The words yoga shala means “Yoga home” or “Yoga house”. It is a clean place for the spiritual practices of yoga.
Please follow these rules as a courtesy for your fellow yogis in the room, and keep in mind to take a shower before the yoga class, especially if you have done some other training before the class.
We yogis are perhaps a bit weird in the sense that we shower before our practice, as opposed to when you hit the gym you usually shower after the workout. This is a common yoga shala etiquette world wide.
- Take care of your personal hygiene before class.
– Arrive early if you need to take a shower, as we only have one shower available. - Practice in clean and fresh clothes.
- Keep your yoga mat clean. Smelly yoga mats will be removed.
- Make your booking online, and arrive on time for class and enter the yoga shala peacefully. If you should be late, peacefully enter and wait for the teacher to show you a space. Please bear in mind that during some classes, such as yin yoga, you will not be able to enter if you are late, as this disrupts the environment in the room, and everybody might need to move their yoga mats.
- We typically don’t drink during practice, but you can bring a bottle of water if needed. Please, no other drinks in the yoga shala.
- Do not eat right before your yoga practice. Wait around 2-4 hours after a big meal before coming to practice.
- Please avoid strong perfumes and deodorants in the yoga shala.
- Yoga Shala Espoo is not responsible for any of your valuable items and accessories.
- You can bring your phone and other smart devices into the yoga shala, but please leave them in your bag in silent & no vibration mode.
- Avoid talking your daily chit chat with your friend inside the yoga shala. If you need to talk to someone inside of the yoga shala, please use a soft and gentle tone of voice. When you arrive early, you can take a spot, sit or lie down and enjoy the silence and the lack of responsibilities for a little while, and access your internal space as a preparation for practice.
- Please leave your shoes in the staircase on floor 3 before entering the yoga space.
- Any extra payments, such as yoga mat rent, can be made after class with credit card.
Showering
We have one shower in the yoga shala. If you wish to shower before or after class, please bring your clothes, soap/shampoo and towel to the shower room. There might be others who also wants to take a shower, please be swift for a quick clean up.
If you wish to clean up before practice, maybe wash your feet, then please arrive early since there might be a queue to the shower.
Toilets
There are lots of toilets downstairs in the corridor on both floors (floor 1 and 2). Please use those toilets if the shower/toilet is busy on floor 3.
Avoid using the toilet in the shower room immediately after class, in case there is someone wanting to take a shower.
Should you need to use the bathroom during class, you can silently sneak out from the yoga shala and re-enter when you’re ready. The toilet in the shower room is the closest one to using during class.