• Treat the shala as your sacred space. It is.

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• Maintain the quiet as much as possible.

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• Practice consciousness and energy awareness from the moment you enter the property.  For example, by tidily and quietly placing your shoes, your belongings and your mat.

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• Drink water after class. Not during.

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• Do not eat immediately before practice.  Your digestive system should be as empty as possible. Best to eat nothing or only clean / light food 2-4 hours before practice.

     

• Minimise distractions. This enables withdrawal of senses to facilitate the journey inward. For example, best wear clean, modest and comfy clothing; and not use strong perfumes during practice.

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• Shower before class. It is traditional not to shower immediately after class.

   

• If you have an injury then practice in a way that supports healing. Practice is always possible. Just come, sit and breathe. Great transformational potential exists in the practice of non-attachment (Vairagya) by cultivating detachment from sensory desires, cravings, and the fruits of action. Let go and show up 100% in whatever body, and mind you have today.

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• If you are contagious practice at home.  If you have a fever do not practice.

   

• Dynamic movement of energy (for example the standing and seated asana) are best practiced at the front of the room. The back of the room is better for quiet and (more) still moments when you lie down, meditate or sit to breathe. Finishing asana may be practiced at the front or back of the room. 

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• Stay in integrity with how you manage your shala account. Pay the correct amount on or before the day it is due. Three payment bands are provided to accommodate all budgets.

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• Respect class finish times. A shorter practice that defies habit, desire and expectation holds great possibility for personal transformation.  Show up, accept and practice in the time available.

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• Use one of our mats for a couple of months if needed then purchase your own. Ideally an organic or eco-friendly one that does not off-gas chemicals (there are plenty in the shala shop). 

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• Wash your cloth mat regularly. Mat spray is provided to clean your rubber / cork yoga mat.

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• Pay attention to your own monthly and annual cycles.  During the heavy part of your menstrual cycle best not activate strongly uddiyana and mula bandha, nor do inversions.  

 

• Practice more than you talk about practice. A good guide is 99% practice and 1% chat.  

 

• These signposts are offered as a gift for you to apply to your practice, not to the practice of others. 

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OM SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI