My very dear yogis,
I hope that all is OK at your end and that you are staying healthy and as sane as possible in the circumstances……
Due to the restrictions the government has placed on the meetings of groups of more than two people I am unable to teach from my studio so I am offering classes on the video conferencing system ZOOM so that anyone who wishes to can take part in the class in the privacy of their own homes.
It won’t be quite the same I am sure but at least this way we can still all “meet” and feel better!
For those of you (like me!) who have not used ZOOM before, the method for joining a zoom class is straightforward:
Points to note:
Please let me know if you have any difficulties with setting up the ZOOM app and I’ll do my best to help: I am busy trialling it this weekend myself!
I am sure the first couple of times we use this app there may be a few teething problems but hopefully this will prove to be a way to keep us all moving, healthy, sane, and feeling connected at a time which is difficult for all of us.
Namaste and see you on the mat soon, one way or another,
Sabina xx
I hope that all is OK at your end and that you are staying healthy and as sane as possible in the circumstances……
Due to the restrictions the government has placed on the meetings of groups of more than two people I am unable to teach from my studio so I am offering classes on the video conferencing system ZOOM so that anyone who wishes to can take part in the class in the privacy of their own homes.
It won’t be quite the same I am sure but at least this way we can still all “meet” and feel better!
For those of you (like me!) who have not used ZOOM before, the method for joining a zoom class is straightforward:
- Zoom is a pretty simple-to-use video calling app which needs no technical “know-how”. All you need to do is to go onto the app store or www.zoom.us to download ZOOM Cloud Meetings onto your device of choice (laptop, phone, ipad etc.).
- Email me to let me know that you wish to join the class via zoom and ensure I have your current email address
- At least an hour before class I will send you a link to the class via email with details of any props you might need
- Five minutes before the class starts you need to activate the link in the email and you will automatically be linked up to the "meeting" and ready to start.
- We will end the class as always and after ending we can all leave messages, feedback etc. on the app so there’s still a feeling of connection.
Points to note:
- I am not licensed to use music over the internet so I’m afraid I will have to teach without music. I am very happy to share my playlists with you on Spotify if you’d like so you can listen to them whilst doing the class.
- If you are able to do the class somewhere quiet, please feel free to leave your audio on so that we can all hear each other talk. If that doesn’t really work or someone has a lot of background noise or is choosing to listen to their own music, I will ask you to mute your connection - you will still hear me but we won’t hear you. (You can do this at any time at your end if you choose to). If this proves a problem, I may choose to mute everyone from my end although at the moment I’d prefer to feel as if I’m not just teaching to a camera!
- At the moment I would ask you not to record live classes. I will be recording separate classes and will make them available on my website as a free resource so watch out for those but please be patient as this may take me a little while: life is quite busy at the moment!…...
- I will be charging a reduced rate of £10 for online classes but if you find this difficult because of changed circumstances due to the virus please talk to me and we can arrange something. Payment for online classes can be done via internet banking: my details are below for those who have not yet used this option.
- Those who are working from home may wish to join other classes than their usual class so I have given a list of non-private classes below: please feel free to ask to join ones you don’t normally come to if that interests you.
Please let me know if you have any difficulties with setting up the ZOOM app and I’ll do my best to help: I am busy trialling it this weekend myself!
I am sure the first couple of times we use this app there may be a few teething problems but hopefully this will prove to be a way to keep us all moving, healthy, sane, and feeling connected at a time which is difficult for all of us.
Namaste and see you on the mat soon, one way or another,
Sabina xx
