Testimonials

45 Pounds Gone Better Than Gym!

My girlfriend dragged me through BYT’s door 3 years ago. I wasn’t exactly kicking and screaming since I had just looked through the photos of our recent vacation and wondered who the fat guy was standing next to her.

But since my days of working off the Guinness and combo pizzas in a gym were cut short by knee and joint pain, I knew I needed to find something else to burn the fat, just didn’t think it would be yoga.

Three years later and 45 pounds lighter, I practice at least 4x per week. Interesting thing is that the physical benefits of this yoga have become less important and one of the elements that some find off putting about Bikram (repetition) is what brings me back.
For me, knowing what is coming physically is comforting (as can be in a hot humid room) and frees me to explore and experience my mind and body working together… Something that rarely happened in a gym while hooked up to a walkman or a television trying to ignore the hamster vision I get while using aerobic machines.