Michael Harris, Director Join Our Amazing Community of Friends who gather here daily to learn, laugh, grow and sweat. Enjoy yourself in a warm comfortable place where your voice is heard, your strugglesunderstood, and your efforts continously celebrated. Here you will find the confidence to recognize accept and trust yourself so you can live your life fearlessly and without reservation. Come in, make your body smile and have a kick ass time! |
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The Lazy Days of Summer
This is one of the best and sweetest yoga photos I have seen - Camel on Fixed Firm. Nothing like a lazy day for Michael and Betty Lynch with your honey next to the river. This is the true spirit of yoga. Connecting with ourselves, each other and the rest of creation. The following are more ideas on how to celebrate your life for the rest of August.
Eat Pray Love and Yoga. The book is our Book of the Month for August. And this month Eat Pray Love is a movie starring Julia Roberts being released in Bend on August 13th. On Saturday, August 7th there will be a special Bikram Yoga demonstration at the Regal Cinema in the Old Mill District. Each demonstration will be for one hour beginning at 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30pm. We will have random surprise Bikram Yoga Gifts. And if you bring your Eat Pray Love movie stub to Bikram Yoga in Bend (prior to 9/15/10) You Receive One Complimentary Beginning Yoga Class.
The Strike a Pose Photo Contest is going great. We have received some really amazing shots. Including the one above. Be sure to keep coming to yoga class and taking yoga photos when you go out to play. Be creative - you can have one person or multiple people in asana. Think of your background - by the river, in the river, underwater in the river, top of South Sister, on a raft, on a kayak, with your dog, the Chicken on Phil's Trail, international travel - wherever. Check out Bikram Yoga Bend's Facebook Page to see the current submissions. Remember to submit your photo by August 31st for a chance to see your photo in our 2011 calendar and maybe You Will Win Three Months Unlimited Yoga as the Grand Prize. Please send your submissions to photos@bikramyogabend.com.
Pendleton Yoga Round-Up. Did you know that there is a growing yoga community in Pendleton? There are teachers and musicians come from all over to participate in this years Yoga Round-Up. World renowned yoga master Amrit Desai will be the featured guest. There will be a number of other teachers, including myself and Molly Clark discussing and demonstrating Bikram Yoga. This years event is being held August 20 - 22nd. Be sure to check out and register at Pendleton Yoga Round-Upwebsite.
Looking ahead.
Yogi's Unite Bend. Be sure to put Sunday, September 12th on your calander now. The local Bend yoga studios are gathering right here at the Mill A building next to the river on this special day to create the largest yoga class in Bend's history. Can you imagine if we have 500 people in one class? Check out YU Bend Facebook today.
Hope to see you in class today!
Michael Harris, Director
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"There are no failures -
just experinces and your reactions to them."
- Tom Krause |
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August 2010
Triangle in a Tree... Can You Believe it? That's Andy for you. Just five years ago Andy was in an accident that damaged his spine. As a result T4 to T9 was fused with a titanium rod on each side - so that part of his spine will no longer move. Essentially the spinal muscles above and below the fusion do most of the work.
As a pretty avid runner and biker Andy thought when he started Bikram Yoga he was in pretty good condition. He has since changed how he eats, lost a few pounds, his strength and flexibility has improved and his overall fitness level has increased. When Andy rides his power to weight ratio on the bike has gotten much better, his reach is longer when swimming and his running poster is better. Not bad for a guy with a fused spine. He looks forward to seeing how all this improves his competition.
If you need any tree work give Andy a call. Perhaps he might even do a yoga posture in your tree!!
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This book is one womans journey across Italy, India and Indonesia. A perfect read for a lazy August afternoon. Read all about this book at Wikipedia.
You can also check out and view the movie trailer at the official movie website Eat Pray Love. |
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