It's a Group Practice really

[Guest guest]

I agree 100% with what you have to say.

<br><br>My experience with practicing astanga vinyasa off

and on over the last 12 years is that there is NO

practice (sooner or later) without practicing with others.

In a way, getting together with others that are

practicing the astanga series is at least 90% of the

practice.<br><br>I have the basic knowledge of how to do the yoga.

But, the work won't get done unless I'm sharing the

room with others doing the same thing. I know that not

everyone is like that, but that's how it is for

me.<br><br>That being so for myself (and I suspect, for most of

us) I think sharing of experiences on how to organize

astanga clubs for practice would be extremely useful

information, being that yoga shalas aren't quite as common as

7-11s.<br><br>How to get a yoga club/shala going? What kind of

places make for the best practice areas? Anyone found

places to practice for free? How did you attract

members?

[Guest guest]

Hey Trayam and everybody,<br><br>Just joined and

reviewed previous messages so thanks for your

contributions.<br>I've been practicing on and off for the last year but

started a "yoga practice space" in the gymnasium of the

Boys & Girls Club where I work here in Victoria. If

you're having trouble committing to regular practice

this is a great way to ensure you're there. It's only

been going a couple of months but 5 of us are

attending regularly. At this stage the practice space is

only open Tuesdays from 6:30am to 8:30am but I hope to

add more days as interest grows.<br>There is no

instruction but there's tons of space in a gym. At first I

thought it wouldn't be hot enough but they leave the heat

on overnight which is nice up here in the Great

White North.<br>If you can't find a space to practice

(I get tired of having work around my bedroom

furniture) then I would suggest checking out local community

centres and organizations for available space. Early

mornings can be very unusable time for an agency so you

may get away with no charge for a while until you can

build up a group. We've got a mix of Iyengar and

Ashtanga and there's been no fights so far so approach

different instructors (maybe even Tai Chi or other

compatible practices) in your area to see if there's

interest in an open space to practice.<br>You can email at

teamadv or reply through the club for more info about it,

otherwise good luck.<br><br>Thanks again for all the

interesting discussion.