Why I Ask You to Try 6 Sessions (But Shall I Force You To?)

When someone new joins my class, I always say the same thing: give it six sessions. Not one, not two — six, back to back if you can manage it.

Here's why. One class tells you almost nothing. Your body is still figuring out the room, the flow, the teacher's terrible jokes. By session six, something shifts. You start recognising the sequence before I say it. You notice which poses your body was avoiding and why. You start feeling the thing you actually came for — better sleep, a quieter mind, a back that doesn't complain on stairs. Six sessions is roughly the point where yoga stops being an event you attend and starts becoming a habit you keep.

Consistency is doing most of the work here, not intensity.

So yes, I'll say it every time: six sessions, if you can.

Hexagon - nature's hint

There's a reason I keep landing on the number six. Think of a honeycomb. Bees didn't vote on the hexagon or hire a consultant — six sides is simply what emerges when you build with steady, repeated effort and nothing wasted. It's the shape nature settles into when small, consistent motions stack up: strong, efficient, no gaps, no wobble. One cell alone doesn't hold much. But show up six times, one honest hexagon after another, and suddenly you've got a structure that holds weight, holds shape, holds up over time.

Your practice works the same way. No single class is the point. It's the quiet, repeated shape of showing up — session after session — that eventually builds something sturdy underneath you, without you even noticing it happening.

But here's the other half of it — I do not want enforce that.

I've been in yoga teacher forums, and I know how common it is to lock people in: mandatory session blocks, no cancellations, no refunds, waitlist so long that missing your slot means losing your spot entirely. I understand the business logic. I just don't think it's yogic.

Yoga, at its heart, is about listening to your body without judgement — not signing a contract that overrides it. If life happens and you miss a week, or three, that's not a violation, that's just being human. I'm not going to bolt the door behind you.

I also can't offer discounts for committing early — my fees are already about as low as they can go, because this was never meant to be a business. It's meant to be accessible. What I can offer instead is flexibility: come when you can, pause when you need to, return whenever you're ready, no penalty, no guilt, no re-enrollment gauntlet.

My only real pitch is this: the six sessions aren't a rule I'm imposing on you. They're a gift I'm suggesting you give yourself. What you do with that suggestion is entirely up to you — and you're welcome regardless.

See you on the mat, however often that turns out to be.