Testimonials
24 July 2008 - 12:27pm — Anonymous
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Progress with and through the yoga:
Hi Divi,
I just wanted to share with you something that happened to me recently. I have been coming to your yoga studio with irregular regularity (if that makes any sense!), for over a year now. I bought a fast, new motorcycle a couple of months ago (a 2005 Ninja ZX6 636, if you know anything about bikes). Anyways, last week while riding my motorcycle, a truck hit me. Pretty brutal, I know! What actually happened is that a truck that was parked on the side of the road all of a sudden pulled a U-turn right in front of me…. apparently he didn’t even see me. There was no room/time to avoid the accident, forcing me to crash head on into the side of the truck. My body was thrown forward and I hit my pelvic area on the windshield of the bike with so much momentum that I flipped and was thrown straight up into the air and came down and landed on the hood of the truck.
The accident was on the 5 o’clock news. My bike was completely written off…there is no front end left at all. Looking at the bike and the accident, I would’ve thought that the rider was wither killed or permanently disabled as a result. I was placed on a spine board at the scene and rushed to hospital by ambulance. I walked out of the hospital 4 hours later with no major injuries…NOT EVEN A SCRATCH OR A BRUISE…just a sore back and neck; probably some soft tissue damage.
The reason that I’m sharing this story with you is that I believe that the minimal injuries I received were due to two things; firstly God watching over and taking care of me. Secondly, I swear it has got to be the yoga. It’s like I was so loose and flexible I just rag-dolled and didn’t receive many injuries. I can’t explain it, but considering the severity of the accident, my injuries are so minimal, it’s a miracle. Again, I think that someone was watching over me, but I really believe that the yoga helped my injuries to be minimal.
I just thought that you might be interested in hearing my story. It’s been a week since the accident…I’m hoping to be healed up enough to get back to yoga next week!
Anne Flynn
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6 July 2008 - 10:35am — Anonymous
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Length of time since starting Bikram Yoga:
8 months
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Classes attendend per week (average):
5-6 times/week
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Occupation:
Contractor and Rock and Roll Singer for the local band “Start with the Cobra”
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Progress with and through the yoga:
A steady opening up of my joints, weight loss – 20 pounds in 6 months, core strength, better able to channel the ‘force’, increased memory, less stress, more love life!
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Other changes:
Just about everything is better since I started, plus my dad and I are best friends again.
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6 July 2008 - 10:33am — Anonymous
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Length of time since starting Bikram Yoga:
6 months
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Classes attendend per week (average):
2-3 times/week
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Progress with and through the yoga:
My body is much more supple.
I can now do most postures.
The hot room has no effect. (the heat)
I’m more relaxed and content.
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Other changes:
I have grown 1” from my improved posture.
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6 July 2008 - 10:16am — Anonymous
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Length of time since starting Bikram Yoga:
Approximately 3 months of Bikram Yoga, Hatha Yoga intermittently since 1979
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Classes attendend per week (average):
Twice weekly, currently
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Occupation:
Coaching/Mentoring Gifted Adults
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Progress with and through the yoga:
I sustained a knee injury nearly 40 years ago and have had pain from it ever since, making me unable to take stairs.
After only 4 Bikram classes, I noticed my knee was no longer as painful.
I have been meditating for 40 years and over time lost the physical connection. Currently experiencing a reconnection of body/mind/spirit. Helps quiet the “monkey brain” that we all have.
Additionally, I have made going to Bikram’s a part of the ongoing process of letting go and finding balance in life.
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Other changes:
This 90 minutes is for me, most of my time and energy goes to others. This is a wonderful way to ‘fill the well’- no one can give from an empty well. We have more to share when there is overflow.
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5 July 2008 - 8:19pm — Anonymous
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Length of time since starting Bikram Yoga:
I had my first class in the summer of 2007.
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Classes attendend per week (average):
At the moment I only manage 2-3, but aim for 5 at least.
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Occupation:
Registered Nurse
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Progress with and through the yoga:
After a few weeks I was able to do more in a pose than I had done when I first started.
My body is stronger overall and endurance on my bike seems better.
I am able to focus more in the poses. The discipline is coming!
My body seems to have ‘woken up’. I have more energy and I try to replicate how I feel in class in my day to day experience.
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Other changes:
Sleep pattern is better.
Digestion is better- specifically no more constipation, having had it chronically for so many years.
Benefits to my back include:
hardly any pain and increased mobility, no stiffness, no sciatica. no pain at night able to ‘use’ my back in a way that at one time would have hurt enormously.
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5 July 2008 - 8:16pm — Anonymous
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Length of time since starting Bikram Yoga:
Jan -04
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Classes attendend per week (average):
5-6x per week
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Occupation:
BY Instructor
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Progress with and through the yoga:
After 4 months of regular practice, I noticed that I was battling less and less of my ‘depressive demons’ and my previously rock hard shoulders and back had loosened up a little.
feel more relaxed after class after breaking my right fibula, I spent the next 7 weeks on crutches. My back seized up again and my emotional state was all over the map. I took a Bikram’s class the day the cast came off, only doing about 50% of the postures. I worked in baby steps and soon my back was looser and any depressive tendencies were slowly getting under control.
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5 July 2008 - 7:44pm — Anonymous
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Length of time since starting Bikram Yoga:
1 year
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Classes attendend per week (average):
4-5 times
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Occupation:
Desk Job- RBC Museum
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Progress with and through the yoga:
More range of motion, less pain
Calmer
Happier and more relaxed
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Other changes:
After 2 months of practice, one of my instructors commented that I was looking slimmer and younger, although I question the “younger look”. I confirmed the slimmer part when I hopped on my scale that evening. Sure enough, I was 10 pounds lighter!
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