Instructors
Jefferson Parker
Following a series of accidents, Jefferson was living in severe chronic pain. A gifted artist, Jefferson could no longer paint. He gained over 110 pounds and his family feared for his health and quality of life.
Arjay Parker
Arjay Foster began practicing Bikram-style yoga in November of 1998, and completed the Bikram training in May of 2002. Her yoga practice began as an answer to taking a sedentary computer job after a lifetime of outdoor sports and demanding, active work.
Faye Gault
Bay Area resident since the age of seven and a trained dancer from the age of two, Faye Delores Gault knew that Bikram Yoga was not for her after her first class in 2005.
Mel Molino
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 11th 1958, just after midnight thunder, weight 8lbs. 8oz.
John Dowd
John B. Dowd “Lampost John” as I was known at Bikram’s Yoga College Of India in Los Angeles. I took my first Bikram Yoga Class (or any yoga class for that matter) in late September 1998 at my gym in Philadelphia. At that time I had been working in construction as a carpenter since 1972. [...]
Tamar Edwards
I took my first Bikram yoga class in August of 2001 when I was a sophomore in college. At the time I was dealing with a lot in my life and yoga was a way for me to clear my mind and clean myself emotionally, physically and mentally from the inside out, and I was fascinated with the science of mind/body connection that I had been introduced to in my first yoga class.
Chris Gray
I started Bikram in 2002 as a New Year’s resolution and haven’t stopped. I thought that I’d get in shape, improve my posture and get a break from the gym routine.
Liz Jonas
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Liz took her first Bikram class in San Francisco in 2005, hoping to get in shape. She wasn’t aware of how crucial the yoga was to her well-being until moving to a rural Austrian village, where the nearest studio was a two hour bus ride away.
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