Many schools work in seasons: enrol in September, finish in June, closed for two months. That makes sense administratively and works badly for students.
Our classes run all year and you can join at any time. This piece explains why we think that matters.
Why seasons are a problem
A two-month break undoes the habit. Movement patterns survive; the rhythm does not. Half the people who were training regularly in June do not come back in September.
An enrolment window postpones the decision. Someone who decides in February has to wait until September. By then the decision has cooled.
The group reassembles every year. Instead of deepening, it returns to the beginning each autumn.
Summer is lost. Precisely when the body is most pliable and training outdoors is possible.
What it means for you
- You start when you decide. Not in September, not on the first of the month. This week.
- The first month is charged pro rata. Arrive on the fifteenth and you pay half.
- You never “missed the start”. The groups are open and hold people with very different amounts of experience. Nobody begins with the same content as everyone else.
- A break is not a withdrawal. If you are away for two months, you come back. No new joining fee and no starting over.
Join at any point in the year.
What changes across the year
Autumn. The fullest groups. A good time to start, because there are more new people and you are not the only one.
Winter. Longer warm-ups, more work indoors, more repetition. The best part of the year for technique.
Spring. The first outdoor sessions. Groups thin around the holidays and fill again quickly.
Summer. Smaller groups, more individual attention, more outdoor training, lower intensity because of the heat. A surprisingly good time to start.
Why continuity matters more than intensity
Because the body learns through repetition over time, not through load in one period.
Twice a week for twelve months is roughly a hundred hours. Four times a week for six months is the same number of hours - but the first version is considerably more effective, because there is enough time between sessions for what was learned to settle, and because a habit that lasts a year usually lasts a second one.
Any break longer than three weeks costs more than training less but regularly would have.
Practical tips for the hard stretches
Holidays: take one sequence with you. Ten minutes on a terrace is not progress, but it is maintenance.
Illness: come back at half the load, not full.
A rush at work: come once instead of twice. Once keeps the rhythm; nothing does not.
Public holidays: check the schedule - some classes are cancelled around holidays and we announce it in advance.
When to start
The best time to start was a year ago. The second best is this week.
Ziherlova 44, Ljubljana. Sign up on the website - a single visit will do, and there is no contract.
