Yoga essentials

Preparation for class

• Wear comfortable stretchy clothing. All classes conducted in barefeet.
  
  
• Try not to eat for at least 3 hours and not drink for 30 minutes prior to class.
  
  
• Arrive 10 minutes before class, set up your mat and rest in
  semi supine or supta baddha konasana until class starts.
  
  
• Turn mobile phones off.
  
  
• Leave your belongings in the storage unit provided.
  
  
• Advise the teacher if you have a condition which may modify how you practice (physical injury, emotional, menstruation, headache, pregnancy, illness, overtired, medical condition)
  
  
• Let the teacher know if you do not wish to be adjusted.
  
  
• Let the teacher know if you have to leave early.
  

On finishing the class

• Put any equipment away neatly.
  
  
• Take all your belongings with you.
  
  
• Try not to drink for at least 30 minutes after practicing and do not eat for one hour.

General instructions for practice

• Try to gather energy with your practice rather than deplete it.
• Keep your face neck and throat relaxed and breathe trough the nose unless instructed otherwise.
• Don’t force your way into a posture, only go to your limit and not beyond.

Making the practice easier

• Look down not up
• Keep arms/hands on hips rather than extended away from the body
• Bend your knees slightly in forward bending positions or to reach the floor when standing
• Use plank instead of caturanga (push up)
• Use up plank (kneeling or straight legs) instead of up dog
• Use kneeling dog instead of down dog

Making the practice harder

• Apply the teachers instructions that deepen the intensity of the pose
• Do not rest between postures
• Use only one or two breaths to move between postures
• Maintain grip of the bandhas while keeping the face neck and throat relaxed

Administration

• Full payment is required at the beginning of each course.
  
  
• You are expected to attend each class of the course.
  

Make up classes

• Make up classes can be used during the course term at classes of the same level and cannot be transferred once the course has finished.
  
  
• If you know you have to miss a class due to work commitments, or there are unforeseen circumstances contact the school to discuss options for make up sessions.