Instructors
Becka
I attended my first Bikram Yoga class in 2005, at the local studio in Kailua, Hawaii. I heard about this ‘hot yoga’ from a couple of fellow yogi’s in another yoga class I was taking. They talked about the heat, the difficulty, the challenge, and the good-looking teacher of this 90-minute torture chamber-yes that’s what Read more »
Briah
I started practicing Bikram Yoga in February of 2007. My friend Jessica (yes the teacher) brought me to my first class. After my first class I said, “I felt like I was going to die, I love it”. After I started practicing regularly I felt how it was changeing my life. The yoga made me Read more »
Caty
Bikram Yoga has significantly transformed my life. I started taking yoga at work to deal with job stress. A friend brought me to my first Bikram class in 2004. My preference to continue to practice Bikram yoga stemmed from the discipline and challenge of the practice, as well as the heat. The heat was so Read more »
Dave W.
In early 2008 I went on a long vacation and when I got back I looked at all of these pictures of some chubby guy wearing my favorite t-shirts. “Wait is that me?” I thought I better try to get back in shape, and I mean a shape other then round… I never seem to Read more »
Fannie
My first Bikram yoga class was in Washington, D.C., at the Tenleytown studio. It was spring of 2003, and a friend who was trying to lose weight through Bikram Yoga talked me into going. He knew that I had been taking hatha and “power” yoga classes and thought I might be interested. I thought he Read more »
Garland
I first started Bikram yoga during a very stressful period in my life. It was midway through my first year of teaching middle and high school Spanish. I had one hundred and ten rebellious adolescents. Every day was a struggle just to get them to behave and do their work. Yelling seemed to be the Read more »
Jackie
It was a warm day in April 2009 when, at the suggestion of a good friend, I attended my first Bikram yoga class. Six months later I was headed to Las Vegas for Teacher Training. Why? Am I crazy? No, Bikram Yoga changed my life physically, mentally and spiritually. In addition to melting off weight Read more »
Jessica
LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! I was a runner for many years but after awhile that started to take it’s toll on my back and knees. I knew that I needed to switch my type of exercise. I started out at the gym, just another form of joint pounding. I knew yoga was a Read more »
Kimberly
I started practicing Bikram yoga in January of 2001. It was by far the most difficult workout that I had ever done, but I felt wonderful. At first it was not about the workout, it was about how it made me feel inside, the sense of well being that I felt when it was over. Read more »
Marcia
I entered the Bikram yoga studio very sheepishly one Fall day in 2007, limping in with one messed up ankle. I had a wicked case of tendonitis from too much of “something” during my previous fitness routine. While my routine was fun and energetic, it was causing harm to my body such that I couldn’t Read more »
Meredith
I began experimenting with different yoga class while on a project in Asheville, NC. At home in Dallas, I overheard some ladies at the Y talking about this crazy yoga class where they heat the room to over 100 degrees. I was intrigued. A couple weeks later I found myself at Bikram Yoga Dallas for Read more »
Meredith B.
I started practicing a very gentle hatha yoga when I was 19, soon after being diagnosed with a typically chronic illness. Many months and savasanas later, I recovered fully and went back to school in Charlottesville. I knew yoga would be part of the rest of my life. I took the first class Bikram Yoga Read more »
Natalie
I started practicing Bikram Yoga regularly in March, 2009. Both my mom and dad had been practicing long before me and the first time I went was in 2008 and said I would never be back! A year later, I decided to give it another try and had a much different experience. I was able Read more »
Pam
I have practiced some type of exercise most of my adult life. However, it never would have occurred to me to try Bikram yoga if it wasn’t for my daughter, Garland. I resisted because the thought of exercising in 105+ degrees intimidated me. However, once Garland became a teacher, I had to experience what had Read more »
Pavida
I had wanted to practice yoga for a long time because my mom used to practice yoga regularly and she kept telling me all of the benefits yoga provided her. I first started with Hatha yoga in 2002. But due to my long hour working schedule (I used to work as a Marketing Analyst for Read more »
Stephanie Katherine
I began practicing Bikram yoga in the spring of 1999. I could hardly believe how invigorating, stimulating and difficult it was. Having a background in running and dance my entire life, I knew I had discovered something very unique in this yoga. I dedicated the next 18 months to my practice. I decided to quit Read more »
Tighe
I first tried Bikram Hot Yoga in March of 2004, and I went to the training in the fall of 2007, to become a certified Bikram Yoga instructor. What’s the best thing about hot yoga? The best thing is the heat and the way the sequence of postures makes each cell of the body hum Read more »
Val
I took my first Bikram Yoga class in this very studio in March of 2003. At the time, I was working as sous chef for a big catering company. From that day forward, I knew that this yoga would become a huge part of my life, as I had never experienced anything quite like it Read more »
