Despite the fact that I’m rarely motivated to try a new-to-me yoga class—especially at one of the many big-box-style studios popping up everywhere with their sleek cubbies and branded tank tops—I recently stepped outside my comfort zone to take a class at YogaSix. Billed as a modern yoga boutique, the brand has opened more than 200 locations across the U.S., quickly becoming Največja franšiza joge v ZDA in se je mednarodno razširila na Nemčija in Japonska . In a post-pandemic time when many independent studios have closed their doors, that kind of growth is hard to ignore. So while I prefer practicing yoga at small, independent studios, I signed up for a restorative class at my local YogaSix to see what’s drawing so many people in. Having practiced an array of yoga styles for more than a decade, I wondered whether this modern, chain-studio version of yoga could possibly work for someone like me.
Za mnoge lahko samo prevzamem strukturirano obliko, dosledno studijsko blagovno znamko in občutek skupnosti, ki je tukaj redna, lahko privlači nekomu, ki je nov za jogo ali išče vstopno točko z nizkimi pregradi. Obstaja dostopnost, ki je značilna za hojo v znan prostor, ne glede na to, v katerem mestu ste. To je privlačnost franšize, kajne? Veste, kaj lahko pričakujete, ne glede na mesto ali studio.
moški irokez
Yogasix ne ponuja tradicionalnih tečajev joge (niti ne trdijo), ampak bolj fuzijski slog, ki je postal priljubljen v mnogih telovadnicah in studiih. Odločil sem se za obnovo Y6, ki je opisana kot praksa za sprostitev večjih mišičnih skupin celotnega telesa in poteka v topli sobi. Običajno se izogibam ogrevani jogi kot osebni želji, vendar me je zanimalo, da bo studio odločil, da bom toplem okolju dodal v slog joge, znanega po sproščujočih in počasnih gibih.
Despite my initial panic when I started to sweat before class even began, I tried to keep an open mind. The room was dark, which was ideal, but when dramatic neon blue and green stage lights turned on, the room felt more like a nightlife venue than a yoga studio to me.
Kljub temu se je zdelo pomirjujoče in dobrodošlo, da je učitelj pred našim prihodom že postavil rekvizite za vsakega učenca. Yogasix ima svojo različico podcenjene, ki ji pravijo blazina. Je okrepljen v obliki, vendar je tudi zelo mehka in ne tako trdna kot tipična kremnica. Ko sem ga uporabil pod nogami v Savasani, je nudila manj podpore, kot sem bila navajena za spodnji del hrbta. Učitelj nam je dal tudi žametne blazine, ki jih je nanje postavil, kar je spodbudilo moje notranje zarodne čudake. (V večini studiev se samo pomiriš z dejstvom, da so rekviziti videli veliko koristi - in verjetno absorbirali veliko znoja. Poskusite, da o tem ne razmišljate preveč.)
kaj obleči s srajco na gumbe fantje
For the majority of the class, the vibe was a hybrid between a stretching class and physical therapy, except when it turned into a workout class, in which the teacher cued reps of Chair Pose. She mostly offered verbal cues, which were a little too vague to follow without a visual demonstration. There were very few variations offered and, more than once, I found myself lingering in limbo because I didn’t want to do the stretch as she showed it, but I didn’t know what else to do with my body.
She did, however, make an intentional effort to cue students to breathe multiple times throughout class, which I appreciated. She guided our awareness to specific areas of the body—like the ribs and belly—where we could direct the breath. Her prompts to notice where the breath is in different poses helped me deepen my stretches and relax more fully into each posture.
In the Y6 Restore class I attended, the teacher put her hands on me to adjust my leg in Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose without asking. I was surprised and disappointed, as in recent years, there’s been increased awareness surrounding student consent when it comes to a teacher’s hands-on adjustments. Different studios tend to handle the matter differently. Some have strict policies, whereas others leave it to the teacher’s discretion. In my class, when the teacher later returned to offer an adjustment, she did ask for consent beforehand, and when I said no, she respected that.
While in Corpse Pose at the end of class for Savasana, Etta James played loudly while the teacher handed out cold lavender-scented towels for our eyes during the final resting pose. (I don’t mind Etta, but this felt out of place to me.)
For a week following my class, I received several texts, calls, and voicemails from both a wellness advisor and the yoga teacher at Yoga Six asking me if I was interested in continuing my yoga journey with them. I’m not used to that level of follow-up after a first class and it turned me off to the experience. (I usually practice at small, independent studios where that kind of post-class outreach isn’t the norm.) After the fifth time I was contacted, I opted to block the number. Ultimately, this wasn’t the type of yoga class I want to take again.
Of course, this was just one class at one YogaSix studio with one teacher. I can’t speak for the entire brand or the experience someone else might have in a different class or city. But I can say that, for me, this version of yoga—highly structured, branded, and studio-lit—felt worlds apart from what originally drew me to the practice.
moški stili oblačil za prosti čas
Kljub temu dobim pritožbo. Tovrstni studii ponujajo znano, ponovljivo izkušnjo, ne glede na to, kje ste. In morda je to kompromis: nekaj bolj dostopnega, četudi je manj osebno in daleč od moje najljubše prakse. Mogoče je prihodnost joge prostor za oba - za pristop butika Buzdier in tišja tradicija, ki se vračamo v svoje preproge iz razlogov, ki jih ni mogoče vedno blagovno znamko.
