Where to begin?
- Request a private lesson, especially if you are recovering from an injury, are pregnant or want to overcome a specific obstacle. Or join a group class, we will welcome you and help you find your yoga.

- Attend a group class:

Try a Gentle Flow Class:
These classes are slower moving and more fundamentals-focused making them a great place to begin your yoga exploration.

Try an Ashtanga Primary Class:
This is a led (meaning counted or guided) class. The teacher will count out all the steps and the students follow. Any new person can try this. It is a fun way to connect to the other students and new people are encouraged to sit and watch during some of the more advanced asana (physical) sections. Do not be intimidated at all. We are here to help you and build up your confidence.

Try a Yin Class:
Yin postures are more passive and are as gentle as the practitioner chooses to make them. Yin Yoga helps foster our patience and compassion practices as it slowly and gently opens our bodies.

Try a Vinyasa Class:
Vinyasa means: to put in a proper way. It is simply the connection of breath and movement. Many students enjoy the beautiful flow and near constant movement of this style of yoga.

How does it work?:

• Let your teacher know about any prior injuries, if you are pregnant, or anything else that would help to make you more comfortable.
  
  
• We want you to love yoga, if you push beyond your limits you'll be sore, or worse you could do harm. Practice the yogi principle of Satya - honesty with yourself. Rest when you are tired. Drink water if you need to. Sit down and watch when you are confused or pushed beyond your comfort level. And above all - be kind to yourself!
  
  
• Please do not wear shoes into the Shala (studio).
  
  
• Wear comfortable clothes that you can move around in. We are not a "hot" yoga studio, but you will fuel your inner fire and most of us sweat during practice.
  
  
• Please know that mats and props are here for you if you need them. Bring a towel from home if you like to use one during practice.
  
  
• Free purified water is provided and yogi-friendly beverages are available for purchase.
  
  
• Please read the page on adjustments and enhancements
  
  
  
  
  
• Know that each practice is challenging for each of us in different ways, try not to compare yourself to other students or come to class with expectations. Just because one person in your class can get her foot behind her head, doesn't mean she can drive a stick shift or bake a souffle and just because another guy rests frequently, doesn't mean he hasn't found the secret to non-attachment and eternal bliss. You just never know.
  
  
• Recognize that yoga is a wheel with eight spokes  (the word Ashtanga, for instance, translates to eight limbs), the physical practice (Asana) is just one of those eight spokes or limbs. Enlightenment is likely not hinging on getting your toes behind your head, but we are pretty sure it doesn't come unless you are kind to all. So start there, and maybe one day your hips will open along with your mind.
  
  
• Let us know your strengths and abilities. The Yoga Bar thrives on, Seva, the 'selfless-service' of its members, so if there is something you are good at and you'd like to offer up your services, let us know. Also, tell us what we can do to serve you. We are a community of like-intentioned beings. Let's all flourish together!
  
  
• Please know that a yogi is anyone who practices yoga and that we yogis sometimes use Sanskrit words like you should actually know what they mean. We are not trying to exclude anyone, we just sometimes forget that not everybody knows what a Kula is, or how to focus your Drishti. So help us to be better yogis and ask us questions. True yogis are a curious bunch!