Traditionally, yoga was shared between one teacher and one student.

Private yoga classes take into consideration your personal fitness level, stress level, injuries and personal goals. Your instructor can help with more physical adjustments and assisted stretching than would ever be possible in any class size.

Learning subtle alignment adjustments can help you create a strong foundation and understanding of yoga that will ultimately develop a stronger, safer yoga practice. Every person is unique and has a different level of body awareness. Aligning your body properly allows the body to heal itself.

Reasons to take private yoga lessons:

• New to yoga

Often group classes can be overwhelming with a pace that is too fast for a beginner. Students benefit immensely from receiving an instructor's complete attention, receiving hands on adjustments to ensure that you develop a safe and beneficial yoga practice. You will develop a true understanding of the fundamentals of yoga poses and breathing techniques rather than getting lost in the speed of a group class.

• Decrease the Risk of Injury

In a private yoga class, you are never left on your own. You are safely guided through the series of poses. People often become competitive or overly ambitious in group classes and attempt to do the full version of a pose before their bodies are actually ready to, especially Type A personalities! In a private yoga class, your instructor always keeps tabs on what is appropriate for you and makes adjustments accordingly.

• Work toward a specific goal

Maybe you want to work on arm balances or backbends. You will learn how to build a sequence of poses that lead to preparing the body for specific poses.

• Develop a home practice

A private instructor can customize a series of energizing or relaxing yoga sequences to do in the morning, during your workday, or in the evening.

• Busy schedules that do not allow time to travel to a public class and find a class suited to your needs

Private yoga classes conveniently adhere to your schedule. Many people are too busy to get in the car, brave traffic, find parking, and practice yoga for an hour at a gym or studio, only to get back in the car and back into traffic… that leaves you anything but relaxed. Your Instructor can come to your home at a time that is convenient for you and design a class for you.

• Your needs come first
  Private yoga classes are customized to an individual's specific needs, focusing on therapeutic benefits for injuries, stress or emotional situations.

• If you feel distracted and competitive in a yoga class, a private class can be the perfect solution to going inward with a deeper focus.