“I Can’t Wait All Minute!”

I have been taking the same Tuesday morning yoga class with the same teacher for over two and a half years now. I love the class and it has quite the following. The instructor also teaches a spin class right before it so he runs about two minutes late and then it goes over by about two to three minutes. It has been this way the entire time I’ve been going and everyone seems to accept it or not even notice. Well, almost everyone…

I am not sure how all yoga classes work, but the ones I take end with a “shavansana.” The instructor turns down the lights so it is a dark, quiet room where you lie on your back and are supposed to clear your mind and let go of everything.

During this “shavansana,” the class that follows ours is usually gathering outside the room. I believe the class that follows in a weight-training style class. In the middle of our dark, quiet meditation, a lady waiting for the next class flung both doors open and then propped them so as to let in all the noise and cold air. She stood in the middle of the doors with an angry look on her face, hand on one hip, while we finished our class. She apparently was so upset that our class was going over, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

When class was over, she marched in to find her spot and I saw the instructor go over to her and explain why we went over. I don’t know what transpired, but the following week the class that followed now starts downstairs so it’s no longer an issue.

What struck me was how upset she was that she had to wait a whole three minutes! I can’t remember which comedian it was that said he saw someone impatient in front of a microwave. He said “what are they like ‘Ugh. I can’t wait all minute!’” How tight is your schedule that you chose to fling open doors in the middle of a dark, quiet class rather than maybe fill out a comment card or talk to a manager? The ironic part is that she is probably the person who needs yoga the most! A little practice taking some deep breaths might do her some good.

What does everyone else think? Is two to three minutes too long to wait for a class to start?