I haven't written about the new studio, I so ignore this blog!
We've been there now since the beginning of May and the studio is beautiful. The walls are buttery yellow, one entire side of the room is windows facing northeast. A big shrine is over to the right of the stage area. yes, there is a stage.
I don't use the stage when I'm teaching, it feels disconnected when I'm up there. And my classes are small (5 to 7 peeps) so there is no need.
The owner has been a little worried about class sizes but it will grow. We're on a side street with small signage and I think it's going to take a little time for people to find us. I have no doubt that they will tho. IT's also summertime and vacation time and it's so danged hot. It traditionally drops off during the heat so no doubt Oct will be the time it starts to kick yoga butt.
We're having a teacher meeting this wed after the owners last class. Not sure of the main topic but am sure we'll be talking about marketing and naming nomenclature for the classes. I am going to suggest beginner and level 1 be the same thing (they don't seem to be at this moment) and to have an explanation of what the levels are. Yvonne and I are hoping that we can convince the owner to urge students to move up to higher level classes. We do have some people who have been in beginner classes for years now.
My class is called a vinyasa flow class and in reality it's a flow class. Not as many vinyasas to justify the word in the title of the class. Mainly because I get bored of doing all surya namaskars and would rather flow from one pose to another with occasional vinyasas. Secondly my own elbow can't take the weight of so many vinyasas. I mostly teach by doing what I'm asking them to do. Many teachers call out the poses while walking around. It's just a preference thing.
I'm slowly trying to go to more Ashtanga classes but there is only one class at the nearer studio for me to go to and it's not convenient in terms of time. LOL, my main complaint is early classes don't work for me because I am such a night person. In India the day is spent differently than in the west. We don't need to get up early to take advantage of the coolness of the morning. We don't shut down the town early in the evening (which I imagine much of India does). So yes, I believe in tradition but I also believe in listening to your consitution. 10 am would be a perfect early morning to me.
There is an evening class at the other studio I can take but that 8 mile drive is now taking 40 mins due to road construction. Hmmmmm, quandrys eh?
We've been there now since the beginning of May and the studio is beautiful. The walls are buttery yellow, one entire side of the room is windows facing northeast. A big shrine is over to the right of the stage area. yes, there is a stage.
I don't use the stage when I'm teaching, it feels disconnected when I'm up there. And my classes are small (5 to 7 peeps) so there is no need.
The owner has been a little worried about class sizes but it will grow. We're on a side street with small signage and I think it's going to take a little time for people to find us. I have no doubt that they will tho. IT's also summertime and vacation time and it's so danged hot. It traditionally drops off during the heat so no doubt Oct will be the time it starts to kick yoga butt.
We're having a teacher meeting this wed after the owners last class. Not sure of the main topic but am sure we'll be talking about marketing and naming nomenclature for the classes. I am going to suggest beginner and level 1 be the same thing (they don't seem to be at this moment) and to have an explanation of what the levels are. Yvonne and I are hoping that we can convince the owner to urge students to move up to higher level classes. We do have some people who have been in beginner classes for years now.
My class is called a vinyasa flow class and in reality it's a flow class. Not as many vinyasas to justify the word in the title of the class. Mainly because I get bored of doing all surya namaskars and would rather flow from one pose to another with occasional vinyasas. Secondly my own elbow can't take the weight of so many vinyasas. I mostly teach by doing what I'm asking them to do. Many teachers call out the poses while walking around. It's just a preference thing.
I'm slowly trying to go to more Ashtanga classes but there is only one class at the nearer studio for me to go to and it's not convenient in terms of time. LOL, my main complaint is early classes don't work for me because I am such a night person. In India the day is spent differently than in the west. We don't need to get up early to take advantage of the coolness of the morning. We don't shut down the town early in the evening (which I imagine much of India does). So yes, I believe in tradition but I also believe in listening to your consitution. 10 am would be a perfect early morning to me.
There is an evening class at the other studio I can take but that 8 mile drive is now taking 40 mins due to road construction. Hmmmmm, quandrys eh?
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