MYSORE CLASS

Sundays-Fridays 7:00-10:00 AM

LED ASHTANGA FULL PRIMARY

First Friday of every month 7:45-9:15 AM (with some exceptions)

CHANTING

Sundays 10:00-10:30 AM

Considerations:

*no class on moon days, see below. for dates.

*If you are a complete beginner please arrive between 7:30 AM and 9:00AM

*no Mysore on Sundays when there is an Ashtanga Masterclass

See below for detailed daily schedule

The Mysore Program at Innocere provides a sacred container for dedicated Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa practice and learning, 6 mornings a week. The classes are conducted in a room-temperature room (not hot) and will be self-guided. The teacher is present to support your self-practice by teaching you the breathing and sequences as they apply to your unique circumstances.

You are free to enter the room and start your practice at 7 AM. However, because Mysore classes are self-guided, you can begin at any time during the class window. Please do not arrive for your practice later than 30 minutes before the class window closes, so that you can have at least half an hour of practice time.

The Mysore Program is not open on either full or new moons, nor on major holidays. See below for the Moon Days/Holidays schedule, so you do not show up to a class that is not happening.

Sam's teaching is grounded in the classical Ashtanga tradition, having studied extensively with renowned masters including Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor & Manju Jois. Sam has taught across the world—from his three years as principal teacher at Ashtanga Yoga Berlin to workshops in the very birthplace of yoga in India—Sam brings a wealth of experience while maintaining the personalized attention that makes each student's journey meaningful.

Sam's own journey with yoga began in the heated rooms of hot yoga studios, where he first discovered the power of breath and movement. For years, he dedicated himself to this practice before encountering the precise alignment principles of Iyengar Yoga, which deepened his understanding of the body's wisdom and potential.

But it was a single Mysore class that changed everything. Enchanted by the profound method of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, Sam discovered a practice — and passion — that would become his life's work.

Sam's teaching style embodies a unique balance—gentle enough to meet students exactly where they are, yet precise enough to guide them toward authentic transformation. He understands that each practitioner comes to the mat with their own background and possibilities. "The practice must serve the student, not the other way around," Sam often reminds his students. This philosophy infuses every class, workshop, and private session with compassion while preserving the structure that makes Ashtanga Yoga so transformative.

For Your Own Experience and Benefit

• If you are a raw beginner and not already familiar with the practice then do not worry, because the teacher is there to teach you.

• Practice what supports YOU. It can be a 30-minute-long practice or a 2-hour long practice. It can be prāṇāyāma, meditation, restorative, āsana based on the Ashtanga Vinyāsa yoga sequences, or a combination of those types of practices. We are here to make sure your practice takes into account everything you show up with. If you aren’t sure what to do, that’s what the teachers are there for. Just ask.

• Communicate to the teacher when something doesn’t feel right, whether it’s an adjustment, a posture, a sequence, or anything that’s affecting your experience in the Mysore room.

• Please inform the teacher of any issues or injuries that you may be dealing with.

• Practice in flexible, and seasonally appropriate clothing. Do not wear socks or too baggy clothing.

• Profuse sweating is normal, especially in the beginning, so it can be helpful to bring items such as a “Mysore-rug”, a mat-sized towel, and/or hand towels. Enjoy your sweat and give yourself the reassurance that a good sweaty warm up is one of the best protections against injury.

• Take at least a 5-minute Śavāsana at the end of your practice. Arguably, the most important pose before you move on with the rest of your day, as it helps to deeply integrate the efforts of your practice and settle the nervous system. Mastering your Śavāsana is a good goal to have.

For the Experience and Benefit of Others (and yours)

• Help to create a focus for your co-practitioners by keeping talking and noise to a minimum. If you must talk, please use a quiet voice, silence really is golden. Full conversations can be had outside of the practice space in the entryway, or next-door at Café Tere.

• Please arrive to practice clean and with clean clothing, and try not to use any self-care products with heavy scents or perfumes.

