Despite the fact that I’m rarely motivated to try a new-to-me yoga class—especially at one of the many big-box-style studios popping up everywhere with their sleek cubbies and branded tank tops—I recently stepped outside my comfort zone to take a class at YogaSix. Billed as a modern yoga boutique, the brand has opened more than 200 locations across the U.S., quickly becoming najväčšia franšíza jogy v Spojených štátoch a rozšíril sa medzinárodne Nemecko a Japonsko . In a post-pandemic time when many independent studios have closed their doors, that kind of growth is hard to ignore. So while I prefer practicing yoga at small, independent studios, I signed up for a restorative class at my local YogaSix to see what’s drawing so many people in. Having practiced an array of yoga styles for more than a decade, I wondered whether this modern, chain-studio version of yoga could possibly work for someone like me.
Pre mnohých môžem predpokladať iba štruktúrovaný formát, konzistentné štúdiové značky a zmysel pre komunitu, ktorý tu prichádza s pravidelným, by mohol osloviť niekoho nového na jogu alebo hľadať vstupný bod s nízkym bránom. Je tu prístupná v chodníku do priestoru známeho pocitu, bez ohľadu na to, v ktorom meste ste. To je príťažlivosť franšízy, však? Viete, čo môžete očakávať, bez ohľadu na mesto alebo štúdio.
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Yogasix neponúka tradičné kurzy jogy (ani o ňu netvrdia), ale skôr štýl fúzie, ktorý sa stáva populárnym v mnohých telocvičniach a štúdiách. Rozhodol som sa vziať obnovenie Y6, ktorá je opísaná ako prax na uvoľnenie hlavných svalových skupín celého tela a koná sa v teplej miestnosti. Zvyčajne sa vyhýbam vyhrievanou jogou ako osobnú preferenciu, ale bol som zvedavý na výber štúdia pridať teplé prostredie do štýlu jogy známej pre jej relaxačné a pomalé pohyby.
Despite my initial panic when I started to sweat before class even began, I tried to keep an open mind. The room was dark, which was ideal, but when dramatic neon blue and green stage lights turned on, the room felt more like a nightlife venue than a yoga studio to me.
Napriek tomu sa zdalo upokojujúce a príjemné, že učiteľ už pred príchodom vytvoril rekvizity pre každého študenta. Yogasix má svoju vlastnú verziu podradeného, ktorý nazývajú vankúš. Je v tvare podradenia, ale je tiež veľmi mäkký a nie taký robustný ako typický podpora. Keď som ho použil pod nohami v Savasane, ponúkala menšiu podporu, ako som bol zvyknutý na moju spodnú časť chrbta. Učiteľ nám tiež dal zamatové vankúšové prípady, aby sme ich obliekli, čo zmiernilo môj vnútorný zárodok. (Vo väčšine štúdií len robíte mier so skutočnosťou, že rekvizity videli veľa použitia - a pravdepodobne absorbovali veľa potu. Pokúste sa o tom príliš nemyslieť.)
For the majority of the class, the vibe was a hybrid between a stretching class and physical therapy, except when it turned into a workout class, in which the teacher cued reps of Chair Pose. She mostly offered verbal cues, which were a little too vague to follow without a visual demonstration. There were very few variations offered and, more than once, I found myself lingering in limbo because I didn’t want to do the stretch as she showed it, but I didn’t know what else to do with my body.
She did, however, make an intentional effort to cue students to breathe multiple times throughout class, which I appreciated. She guided our awareness to specific areas of the body—like the ribs and belly—where we could direct the breath. Her prompts to notice where the breath is in different poses helped me deepen my stretches and relax more fully into each posture.
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In the Y6 Restore class I attended, the teacher put her hands on me to adjust my leg in Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose without asking. I was surprised and disappointed, as in recent years, there’s been increased awareness surrounding student consent when it comes to a teacher’s hands-on adjustments. Different studios tend to handle the matter differently. Some have strict policies, whereas others leave it to the teacher’s discretion. In my class, when the teacher later returned to offer an adjustment, she did ask for consent beforehand, and when I said no, she respected that.
While in Corpse Pose at the end of class for Savasana, Etta James played loudly while the teacher handed out cold lavender-scented towels for our eyes during the final resting pose. (I don’t mind Etta, but this felt out of place to me.)
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For a week following my class, I received several texts, calls, and voicemails from both a wellness advisor and the yoga teacher at Yoga Six asking me if I was interested in continuing my yoga journey with them. I’m not used to that level of follow-up after a first class and it turned me off to the experience. (I usually practice at small, independent studios where that kind of post-class outreach isn’t the norm.) After the fifth time I was contacted, I opted to block the number. Ultimately, this wasn’t the type of yoga class I want to take again.
Of course, this was just one class at one YogaSix studio with one teacher. I can’t speak for the entire brand or the experience someone else might have in a different class or city. But I can say that, for me, this version of yoga—highly structured, branded, and studio-lit—felt worlds apart from what originally drew me to the practice.
Stále dostávam odvolanie. Tieto druhy štúdií ponúkajú známy, opakovateľný zážitok bez ohľadu na to, kde ste. A možno je to kompromis: niečo prístupnejšie, aj keď je menej osobný a ďaleko od mojej preferovanej praxe. Možno, že budúcnosť jogy vytvára priestor pre obidve - pre bzučiaceho butikového prístupu a tichšie tradície, ktoré nás udržujú vracaním sa k našim rohožam z dôvodov, ktoré nemožno vždy označiť.
