{"id":462,"date":"2012-02-24T07:26:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T12:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garykahn.net\/yoga\/?p=462"},"modified":"2016-04-10T17:46:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T21:46:01","slug":"bikram-yoga-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garykahn.net\/yoga\/2012\/02\/bikram-yoga-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast with the Bikrams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning Tammy,<\/p>\n<p>Since I haven&#8217;t been to any of your classes this week, I decided to take my second of ten Bikram yoga classes this morning.\u00a0 Despite the near death experience at my first class, I&#8217;m going again because Groupon ehounds me to see whether I&#8217;m using the Groupons I purchased.\u00a0 Groupon also wants me to rate the experience at the Bikram studio; I\u2019m in a good mood and will skip this part.\u00a0 As the saying goes, if you can\u2019t say anything nice, don&#8217;t say anything; otherwise your next Bikram class may terminally be your last.<\/p>\n<p>There is a little trepidation about going to another Bikram yoga class.\u00a0 I go to your class to feel good about myself and laugh which I think is the purpose of yoga.\u00a0 I think Bikram is life\u2019s way of seeing if you have a death wish or if you really want to be alive.\u00a0 There are a couple of signs indicating my first class wasn\u2019t a comedy festival or an ecstasy party.\u00a0 Nobody said hi to the teacher as she walked into class.\u00a0 During the entire 90 minute class, every student had their teeth clenched; they should\u2019ve been wearing mouth guards as they were surely grinding their teeth.\u00a0 The sole positive I can relate from the class is that I was able to stay up until 2 in the morning after the class; good bye 5 Hour Energy drink.<\/p>\n<p>My mind wanders who may be a good candidate for Bikram yoga.\u00a0 Somebody who is waiting for a big inheritance should consider suggesting Bikram to their \u201cloved one\u201d; the richie may not make it out alive.\u00a0 Ladies, is the love lost from your marriage and you&#8217;re thinking about divorce?\u00a0 Is your hubby\u2019s life insurance paid up?\u00a0 If so, don\u2019t even wait for his birthday, your anniversary, or the holidays, gift him some Bikram yoga classes as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>When I go this morning, I\u2019m going to pay special attention to the teacher\u2019s speech at the beginning of class.\u00a0 The teacher must give out a safe word like they do in BDSM sessions.\u00a0 I must be able to stop the madness or get a reading of the last rites.<\/p>\n<p>Bikram for breakfast is definitely the way to wake up!\u00a0 NOT!<\/p>\n<p>Gary Kahn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning Tammy, Since I haven&#8217;t been to any of your classes this week, I decided to take my second of ten Bikram yoga classes this morning.\u00a0 Despite the near death experience at my first class, I&#8217;m going again because Groupon ehounds me to see whether I&#8217;m using the Groupons I purchased.\u00a0 Groupon also wants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[50,12,19,10],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikram-yoga","tag-bikram-yoga","tag-what-is-yoga","tag-yoga-blog","tag-yoga-class"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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