Being part of a group is incredibly motivating, and can make it easier to show up to class if other people are expecting you there. It gives personal motivation by looking at our friends or our group doing yoga around us and feels like doing yoga better than them. This is healthy competition which helps every individual in the group.
One can learn much from the knowledge another has acquired and a group class facilitates this. This often means making changes to your social life and people you associate it with. It all happens quite naturally actually. In extreme cases, it can even lead to changes to your life partner or just changes to your friends and acquaintances.
Whether you are friends with a lot of people in your class or don’t know anyone at all, there will always be someone there to support and encourage you in class. It provides you a good environment with positive people around you.
Doing yoga in a group is an excellent way to help others with their practice and push yourself in yours. If your goal has been to make it into headstand, and there’s another person in your class who has the same goal, then that’s the perfect chance to work together. Group classes provide the perfect opportunity to work together towards a common goal.
There’s nothing like the energy in a group yoga class. The energy shared between everyone in the class, whether you’re all working on a new pose together or meditating as a group, there’s a certain feeling you get in a group class that you can’t get anywhere else.
