Mysore & Guided Ashtanga Yoga Classes

For Your Own Experience and Benefit

• Our classes are “no phone zones”. Please refrain from bringing your phone into the practice room. Phones should be left in lockers on silent during class.

• If you are a raw beginner and not already familiar with the practice then do not worry, because the teacher is there to teach you.

• Practice what supports YOU. It can be a 30-minute-long practice or a 2-hour long practice. It can be prāṇāyāma, meditation, restorative, āsana based on the Ashtanga Vinyāsa yoga sequences, or a combination of those types of practices. We are here to make sure your practice takes into account everything you show up with. If you aren’t sure what to do, that’s what the teachers are there for. Just ask.

• Communicate to the teacher when something doesn’t feel right, whether it’s an adjustment, a posture, a sequence, or anything that’s affecting your experience in the Mysore room.

• Please inform the teacher of any issues or injuries that you may be dealing with.

• Practice in flexible, and seasonally appropriate clothing. Do not wear socks or too baggy clothing.

• Sweating is normal, especially in the beginning, so it can be helpful to bring items such as a “Mysore-rug”, a mat-sized towel, and/or hand towels. Enjoy your sweat and give yourself the reassurance that a good sweaty warm up is one of the best protections against injury.

• Take at least a 5-minute Śavāsana at the end of your practice. Arguably, the most important pose before you move on with the rest of your day, as it helps to deeply integrate the efforts of your practice and settle the nervous system. Mastering your Śavāsana is a good goal to have.

For the Experience and Benefit of Others (and yours)

• Help to create a focus for your co-practitioners by keeping talking and noise to a minimum. If you must talk, please use a quiet voice, silence really is golden. Full conversations can be had outside of the practice space in the entryway, or next-door at Café Tere.

• Please arrive to practice clean and with clean clothing, and try not to use any self-care products with heavy scents or perfumes.

• Please bring only what you really need into the practice room, like props and sweat towels. Do not leave personal items like glasses or jewellery on the floor. Leave mat-bags or sweaters on the bench at the back of the room until needed. More space in the practice room makes it easier for the students and the teacher to move around freely.

• Please stay home if you are feeling under the weather. In an effort to protect the health, focus, and shared experience in the Mysore room, please do take rest and recuperate as long as needed. Once you are no longer contagious with anything, feel free to return to class anytime.

For a Smooth Closing

• If you are in Śavāsana within the last 5 minutes of the class and if you are able to, please stay until the end for the sound bowl to sing.

• We play the sound bowl when the Mysore class is finished, to close the space together. Enjoy in Śavāsana until the bowl is done singing, after which you are welcome to come out of Śavāsana in a slow and mindful way.