Issue No.21 - June 2010

Sunday, June 20th bring a man, your man, any man for a FREE class to celebrate Father's Day! Sunday classes are at 10:00am and 4:00pm. First-timers please arrive at least 10 minutes early to fill out a registration form. Call the studio for more info.

Our amazing Summer SALE is still on. Buy 2 months of unlimited yoga and get the third FREE! 3 months of unlimited yoga for only $200 (tax not incl.), it doesn't get any better than that! Hurry in or call the studio for details before the sale is over.

All of our Tonic yoga clothing is on sale at the lowest price ever. Only a few styles left!

We just received another shipment of brand new Shakti yoga clothes. Fun prints and cute tops aplenty!

If you participated in the last 30 Day Challenge your prize is now ready at the studio! Congrats to all challengers!

Our Lost & Found will now officially be emptied on the 30th of every month. If you feel like you may have forgotten something, make sure you come in before the 30th of the month or else you can buy it back from W.I.N.G.S. for a decent price!

• Thursday, July 1st (Canada Day) - 10:00am class only
• Friday, July 9th (Bishnu Ghosh Memorial Day) - all Bikram Yoga studios closed

Every year, Bikram Choudhury asks that all Bikram Yoga studios close their doors on the 9th of July (the day of his passing) in honour of his guru, Bishnu Ghosh (younger brother of Paramahansa Yogananda). Below is an exerp from the book "Bikram Yoga":

"In February 1970 I left India and went to Japan, for what was supposed to be six months, to take care of some things there for my guru. I didn't want to go - I was a king in Bombay! But when your guru tells you to do something, you have to do it. That's it. You have no choice. As I was about to get on the plane at Calcutta Airport, my guru took my hand and told me something, in English, which he never spoke. "Promise me you will complete my incomplete job," he said. He meant bringing yoga to the rest of the world, to the West and America. And I replied, "Yes, I promise. I will." Forty years later I'm here in the United States, still performing my Karma Yoga by fixing Broken bodies and screw-loose brains."

"When Bishnu Ghosh bound me in that oath, I had no way of knowing it would be the last time we spoke. Soon thereafter my guru talked to all his family and friends, gave them his blessings, and said that he would soon take his rest. he then performed mahasamadhi, withdrawing his Spirit from his body and leaving this Earth at the age of 67."

"Looking back, I can't help feeling sad, mostly because I miss him every second of every day with every ounce of my heart. But I'm also sad because I forgot to ask him how long I am supposed to continue teaching Hatha Yoga to fulfill my Karma Yoga! Do I have to keep doing this for my entire life? With no guru to answer me, I have to conclude that the answer is yes. To which I say, "No problem!"

Bikram and his guru Bishnu Ghosh outside of Bikram Yoga school in L.A.