Yes, if you have your health care professional's permission (or you wish to self-declare yourself fit enough) you may join a class.  The classes are slow, mindful and sometimes challenging.  However, if you make Kathy aware of your physical issues before class, she can work with you to adapt and modify any poses or positions to help you overcome any limitations.  Physical issues are worked with very slowly and mindfully.  Many students see noticeable differences with hips, feet, knees, shoulders etc. after several months of regular practice.  Please note that this is not a claim or guarentee that your specific issues will be addressed through yoga. 

Yes, the beginners class is online - by demand on Wednesdays at 11.30am PT.  If you book the beginner's class you will be guided for one week into the practice, and shown how the postures work, what to look out for and why it is different from other forms of yoga.  If you have never done a yoga class before - all the better as you will not come with pre-conceived ideas.  And after one class you will be able to join the regular classes easily. 

The popularity of yoga in the west has been exponential in recent decades.  It seems every corner in every city has a yoga centre.  I believe the popularity is because it meets two needs that every human being has.  To be happy in their body.  And to be happy in their mind or spirit.   Yoga is a unique system that was developed for longevity, health and connection to spirit. It is a deeply spiritual practice.  So even if the average person goes to a yoga class looking for a 'workout' they emerge from that class having received not just what they came for but also so much more - their spirit has also been uplifted.

To see the benefits of a yoga practice, a steady committment of two classes a week will support you greatly. Once a week is also fine, if you can find time to also do some other yoga at home on your own. Many students who come to classes also hold a membership to Kathy White Yoga so they can work on their own at home, and they never miss doing yoga.  Having a steady committment of one or two hours a week is a great way to build up strength and resilience slowly.  Jumping in and trying 5 hours a week is probably too much and you may risk injuring yourself unless you already have an established yoga practice. 

My own story was very much that of the experienced yogi... and then when I turned 50, and hormonal and physical challenges showed up I had to find a new practice that addressed my changing body and mind. I now teach a unique blend that is a combination of Kaiut, Yoga Mais (both from Brazil) and Scaravelli methods of yoga.  It is different because it is a practice  based on breath, slow mindful movement, long holds and is about creating an established sense of presence in the body and the mind.  When we are present to ourselves we heal. Different forms of yoga give different outcomes (cardio workout,  big stretches for example).  This practice is very deep and powerful, very strengthening and many seasoned practioners like myself find it quite radical and remarkable because of the results in increased mobility it produces.