Ashtanga yoga online FAQ: questions before your first class

Increase in breath awareness, flexibility, focus, balance, strength, overall well being, and so much more. Yoga is not an objective science where you can observe from outside. Yoga is subjective and can only be experienced.

Yes! Don't worry if you can't touch your toes. As long as you are breathing, you can practice yoga. The beauty of a Mysore-style class is that you will progress at a pace that suits you and your body, and over time you will become stronger and more flexible. You don't know what you are capable of unless you try.

Anyone above the age of 8 can practice Yoga. Young, old, very old, sick, all can practice, only lazy people can't practice Ashtanga Yoga :)

You can wear whatever you feel comfortable in. You might find it helpful to wear clothes that allow you to move comfortably and keep cool. Shorts or leggings and a t-shirt or vest work well.

Your first 2 classes are free. Book your demo class, pick your first free class from the open slots and, if you like, a second one. Each class is one hour, live on Zoom.

Classes are live on Zoom and last one hour. You need a mat, a quiet corner and room to move. No flexibility needed.

The booking page shows every open slot in your own time zone, with the zone name, so you can pick a time that works where you live.

In a Mysore-style class you practise the asana sequence at your own pace, and everyone is on their own sequence. The teacher knows which student is doing which asana and keeps correcting as needed. In a led class the teacher gives the count and instructions, and the entire class follows the sequence together. More on both styles.

Ashtanga yoga is a discipline for life. It’s six days in a week practice.

Empty your bowels and bladder, take a shower, and then step on the mat to begin your morning practice. If practicing in the evening or afternoon, no food for 3-4 hours prior to practice. After practice, eat light food, like juicy fruit or vegetable juice.

During ladies’ holidays (menstrual cycle), don’t practice for the first 3 days. No inversions on 4th and 5th day.

Moondays are rest days due to extreme high and low energies. No practice on Moondays. There are no classes on moon days.