February 3, 2026
On January 24, 2026, the BYSJ community celebrated its 23rd anniversary. Owner and founder Michele Vennard gave a speech and presented the annual Rise Award to Juni Sanoyca. We had some fun posture contests, and our yoga sport athletes gave a demonstration. See the... 
October 8, 2025
Don’t Lose the Grip Bikram used to joke about the grips in his sequence. Actually, I’m not sure it was a joke. “If you lose the grip, you will lose your man, ladies.” It wasn’t exactly those words, but the meaning was clear: lose the grip, lose the relationship. And... 
September 10, 2025
What holding a pose can reveal about your presence, your practice, and your life. Have you ever been in one of those classes where the teacher gets you into the pose, rattles off some good dialogue, and then – boom – “Change!”? It might not be obvious at first, but... 
September 4, 2025
It’s about the WHY – behind yoga, loss, purpose, and what keeps me teaching the full 90. “Products with a clear sense of WHY give people a way to tell the outside world who they are and what they believe. Remember, people don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it.... 
July 31, 2025
Some things in life are meant to be done all the way. For me, the original 90-minute Bikram class is one of them. I took my first class six months after losing my mom to early-onset Alzheimer’s. I was drowning in stress, diving into work, trying to outpace the grief –... 