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"As my schedule has become more and more aggressive and I am travelling out of town for extended periods, I have decided to utilize the "pay as you go" system until my schedule returns to a more predictable format.
I fully intend to stay on the mat at Yoga Loka and to move forward on an independent basis while travelling, and at home. In addition, the Five Tibetan Rites have become a daily ritual thanks to your encouragement and advisement. I want you and Sandy to know that I consider my education and practice under your care, to be profoundly life changing, and most beneficial to my health, attitude, perspective, wellness and collective peace & tranquility. The service and insight that you provide is nothing short of spectacular. I am in debt to the both of you for being so kind, open, warm, gentle and direct in serving up a most unique and deliberate approach to healing the body, mind and spirit. I will continue to call Yoga Loka my "Home," and I will always have reverence and respect for your art. P.S. I would be honored if you feel that my testimonial properly describes the ideals and focus of your extraordinary practice." |
| -- Robert D. Bond |
| "i can not tell you what a difference you, sandy, rachel, audrey, stephanie and yoga loka have made in my life. i know i would still be in therapy and taking prozac if i hadn't started practicing. i plan to practice yoga for the rest of my life now. thank you so much for helping me to find "my way" to happiness and love through yoga. words simply can not describe how i strongly i feel about this and how much gratitude i feel in my heart for yoga loka! i really think yoga (and yoga loka) saved my life." |
| -- Sydney Smith |
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"Medical researchers have discovered remarkable and lasting results from the practice of yoga. Be it arthritis, high blood pressure, intestinal problems, chronic back or neck pain, nervous tension or fatigue, migraine headache, circulatory problems, heart disease, or weight loss. Bikram Yoga is effective for halting the progression and reversing the effects of degenerative diseases. As with any practice related to the health of the body, it is advisable to consult a physician, particularly one trained in naturopathic medicine before beginning any program of exercise.
"I can confidently say that my system of Hatha Yoga is capable of helping you avoid, correct, cure, heal or at least alleviate the symptoms of almost any illness or injury." |
| -- Bikram Choudhury |
| "I've always had a bad back, and yoga is the best and only thing that works. It is also the best way to counteract the effects of overwhelming stress and the older I get the more important it becomes." |
| -- Candice Bergen |
| "...flexibility is the missing element. This is why a lot of athletes get injured. I think that doing yoga really helped reduce the number and severity of the injuries I suffered during my career." |
| -- Kareem Abdul Jabbar |
| "I damaged my back, elbow, shoulder and sciatic nerve. It hurt all the way to the bottom of my left foot. I became immoble and gained 45 pounds. I was depressed, looked 10 years older than I was, and was in continuous pain. I practiced yoga daily, and within months my pain was decreasing while my strength and stamina increased. Bodily awareness helped me to make healthful decisions toward changing diet and I gradually lost 45 pounds. I became strong and healthy practicing Yoga, which became my way of taking responsibility for my health and well being." |
| -- Sandy McCauley |
| "The regular practice of Yoga challenges all the weak areas and gradually increases the efficiency and vigor of all the major Systems of the body until radiant health is achieved. Yoga is the perfect vehicle for change of self first by creating a strong and powerful body and mind. It is a starting point from which you can then begin to realize your human spirit. Only then can we hope to effect a global healing of the planet." |
| -- Bikram Choudhury |
| "After a year of Bikram Yoga I report the following improvements: Lower back strong and spasm free, Weight down 15 lbs, Excellent sleep, Clear skin, No colds or coughs for over a year and Scoliosis of the spine is greatly improving relaxing and strengthening. Bikram Yoga is the only thing in my life that has ever effected this condition. Miraculous!" |
| -- Amy Kahn, San Rafael |
| "The regular practice of Yoga challenges all the weak areas and gradually increases the efficiency and vigor of all the major Systems of the body until radiant health is achieved. Yoga is the perfect vehicle for change of self first by creating a strong and powerful body and mind. It is a starting point from which you can then begin to realize your human spirit. Only then can we hope to effect a global healing of the planet." |
| -- Bikram Choudhury |
| "I love the practice. In a short time I have learned so much about how to improve my posture and be in my body in a way that helps me feel strong and powerful, yet flexible and open. I am left feeling at peace and energized. It is as rewarding as it is challenging." |
| -- Susan Cronk, San Anselmo |
| "The regular practice of Yoga challenges all the weak areas and gradually increases the efficiency and vigor of all the major Systems of the body until radiant health is achieved. Yoga is the perfect vehicle for change of self first by creating a strong and powerful body and mind. It is a starting point from which you can then begin to realize your human spirit. Only then can we hope to effect a global healing of the planet." |
| -- Bikram Choudhury |
| "When I started Yoga one year ago, I was looking for the exercise part of Yoga. As time went on and my posture began to improve and my lower back pain greatly diminished, I began to see what a gift I was giving myself each time I went to class. The cumulative effects of Yoga practice is far reaching into other areas. Yoga does not take effort for me but it takes willingness. The flexability, strength, and balance I am experiencing in my life right now reflects this practice" |
| -- Miranda Wagner "Miranda Moon," San Rafael |
| "After 4 classes there is a shift in my body, emotions, a restored sense of well-being and vitality. I do so much for my health as a rule. This is the only change made. I feel young and vibrant - free again at 48". Thank you!" |
| -- Marilyn Cohen, San Rafael |
| "Since beginning Bikram Yoga, I have been able to stop taking "Paxil" for panic disorder. I tried to stop in December 1995, but panic attacks quickly resumed. I tried again March, 1996 (began yoga in Feb.) and no problem! If I begin to get panic attack symptoms, I do yoga breathing or a few postures. I have the Yoga "tools" to deal with oncoming attacks." |
| -- Holly Kuhlman art Instructor, San Rafael |
| "We tend to believe that action depletes energy and separates us from energy itself. Thus, we consider the relaxation of activity to be the obvious method for restoring or increasing available life-force. Carried to its extreme, this view results in "chronic relaxation", better known as laziness. In fact, enervation, or the chronic absence of energy, is not caused specifically and necessarily by activity. Enervation is served just as well by inactivity. Rather, enervation and every kind of inharmonious and low-level of life-energy are caused by the failure to participate consciously and moment to moment, from the heart, in the cooperative process of body, breath, mind, and universal life force in the all-pervading Divine Presence or Radiance." |
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-- Adi Da Samraj, The Divine World Teacher Adidam website excerpted from "Conscious Exercise and the Transcendental Sun" |