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Name

what should we call you?

First Name

Last Name

Email

How did you hear about us?

How much yoga experience do you have?

What inspired you to try yoga for the first time?

My favorite classes are

slow and quiet

upbeat and challenging

a little of both

What do you hope to achieve from your yoga practice.

Physical fitness

balance and flexibility

relaxation/stress management

meditation/spiritual developement

all that and then some

do you have any phisical limitations or emotiaonl triggers that your instructor should be aware of?

What type of music do you like to practice to? favorite songs, genre or artists?

tell me more.

anything you can think of that will help me understand what you might need from your yoga practice.

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Please cover any bits that could be considered pornographic. Please don’t judge someone who looks like she just rolled off a park bench, stole a pair of sweatpants and miss-matched socks off a stranger’s clothesline then got dressed in the car on the way to class. Yoga loves her for showing up and you should too.

Journal Prompt:

Drop the BaselinE

After a few years of teaching, I suddenly realized that I had made a mistake. I was seeing and hearing about all the amazing things my students were experiencing but I had no way of measuring it. No before and afters to show them just how far they have come. Whether you are an experienced practitioner or have never taken a class in your life, I invite you to pour a cup of tea, or wine, or whatever you enjoy and take an inventory about where you are right here, right now.

Here are a few things you might want to ask yourself

What was it that pushed me to finally try my first class?

How skeptical am/was I?

Was your first class what you were expecting?

Rate your current state in the following areas

Physical Strength: upper body, lower body, core, left vs right

Personal strength: how often do you lose your temper? burst into tears? overreact?

Physical balance, left vs right: can you stand on one leg without holding your breath or falling over? for how long? how about the other leg? which side is steady and which is wobbly?

Personal balance: how much of your daily life is dedicated to working? play? rest? family? does it feel balanced or is there an area that is lacking or in excess?

Physical Flexibility: how tight or flexible are your legs? hips? waist/low back? wrists? shoulders? neck?

how about the difference between your left and right?

Personal flexibility: how do your feel about change? what happens when things don’t go the way you planned?

do loved ones call you stubborn and set in your ways or are you unpredictable and full of surprises?

Concentration: how good are you at staying on task? how often does your mind wander away or get distracted?

Do you “zone out” easily? procrastinate, self-sabotage, or catastrophize things in your mind?

How about sleep? do you sleep well? too much, not enough? do you feel well-rested when you wake?

Now set a reminder somewhere to check in after a few classes, after a few months of classes, maybe even years of classes to see what has changed.

It seems like a lot to take in, but these are all things yoga has proven to help with. it’s hard to notice what improvements may be brewing in your life when you don’t have a baseline to measure by. when we take the time to assess our current state of being we have a better idea about what goals we might need to work on to achieve balance and wellness in our lives.