bikram yoga

i did it!
first day always sucks.
but i did it!

it's walking distance.
it's only $20 for the next 6 days, as intro.
and if i go to at least 1 more class, i've made up the money of a regular drop in session.
the classes are smaller, more personal attention. it's not like funky door, where they're talking to you like "in the back, with the green shorts on, you're not stretching your left arm correctly" within the first class, she was addressing everyone including myself, by our first name.

but i did it!
yes i did feel a bit lightheaded at the stretches that flowed blood to the head but i did it! woohoo!

wanna hear a funny? i walked home right? the place is off broadway / e.pike where all the bars and stuff are...so i was walking home, past all these bars with sweat dripping down the back of my shorts cuz i was sweating for 1.5hrs straight....ew.....(I looked like heck but i still felt like superwoman =))

http://www.sweatboxyoga.com/

Bikram Yoga:

Bikram Choudhury is an internationally renowned yoga teacher from India who has taught over three million students. He brought his system to the United States in 1971 at the invitation of the American Medical Association. Bikram’s yoga is a routine of 26 poses which works the whole body in 90 minutes. The poses work synergistically and cumulatively to return the body to a balanced state. The yoga builds energy, stamina and flexibility. It incorporates strength, challenge, gravity, balancing and most importantly the tourniquet effect. This technique allows the stretching, squeezing and massaging of the internal organs, flushing out the cardiovascular system and stimulating the endocrine and nervous systems in order to release any deficient hormones and enzymes. The body is self-regulating and self-adjusting.

A regular yoga practice:
Regulates cholesterol in the blood
Supplies oxygen and nutrients to parts of the body that have been blocked or stagnant
Eliminates toxins
Flushes the lymphatic system
Strengthens the immune system
Balances the endocrine glands
Improves the spine’s flexibility and health
Expands lung capacity and strengthens the heart
Lubricates joints
Strengthens bones, and stretches and tones the muscles

As we age our muscles tend to get stiffer, creating more pressure on the joints. By regular stretching we prevent this gradual stiffening and joint deterioration and that is why yoga has a rejuvenating effect. Through a regular workout we liberate a vast amount of energy which we can use in our daily life to feel more alive and self fulfilled. We look, move and feel younger. In a three year research project at the Tokyo University Hospital, Bikram helped doctors prove that yoga regenerates tissues and thus helps cure chronic aliments. The routine is dynamic and exhilarating. The room is intentionally warm so that your muscles will stretch more easily.

Yoga “house cleans” your body, mind and habits.