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| Anyone have a rule of thumb for space needs for a yoga studio? I have a 450 sq foot space I am thinking of turning into a yoga studio. I am thinking about cutting that down by 50-60ft so, if I want about 8-10 people in the room, how much space should I have?? |
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If you figure enough room for spread arms, say 2 metres,
and for jump-through and jump-back, say 3 metres,
then you need 6 metres squared per person...say about
65 sq.ft. per person. This, of course, is based on the idea
that people won't be adjusting for crowded space so as not to
hit one another or a wall. |
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| Dear DocOyster:
In space of 400 sq ft, you should be able to have 7 students and yourself in a comfortable way. I can use that space to teach 4 students while making use of the entire room, and also I can teach 25 students in that room. All this depends on what and how you teach. For an average student and teacher, I suggest not more than 7 students.
Neel Kulkarnni
www.authenticyoga.org |
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| Doc - my home studio is 13 x 29 (377 sq ft) and eight students fit well before I used some of it up with props etc. Even with a big table, a stereo stand (no, I don't have the music on while the studentsare there!!  ) and a big pile of blankets, 6 students fit comfortably. You could probably squeeze in 25 or so if they are from India. I hear they are "mat-to-mat" there a lot  |
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| Get some friends, family to help you out here. Have as many as possible lie on the floor at the same time and do "snow angels". The snow angel test is how I decide whether or not I have enough room to practice in a given space.
If 10 people can comfortably make snow angels at the same time then you can have classes with 10 people in them. |
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| my yoga room in my house is only a 10 x 12 ft room. i can only fit 5 people in. we're close, but no one kicks each other. |
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| Ha! I'm learning how to do yoga in my motorhome. There is barely the room. I have a long spot that fits the mat, and one location where I can stretch both arms out to the side - just barely. I brush the ceiling when I bring my arms over my head while standing.
But this is my home now, and I'll just have to learn how to deal with the space constraint!
Thank goodness so many of the asanas are linear.
Audrey |
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Location: A Blue State | Miabella704 - 2005-08-10 9:11 AM
Get some friends, family to help you out here. Have as many as possible lie on the floor at the same time and do "snow angels". The snow angel test is how I decide whether or not I have enough room to practice in a given space.
If 10 people can comfortably make snow angels at the same time then you can have classes with 10 people in them.
I like that snow-angel measurement! I find that I am variously dodging door knobs,
bed frames, and potted plants, but somehow I am still able to do mandalasana in
my carved out little space. When the kids grow up, I will take over the house...heh heh heh. |
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| Bay Guy - I now have the "guest room" and the former "family room" (aka the teen's party room with the now discarded disgusting brown "barf carpet" as DH calls it) set up for yoga. We have bolsters and blocks in the living room and I am eyeing the downstairs bedroom for a prop room for the studio. For some reason the kids still expect us to have room for them when they come home to visit!!!   It is amazing how two people can fill a 4 bedroom house... |
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I am so envious. I have problems in my little space...For parsva ekapada sarvangasana,
e.g., one foot always seems to land on the rolled up rug rather than the floor. And
mandalasana usual involves tip-toeing past various objects on the side. As for practicing
jumpings, I usually have to watch out for the wall behind me and the furniture in front!
I can manage it until I start jumping through to arm balances, like chakorasana, which
require you to move your hands back, so that your position for the next jumping may have
shifted. And, if I do my handstands too far to the right, my toes will brush the sloping
ceiling of the room.
On the other hand, I love having my kids around, and I secretly like helping my daughter
with her homework while I'm practicing. |
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| Where's the esteemed LoraB on this? She's studied long and hard on yoga space design. |
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