in Standing Bow with Bikram Choudhury - San Francisco, CA.

Each year, Women’s Initiative for Self Employment, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit microenterprise training and funding organizations in the country, honors women throughout the Bay Area with the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award for their business success, impact on the local community, innovation, and mentorship of other women. I thank our yoga community for my nomination and I am honored to be recognized as an independent female entrepreneur. Congratulations to my winning 2010 female colleagues. Elizabeth Palmer - Fluid Yoga


Welcome to our weekly 'Stuff We Like' blog, where 7x7 editors talk about...stuff we like.

Here's what we're into this week...
1. Bikram Yoga at Fluid Yoga
It was 113 degrees in LA yesterday, the city's hottest day ever. Guess where it's 113 every day? Bikram yoga. I've been dabbling in Bikram for a few months now at Fluid Yoga in the Inner Sunset. Right off the N Judah on Judah and 10th, Fluid's a great place for hot yoga newbies: they offer a 30-day introductory package for just $30. Also, the studio features wooden floors, a plus for anyone who can't stand the smell of sweaty carpets. Sweat it out!
-- Jennifer Pollock
By 7x7 Editors on September 28, 2010 
under Magazine, 7x7 editors, Stuff We Like

7x7 Magazine: June 2008 Best of the City: Editors Choice Award
Greenest Tree Pose
Those of you already on the Birkam bandwagon obviously aren't daunted by the thought of 90 minutes of intense yoga in a sauna-like room. But the stale smell and funky carpet of some studios can repel even the most die-hard adherent. With its antimicrobial rubber flooring, eco-friendly heating system and bright modern decor, Bikram Yoga Inner Sunset is, literally, a breath of fresh air. And if your not sure you can take the heat, you can try as many classes as you want for 30 days for only $30.
-- Robin Rinaldi
By 7x7 Editor in Chief, June, 2010 
Best of the City: San Francsico Magazine Issue

Link to the client testimonials and reviews about what's hot, our yoga classes, quality instruction and green + clean environment. Yelp here.

Read the Sports Illustrated interview about how Tony Parish - professional NFL football player for the 49rs - creates a practice both on and off the field.

(CBS) America’s obsession with good health and exercise is leading to a boom in yoga. One man at the forefront of the movement is Bikram Choudhury, an Indian yogi with an all-American approach. 'Hot' Yoga Burns Bright, read the 60 Minutes CBS news interview with Bikram Choudhury. 

Best selling Aurthor Wayne Dyer speaks about his hatha yoga practice.

Grey's Anatomy star Justin Chambers practices hatha yoga to remedy sleep disorder.

Famous Opers singer Measha Brueggergrosman practices hatha yoga daily.