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Mindfulness and Bikram Yoga
Bikram says your mind is a bad neighbourhood. You should stay out of it! Being in the present moment and thinking less is life changing. Most of the thoughts that we have in a day...
How to get the Most from Camel Pose
Camel is a physical and emotional experience. When you get to camel your spine is warm and strengthened and ready to bend back with all the openness and vulnerability it demands...
The Thing I love most about Bikram Yoga
I'm Evie and I'm now 23 years old. My parents had been doing Bikram yoga for yonks and I never thought twice about going with them (lame!). They always talked about it around th...
How Bikram Yoga helped me get through the HSC
We chatted to Sally Bird, a regular at Bikram Brookvale. When did you start doing Bikram? It was 8 years ago when I was 17 years old in Byron Bay, Australia. And why did you...
How to do Rabbit pose (sasangasana)
Rabbit is one of the hardest postures to do, initially because you cannot see what you are doing! Sometimes, we give up in our heads before we've even started a pose because we...
Why You Want to Practice Bikram Yoga in Summer (yes you do!)
You’ll take your practice deeper. Keeping up your practice is the key to maintaining all the headway you made during the winter. It’d be a shame to lose all that range o...
The one thing that can help your Yoga practice!
Sometimes it can be frustrating as a beginner or even as a regular practitioner to feel like you aren't moving forward in your yoga practice. It can be physical, mental and emot...
How is Bikram Yoga a 90 Minute open eye meditation?
Did you know that in any one day you will thousands of thoughts? Neuroscientists tell us that our mind has a tendency to pay more attention to the negative thoughts/experiences an...
The Story of the Tin Woman who fixed her broken knees (and broken heart)
This is the story of Kassie who has a lot of challenges in her life. Kassie sees herself as a bit of a rough diamond. She’s 53, works in child-care, is a divorced mother of two...
Learn How to Love Triangle!
“Triangle is the key posture to bring faith back to the spirit” – Bikram Of all the postures in the standing series, this one can be the most challenging. It requires dete...
The Story of My first 31 Day Challenge
When I did my first Bikram Challenge in 2006 I had been doing Bikram yoga for 5 years, coming a couple of times a week. I didn't see myself as a sporty person, I certainly wasn't a...
Why We fall out of Standing Bow Pulling
This posture probably more than any other, divides Bikram yogis. Some love it - "my favourite posture!" - while others find it a constant struggle simply to balance. And th...
Why Locking the Knee is so important in Bikram Yoga
How many times in class do you hear the teacher shouting “Lock the Knee, lock the knee, lock the knee!!”? Locking the Knee is possibly one of the most misunderstood princi...
My Back to Bikram Experience!
by Michelle Simpson One morning I woke with yet another headache. Every second to third day I was waking with screaming headaches. I had been going to my physio on a regular b...
7 Reasons why Yoga is a Great Gift for Dads!
In honour of Fathers’ Day and all the dads out there, here’s 7 reasons why yoga is great for ALL Dads! Doing Yoga regularly gives you more TIME We all know th...
Spine Twist – Last but not Least
As the last posture in the series, spine twist is sometimes not given as much attention by students (and teachers!). We can see the light at the end of the tunnel...
Balancing Stick (Tuladandasana)
One of the great things about this posture is that it is relatively simple for a beginner. But be warned - by simple, we don't mean easy! One of the most challenging postures t...
Understanding Fixed Firm Pose
Fixed Firm – Supta Vajrasana This posture can be particularly challenging for athletes and those suffering from knee injuries. Fixed Firm is one of the best for your knees...
The Importance of Pranayama Breathing
The Power of Pranayama Pranayama, the first breathing exercise, just as important as any posture in a Bikram Yoga class. Many beginners mistakenly assume that it’s not...
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7 Tips for your first Bikram Yoga class from a new student
The truth about your first ever Bikram class! We get new students coming to try out Bikram Yoga every day, and many curious phone calls and emails. We know it's a big deal, you...