Bikram Yoga Decatur

Say hello to our little friend, Leif Alan Johnson, born to Anita Chen, August 7 at 10:59 am.

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Effective immediately and until further notice:

We are adding a 6:00 am on Mondays.

The Noon Class on Fridays has been canceled.

See the Schedule Page for the complete schedule.

Effective immediately, the 2:00 pm class on Sundays has been canceled for the Summer.

Holiday Schedule Changes:

Fri, May 28: 10 am, 4:30 pm (12 PM & 6:30 PM CANCELED)
Sat, May 29: 9 am, 11 am, 4 pm (NO CHANGES)
Sun, May 30: 10 am, 4 pm, 6 pm (2 PM CANCELED)
Mon, May 31: 10 am, 4:30 pm, 6:30 pm (8:15 PM CANCELED)

update, 5/26/10 The 6 am on Friday, May 28 is NOT canceled and the 6:30 pm on that same day IS canceled. Sorry about that.

Our washer/Dryer is broken so please help us out by remembering to bring your large towel with you when you come to class.

Thanks

This Saturday we will be having our second monthly Posture Talk following the 11 am class. Posture Talk is an informal discussion of.... whatever is on your mind. Bring your questions, tips for practice, inspirational stories, gripes about our studio or anything else you want to talk about.

Saturday, May 1, 1:00 pm

The next Posture Talk will be on Saturday, June 5.

I've just posted a new page called Etiquette and Culture.

I just signed up with PickupPal, a web site that helps people share rides. I have no experience with this site and I assume it is mainly used for longer trips and commuting but why not try it out and see if you can find or give a ride to class? Accounts are free.

http://www.pickuppal.com/pup/group/BYD

Magnolia Claire Honeycutt, born April 12, 2010.

Beginning April 9 we are adding two new class times:

Fridays, 6:00 am

Sundays, 6:00 pm

See Schedule for the complete lineup of classes.

Alas, our studio lights will already be out and even if they weren't nobody would see us turning them out. But, it's something I do at home...

Tomorrow night is Earth Hour. At exactly 8:30 pm EST on March 27 millions of people around the globe will be simultaneously turning their lights off for one hour. Surprisingly, the State of Georgia is officially on board so much of Atlanta will go dark.

Check it out... Earth Hour

Is there something in the water?

Does Bikram Yoga make you more fertile? (That's how rumors get started so please don't quote me -- I'm joking.)

Whatever the reason, we're seeing a lot of women who are practicing yoga for two. As soon as I get a chance I'm going to add a pregnancy page with some detailed information about pregnancy and Bikram Yoga with photos and descriptions of posture modifications.

In the meantime, Susie, who practiced throughout her pregnancy and is now a very happy mom, is available for private instruction. Sessions can be schedule for 60 or 90 minutes.

Join us on the first Saturday of each month for Posture Talk event, a free and informal opportunity for any and all kinds of discussions about Bikram Yoga, our studio, your practice or whatever. It's open to everyone including people who practice at other studios, other styles, or even people who don't practice yoga.

Meet in the lobby after the 11:00 am class. We'll start at 1:00 pm to allow time for people to shower and change.

Posture Talk has been canceled for May 1 and will resume on June 5.

On Sunday, March 21, the ING Marathon will interfere with traffic on North Decatur Rd and Clairmont Rd just South of BYD. If you're coming from the South or the East for the 10 class that day you will need to plan an alternate route.

Download a Marathon Map

The roads should be open well before the afternoon classes.

If you plan to attend class this coming Sunday morning please remember to change your clocks the night before to accommodate Daylight Savings time.

You call this snow?

I know, I know, I got in trouble last time with that attitude, but we are NOT canceling any classes today or tomorrow. It's business as usual at BYD!

We've taken yet another step towards living a more virtual life. BYD is now on foursquare.

The Monday 6:00 am class is canceled permanently. Wednesday 6:00 am is NOT canceled.

For some reason, you Wednesday morning early risers don't seem to be willing to set your alarm clocks on Mondays. But since you're pretty consistent about showing up on Wednesdays we will keep that class time active for now. If the 2 or 3 Monday people can join the existing 5 or 6 people on Wednesday then there is little risk of losing it.

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Video is available of this weekend's winners of the International Yoga Asana Championship, if you're into that sort of thing. What I like are seeing the postures we do performed pretty much about as beautifully as you can imagine. When they get into the contortionist stuff I feel like I'm watching circus performers (not that there's anything wrong with that).

update - I had to delete the picture that accompanied this post. It was just too weird seeing a human pretzel every time I looked at the site.

Use it or lose it.

tic toc...

I'm glad that's over. I learned a lesson from the snow last night. In the future, I will have to decide earlier about whether or not to cancel classes. The whole "keep checking the web site and your email for updates" thing didn't work too well and some of you showed up for a class that never happened. I also wasn't able to update the answering machine message after I left last night so it gave the wrong information to anyone who called. I'm sorry for the confusion.

I tried to get to the studio for the 11 am class in case anyone showed up but I wasn't able to make it. I got blocked by snow related accidents three times and kept getting re-routed. At 11:20 I finally gave up and went home.

The 4 PM class is definitely on and our regular schedule resumes immediately.

We have donated a 20 Class Card to each of the following organizations' silent auction fundraising events. By attending these events and bidding on the Card you can help support a worthy local advocacy organization and at the same time get a discounted class card for use at our studio.

You'll have to contact the organizations for more detailed information than what I have here.

Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

Decatur Presbyterian Children's Comunity
March 12

Dekalb History Center
March 19

Deklab Medical Center Foundation
March 20

More Choices for Donating to Haiti

Effective immediately, we now offer an 8:15 pm class on Wednesdays in addition to Mondays. See the Schedule page for a complete listing of class times.

Still no cancellations. In fact, what better way to stay warm than with hot yoga?

Come on in and enjoy the heat.

Despite the fact I'm in Viet Nam as I type this, I'm originally from Massachusetts. I learned to drive in Massachusetts. I spent a lot of time driving in the snow in Massachusetts. It's gonna take a whole lot of snow for me to consider canceling classes.

The real problem is, I'm flying to LA tomorrow with a stop in Tapei. I probably won't have internet access from 8 pm Wednesday until 7 pm Thursday and I hadn't anticipated that we might actually experience real winter weather in my absence. I can have one of the other instructors update our studio answering machine but I haven't shown any of them how to update the web site and our email announcements list will only accept outgoing messages from my personal account.

So, let's just assume all classes are happening.

Effective January 13 we will be offering an 8:15 pm class on Mondays AND Wednesdays.