The Studio

Studio Protocols

Please arrive 5 minutes before the start of class time
Bring a mat and a small athletic towel
Please arrive free of any strong scents
No water bottles at the mat, please hydrate well before class
Keep your mat rolled up until the start of class time, at which point the teacher will place students into the room
After led classes, the teacher takes one or two questions. This Q&A time is a part of class.
Shavasana is taken feet-forward to the front of the room at East Eleven Yoga

About the Mysore Classes

The Mysore style of yoga is the most transformative yoga method because a student can go deep into the practice rather than just skimming the surface.

In the Mysore class, at the teacher’s guidance, students work through the traditional ashtanga practice. For newer students, a first practice is usually about 45 minutes, more experienced students will take the full 90 minutes.

When beginning the Mysore style class, part of it is memorizing the ashtanga sequence. This requires some willingness on the student's part - being willing to learn and memorize the sequence.

In a first Mysore class, the teacher will go over:

the Sun Salutations
some standing postures (which are often repeated in order to reinforce learning the sequence)
and a set of closing postures

Once the student has memorized and become proficient with the fundamentals, the teacher will move the student on to incorporate additional poses into their practice. The teacher makes this decision based on a number of factors.

The teacher-student relationship is one of the key components of the Mysore-style practice. Communication between teacher and student is of the utmost importance. At the beginning of every Mysore-style class, the teacher will do an individual check-in with each student. The teacher wants every student to challenge themselves, while also practicing in a safe way that maintains the integrity of this method of yoga.