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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a yoga teacher.  What the early birds are doing is obnoxious but I think acceptable.  You just have to get there earlier.  It’s like people reserving space at a free-for-all outdoor concert. [/quote]

Another yoga teacher here, and I don't agree. When I see stuff like this happen in my class, I will gently ask people to move around so that everyone has a decent spot. I've also asked people who are saving spots to only do so in the back row, closest to the door, specifically so that if someone arrives late, they are not walking right to the center of the room after class has started. I also don't like beginning class with empty mats right in front of me, so I don't allow spot saving in that front row.

To me it's very different than saving spots at an outdoor concert because, as someone else mentioned, at a concert you'll never see the people you are taking space from again. I want my class to be a welcoming space for all my students and I definitely don't want it to feel competitive or like there are favorites or people who get special privileges. State of mind is so important for yoga and I want people to feel peaceful and accepted in my class, not shoved to the side or like they need to rush to get there in order to get an okay spot.

I've literally had everyone pick up their mat and move it before class started in order to get a more equal distribution of space and made sure everyone can see me and will have room to move.[/quote]

I also meant to note that I also don't get why a group of students would need to be next to each other in class. I can understand wanting to save one spot for a friend because you want to attend the class together, but saving several spots is weird. It's one class, and it's not like there is partner work or talking during class. If I was attending a yoga class with 4 or 5 friends, I wouldn't care about being next to all of them. Presumably we'd get together afterwards and that's when we'd hang out.[/quote]

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