Guidelines for Practice

Please:

  • Remove your shoes at the door and practice in your bare feet.
  • Don’t forget to turn your cell phone off.
  • Practice on an empty stomach (unless a specific condition prevents this).
  • Be on time to class. Constantly entering class late is disruptive and disrespectful to others. If you do arrive a few minutes late, come in quietly.
  • Wear comfortable clothing.
  • Ask questions about anything that’s not clear to you.
  • Refrain from wearing perfume or strong essential oils. Consider your personal hygiene for everyone’s comfort.
  • If you have a health issue (illness, injury or medical condition) please notify your instructor before class.
  • Let go of the competitive mind-set. Yoga is non-competitive.
  • Be kind to yourself by accepting where you are. It’s okay to come out of a pose before a teacher says to. Yoga is not about “no pain, no gain”. Rest sometimes. Do what you can.
  • Experience and flexibility are not required to practice yoga. Yoga is for everyone.
  • Stay for the entire class. If you have to leave early let the teacher know beforehand and leave before final relaxation.
  • The gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a Divine spark within each of us that is located in the heart chakra. The gesture is an acknowledgment of the soul in one by the soul in another. Nama means bow, as means I, and te means you. Therefore, Namaste literally means I bow to you.

Namaste