Arrive a few minutes early.
Instructors usually arrive 10 or more minutes before each class starts. We try to begin and end our classes on time. Consider being on time as a part of your practice.
Leave shoes outside the Studio door in the shoe racks.
Remember to turn your cell phone off.
Come in quietly and enjoy the peaceful energy of the room.
You can begin to gently stretch or lie down and relax or greet your fellow students.
Please do not use perfumes, scented lotions or hairsprays before coming to class.
People with allergies can be very sensitive to them.
The late policy: If you arrive late, you are welcome to enter the studio but please do so as quietly and as unobtrusively as possible.
For instance, unroll your mat gently and quietly set it in place. Take some time to practice some warm- up stretches before jumping in to the posture the class might be doing. Arriving late is a disruption to others in the room and should not become an unpleasant habit. Please consider the general energy of the ongoing class and do your best to come on time. Thanks!
We suggest that you purchase your own yoga mat.
We like to provide “loaner” mats for new students, but encourage continuing students to have their own. This will help you to begin to practice Yoga at home between classes and also because it is more hygienic. Only your energy will be on your mat, not everyone else's.
If another class is still in session, please wait quietly outside the studio.
We will try to always be on time, but sometimes there might be an exception.
Always sign-in and record your payment at the table in the back of the room.
If you need change, ask the instructor and this will be taken care of at each class.
Please speak with your instructor about any pre-existing or special condition that may effect your participation in the class.
Be compassionate with yourself in all that you do.
“Do what you can do and don't do what you cannot do”. Rest when you need to. Do not force yourself to “keep up” with anyone. Please remember that “Yoga” is much more than hamstrings and headstands. It is our breath, our attitude, our kindness, it is the way we live our lives each day. Yoga is the balancing of our mental, physical and spiritual selves through conscious awareness. Enjoy your practice!
