COVID safe yoga in Adelaide

Yoga Spirit Studios is COVID-safe

May all beings in every realm be happy, joyful and free from suffering, centered in Essence Being.
May it be so!

For the benefit of all beings

Please observe all check in procedures.

Do not attend if you are unwell. Online classes are available if your symptoms are mild enough for you to do a class.

Please observe all cleaning practices to help keep our studio COVID free.

The following is a plan and a record of what Yoga Spirit Studios has done and is doing to maintain a safe environment for staff, students and visitors at Yoga Spirit Studios.

Current processes

The studio is large enough to allow mat spaces with 1.5m between mats, edge to edge in all directions.

We request of students

• Bookings into all classes is absolutely essential. We have limited places and you must reserve your place.
• Do not come if unwell.
• If you've booked in and cannot come you must unbook yourself or you may be charged. Please allow your place to be filled by another student, and please do not leave the teacher guessing if you are running late or not coming.
• Make your payments online if you can.
• If paying or buying product in person, wherever possible use a card.
• If you prefer to bring your own equipment, please do so. Otherwise, you might like to bring a towel or sarong to cover a bolster should you wish to use one. If you are attending regularly we allow you to store your equipment, fully enclosed in a bag, at the studio.
• After class please clean your space with the products supplied.
• Maintain social distancing.

This is what staff are doing

• All the teachers are COVID marshals and have completed COVID-safe training
• Touch points are cleaned after every class
• We've altered the way we teach to avoid contact and to allow for less equipment
• The studio is receiving more attention to cleaning in general

And for the record, this is our history of COVID 19

Going into Lockdown

Stages 1 - 2: 18 Mar to 23 Mar

Cleaning of touch points after class

Spraying equipment with disinfectant

Encouraged students to bring own equipment

Hand sanitiser supplied in obvious places around studio and use encouraged

Restricted numbers in class and bookings required

This phase was moved through very rapidly and within a short time we moved to Stage 3

Stage 3 – No in person classes commenced 23 Mar

Facebook live and additional communications

Zoom set up for online classes.

Tech support for students and staff

Discount on pricing plus cheap options on honour system for people suffering financially (single class @ $5, $10 or free)

Staff allowed to do their class from home or come into studio

Yoga shop for yoga props kept open – changes around reception desk for distancing – product display as a barrier and chair placed to prevent getting too close. Markings on floor and placement of seats to maintain social distance.

Coming out of Lockdown

Stage 1 still no indoor “fitness classes” 8 May

Preparing to open – studio floors marked out with masking tape for mat spaces, 1.5m between mats in all directions, maximum 10 per room

Masks and hand sanitiser provided for staf in reception

Stage 2 10 max per room from June 1

State Government’s COVID-safe plan completed for Stage 2 (it is not helpful)

Procedures:

No back to back classes so omni directional flow can be maintained

No loan equipment (includes teachers)

Mat spaces provided with hand sanitiser and cleaning equipment to minimise congregation points, students to clean own space after use

Minimise touch points

Doors propped open – front door when arriving, bathroom door, practice room door

Bathroom lights left on during class

Teachers spray all touch points including light switches, door handles, taps and toilet flush buttons with meths after class

Some classes in person, some online, some both

19 June – capacity lifted to 15

Government says 20 allowed in indoor fitness but social distancing must be maintained

Yoga Spirit Studios Main hall capacity lifted to 15 – number possible while allowing 1.5m between mats in all directions and access to toilets and heaters without violating the space

Capacity in Studio Room remains 9

The same protocols are still applied, and with a mixture of online and in person classes

Stage 3 – total relaxation of restrictions but social distancing still advised 29 June

27 June – updated state government COVID-safe plan received – it would allow 70 people in Main hall and 40 in Studio Room – way over any reasonable capacity for yoga practice!

Yoga Spirit Studios continues to offer 15 spaces in Main Hall and 9 in Studio Room – for benefit of all beings and our mutual safety and comfort we are still maintaining all the same protocols and mixture of online and in person classes.

Forward

Active monitoring of totality of situation and the comfort of staff and students to guide us in relaxing our protocols further.

Implementing a loan and on-site storage system for students to borrow a dedicated set of equipment, and/or bring their own, and store it for their personal use on site.