Because of its spiritual nature, yoga doesn't seem a natural match for the fast-paced and electronic world of the web—at least not upon first glance. But the invent of the Internet has brought with it a million and one new ways to form community among people far and wide. When looked at that way, yoga and the Internet have a lot more in common than one might have thought.

In San Francisco, lots of yoga teachers are using the Internet not only to advertise, but to further develop community or sangha. For instance, Jamie Lindsay has a regular blog in which he details the sequences that he taught in class that week and shares other local yoga info; Deborah Burkman sends out weekly emails that discuss what anatomical or yogic principle she intends to focus in her Hatha class that coming week; and Bill McCully often sends inquisitive emails out to his students to gather their impressions of a previous class.

And local websites are also getting hip to yoga. On both Yelp and Citysearch, you can find a plethora of San Francisco and Bay Area yoga studio listings, complete with ratings and reader reviews. If you are looking to connect with other local yogis, Tribe.net has several great yoga groups you can join including SFYoga. And then, of course, there is Yoga Journal's website, which, by the way, was just nominated for a Webby! (You can vote for us here!)

Do you know of any other San Francisco online communities or listings you'd like to share? If so, please post a comment below and let us know about them!