"Believe it! Bikrams' Yoga will really improve your life. I have been doing yoga for 3 and a half years and I am constantly learning more about myself through my practice. I have experienced a myriad of benefits from the yoga including increased self confidence, weight-loss, and a happier disposition. The most incredible benefit, however, is how yoga helps me control my anxiety and depression. I started Bikram's Yoga when my anxiety attacks were becoming more severe and I was considering medication. As a person who would prefer to solve my health problems without medication, I started doing yoga instead of meds. Yoga has been the most amazing cure for my anxiety. When I suffer from anxiety, my mind wants to crawl out of my body. But I have found my medicine. By the end of yoga class, my mind feels perfect inside my body. In fact, she loves my body; and my body loves her for getting me to class."
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-- D. R.
(practicing for 3.5 years)
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"I've had asthma since I was 2 years old. All my life I've had to take medicine for it. Since I've been practicing Bikram's Yoga my asthma has come under control. I haven't had to use my inhaler for about a year. Bikrams hasn't cured my asthma (asthma really isn't cureable) but it has stregthened my lungs, built up my core strengeh so that I am more able to breathe from my diaphram. It's taught me to keep breathing in the most awkward positions. Holding your breath traps air in your lungs that otherwise could be used for new oxygen. Bikrams is not a magic panacea, you work very hard for 90 minutes. It's worth it when you can breathe easier."
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-- B. T.
(practicing almost 3 years)
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"The most important thing I've learned about yoga is a mental thing - in athletics its about being perfect and winning the race and I always want to win. Yoga has taught me that that idea doesn't work. I charged into yoga wanting to be perfect, forcing my body to do the asanas perfectly - nobody could criticise me cuz I was perfect - I hurt my back doing that and my foot. The yoga didn't do that it was my mental attitude so now I try to pour the cup back and forth slowly between flexibility and stregth and I honor my body and how it feels and know that yoga is a long committment not a race to win. If I honor my body my body will become my friend and I honor my teachers cuz they are my teachers"
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-- B.
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"Almost one year ago I took a Bikram's Yoga class for the first time. I was looking for a meditation and relaxation class to lower my blood pressure and to help me lose some weight. That day I thought I was going to die, I couldn't even stay in the room through the whole class. I was ready to quit but I decided I was going to do it until I knew what I was going to be missing. I came 33 days in a row, and today although I am still not able to do all the postures perfectly and even when I can't hold them for the entire 60 seconds I can feel the difference, and my blood pressure is that of a 15 year old even though I am over 50. And I have lost 30 pounds! "
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-- S.
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"Bikram Yoga has changed my life on many different levels. The benefits have included: more restful sleep, better diet, better skin texture, more flexibility, an overall better sense of well being and I could go on and on... Of course I must say it is also the most diffcult thing I have ever done in my life but it is well worth all the sweat. I'm learning to be patient and that is probably the biggest gift of all!"
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-- M. E.
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"Bikram Yoga has really helped me with my lower back pain to go away but by sticking with it and coming everyday, 83 days so far, I have seen great improvement, not only in my back but my whole body. Aches and pains appeared and left where there was none before. I'm going for the 100 days and Bikram Yoga for life. Thank you Toni and all the instructors and thank you Bikram."
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-- S. B.
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"One of the greatest benefits of Bikram's Yoga for me is the breath. I've increased my breathing so much that I've increased my mental focus, my physical endurance, my self confidence and my overall enjoyment of life. I did Bikrams Yoga for 6 days a week for 60 days (after spending about 4 weeks working up to it) and it truly changed my life. I would recommend that to everyone who wants to take their health to a whole new level."
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-- T. G.
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"I actually was interested in Yoga because of my chiropractor He told me he did 20 minutes of yoga each day. After my injury I was in physical therapy 2x a week for one year and I also went one more year to my chiropractor. I was always in pain. I decided to look into yoga, although I thought it was a religion. After just 3 weeks I started having a great sleep and woke up exhausted but out of pain. I can only thank all you wonderful teachers for your insight and knowledge that you share with us. I will always remember it. It's always great to know about another choice except a Darvon. I've recognized I needed yoga. I'm out of pain (2 weeks with no medicine). I'm so tickled to feel 48 - well maybe 58 but who cares - I'm 65 years old. I feel so good thanks to my yoga."
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-- R. G.
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"A wonderful workout - the best I ever had ever! I used to run on a track team, 4 miles in the a.m. 2 hours in the gym, 5-10 miles p.m. and I have seen more changes in three sessions than in one month training. Thank You Bikram"
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-- S. B.
(19 years old)
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"Now my life is filled with patience and motavation. Thank you."
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-- N. N.
(13 years old)
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"In my first week of consistently doing Bikrams Yoga (3x per wk) I lost 3.5 lbs!!"
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-- H. T.
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