Ethics and lineage

We use Sanskrit names because they carry meaning, and we try to say what they mean rather than decorating a class with them.

Arte teaches āsana, prāṇāyāma and stillness as practices of attention. We do not present them as a religion you must adopt, nor strip them of where they come from to make them easier to sell.

A yoga teacher's job is to teach movement and breath. It is not to diagnose, to treat, or to replace a therapist.

Where a practice touches something clinical — injury, pregnancy, grief, trauma — we will say plainly that it is not treatment and point you towards someone qualified.

You are the authority on your own body. Every cue in a practice is an invitation you may decline, and modifications are offered as equals rather than as the lesser version.

Nobody is watching you practise. There is no streak you must protect and no attendance anyone is marking.

Every body, age, size, gender and ability is welcome here. Where a practice assumes something — wrists that bear weight, the floor being reachable — we try to say so and offer another way in.

Persian and English are treated as equals in this app, not as an original and a translation.

Prices are shown plainly, with no artificial scarcity, countdown timers or dark patterns pushing you towards a plan.

Some practices stay open to everyone, always. If the price is a genuine barrier for you, write to the studio — that conversation is welcome.

We collect what the practice library needs and nothing for advertising. Where the app does something you might not expect — an instructor being able to read a private reflection, for instance — we say so in the privacy policy rather than burying it.

When something here is not finished, the app says so rather than implying otherwise.

If a practice, a cue, or something in the circle felt wrong, tell the studio. A concern about conduct goes straight to Elena and will be answered personally.

Getting it wrong is survivable; not hearing about it is worse.