Your first class

• Arrive 15 minutes early to register. Classes are 90 minutes. Be prepared to work hard and sweat.
  

• Mats, towels and water are available.
  

• Women wear sport shorts, athletic bra tops, leotards. Men wear sport shorts.
  

• Yoga is best practiced on an empty stomach. It is recommended that you do not eat at least 2 hours before class.
  

• Make sure you are well hydrated by drinking plenty of water throughout the day.
  

• Do not wear perfume or any scent; leave your shoes outside the room and turn your cell phone off.
  

• Mention any injuries or special condition to the teacher at the beginning of the class so that she/he can better guide you.
  

• Bring an open mind and a positive attitude.
  

Your practice

• No experience or flexibility is required! Yoga is for everybody. As Bikram says it: 'In this class, we’re all beginners – it’s never too late, it’s never too bad, you’re never too old and never too sick to start from scratch once again!'
  

• In order to be wholly effective, Bikram Yoga must be practiced daily or on a regular basis without long lapses in time inbetween. A minimum commitment of 10 lessons in 30 days is asked if you are to derive maximum benefits from Yoga.
  

• Abandon the competitive mind-set. Bikram Yoga makes the body stronger, more flexible, and healthier. The goal is to calm the mind, open the heart and accelerate our evolution through self observation.
  

• Keep your eyes on your own practice. We practice from the inside out. You know you are truly focused if you accomplish stillness in your practice while breathing normally.
  

• Be kind, loving and accepting to yourself. Do what you can, with what you have, with where you are. Wherever, whenever in our life we begin yoga, is perfect.