Scan any yoga timetable and you'll see it next to nearly every class: all levels. If you've never been, it can read like a polite fib, code for a room full of people who already know what they're doing. It isn't. Here is what it actually means.
One room, many bodies
An all-levels class is built so the same sequence works whether it's your first time or your thousandth. The teacher offers a version of each shape you can dial up or down, and you choose. Someone flexible takes the fuller expression. Someone stiff, or new, or tired, takes the kinder one. Same class, same breath, different depth. Nobody can tell which you picked, and nobody is looking.
Beginners are the point, not a problem
There's a myth that you should get a bit fit, or a bit bendy, before you start yoga. It's backwards. Flexibility and calm are what the practice gives you, not what you need to bring to it. If you can breathe, you can practise. That is the whole entry requirement.
At the loft, small classes and patient teaching are the point. The person at the front will know your name by week two, and they would rather you came as you are than waited until you felt ready. You already are.
Where to start
If you want a steadier on-ramp, Morning Flow is the gentlest all-levels class to begin with, and Candlelit Yin is slower still. Our guide for beginners maps out where to start, and the timetable shows the week.
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