Our Instructors
All BYCV Instructors are certified in the Bikram Method of Yoga by Bikram himself. All Bikram Yoga Instructors must complete an intensive 9 week training program that consists of:
- Over 500 hours of study
- 2 classes per day for 9 weeks
- Passing a basic Anatomy Course
- Daily posture clinics
- Attending lectures from health care professionals such as Chiropractors, MD's and ND's
Jennifer
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Magenta
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Paul
Paul came to Bikram Yoga in August 2006 because of knee injuries. In September 2008 he went to training in Acapulco, working through severe pain -- which he later found out was a torn meniscus in his left knee -- to become a teacher in November. Since then he has taught up to 24 classes a week in Toronto, the US, Chile, Philippines, Australia and Thailand.
Carmen
Carmen became a teacher in the Fall of 2008. Since then she has competed nationally in Chile and Canada. Most recently she represented Eastern Canada internationally at the Bishnu Ghosh Championship Cup where she placed 11th overall for 2011. She has taught across the US, in Toronto, and in Chile. You will quite often see her in the hot room taking her second class of the day. She loves this stuff!
Lisa
I was what you might call a skeptical if not reluctant beginner at my first Bikram class in March of 2008. My good friend had been talking it up a bit over zealously for my taste, for quite some time now. I really liked the intensity of the work out portion but did not fall in love with it at all. It was like kale, good for you but not good to eat. I huffed and puffed my way through this work out for the 3 month package I had signed up on then figured I didn't need it and could get my exercise some other way that was cheaper and easier.
Yhea... I came back. It took me a year to listen to the calling and when the powers that be put a cleaning job at the Bikram studio in my hands a year later, I signed back on as a student at the same time. This was still a hard exercise and my mind imagined bolting from the room almost every time I would lie down in "Savasana" waiting for the class to start and the teacher to come in and make me do my most dreaded, feared "Half Moon". But it was good for you and I was finding it easier to fit into my life, and I was seeing differences in the poses. It was after I attended a posture clinic with Lynn Whitlow that the exercise became yoga. I started slowing down and simply breathing through my nose to make it more yoga than exercise. By spring 2010 I was at Bikram Teacher Training in L.A. and going to classes on the one day a week we didn't have to do classes!
Now I am so grateful to be able to guide people through this practice, this part of the life experience, this taking care of self, challenging self, gift to self that is called Bikram's Beginning Yoga class. I don't get that bolt from the room feeling so strong anymore and am quite happy in "Half Moon" pose and who would of thunk it... but now; I like to eat kale!
Rhiannon
I began my practice in the spring of 2008, drawn to the heat and the challenge. Prior to Bikram's Hot Yoga I did seven years of martial arts training leaving me with strength but with little to no flexibility. By my first class I knew I wanted to be a teacher and in the fall of 2010 I put my world on hold to pursue certification. What inspires me most about this yoga is that no matter what has happened in life, no matter what state you are in, through the effort of trying you can create great change. When we walk into the hot room we are unavoidably confronted by ourselves and to work with what we are at that time, on that day, to create the change we need be it physically, mentally, emotionally,etc...
For me this yoga has changed my life, it has made me far less self-critical and with time helped me to overcome years of depression. Bikram's Hot Yoga asks you not to have the perfect posture, to always be at your best, but instead for you to never give up on yourself. I am what I am, and what I am has beauty and strength...
Kelsey
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Guest
A guest teacher from the Island, Canada, the US -- or perhaps the world!?
Catherine
I started practicing Bikram Yoga in 2006, while I was living in California. A friend of mine that was practicing at the time suggested that I give the yoga a try. My response was that I didn’t want to waste 90 minutes and not even get a workout. Clearly I knew nothing about the yoga…….
I still remember my first class....So, of course I went in thinking ‘no sweat - I got this’. I was working out about 6 days a week and have an athletic background and I thought that, although it would be challenging, I would be able to make it through no problem. Well, I did stay in the room but I certainly wasn’t able to do every posture. After leaving the studio and taking a deep breath I realized that I felt like a million bucks – I was so confused about what had just happened and at that point I knew I was hooked. I went back the next day and the day after that and then the day after that. And, from there it is history.
This yoga has confirmed for me that we are capable of so much more than we give ourselves credit for. We have infinite potential when we have our health. Some days I struggle in the hot room and other days seem like a breeze but no matter what comes my way I know that I have the tools to deal with it. I am extremely grateful to be able to maintain a personal practice as well as guide others on their journey to optimum health.
I graduated from teacher training in the Fall 2010 - San Diego. I look forward to sharing this yoga with everyone and anyone. Some days I just want to run around town shouting out about how great this yoga is - but, I know people will look at me like I'm crazy! We’re all in this together so if there is ever any doubt just get to the studio and we’ll support 100% of the way.
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