Bikram Yoga

This morning I went to check out Bikram Yoga on Allen Street to see if I could cure my aching neck with a little stretching and heat. My friends Valentina and Manuela recommended that I come along for a session some time, since to them Bikram is like the best thing since sliced bread. Tricia, the Lady running the joint is supercool and down to earth and without any pretense.The staff hooked me up with towels and a yoga mat and off we went to start the first few asanas. It was intense, to say the least, but not unbearably strenuous.Until we got about an hour into the session and I realized that the class was going to last longer than that. The last 20 minutes were tough even though the exercises we did in the end required a lot less coordination and balance than the first run of swan-poses that seemed to last forever and then a little longer after the sun hit’s the horizon, effendi, without water this desert is uncrossable, I hope you have a camel, think I might be hallucinating, I am a frog, I am a scorpion in the desert sand argh, no, a locust, no a lotus, just breathe thru your nose.....
After an hour and a half I finally stumbled out and enjoyed the ‘cool’ air outside, where the hottest day of the summer was scorching up the city. They play mellow worldmusic and funny queer bar jazz in a superchill mix in the lobby and it really fits with the feeling of having walked out of the desert with the help of a Mad Max style Amazon that makes sure you suffer but won’t let you die before the movie is over.
Manu had promised that this was almost as good as doing an ayuasca ceremony and I must admit that I’ve had a few pangs of joy going down my spine today, must have sweated out a lot of toxins in the session. I feel light and refreshed, even though I am somewhat exhausted.
I don’t think I’d do ayuasca more than 2 or three times a year, but this is definitely habit-forming-worthy. I will definitely keep going and try to incorporate stretching into my workout routine, the benefit’s can’t be ingnored..
Bikram Yoga’s deal is a introductory week for 21 bucks for a week of unlimited classes or their summer special, 30 days for 30 bucks, it makes the heat a lot more bearable, after you bear it well. I am nbot getting anything out of this, I am merely promoting this place because i liked it. U dig?
Thanks Manu, Valentina and Maike for sharing your lovely little spot with me.

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