My new favorite class has to be Friday Night Flow at Sadhana with instructor Ame. The class is 7:30-9PM every Friday night. I’ve only been a few times now but the class is always full. What’s great is there’s definitely a crowd that you can tell is there each week but there’s always new faces mixed in too.
Ame starts each class by saying “I’m not here to teach you what you’re doing right or wrong — I’m here to make sure you have fun.” — or something more or less to the extent. She follows this by saying “The music is meant to be loud – if you can’t hear me, it doesn’t matter.” I have to say, she sets the right tone to end the week and sweat out all the bad stuff.
So the music is loud (she takes requests), the studio stays relatively dim and Ame pretty much lets you do your thing. Every class has a free-style 10 minutes where you can do whatever moves you — even if that means breaking into dance. In fact, sometimes class turn into a full fledged dance party – that is if everyone agrees not to look around the studio too much (you know so no one’s embarrassed). And even better, the last 30-40 min of class are super mellow so you leave fully relaxed and ready for the weekend.
All in all I say very much worth a try — if you like to shake your butt in Utkatasana, check it out.
I own a Vancouver yoga studio and love reading about the different classes offered in other parts of the world here on your blog. Thank you!