Breathing Room: What Happens in a Class

The classes in the studio room are small on purpose (eight people at most), and they are slower than the average timetable elsewhere. If the word class is putting you off, this is what an hour actually looks like.

The first ten minutes

Everyone arrives, finds a mat and sits down. There is no warm-up you can be late for and no one is watching the door. We start seated, with a few minutes of quiet breathing while the room settles.

The middle

A slow sequence of simple shapes, each held long enough to actually arrive in it, with an easier option offered for everything. Blocks and straps are on the floor beside you and using them is the norm rather than a concession.

Nobody adjusts you without asking first, and you can sit any part of it out without explaining yourself.

The last ten minutes

Flat on your back under a blanket while the light goes down. This is the part regulars would tell you they come for.

Wear something you can move in, bring water, and eat lightly beforehand rather than not at all. Mats and props are all here. Classes are listed with dates and times on the workshops page, and spaces are held by booking rather than paid for in advance.