We are so excited for you to join us IN-PERSON in East Lansing, Michigan…

All waivers, forms, and purchases are electronic and must be done online before you arrive to our facility.  We do not take walk-ins.

Advance reservations for all classes are very strongly encouraged.  We have a limited number of spaces for each session; this allows for plenty of space and healthy CO2 levels in the room, and makes it possible for our instructors to pay excellent attention to each practitioner.

If you have any tech issues, please contact us in advance, and we will be glad to assist you!

If you have an active membership, you may arrive without booking in advance, but space in class is not guaranteed.

Recommended: Download the Wellness Living ACHIEVE App

For easiest booking and cancellation, we recommend using the ACHIEVE app on your cell phone, downloadable for your Android here or iPhone here.

OR: Book on the website here (scroll down)

Check out this video for step-by-step instruction on how to book and cancel if you’re on this website on a desktop computer:

IN-PERSON or LIVE-STREAMED Booking

Please look carefully at the schedule to make sure you book the correct class format (i.e. In-Person or Live-Stream/Online).  If you book the wrong class, you can always cancel it and rebook.

CANCELLATIONS

If you need to cancel your booking, you can do that in the app, or right here on the schedule page.  Make sure to cancel at least four hours prior the start of class time in order to avoid late-cancel / no-show fees and to make space and time for someone else to take your spot.

PRE-RECORDED Booking

For those using pre-recorded audio or video classes from our members’ classroom:

1. You will need to have a membership which includes access to the Members’ Classroom/Library.  These are activated manually.  Once you contact us to request access, it will take up to 48 hours for account set-up.
2. Book yourself for a PRE-RECORDED class, anytime before 10:00 pm on the day that you practice.
3. Log-in to the Members’ Classroom to choose your recorded class to practice to.

Empty Stomach

Yoga should always be practiced on an empty stomach.  When you are digesting food, the human system diverts circulation and energy to digestion rather than to systemic circulation, to the skin, and to the brain.

Furthermore, when you are digesting food, the body cannot cool itself efficiently.

Extra hydration

It is important to drink pure water in the 1-2 hours prior to class.  16-32 extra ounces of water in this time period is a good place to start.

Please note: NO GLASS CONTAINERS are permitted anywhere in the building.

We go barefoot everywhere, and our non-slip tiles throughout the building cause glass to break very easily.

$10 Credit Card Minimum

Members and guests with a card on file may add any increment of $10 to their account and then use those funds to purchase small items (e.g. Mat Rental, boxed water, electrolyte packet).  You may also pay for small items with cash.

Please make sure you are in the front lobby no later than 5 minutes before the class time.  At 5 minutes before class, any no-show bookings will be given to any students who are waiting for an open spot.

Planning a few extra minutes for early arrival will set you up for success in your yoga practice.

The front lobby doors are locked shortly before the listed class time so that we can 1) start and end on time, 2) practice our concentration skills as a group, and 3) strengthen personal accountability for self-care.

Once we’re in the yoga room, we stay!

If on a rare occasion, you arrive to the building after we have started class, we know it is a bummer.  We do not admit late arrivals, and the teacher will not disrupt the yoga concentration session in order to respond to people knocking on the front windows (i.e. don’t do it!).

Come to your next yoga session with extra time to spare.

Please set up your mat in one of the marked spots in the room, and have your water with you.  The mirrors are at the front of the room; your mat goes just behind any of the white marked lines.

In order to create a focused, distraction-free, and clean practice environment, we do not permit phones, bags, and purses, or other personal items in the yoga room.

There is no such thing as “my spot” in the room.  Be flexible with where you practice.  (Never ask someone to move out of a spot that you like or have gotten attached to.)

That being said, we do assist a few specific practitioners with getting a spot that our director has deemed to be necessary for accessibility reasons. So, a teacher – or someone designated by the teacher – may ask you to move out of a spot on occasion. Your adaptability is part of the yoga practice.

Be ready to practice, on your mat, at least 2 minutes before the listed class time.

For safety reasons, NO GLASS CONTAINERS permitted anywhere in the building.

Enjoy the amazing feeling of being in the hot room!

Practicing Pure Effort & Non-Attachment

The only thing you need to do is breathe and try to pay attention.  Everything else you simply try.

Transforming Judgment and Becoming Free

If at first you feel judgmental or negative about your abilities, this is totally normal.  At first we tend to bring all of our baggage into the room with us.

However, you will learn non-judgment – and an incredible respect for and love of the body – with a consistent practice.

What If I Don’t Know Any Yoga Poses?

The teacher will give detailed instruction on how to do each posture.  In every class you will learn a little bit more about the posture, and a lot more about your own self!

Regulating Effort and Taking Responsibility for Yourself

If you ever feel overwhelmed or a little lightheaded in the standing series, please remember that you are in charge of your breathing and your intensity.  Regulate your effort by backing off, sitting upright to rest on your mat at any time if needed.  Once your breathing regulates you can join us again in the postures.

Keep It Simple and Practice Stillness

The body and mind will try to fidget….until you train them not to.  When taking a break, hold still and concentrate on breathing smoothly with your mouth closed.   Do not practice other postures if you are struggling with the ones we are doing.  By practicing stillness and breathing by the nose, you will train the nervous system to balance out, and you will fundamentally shift your whole system.

Save Questions for After Class

On occasion, time-permitting, Ann may solicit questions during a practice session.  However, 99% of the time be prepared to save simple questions for a front-desk chat after class.  Our yoga method is a concentration class that creates much of its benefit from uninterrupted focus on the breath and the words.  More detailed questions may be addressed in a private lesson with Ann.

We have multiple showers in each changing room, so you can go straight to your next important appointment.

In order to keep our space clean and fresh for the next person, we request that you pick up after yourself (e.g. hair out of drains, tidy any small messes).

Please vacate the building by 20 minutes after the end of the yoga session.

Hydrate after class and throughout the day.

Enjoy the amazing feeling of having done your yoga for the day!  There is nothing else like it!!

We recommend trying 5-10 classes in the shortest time period possible.  It takes about 3 weeks for the body to make its initial acclimation to the heat, and as you practice each class, you will learn breathing techniques which actually help you cool your system!