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 Challenge Yourself, Improve Your Health, Enhance Your Life!
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February is the month of LOVE!
Love yourself, Love Bikram Yoga |
We would like to thank all of our students for their commitment and dedication to Bikram Yoga West Edmonton. We are pleased that our yoga community is growing; this has allowed us to offer 2 new classes per week. Thank you everyone. | |
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New Class Times |
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Effective February 6th, we will be offering 2 new class times!
Fridays @ 3:30 pm
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Sundays @ 11:15 am
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| Final Kids Class Reminder!!! |
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This Saturday January 31st is the last kids drop-in class of the month. Please bring all your eager young yogis down for a fun hour of Bikram Yoga!
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1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
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Ages 8-14
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$7 (mat rental included) |
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Auto Renew Membership - The Best Bang For Your Buck! |
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Has the recession got you down??? Try our best value Auto Renew Membership!
We are pleased to offer you a monthly unlimited membership for $99 a month. The more you practice, the better value you receive.
Practice 2 classes per week = $ 12.38 per class
Practice 3 classes per week = $ 8.25 per class
Practice 4 classes per week = $ 6.19 per class
Practice 6 classes per week = $ 4.13 per class
(Go Margaret Go!)
All exisiting members will receive this new price effectice February 1st! Yeah!
Auto renew members have the opportunity to use their membership charge account for products through out the month.
* 3 month minimum commitment, no administration fee, no cancellation fee.
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How Often Should I Practice? |
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In order to be effective, Bikram Yoga should be practiced on a regular basis without long lapses between classes. Please come as often as you can, you'll soon find that you want to do this practice because it works. The time and effort you put into Bikram Yoga will be returned to you tenfold!
For good results, we encourage a regular practice of 3 times per week minimum. For life changing results, 4 or more times per week.
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| February's Featured Instructor |
 Melissa Sebastianelli
Bikram Yoga has taught me how to gain awareness of my body, to trust and accept myself, and that the body is alot stronger than the mind lets you believe. Seeing people believe in themselves and achieve more than they thought was possible makes me continue on this journey day after day. I truly believe that Bikram Yoga changes lives; it is that belief and passion that I bring to the studio each and every day as I continue to learn from myself, the students, and my extended Bikram Yoga family. I attended my first Bikram Yoga class in Fall 2007, becoming addicted after 3 classes. I began practicing 5 days a week and in February I went on to do a 101 day challenge in preparation for teacher training. In Fall 2008, I became a certified teacher after attending teacher training at Bikram's College of India in Acapulco, Mexico.
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7 More Reasons For The Heat |
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Enhances vasodilatation* so that more blood is delivered to the muscles.
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Allows oxygen in the blood to detach from the hemoglobin more easily. **
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Speeds up the breakdown of glucose and fatty acids.
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Makes muscles more elastic, less susceptible to injury.
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Improves coordination.
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Reduces heart irregularities associated with sudden exercise.
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Burns fat more easily. ***
* The capillaries that weave around the muscles respond to heat by dilating. This brings more oxygen to the muscles and helps in the removal of waste products such as carbon dioxide and lactic acid
** When blood passes through warm muscles, oxygen releases more easily from the hemoglobin. Blood passing through cold muscles releases much less oxygen.
*** Warmed muscles burn fat more easily than cold ones. Fat is released during stress. The stress of intense exercise causes a deluge of fatty acids into the blood stream. If you exercise with cold muscles, they can't use the fatty acids and they end up in places where they aren't wanted, such as the lining of your arteries.
Excerpt from "Smart Exercise" by Covert Bailey. |
| Feature Posture -Utkatasana |
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What does Utkatasana mean?
In Sanskrit, it means Awkward Pose.
When is it done?
It's done third, right after Half Moon Pose with Hands to Feet Pose. At this stage, Utkatasana concludes the portion of the warm-up section that generates internal heat.
What is it good for?
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Utkatasana is a weight bearing and powerful strengthening posture.
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Heats, trims, and energizes body.
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Tones and shapes legs.
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Stabilizes shoulder joint through isometric contraction of the shoulder muscles.
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Increases range of motion in hips, knees, ankles, and toes.
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Promotes proper patellar and other skeletal alignment by bringing balance to tight musculature and connective tissue of lower extremity (i.e. quadriceps, gastrocnemius, plantar fascia).
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Increases circulation to lower extremities, helping to get rid of cold feet (not the pre-marriage kind!).
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Strengthens muscles around unstable joints in the legs and lower spine, improving dynamic stability.
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Counteracts the effects of osteoporosis. By contracting large muscle groups of the legs and spine, tension is exerted on the bones at muscular insertions resulting in a strengthening of the bones.
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Combats obesity, alleviates lower back pain, and relieves rheumatism and arthritis in the legs.
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Promotes laser-beam concentration, instills discipline, and integrates control of the mind with actions of the body. |
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