I came to Bikram Yoga in 2001 as a complement to and eventually a replacement for running and weight training. I had been an avid 4-5 mile runner for years and even ran a couple of marathons. The years of pounding had taken a toll on my joints and my years as an executive at an investment management firm had tested the limits of my health and peace of mind.

The very first time I stepped into the hot room I knew I had found exactly what I needed and had been looking for from a health and fitness program. I can say, without hesitation or exaggeration, that my body and my mind are stronger and more flexible than ever before.

I became a teacher and a studio owner in 2003 to provide this opportunity for anyone who is ready to step up to the challenge. Bikram Yoga is a serious workout for the body and the mind.

I have practiced various types of yoga for since 1989. I played competitive tennis for most of my life and found the stretching and flexibility aspects of yoga integral to my overall fitness. Midway through my professional tennis career I underwent reconstructive knee surgery. Yoga was a critical part of my rehabilitation.

In 1999 I discovered Bikram Yoga in New York City. After my first 90 minutes in the hot room I felt changes in my body that I had never before experienced.  I have been a consistent practitioner ever since.

Teaching has always been in my heart, so I chose to attend teacher training with my wife Tomo early in 2004.

I started to practice Bikram Yoga in 2002.  Despite feeling mildly ill after my first 10 classes, I maintained a regular practice.  This consistency has brought me a wonderful sense of wellness. 

I am proof that with some persistence, Bikram Yoga can help you to lose weight and achieve optimum health and fitness levels. Teaching this yoga and offering its wonderful benefits to others makes me happy.

I took my first Bikram class in 1999 at the insistance of my masseuse Marie-Pierre, who promised the yoga would help cure a chronic pinched nerve in my neck. An avid runner and weight-lifter at the time, I had never taken a yoga class and didn't consider it to be a "real workout."

My first class blew my mind - it was definitely a real workout, but what hooked me was how well I slept after it. Of all of the physical activities I've ever done - cycling, running, swimming - nothing has made me feel as good as Bikram yoga and that's what keeps me coming back.

I became a teacher in 2003 and feel very lucky to be part of the staff at Bikram Yoga Harvard Square.

I began Bikram Yoga in 2003 and although I blocked out my first class, I somehow managed to keep going through the 10-day intro. Six weeks later, I was sending my application to L.A. for teacher training.

After spending 9 weeks in Bikram's boot camp, I returned to Connecticut where I taught for a year. I moved to Boston in January and I've been practicing and teaching at BYB ever since.

I studied various forms of Hatha Yoga for four years before discovering Bikram Yoga. With one class I was hooked and began practicing on a regular basis, impressed with how much it improved my stamina and sense of general well being.

I enjoy the high level of concentration, focus and discipline this yoga cultivates. In 2006, I attended the Spring Teacher Training with Bikram in Los Angeles and have been teaching at both studios since my return to Boston.

Sharing the many benefits of Bikram Yoga with others, and watching them change their lives through the practice, is a great privilege.

I have been teaching Bikram Yoga for nearly 8 years. I took my first class well over a decade ago to help reduce back pain from years of competitive rowing.

I had tried other types of yoga, but none compared to the healing power of Bikram Yoga. In fact, I made more progress in the first 3 months practicing Bikram Yoga than I had made in the previous 5 years of doing other forms of yoga.

Today, I am largely pain free. I enjoy teaching Bikram Yoga to others and helping them achieve the same level of wellbeing that I have every day.

I've been practicing Bikram Yoga since 2002, and absolutely love it. In so many ways it has changed my life, all for the better. It has brought me great peace of mind, and it has definitely taught me patience, perseverence, and the importance of an optimistic attitude.

In Bikram Yoga, I think in order to really progress, you have to learn to connect to your inner strength and become your own best friend. Last February I broke my ankle in two places and my tibia, and 6 weeks after the accident, I hobbled into the hot room with my removable cast, and practiced the series at the back of the class. My recovery was unbelievable, and I attribute my current health and vitality to my regular classes.

As an athlete and a health counsellor, I recommend this as a life-long practice over everything else for it's ability to regenerate the body and keep you healthy both mentally and physically.

My journey with Bikram's Yoga began in March 2007, as I stumbled across the Bikram Yoga Boston studio, and without any anticipation of what was to come, took my first class.

After a few classes, I knew this type of Yoga had exactly what I needed: a challenging practice, welcoming staff, and a community that all share one common interest and goal; to sweat, work extremely hard to become the healthy human beings that we deserve to be. Not only did I gain physical and emotional strength, but my entire perception changed and I realized that any limitations I created for myself do not actually exist at all.

Two months later I signed up for teacher training. This enhanced my practiced and proved to me that the yoga works. We are capable of anything; we just don’t know it yet. Bikram’s Yoga provides us with the opportunity to get outside your mind and into your body, gaining a deeper sense of self. I am grateful and proud to a part of this amazing process.

I began practicing Bikram Yoga in September 2004 and decided within a month of taking my first class to attend teacher training. I was diagnosed with Lupus at age 15 and depend on the yoga to keep me free of arthritis. I completed training with Bikram in autumn of 2005 and am very grateful for the opportunity to share the healing benefits of this practice with others.

My friend Dave Ryan brought me to my first Bikram class in NYC in the fall of 2000. It was definitively the hardest thing I had done in as long as I could remember, and I remember walking out of the studio thinking - "That was crazy... will never do that again!" - only to find myself looking online a few hours later to see what time class was the next day because I felt so amazingly good. The closest Bikram studio to me was an hour away back then. so i commuted from NH to MA 5 days a week for a couple of years.

After trying almost everything to heal a late-developing spinal kyphosis - including a bulky 10-pound backbrace for a couple of years - I realized that Bikram was the only thing that was going to do the job. I grew almost three inches in my first six months of practice, back to my original height of 6'0 before the kyphosis became evident. I have practiced very consistently for the last five years, and I feel years younger than I did when I found Bikram Yoga back in 2000.

As an interesting sidebar, my friend Dave who introduced me to Bikram Yoga had fallen out of practicing for some time. In the fall of 2007 he was stuck by a car while he was bicycling and shattered both of his collarbones. After having steel plates inserted throughout his chest, I drove out to visit him in NYC. We attended Bikram Yoga classes each day during my visit, and he fully rehabilitated himself by practicing almost every single day for the next year. Almost exactly one year after our visit, he attended Bikram teacher training and is now a full-time Bikram instructor in NYC.

This yoga is truly the wellspring of life, health, and happiness.