Anonymous
Post 12/25/2023 10:24     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Only if you are a Boomer. Same thing at any resort…


OP here. I’m 40 and btdt and moved towels at a resort because they were hogging up space with nobody there. I have no problem doing that but I would never see those people again and there was zero confrontation. A yoga class is different because I see these women every single week.

I feel validated at my annoyance. I would never say anything to these women in person because it would make an extremely awkward situation, weak and weak out. But I think I will email the studio privately. It doesn’t just affect me it affects other people who don’t have a spot . To the 10:00 poster, you hit the nail on the head. The mats are spread out, and other people have to squeeze in but, that’s not exclusive to this friend group. I really think they should have markers on the floor so people know where to set out their yoga mats. Right now it’s a free-for-all.


If you moved my sh&t at the resort, you would find yours in the pool.

What these people are doing in yoga is very middle schoolish. Tell the administrator. Get it taken care of. These rare the Wolf Trap people gone awry. That behavior is barely tenable at Wolf Trap, never mind in much more limited space.
Anonymous
Post 12/25/2023 10:21     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:If it's a waitlisted class, that means that they are turning away a max number, and everyone should fit comfortably.

They need to lessen the class size, or like a pp said, the first people are spreading too much. They need to tape Xs on the floor for the idiots.


+1
Anonymous
Post 12/25/2023 10:17     Subject: Re:Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous[b wrote:]I'd ask the studio to address this issue. [/b]First come, first served. If people want to be by their friends, both parties need to get there early to put down their mats together.


Oh stop being ridiculous. All of you are WHINERS. The world is collapsing. People are dying and you are complaining about where your mat is in yoga class? unbelievable


It's the people saving spots who are overly obsessed with where their mats are. Why do they have to be right in the middle of the room? Why do they have to be right next to 4 other people during a one hour yoga class-- they aren't chatting over cocktails.

OP (and others) are not complaining about not getting a specific spot, they are complaining about getting shunted in the corner because a group of people have decided they are the most important people in the room.
Anonymous
Post 12/25/2023 07:45     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
It's like trying to claim a parking space. Who go there first. They would roll down the window and start saying something or keep looking at you after you got out of the car.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2023 18:03     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:I stopped going to yoga when I put down my mat and some woman said, "You're going to have to move! I need this WHOLE ROW!! I need a LOT of room!"

Getting yelled at like that was not why I was going to yoga, so, bye.


Don’t let one a-hole ruin your experience.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2023 16:44     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Heck no that's like standing in a parking spot trying to save it you can't do that.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2023 16:26     Subject: Re:Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous[b wrote:]I'd ask the studio to address this issue. [/b]First come, first served. If people want to be by their friends, both parties need to get there early to put down their mats together.


Oh stop being ridiculous. All of you are WHINERS. The world is collapsing. People are dying and you are complaining about where your mat is in yoga class? unbelievable


Okay, why are YOU on DCUM, then? Shouldn’t you be out saving lives?
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2023 16:25     Subject: Re:Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous[b wrote:]I'd ask the studio to address this issue. [/b]First come, first served. If people want to be by their friends, both parties need to get there early to put down their mats together.


Oh stop being ridiculous. All of you are WHINERS. The world is collapsing. People are dying and you are complaining about where your mat is in yoga class? unbelievable
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2023 16:22     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:I stopped going to yoga when I put down my mat and some woman said, "You're going to have to move! I need this WHOLE ROW!! I need a LOT of room!"

Getting yelled at like that was not why I was going to yoga, so, bye.


Really? You let some woman who was completely out of line scare you away from yoga? I’d have smiled as if she were making a hilarious joke, and begun stretching. No one gets to pull that shit.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2023 16:04     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
I stopped going to yoga when I put down my mat and some woman said, "You're going to have to move! I need this WHOLE ROW!! I need a LOT of room!"

Getting yelled at like that was not why I was going to yoga, so, bye.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2023 15:57     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Your teacher should be moving around the room instructing, not doing a practice at the same time as you fixed in one place.

Try Iyengar!
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2023 15:16     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:And yet another yoga teacher here. Someone holding a spot for one friend on occasion, ok - sure. I admit I do that for a friend occasionally, but not every week and I move the mat over if the row needs to allow for additional people. But... reserving coveted spots regularly for a group of people? No. Some people can get really weird about "their spot" in class and it really should be first come, first serve. If you brought it up to me, I would address it and make it a universal policy.


This is the best response. It's not awful behavior, but it's not nice, either. I'd ask the teacher to address it.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2023 08:04     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:And yet another yoga teacher here. Someone holding a spot for one friend on occasion, ok - sure. I admit I do that for a friend occasionally, but not every week and I move the mat over if the row needs to allow for additional people. But... reserving coveted spots regularly for a group of people? No. Some people can get really weird about "their spot" in class and it really should be first come, first serve. If you brought it up to me, I would address it and make it a universal policy.


Op here- thank you.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2023 15:45     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
And yet another yoga teacher here. Someone holding a spot for one friend on occasion, ok - sure. I admit I do that for a friend occasionally, but not every week and I move the mat over if the row needs to allow for additional people. But... reserving coveted spots regularly for a group of people? No. Some people can get really weird about "their spot" in class and it really should be first come, first serve. If you brought it up to me, I would address it and make it a universal policy.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2023 10:54     Subject: Saving spots at yoga class
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


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.


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.