Lynn has been teaching Bikram Yoga all of her adult life and has studied extensively with Bikram and Rajashree Choudhury. She serves as a judge in the Yoga Asana Championships, serves on the teacher training faculty, and has owned and run 6 world-renowned Bikram Yoga studios. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from the best!

Thursday, July 8th at Bikram Yoga Paradise Valley: Lynn Whitlow will teach a 2+ hour Master Class — the beginning Bikram Yoga class with more in-depth posture exploration and education. A great way to enhance and revitalize your practice in just a couple of hours! Sign up today! Visit www.bikramyogaaz.com. Cost is $35.00.

Lynn leaves students feeling energized, excited, and with a deeper understanding of Bikram Yoga. She brings fun, humor and compassion to her teaching while at the same time maintaining the true nature of the yoga!

Saturday, July 10th at Bikram Yoga Tempe: Lynn Whitlow will conduct her incredible Bikram Yoga seminar at Bikram Yoga Tempe. She will teach beginning Bikram Yoga Class from 11-12:30 pm, break from 12:30-1 pm, and conduct a posture clinic seminar from 1-6:30 pm. Sign up today! Visit www.bikramyogatempe.com. Cost is $90.00 through June 30th, $99.00 after. This non-heated 26 posture seminar involves student participation, demonstrations of postures and alignment as well as Q&A throughout.

Friday, July 9th the Bikram Yoga community takes a day to honor the memory of Bishnu Ghosh, Bikram's guru, and the anniversary of his passing. In the past, Bikram has asked that all studios close for this occasion- however this year he has asked that we remain open, and instead use this time to raise money for the Bishnu Ghosh trust fund . This fund was created to perpetually support Ghosh's yoga college in Kolkata, India, where Bikram trained with Bishnu. This yoga college remains open to this day due in large part to this fund. This fund directly contributes to continuing the legacy of the Ghosh lineage of yoga.

We will hold ONLY ONE CLASS on this day at 12:00 Noon- our Karma Class- to raise money for the Ghosh fund. Admission is a suggested $10 minimum. All other classes are cancelled on this day.

Marcia began Bikram Yoga five years ago, two years after arriving in the Valley. "I heard about Bikram Yoga from a girl in the gym, she said that I would like the intensity. So when I asked her if we could go together she said she had given her package away because this yoga wasn't for her," Marcia says, adding, "I thought hmmm, should I go? I later found out that the person she had given her package to was Misha!" Small world.

"Even though I enjoyed class on most days I struggled facing my demons as well as my reflection so I quit after 6 months, thinking that I would be better off in the gym. A year and a half later, my back and wrists were hurting me so I went back to the torture chamber. I was ready to be a student once again but this time showing myself some compassion and making peace within myself!"

Marcia says Bikram Yoga is the "real deal" and she needs the intensity. "This yoga pushes me to my edge, just when I think I cannot go on, I do anyway and I don't even pass out, although I come close as the room gets quiet, dark and spins a little, what a rush!"

Among the "500 things" Marcia says Bikram Yoga has done for her are decreasing stress and increasing happiness. "It's amazing how calm I feel and how deep I can breath just after a few postures." The yoga gives her a work out on the surface level, yet she realizes that she's "getting immediate healing on the inside."

"I think that it is very exciting to know that every time I do yoga I am changing my cells from the inside out and to do it with a room full of people is amazing. I continue to get the healing benefits every time I take class and what excites me even more is the cumulative effect so no heart attacks or strokes for me which some of my family members have suffered. I'll take the tight buns and youth and be on my yogi way," says the Wyandotte, Michigan native.

Marcia finds the Camel posture provides the most endorphins for her. "I wish we did this one a little longer so I could let go of a little more, hint, hint," she quips, "Standing bow is my favorite because it's so beautiful and challenging. I love the feeling of stretching, balancing and kicking all at the same time while trying not to fall out. I always love hearing 'It's not how many times you fall out that matters, it's how many times you get back in that counts'." I've used that one for my life too!"

Now Marcia is learning even more about the healing aspects of Bikram Yoga. She tore her ACL and MCL while skiing last New Years Eve. "It was the most excruciating injury I had ever had. Two weeks later she hobbled into class frustrated and sad that she could complete only some standing and floor postures.

"I had some major swelling and my knee felt numb so I was limping around feeling a little depressed, maybe even a side of self loathing. I was determined to put my faith into the yoga to heal my knee and put the surgery aside. I gradually regained stability and strength back in my knee with the encouragement and compassion of the wonderful instructors at BYPV, thanks a million!!! I am now very close to doing all of the postures again, the peace has been made within and most importantly I'm 98% pain free!!"

For the entire month of July, you can bring a friend FREE to the 8:15 pm class! Friends must be new students to BYPV, and are still eligible to take advantage of the $20 for first week after their first class!

Just as the seasons change, so do the paths of our teachers! As we enter summer, one teacher leaves, and two spring up in his place! We would like to wish Anthony all the best as he ventures off to Amsterdam to live and play! His tremendous energy, enthusiasm, and kindness will be missed on the stage and around BYPV. Anthony's last class at PV will be Tuesday, July 6 at 12:00 Noon. Bon Voyage Anthony!

We welcome Amy and Deborah to the staff. They recently graduated from Bikram's rigorous 9-week teacher training program in Las Vegas! They will be bringing their unique personalities and warm hearts to the stage at BYPV.

There is no easy way out of the awkward series of postures. They will make you cringe, sweat, grunt, and maybe even curse — but the fact of the matter is, awkward will deliver some of yoga's fastest results — definition and strength is gained quickly with proper execution of awkward. So concentrate, meditate, breathe and muscle your way through it.

Posture Benefits:

• Strengthens and firms all muscles of the thighs, calves, and hips
• Makes hip joints flexible
• Sends fresh blood and oxygen to knees, ankles, and toes
• Strengthens the ligaments of the knees and hips
• Firms upper arms
• Improves mobility of shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles
• Relieves rheumatism, arthritis, and gout in the legs
• Helps to cure slipped disc and lumbago in lower spine
• Promotes laser-beam concentration
• Tones the legs and arms
• Heats and energizes the body
• Relieves joint and muscular pain

 

Happy 4th of July and be careful with your fireworks!
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