Queer Yoga @ The Yoga Shala

April Schedule

• Friday 3rd:Slow Flow with Adri (she/they)
• Monday 6th: Yin/Restorative with Ruth (she/her)
• Friday 10th: Flow and Restore with Annabel (they/them)
• Monday 13th: Yin/Restorative with Sophie (she/they)
• Friday17th: Slow Flow with Claire (she/they)
• Monday 20th: Flow with Oli (he/him)
• Friday 24th: Flow and Restore with Jenni (she/they)
• Monday 27th: Flow with Calum (he/him)

About the event

We hope to create a yoga community for queer folks to enjoy group practice and connect with others. Our classes will follow a focus on finding some time for you, away from judgement or comparisons. We invite you to take some time to notice how you feel and move in anyway that feels right for you, with options to connect with your breath. We encourage choice in your practice and there are never any expectations on how you practice that day.

The classes will be run various members of our teaching team, usually with one lead teacher and one supporting.

These classes are for those in the LGBTQ+ community. Open to all levels of experience. We will have around a 60 minute movement and meditation practice, followed by some optional time (around 30 minutes) for a tea and chat. Group size will be up to 14 people.

You should be able to get yourself up and down from the floor as we do not have any chairs at the studio (unless you have a wheelchair). Please get in touch with us before class if you are practicing in your chair, so the teachers can be prepared. If you are unsure if class will meet your access needs, or if you have any other questions about the practice, please get in touch .

Pricing

We offer tiered ticket options to help make our classes as financially accessible as possible. Please pay what you are able - something that isn’t an overstretch for you, but that helps keep our sliding scale sustainable so we can continue offering these classes.

Here’s a guide to help you choose:

• Free ticket: Please select this if you would not otherwise be able to attend a paid class. For example, if you are unwaged, have no financial resources, or are navigating the immigration system. See below for further terms and conditions for these tickets.
• Low income ticket: Please choose this if you are on a low income or receiving financial support (e.g. universal credit, disability benefits or similar)
• General admission ticket: Please choose this if you can comfortably meet your basic needs (e.g. rent, bills, food) and have some expendable income.
• Pay it forward ticket: Please choose this if you can comfortably meet your needs and would like to help cover the cost for someone who otherwise couldn’t attend.

Your donation supports our community teachers and helps cover venue hire so we can continue offering these inclusive spaces.

Refunds are eligible up to 24 hours before class start time - we will struggle to fill your space with short notice. If you are unable to make a class and are willing to offer your ticket to someone else please feel free to email us or share on our Whatsapp Community.

Three free tickets are available for every class, generously sponsored by the National Lottery Community Fund. These free tickets are intended to be used by anyone for whom the cost of a paid ticket is too high a barrier to accessing the class.

We anticipate that these tickets will be popular so we ask that you are respectful of the intention of these. If you find yourself no longer able to attend a session, please still cancel your free ticket through Eventbrite as this allows someone else to use the space instead. Our cancellation policy remains 24 hours for free tickets. If you hold a free ticket and cancel within 24 hours of class or do not show up to class more than twice, we will send you a reminder message of our free ticket policy. If you cancel or no show three times, we will unfortunately not be able to support you with free tickets any further. Thank you for your understanding!

We will be holding the sessions at The Yoga Shala on Trafalgar Street near Leith. There are bus links close to the studio for buses 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 21. There is some on street parking around the area.

The venue is situated on ground floor. There is a spacious single stall all gender toilet available at the studio, without grabrails. Door width to enter the studio is 34 inches wide.

When arriving at the building the front door should be open with someone to welcome you and direct you to the space.

On Monday evenings: Please aim to arrive no earlier than 5-10 minutes before class starts - this is because another class finishes around 7.30pm there.

On Friday evenings: There is no class directly before us.

Mats, blocks, and other yoga props (bolsters, straps, eye pillows) will be provided. We suggest you wear comfy clothes you can freely move in (joggers, shorts, T-shirts etc). You are welcome to bring a water bottle if you'd like, plus any other item you'd like to use with you during class.

We will usually have some quiet music playing during the class. The space where we'll be practising has windows so the studio will be naturally lit for daytime classes, with warm low lighting for evening classes. There may be sounds of traffic and people passing on the street.

If you have any questions at all, please get in touch. Hope to see you there!

www.queeryogaedinburgh.co.uk

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