Thoughts on the Bikram Series

I’ve just started learning the Bikram series at home. Living in Los Angeles, I’d actually love to experience the bombastic personality Bikram in person (his school is a short drive away), but I can’t. Hot yoga is counterindicated for my chronic fatigue syndrome.
(CFS sufferers have a tendency towards orthostatic hypotension, which means we have [...]

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Free Meditation at LA Sivananda Center

The Los Angeles Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center is now offering a free 30-minute silent meditation four nights a week at 8:30 pm: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. (Wednesday night is Satsang starting at 7 pm, which includes meditation, chanting and a reading.) The full schedule is available here.

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Yoga Class at the Sivananda Yoga Center

Took a class at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center last night. I guess Sivananda Yoga is not considered trendy or flashy these days, being “classical yoga” and all that, but still, I wonder why more people don’t take the classes there. With a $35/year membership, drop-in classes are only $10. This is insanely cheap for [...]

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Los Angeles Sivananda Remodel

The Los Angeles Sivananda Yoga Center has been undergoing a remodel to install hardwood floors and create a new space up front as a small boutique/entranceway. So far, the hardwood floors are in place, and now the final touches are in progress. It looks great!
On another note…I used to be able to go to satsang [...]

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