Equal and opposite force

Equal and opposite force

Who would have thought Newton’s 3rd Law has anything to do with yoga, Bikram Yoga? And, yet, it does. You can count on every posture relying on this law of motion: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Once you begin to understand it, you’ll have...
Tribute to my father and gratitude for BYSJ

Tribute to my father and gratitude for BYSJ

This holiday season, my family and I said goodbye to an extraordinary man who graced this world with his presence for 99 incredible years. He was a husband, a father, a doctor, a hero, a WW2 veteran, and my mentor. For the last month of his life, he struggled; not to...
Stretching and compression – a whole-body experience

Stretching and compression – a whole-body experience

Your whole body (and mind) benefits from your Bikram Yoga practice – literally inside out, bones to the skin. Two key techniques used widely throughout Bikram Yoga are stretching and compression. Often seen as distinct, they are, in fact, very closely related. Think...
Charge your spine!

Charge your spine!

“The spine is the source of all human energy in life.” – Bishnu Charan Ghosh The spine is the focus of every posture we do in Bikram Yoga because the health of the entire body depends on the health of the spine. In our 90-minute class, we stretch the spine to restore...
Roaming the room to find my practice

Roaming the room to find my practice

I’ve completed over two dozen 60 Day Challenges at this point, but not once did I do this: practice in every spot in the room. In this third location of BYSJ, we installed these cute orange mat markers in the flooring for the 48 spots we have, making it easy to...
The matter of motivation

The matter of motivation

Many of us at BYSJ are in the midst of the 60 Day Challenge, myself included. I’ve been off and on in my yoga practice since Covid came along over two years ago, and the Challenge has been a great way to restart and stick with it. We know how rewarding a...