Hatha: from your first class to a practice of your own

Sample A sample shows how a path works. You can’t sign up for it: you sign up for classes with the masters on the map.

A path card is a reference to masters’ classes on the map, not a curriculum: the school sets no outcomes, does not check them and issues nothing.

1. Cohort meeting

   Introductions, each person’s step by their own reckoning, agreements on rhythm and on how to talk about how you feel. The mentor leads the meeting in their own name and on their own terms.

2. Two classes a week

   Hatha with different masters on the map — so you see one pose and many ways to explain it.

   abso.live/map?dir=hatha ↗ (opens in a new tab)
3. Practice at home

   Ten minutes in the morning: tadasana, downward dog, tree. Notes go in “My path”.

4. Open class

   Whenever the group wants: everyone shows what they want to show, and the mentor leads a review without grades. This is not a finale and not a test.

Safety

• Yoga here is practice, not treatment: the school makes no diagnoses and promises no health benefits.
• Tell the master about injuries and how you feel before class. Inversions — only with a master.
• With health conditions or pregnancy — check with a doctor.

In every path and programme the school publishes

• Entry step and goal — on the AbsoLive 0–10 ladder
• Stages: which classes, what practice between them, where the open class is
• A master or mentor with a name and a page on AbsoLive
• Safety: what to ask before starting, where the activity area’s limits lie
• Terms for every class: a price or “free”, cancellation and refund — before sign-up; no non-refundable payments and no cancellation penalties
• Length — “an estimate” or “a sample”, not a promise
• For body and movement — the line “with health conditions or pregnancy — check with a doctor”