I can't watch the videos cause i'm at work. But I have my own list of yoga ettiquitte things...

I realize it's "your hour, your mat, your money" but please put the cell phone away. Or if you've forgotten to turn it and it rings in your purse in the front of the studio. Just walk up and go turn it off, don't let it ring for 10 rings, sometimes through multiple calls. We know its you. We know you forgot. Just take care of your business as quickly and quietly as possible.

Don't be late, if you're late... I'm of the impression of "that ship has sailed". But no no, there is always that one person, who's late and knocks on the door, comes in and drops their mat on the floor loudly. Suffles their feet around, goes to the bathroom and then joins everyone whenever they're good and ready.

While it's nice to go with friends, it's really not a group activity. giggling, talking, or worse (which I've seen) laughing at people in class ... all make me want to throw my water bottle at you.

I'm curious to find out what other people find irksome in class.

I practice at a local studio. I think she always wants to make everyone feel welcome.

stuck in traffic? no problem. Just come, you're always welcome (which is an attitude i love, but when i'm getting my calm on, it shatters it like broken mirror).

The phone thing drives me nuts. none of the instructors ever say thing. same with the laughing and talking. I think they feel it will be even more of a distraction if they stop class, break the flow to reprimand a few rude people.

I never had this problem with bikram classes (because the only people who go are people who really want to be there). Mainly with Vinyasa classes, which I think attract more of the "resolutioners" that the op mentioned in the heading... Plus my studio runs a lot of groupons, so people come in to try it with a few buddies and don't take it seriously.

My class is generally respectful. The phone-ringing thing rarely happens but on occasion there's a changeover of groups taking place at the back of the room at the same time as those at the front are at savasana. That can be a little noisy but it rarely goes on for too long.

As an instructor, the main thing that irks me is when people leave in savasana - I'm ok with them leaving before, but not during. This doesn't happen at the yoga studio, just at the gym where I teach. The phone thing bothers me, but I find most people just go turn it off. I've had mine go off in class too :laugh: Also, if you come in late, that's ok, but don't snap your mat out.

I like to think I'm fairly mellow, but a stranger stepping on my mat drives me insane!

The studio I go to has two rooms. The larger can fit about 28 people, and my favorite class usually gets 20+ people and sometimes maxes out the room.. Some people have favorite spots, and I get that, but what drives me nuts is when there are about 10 or so people who started putting their mats in a pretty tight 4x7 grid so everyone can get a spot without having to shift around a lot, then someone (usually female, usually a college student) comes in and plops her mat not on the grid, so she's taking up multiple spots. It's like parking one of those ridiculous pick up trucks in two spots in a tight parking lot. Then, of course, there is complete obliviousness as more people come in, look around, and try to figure out where to set a mat because a flock of college girls have taken up ten spots for five people, and no one really wants to start yoga class by saying, "Move your mat, can't you see that you're being inconsiderate to people coming in?"

That said, it seems like the studio does a really good job of dealing with the other things in videos, so I can't complain!

i hate it if someone puts their mat uncomfortably close to mine, especially if there is plenty of space! and general coughing, moving around or snoring during savasana annoys me. because right as i'll be about to get into my zen moment theres someone who is snoring. really?
this is why i end up practicing alone most of the time!

I was in a class recently and the woman next to me was continuously crowding me with her props/towel. I understand that the class was pretty full, but every time we moved down to the mat I had to move her block or sweaty hand towel out of my way. There was definitely enough room to put these in between our mats, but she kept tossing them aside and right into my path. So frustrating.