S/O when (not) to clap..yoga class

Hahaha. That seems bizarre to me  I have never encountered that- though this Reddit thread seems to say it's not all that weird

https://www.reddit.com/r/yoga/comments/44rr59/clapping_after_yoga_class/

I haven't run into it, and don't want to clap!

I think it’s common to clap after an exercise class.
Not sure specifically about yoga though.

Really? I've never been in an exercise class where you clap at the end. And the few yoga classes I've done there was no clapping. I agree with OP that it would mess with the relaxed state a class gives you.

We clap at the end of my Group Power (weight lifting) class. Kind of like a, yay us for getting it done! I've been doing it so long I don't even think about it anymore.

We golf clap at my yoga classes

I taught group exercises classes for 19 years in a YMCA setting - a little of every sort of format including cycling, water aerobics, and weight training.

People tended to clap at the end of high energy classes and not so much with the mind-body classes. I taught a mat-based Pilates class for about six years and there was very rarely clapping. I ended each class with an intentional setting of the thoughts for the rest of the day and it just didn't fit there. When I subbed for water aerobics, there was almost always applause at the end.

As a student myself, I've rarely experienced clapping in a yoga class.

I have never clapped after yoga class. It would totally interrupt my zen, quiet feeling after corpse pose and I'd be pissed if others in class disrupted those moments.

I think I've only been to 2 yoga classes in my life; I don't remember whether there was clapping. In dance classes, I'm accustomed to clapping at the end.