• Please bring only what you really need into the practice room, like props and sweat towels. Do not leave personal items like glasses or jewellery on the floor. Leave mat-bags or sweaters on the bench at the back of the room until needed. More space in the practice room makes it easier for the students and the teacher to move around freely.

• Please stay home if you are feeling under the weather. In an effort to protect the health, focus, and shared experience in the Mysore room, please do take rest and recuperate as long as needed. Once you are no longer contagious with anything, feel free to return to class anytime.

For a Smooth Closing

• If you are in Śavāsana within the last 5 minutes of the class and if you are able to, please stay until the end for the sound bowl to sing.

• We play the sound bowl when the Mysore class is finished, to close the space together. Enjoy in Śavāsana until the bowl is done singing, after which you are welcome to come out of Śavāsana in a slow and mindful way.

Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa is a particular style of yoga practice that originated in southern India about a century ago. However, the principles and philosophy of the practice stretches back aeons. Notably, the ancient Indian sage Patañjali’s treatise Yoga Sutra, written around the 2nd century BCE, figures prominently in Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa lore. The name “Ashtanga” itself means “eight-limbs” and is a reference to Patañjali’s work, which contextualizes this practice. Vinyāsa, one of the most popular styles of yoga practiced today, was likely invented by the 20th-century yoga master Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. Vinyāsa means to order things in a special way, linking movement with (ujjāyī) breathing, and implies a step-by-step process. One of Krishnamacharya’s most famous students was Pattabhi Jois, who popularized Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa internationally, and helped to create the vinyāsa sequences as they are known and practiced today. The Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa yoga tradition includes 3 major categories of postures, subdivided into 6 complete sequences, known most commonly as: The Primary Series, The Intermediate Series, and the Advanced or “Proficient” Series, which itself now consists of four individual series. The Proficient grouping of postures is referred to variously as “Advanced A, B, C, and D” or “Third Series, Fourth Series, Fifth Series, and The Sixth Series.” Every “Ashtangi” starts their practice with The Primary Series. Primary Series focuses on forward folding, and in yogic terms is predominately āpanic in nature. Even as they eventually learn the subsequent series, all practitioners of Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa continue to refine and practice this initial sequence. Sequences are often taught in the more common led-class style, where all students practice in unison and synchronization like a school of fish, but Mysore style classes are the preferred method for deeper learning…

Mysore classes are most often conducted 6 days a week in the early morning. There is a starting time and ending time, but students are free to arrive and leave at any time during this class window. Students learn individually in a group setting, through one on one interactions with the presiding teacher. This is an ideal way for the teacher to address your unique questions and concerns about the practice, which you learn to make your own, meeting your own circumstances compassionately. Everyone starts by learning the sequence known as “The Primary Series”, which can take several years to work through. Entering a Mysore class is like entering a yoga workshop, where every individual is focusing quietly on their own practice, at their own pace.

Mysore style refers to a type of group class which originated almost 100 years ago in the southern Indian city of Mysore, now called Mysuru. The yoga master Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya taught yoga first at the Sanskrit College in Mysore, and later was given a wing of the Jaganmohan Palace by the Maharaja of Mysore to start the Yogaśālā, an independent yoga institution. This is where the “Mysore style” tradition of independent practice in a group setting likely began, a method which is akin to the original tradition of yoga wisdom transmission, namely a 1:1 relationship between the teacher and the student. Years later, Krishnamacharya’s student Pattabhi Jois would teach this method to his family as well as scores of local and international students, which led to the spread of Mysore style classes/programs around the world. Traditionally, Mysore classes will be conducted in the early morning, six days a week, with no classes occurring on full and new moons, or on major holidays. Sutra fourteen from the first section of Patañjali’s Yoga Sutra extols this approach, which the notable scholar Barbara Stoler Miller translates as: “This practice is firmly grounded when it is performed for a long time without interruption and with zeal.” To be clear, Patañjali was not advocating that the posture series of Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa be practiced in the aforementioned way—they hadn’t even been invented yet—but that the practice of stilling the mind must be continued enthusiastically over a long period of time in order for the practice to bear its fruits.

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