Studio Etiquette

  • If you are feeling any cold symptoms, please stay home. If you are coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose excessively at the studio, you may be asked to leave.

  • If it's your first class, please come at least 10 minutes early to get the lay of the land.

  • Check in with the front desk before placing your items down.

  • There are absolutely no cell phones or mobile devices permitted in the practice room.

  • Please remove your shoes and store them neatly outside the room as you enter.

  • Leave bags and personal belongings in changing area or in the cubbies outside the room. Turn your phones on "do not disturb."

  • If you have a smart watch, make sure to turn it on any mode that prevents it from making sounds or flashing.

  • For yoga classes, place your mat ⅔ over the yellow line toward the front mirror. Be sure to stagger yourself so you’re not right in front of someone.

  • For barre set yourself up 2 people to a standing barre on the same side, edge of your mat under the barre.

  • Party before class, but once class starts: silence. Please respect the silence in the room, especially during savasana. No talking, moaning or loud noises during the class. This includes grunting, moaning or excessively loud breathing. This is our chance to relax and take a break from our busy schedules.

  • Please be scent-free: no perfumes, colognes, or heavily-scented lotions. 

  • Arrive early to class. Classes start and end on time. Please be on your mat with everything you need two minutes prior to the teacher enter the room. The doors are locked right at the start of class.

  • Come to class hydrated. Drink sparingly as you need during class. Pouring water over your head might feel good at the time, but it won’t help you learn to keep your peace in the room.

  • If you’re properly hydrated you won’t need much during class.

  • Stay until the end of class. It is important for your health and the energy of the group.

  • Be a good role model. Practice your stillness and discipline between the poses during the hatha classes. Notice if you are in front of a beginner. They will follow you.

  • Leave no trace. Please deposit trash, recycling, mats and towels in their proper place. Bring home your clothes, water bottles and equipment. Wipe up large puddles of sweat with a towel.

  • Follow along with the teacher. Try your best in each posture, and listen to your body. If you think you can’t do a posture, set it up or sit it out (sitting in a kneeling position is best, but lay down. If you need to) Please reserve addition postures or posture from other disciplines until after final savasana.

  • Keep showers to 5 minutes.

  • Please limit your stay after class to no longer than 20-30 minutes. The instructors need to leave at that time. 

  • Enjoy yourself! This is a life-changing practice. It is challenging, important and, for many sacred, but can also be a lot of fun.

Group of women and one girl participating in a yoga class in a fitness studio, performing side stretches while lying on yoga mats, with small dumbbells and water bottles beside them.
A group of women participating in a yoga class, practicing plank pose on yoga mats in a fitness studio with shelves of towels in the background.
A group of men and women participating in a yoga or fitness class using light dumbbells in a mirrored studio with yoga mats, some individuals are barefoot, and the instructor is leading the exercise.