Etiquette Archives - Yoga Matters https://yogamattersjersey.uk/category/etiquette/ In Pursuit of Stillness Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://yogamattersjersey.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-yoga_favicon.png Etiquette Archives - Yoga Matters https://yogamattersjersey.uk/category/etiquette/ 32 32 In 2026 ~ The Person coming to save you is YOU ~ https://yogamattersjersey.uk/in-2026-the-person-coming-to-save-you-is-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-2026-the-person-coming-to-save-you-is-you https://yogamattersjersey.uk/in-2026-the-person-coming-to-save-you-is-you/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:54 +0000 https://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=3768 Intro ~ I see that a fashion-tech company has created yoga pants infused with machine learning and Bluetooth technology. Let me tell you now Yogi folks ~ those pants miss the ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/in-2026-the-person-coming-to-save-you-is-you/feed/ 0 NEW YEAR 1654 oooops 2025! ~ is it time? to… step away from the dopamine triggers https://yogamattersjersey.uk/new-year-1654-oooops-2025-is-it-time-to-step-away-from-the-dopamine-triggers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-year-1654-oooops-2025-is-it-time-to-step-away-from-the-dopamine-triggers https://yogamattersjersey.uk/new-year-1654-oooops-2025-is-it-time-to-step-away-from-the-dopamine-triggers/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:10 +0000 https://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=3694 In 1654 Blaise Pascal said “All of humanity’s problem stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone”.  There it is folks! this didn’t just start with the ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/new-year-1654-oooops-2025-is-it-time-to-step-away-from-the-dopamine-triggers/feed/ 0 DO YOUR BEST https://yogamattersjersey.uk/do-your-best/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-your-best https://yogamattersjersey.uk/do-your-best/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:43:29 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=3369 WHAT DOES ‘DO YOUR BEST’ MEAN? You hear it at school, home, work.  Is it just a filler? Something people say when they don’t know what else to say? It ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/do-your-best/feed/ 0 12/4/21 Guidance & Protocols Still With Us https://yogamattersjersey.uk/12-4-21-guidance-protocols-still-with-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-4-21-guidance-protocols-still-with-us https://yogamattersjersey.uk/12-4-21-guidance-protocols-still-with-us/#respond Sat, 10 Apr 2021 18:21:19 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2766 So. 12/4/21. ‘GUIDANCE’ IS STILL WITH US. Risk Assessments, Mitigation Plans and Protocols are STILL WITH US and Gov’t still expects us to promote: …“PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND CLEANLINESS… AT THE ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/12-4-21-guidance-protocols-still-with-us/feed/ 0 SWEATIQUETTE… https://yogamattersjersey.uk/sweatiquette/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sweatiquette https://yogamattersjersey.uk/sweatiquette/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:54:16 +0000 http://79.170.44.83/sitetest24.je/?p=2561 Please respect the need for ‘Sweatiquettes’… we are a tiny studio… one instructor on hand per class to do EVERYTHING… We do not have the resources to hire a team ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/sweatiquette/feed/ 0 CONTAGION ‘MITIGATION’ PLAN https://yogamattersjersey.uk/plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plan https://yogamattersjersey.uk/plan/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:43:15 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2463 ****scroll down to see 26/8/21 ‘Stage 7’ update**** We are so happy and excited to be able to WELCOME YOU BACK to our little Yoga school.  To help you feel ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/plan/feed/ 3 2020/21/22 cv era diary https://yogamattersjersey.uk/coronavirus-11-3-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronavirus-11-3-20 https://yogamattersjersey.uk/coronavirus-11-3-20/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:22:02 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2364 The following is YM record of events/communications to our practitioners and protocols/mitigation updates/ focuses over this era since 11/3/2020 : CONTAGION ‘MITIGATION’ PLAN is a separate document. 29/4/22 ~ ‘De-escalation’ measures ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/coronavirus-11-3-20/feed/ 0 HOW NOW 2020? https://yogamattersjersey.uk/how-now-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-now-2020 https://yogamattersjersey.uk/how-now-2020/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2020 09:39:22 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2248 WHAT.a.year.  It has been MASSIVE in terms of our Yoga community locally AND globally.  The world in its changing feels freefall and less predictable at the moment; where will we ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/how-now-2020/feed/ 0 You are the driver… https://yogamattersjersey.uk/you-are-the-driver/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-are-the-driver https://yogamattersjersey.uk/you-are-the-driver/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:21:30 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2013 Dear Practitioners Having received a parking ticket at Langford Friday evening for forgetting to display ‘time arrived’ (ouch!) it got me thinking on the whole parking and driving to Yoga ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/you-are-the-driver/feed/ 0 getting back to that sacred space https://yogamattersjersey.uk/getting-back-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-back-space https://yogamattersjersey.uk/getting-back-space/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2019 14:08:29 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1991 Excitement is starting to build… We will be starting back with our FULL SCHEDULE ~ YES! Bikram Yoga EVERYDAY! Sometimes TWICE! Because Bikram practitioners deserve to be able to practice ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/getting-back-space/feed/ 1 No Devices in Yoga School https://yogamattersjersey.uk/no-devices-yoga-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-devices-yoga-school https://yogamattersjersey.uk/no-devices-yoga-school/#respond Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:02:37 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1776 Sometimes we have to home in on the ‘etiquettes’ what they are and why we have them so people can work on the same page as us if they wish… ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/no-devices-yoga-school/feed/ 0 Yoga Ethics ~ Part III ~ Niyamas (Observances) https://yogamattersjersey.uk/yoga-ethics-part-iii-niyamas-observances/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yoga-ethics-part-iii-niyamas-observances https://yogamattersjersey.uk/yoga-ethics-part-iii-niyamas-observances/#respond Sun, 27 May 2018 16:06:46 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1623 Remember from Part I & Part II we are focusing in on how you can apply Yoga ethics when you are at Yoga school and on your mat. The Niyamas ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/yoga-ethics-part-iii-niyamas-observances/feed/ 0 Yoga Ethics ~ Part II ~ Yamas (Restraints) https://yogamattersjersey.uk/yoga-ethics-part-ii-yamas-restraints/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yoga-ethics-part-ii-yamas-restraints https://yogamattersjersey.uk/yoga-ethics-part-ii-yamas-restraints/#respond Sun, 20 May 2018 11:53:31 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1602 Remember from Part I that we are focussing in on how you can apply Yoga ethics when you are at Yoga school and on your mat. The ‘Yamas’ are universal ...

