First Class:

1) Arrive 15 minutes before your first class.

2) Register at reception or online prior to arriving. Please let your teacher sand BYC staff know if you have any injuries/medical conditions/ are on any medication/ pregnancy etc Please always keep BYC staff and teachers update on your medical information/injuries as and when things change.

3) You will need:
1 x Mat we hire these for £1.50 or you are welcome to bring you own.
2 x bath size towels. One for putting on your mat & one should you wish to shower afterwards. We hire towels for £1.50/towel.
Water – we sell 500ml Belu for £0.60 (all of Belu’s profits go to Wateraid)
Change of clothes. You will get very sweaty so will not want to go home in your kit.
£1 or locker token for our lockers.

4)Hydration is imperative for a good bikram hot yoga class. This does not mean down a litre of water straight before class, simply try to drink enough thought the day or day before you come to class. Doctors estimate around 2ltrs a day for normal body maintenance.  Water is only part of the hydration story, we also need out electrolytes. For more information CLICK HERE.
5) Water, you will want to take water into the room with you. We do not have anywhere to fill up water but we do sell 500ml Belu Water (all of Belu’s profits go to Wateraid) for £0.60 or please bring you own water.

6) We advice never coming to class on an empty stomach. Your body needs full to power you though class so we would advice eating something 2 to 3hrs before class.  Your probably do not want to eat directly before class, as with any form of strenuous exercise eating straight before can lead to nausea. For more information of food & bikram hot yoga CLICK HERE.

7) Set yourself up in one of the aloted space in the second or the third row (the front row is the row in front on the mirror). As the class is a dialogue class, everything you need to know is in your teachers words, however it can be helpful to have the visual of someone in front of you.

8) We don’t drink water for the first few postures to allow our body to warm up. The teacher will let you know when the first official water break is. There after, please feel free to drink sips of water as and when you want it. Please drink between postures and not while other practitioners are in a posture.

9) Be kind to yourself and listen to your body. Your first class is about acclimatising yourself to the room and feeling out where your body is in the postures. If you need to at any point feel free to sit down. No posture should be painful. If you do feel pain, ease off and let your teacher know.

10) Breathe (in and out through your nose, this is one of the keys to having an awesome class! Never hold you breath, especially in postures and apart from the two breathing exercises that bookend the series, always breathe in out and out through your nose, never your mouth.)

11) Each class lasts 90/75 minutes and consists of the same 26 postures, in the same order, therefore you will see your strength and flexibility improve class by class.

12) Wear light workout clothing that protects your modesty in an array of different postures. We advice no white – white goes see through when wet and you will be sweating a lot. (For a few more does and don’t CLICK HERE.
13) Have fun, its only yoga after all.