Thoughts From simplyYoga
We wanted to share some long-standing suggestions, designed to enhance your experience in yoga class and to respect the needs of the others in the class.
Please notice where you are when you enter your Yoga Class. It is requested that you leave your egos in the shoe room along with your shoes. So, notice if you have overlooked this important instruction. Let the ego rest and come to the true experience of yoga. Welcome.
1. The yoga studio is a sanctuary for many of us. If you need to speak to a member of your class about something urgent, it is appreciated by all if you invite that person out to the community room to make plans, greet, or exchange information.
2. Please plan your arrival time to be at least five minutes early, but no more than fifteen minutes early (for those of you who like to come and meditate). Sometimes other classes are being attended.
3. Cell Phones and Beepers should be turned OFF. Please leave these items along with your purse and other valuables in the “white shelf area” in the back of the yoga room.
4. Please come promptly forward to observe a demonstration, avoiding, if possible, walking on other’s stickey mats.
5. If you arrive to class late, please wait outside in the community room until after the centering and then enter quietly and lay out your mat. If the “class full” sign up, please wait for the next class.
6. Please wear less perfume when you attend class. Some students have allergies. Also, leave valuable jewelry at home. Teachers do appreciate clean feet.
7. Breathe softly, quietly, deeply through the nostrils. Do not hold your breath while moving into, sustaining, or coming out of any posture. Holding the breath strains the heart and the nervous system.
8. Please remember it is distracting and impolite to have conversations during class.
9. If you do not want assists or physical contact, please let the instructor or assistant know.
10. If you need to leave early, please neatly leave your props where they are, and ten minutes prior to your leaving, please lie down for final relaxation.
Namaste, Joanne Carter-Yount. My contact telephone number is 609-895-0929 if you have any contributions, suggestions or additions to the above list.
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An elder Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight is going on inside me....it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.
One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guild, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, and ego.
The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.
This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."
They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, "Well, which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee simply replies...."The one you feed."
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"Yoga is a light which, once lit, will never dim. The better you practice, the brighter the flame."
B.K.S. Iyengar
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Yoga is an ancient Indian tradition that emphasizes uniting and harmonizing the body, the breath, and the mind.
We at simplyYoga,LLC are dedicated to sharing the gifts of yoga: the health, happiness and freedom of a practice that can give the power to quiet our minds, soothe our hearts and strengthen our bodies.
Last Modified: June 22, 2008