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]]> https://yogamattersjersey.uk/yoga-ethics-part-ii-yamas-restraints/feed/ 0 Me? Acting/Bored with Dialogue? No Way! https://yogamattersjersey.uk/bored-dialogue-never/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bored-dialogue-never Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:30:41 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1354 My first Bikram Yoga class was like someone had finally turned the lights on.To some this might sound over the top (I am well aware that not everyone gets this ...

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]]> BELLY UP PART II ~ SEE YOUR BELLY ~ https://yogamattersjersey.uk/belly-part-ii-see-belly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=belly-part-ii-see-belly Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:29:20 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1026 AT THE BEGINNING of a Bikram Yoga Class in ‘Pranayama’ one of the standard phrases in the Bikram dialogue is ‘stomach in…depression of the abdominal wall…ribs stick out’ ‘RIB CAGE ...

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]]> ~ MIRROR MIRROR ~ https://yogamattersjersey.uk/mirror-mirror/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mirror-mirror Sat, 05 Nov 2016 17:30:10 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=992 Do you obey what your eyes show you or do you feel your Yoga? Some might say feeling your Yoga is King but as a beginner the reality can be ...

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]]> Don’t Nourish the Flourish https://yogamattersjersey.uk/careful-y0u-feed-will-flourish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=careful-y0u-feed-will-flourish Fri, 04 Nov 2016 21:22:09 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=986 More experienced students taking places in front few rows please/should be aware of the newbies placed behind them and try to lead by example: remembering not to insert extra movements/quirks/flourishes ...

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]]> Yoga Etiquette Rule #101 Have you got Issues with Your Tissues? https://yogamattersjersey.uk/yoga-etiquette-rule-102-have-you-got-issues-with-your-tissues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yoga-etiquette-rule-102-have-you-got-issues-with-your-tissues Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:42:27 +0000 http://176.32.230.252/yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=564 Q:  WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A RUNNY NOSE IN YOGA CLASS? Do you sniff, wipe, produce your neti pot 🙂 or blow? A:  YOU BLOW! You absolutely need to ...

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]]> Illuminating Standing Resting Position https://yogamattersjersey.uk/illuminating-standing-resting-position/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illuminating-standing-resting-position Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:58:39 +0000 http://176.32.230.252/yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=573 STANDING. Simple in itself but more to it in a practicing Yoga scenario than you might think.  I remember having conversations with fellow Bikram Yogi’s on my training and over ...

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]]> Oh What to Wear to Yoga! https://yogamattersjersey.uk/oh-what-to-wear-to-yoga/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oh-what-to-wear-to-yoga Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:41:30 +0000 http://176.32.230.252/yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=431 mmm I am sure many thousands of hours have been spent contemplating this one around the globe 🙂 For Bikram Yoga keep it simple; less is more. MODESTY PREVAILING of course! ...

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