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Morning Yoga Class

Mixed-level hatha at 6.30 am, capped at twelve mats, because a teacher who cannot see you is not teaching you.

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Twelve mats so the teacher can actually see you, options given for every posture instead of a separate beginners class, and no suggestion anywhere that yoga treats disease.

Capped at 12 mats in a 340 sq ft room, so you get corrected by name
No cure claims: not diabetes, thyroid, PCOS, blood pressure or fertility
Consent asked at the start and before every hands-on adjustment
Props for everyone, and options given rather than a beginners class apart

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A sixty-minute hatha class at 6.30 in the morning, capped at twelve mats. Twelve is the whole point of the price. A class of thirty in a hall is cheaper to run and it is also a class where the teacher cannot see whether your knee is tracking over your foot, and where nobody is corrected because there is no time to correct anybody. Twelve mats in a 340 square foot room means the teacher walks the room and says your name. Mixed level, genuinely. Every posture is given with the option that makes it available: a block, a chair, a wall, a shorter range. Nobody is called a beginner out loud and nobody is put at the back. Yoga does not cure disease. Not diabetes, not thyroid, not PCOS, not blood pressure, not infertility. It builds strength, balance, mobility and steadiness of breath, which are worth an hour of your morning on their own. Keep taking what your doctor gave you. Any studio telling you otherwise is asking you to replace treatment with a timetable. Adjustment by hand is asked for, not assumed. The teacher asks at the start of the class and again before touching anybody, and no is a complete answer. The A.P. Colony room is being stood up and the timetable is not running yet. We are stating the room and the cap we have, not a facility that is already busy.

60 minutes at 6.30 am: breath and warm-up 10, standing and seated work 40, closing and rest 10
Capped at 12 mats. Mats, blocks, belts, bolsters and blankets provided
Mixed level, with options given for every posture rather than a separate beginners class
No forceful pranayama for a first-timer, and none at all for anyone with high blood pressure, a heart condition, glaucoma, epilepsy or in pregnancy
Honest trade-off: 6.30 am is early, and a class you do not get to is worth nothing. Gentle Yoga for Stiff Backs runs at a friendlier hour, and One-to-One Yoga at Home at Rs 899 comes to you

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What happens, and the room it happens in

Total: 60 minutes, 6.30 am. Doors open at 6.15 and close at 6.30, because a person walking in at 6.40 restarts the room.
0 to 10 min: Breath and warm-up, joint by joint. The teacher asks who is new, who is carrying an injury and who does not want to be touched, and remembers the answers.
10 to 50 min: Standing work, then seated and floor work. Every posture given with the option: a block under the hand, a belt round the foot, a wall behind, or a shorter range. The measure of whether a posture is right for you today is whether your breath stays even in it.
50 to 60 min: Closing practice and ten minutes of rest. The rest is not padding and it is the part people skip when they practise alone.
Cap: Twelve mats. Twelve mats at 6 ft by 2 ft is 144 square feet of mat in a 340 square foot room, and the rest is the space the teacher needs to walk between you.
The room, honestly: One room of about 340 square feet, roughly 22 ft by 15 ft 6 in, on the ground floor in A.P. Colony. Twelve mats at 6 ft by 2 ft is 144 square feet of mat and the rest is space to walk between them. There is one toilet, a shoe rack and a water filter. There is no changing room, no shower, no lockers and no cafe. It is a room, not a facility.
Getting in: Ground floor, one step at the entrance, so a wheelchair needs a hand over that step. Street parking for two-wheelers outside; a car parks on the lane. Tell us before you book if the step is a problem and we will meet you at it.
Provided: Mats, blocks, belts, bolsters, blankets. Bring your own mat if you prefer; mats here are wiped down after every class.
What the struck price is: Rs 359 is the standing rate. Rs 299 is the opening rate while the A.P. Colony room fills up. Teaching four people in a room built for twelve costs the same as teaching twelve, and the opening rate is us carrying that rather than the first few people carrying it.

What is not claimed, and when to sit a posture out

No cure claims: Yoga does not cure diabetes, thyroid disease, PCOS, asthma, hypertension or infertility. It is good for strength, balance, mobility, breath and stiffness. Both of those sentences are true and only one of them gets said in most studios.
No forceful breathing: Kapalabhati and bhastrika are not taught to a first-timer, and not at all to anyone with high blood pressure, a heart condition, glaucoma, epilepsy, a hernia or in pregnancy. Tell the teacher before class.
No inversions: No headstand or shoulderstand in this class. They are not the point of yoga and their risk to eyes, necks and blood pressure is real in a mixed room where the teacher does not know every history.
Pregnancy: Tell the teacher, and tell your doctor. The class can be adapted, and after the first trimester a dedicated prenatal class is the better answer than an adapted mixed one, and we do not currently run one.
An injury or new pain: A joint that gives way, or pain that wakes you at night, wants Physiotherapy First Assessment at Home at Rs 1,200 before a class, not after six of them.
If you cannot come: Cancel more than 4 hours before and it is refunded in full. Inside 4 hours there is no refund, and the reason is the cap: the seat was held and somebody else was turned away from it. If you simply do not turn up, it is the same. This is stated here rather than discovered afterwards.
The membership: Yoga Membership, Monthly at Rs 1,500 covers this and Gentle Yoga for Stiff Backs. Six morning classes at Rs 299 is Rs 1,794, so it pays from about the sixth class in a month. Below that, pay per class.

Who teaches, and if something goes wrong

The teacher named on the timetable is the teacher in the room: Whoever is listed teaches. If a substitute is unavoidable, the change is on the door and in a message before the session, and you can turn round and leave with a full refund without saying anything to anybody. The advertised teacher not being the one who teaches is the standing complaint about Indian classes and it is a fixable one.
Certification: Yoga Wellness Instructor, Level 2, from the Yoga Certification Board under the Ministry of Ayush, verified with the board rather than accepted as a photocopy. Plus a current first aid certificate. This is a genuinely checkable qualification, which is rare enough in this trade to be worth naming precisely.
The premises: Ground floor room in A.P. Colony, Gaya, on a municipal trade licence, registered under the Bihar Shops and Establishments Act.
If the class did not run: Refunded in full, without asking. If a substitute took it and you were not told, refunded in full, and you may leave at the door.
If you are hurt in a class: The teacher stops, stays with you, and there is no charge for the class. We pay for the doctor visit, and she writes down the posture and the cue she gave at the time.
The honest gap: The A.P. Colony room is being stood up and the timetable is not running yet. We are stating the room and the cap we have, not a facility that is already busy.

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