Lex Lewis
- I went to a class where the instructor hired someone to amuse her pre-teen daughter in another room. This did not stop her daughter from, at least twice, interupting the class while we were holding poses. This was extremeley irritating. I didn't return.
- —Guest Lex Lewis
Time for a new studio perhaps?
- My gosh there are so many stories here. The yoga studio I attend in Wollongong Autsralia rarely or never has any of the problems mentioned. I just kept looking till I found a studio, teachers and other students who I felt compatible with. We have had the occasional mobile phone ring or someone needing to leave the class early and sometimes there can be a lot of participants or only a few, but we all manage to work cooperatively around such things.
- —Guest Christabelle
distraction reaction
- I use a portable oxygen tank. My instructors have assured me that the hiss it emits 3 out of 4 breaths is not a problem. Over the past 2 years I've never sensed any resentment on the part of my yoga classmates. After reading some of these comments though I'm beginning to wonder. And what about the occasional sigh that I thought was no louder than anyone else's?
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seen it all...
- People come to class stoned, late, phone on, talking to their neighbors, applying deodorant in class, misplacing their mat, making noise, getting up and whining, adjusting lights/fans/AC themselves, staying in bathroom on phone for 20 minutes, loudly drinking water every 30 seconds compulsively, shoplifting from yoga store, making a mess and not putting back borrowed pillows/mats, students standing in the middle of the room staring at the other students, getting up and adjusting other students, objecting to paying for class saying it is, used to be or should be free, leaving their stuff in the studio after they leave, storing their stuff in the studio without permission, opening back door and going outside to walk around during class, leaving class and coming back later, not signing in, not paying, marketing outside stuff during and after class, demanding to be let in even during the relaxation at beginning of class, student calling asking class to stop and wait for their arrival...
- —Guest yoga attracts all types...
Rude students
- As a relatively new Yoga Instructor {1.5 yrs.}, I recently had a student interrupt my class to suggest that I do adjustments. Not only before every class do I ask my students what they would like to do, etc. but I also request any/all feedback be given to me at the end of class not during the class. Her speaking up while other students were in child's pose was extremely rude, inconsiderate, disrespectful, distracting to not only myself but to the other 15 students. Ironic fact is that I do go around and adjust students, watch all of the students like a hawk, provide variations, etc., however, this particular individual looks for something to complain about yet practices yoga...go figure!!!
- —Guest Francine
pet peeves in yoga?
- the whole point is meditation isn't it? throughout the whole time you are supposed to be focusing on yourself and finding inner piece. i just find yoga pet peeves to be an oxymoron. if anything all these distractions should be looked upon as a chance to challenge oneself to stay centered. people are way too pushy about this whole yoga thing. seems counterproductive to me. and did anyone ever think maybe the person has an issue with the body odor? maybe they are embarassed about it but it is just how their body is. or what if the person rewears their yoga clothes because they don't have that many to go around? Just some things to think about.......... not all of us can be perfect all the time. a little less judgement might be required.
- —Guest melissa
Pet Peeve
- People who get easily annoyed by others actions-yoga is about eliminating distractions within yourself.
- —Guest nbetancourt
Taking friends to the wrong class
- My pet peeve is when I see experienced pratitioners bringing their not-so-experienced friends to advanced and open level classes. Please be considerate of your friend and join him/her in a beginning or basic class. This benefits everyone. The teacher doesn't have to worry about the beginning student hurting himself, the new student will be confident when leaving class, and the experienced practioner gets a refresher on the basics that we so often forget!
- —Guest Joan
Body Odor
- I resent when participants have strong body odor, when their feet stink and they are re-wearing yoga clothers.
- —Guest Maureen
acting in charge
- There's a women in class who shouts at the gym members who quietly walk in to get something from the room while class is in session. She claims they are rude but she's the one who distacts us... the instructor has said many times she is fine with people walking in occasionally
- —azuzu
Making me a Guinea Pig
- I am middle aged, comfortable around older seniors, and I was recommended a beginner vinyasa class that had many seniors in it. I was doing well in it. Not the only one who didn't practice most of the session in child's pose. Overzealous, young, not exceptionally experienced instructor (but precocious), warming up to help conduct an intermediate-level workshop later that afternoon, snuck up on me and yanked me up into wheel pose. This resulted in months of classes that followed this one, using a modification for the pose, with blocks under my hands, which is deemed unsafe if not done against a wall. This irked another instructor a little. What else could I have done, just so I send strong signals not to do any yanking?
- —Born_Overqualified
a wonderful response to distraction
- For a few years I took a yoga class in a a university gym near indoor basketball courts. Somehow it wasn't so bad. But occasionally, when shouts and voices could be heard to the point of distraction, our instructor would comment "think of the sheer joy shared by those on the court." It made me smile and took away all distraction.
- —Guest sam
chatty kathys
- I can not help resent excessive "chatting" done by ladies 5 minuites before class. It's bad enough I'm one of only a few guys going to class, but to be subjected to needless banter about nonsense in the studio...argh.
- —Guest john
Snoring !!
- I hate it when people are asked to find a position where they won't fall asleep during yoga nidra and they deliberately lie on their backs and snore like a buzz saw and brag about it!!
- —Guest Gi Gi
Too Much Attention
- I once went to a yoga class where I was extremely turned-off by the teacher. I don't do yoga as much as I'd like to (I had small children and was too busy for much else), so I wasn't a 'pro', but I've done intermittent yoga for years and have never had a problem with the teachers. But we were in a room with no mirrors, so I couldn't self-correct, and this teacher kept hovering over ONLY me, correcting my every single move to the point that I felt she was 'riding' me. She was trying to manually move my body into poses it just couldn't get into! I started feeling extremely self-conscious and actually left feeling upset, which is the opposite of how I wanted to feel. I've actually done only videos since then. Writing this makes me realize that I should find another class with a better teacher and try again!
- —Elizabeth369
