Bikram's Yoga College Of India

Can you even call it yoga?. I am a yoga instructor. After 14 years of yoga and 4 years of practicing bikram yoga all over the country and internatinally, my experience with the fremont studio has been quite dissapointing. I was practicing in the front row one day and layed down during one of the poses. This is quite nornal for anyone, at any time to feel sick during class. No matter how long you've been practicing. The teacher said that I was "messing up the energy of the class". How strange? I am here for me, my body, my health and my breath. I know my limits and body enough to say when to take a brake. It shouldn't matter to anyone else if I take a brake or not. Their body and physical state does not belong to me. And I hope that other students are paying attention to their body and limits and not what is happening to me or anyone else. In fact, students have injured their bodies simply because they didn't listen to their practice. Bottom line, this studio lacks teachers who truly understand what yoga is all about. They are minipulitive, and want to brainwash their students into thinking that bikram is the only way. Wake up! You are not the kings and Queens of the yoga world. Your just a bunch of coouks who label hot arobics as yoga. Go see for yourself and don't let them try to control you!…

Great yoga studio!!!. I've been practicing Bikram for only 10 years & I have to say that this studio had some of the best teachers. I was visiting my sister in-laws in Portland & as always I try to keep up with my Bikram practice whenever I'm away from home (CT). Have no idea how the owners eat, as the person commented below? However, while i was there, one of the instructors was discussing the benfits of Noni jucie & that he was consuming it for health benefits. I have no idea if this was the person eating fried food or not?? Back to the studio, The energy was amazing at this place, the students were really trying there hardest & very focused on their form & self practice. There was a new student there (in the 1st class i took) & the instructor was very kind & most motivating to this guy. I was wishing i had taken my 1st bikram class here. I was also impressed with the relaxed attitude in the class. At times i thought it was to relaxed (like when the teacher told a joke) but i was reminded that i must just try that much harder to meditate on being focused. It was a good challange. That being said, I came back home(CT) & I brought back something with me from this studio. I have so much more concentration & for some reason have come back stronger in my practice. More solid, balanced poses:o) So much that my instructor here had noticed. I started taking Bikram in Chicago, have practiced in NY, L.A., Europe, CT & now Portland. This studio is true to Bikram & i have to say it was one of the best studios I've been to. So happy to have experienced it. Thank you Fremont Bikram. May i add, that it's obvious that the negative person below has not reaped the benefits of Bikram. Seems a little UNfocused to be concentrating on how people eat. Namaste.…

A Crying Shame. I LOVE Bikram yoga. It changed my life. I used to practice at the Sellwood studio but then I moved to NE so I moved studios to Fremont. Now, keep in mind, there is common thread of some snobbery amongst Bikram studios (it's part of the attitude of the big Bikram guy), but for the most part, people warm up and it does feel like a community after a while, especially if you go as often as i used to. But the Fremont studio is a major disappointment. It is the hottest studio in town, which is a major bonus, but the ownership is seriously lacking. The husband/wife pair don't really seem like they know what they are doing, are interpersonally odd, are not good teachers at all, and, whereas this might not be any of my business, they are very out of shape and can be seen eating on any given day, plates of fried food at one of the sidewalk cafes nearby. It would make a difference if they looked or appeared healthy. Not very good role models for the yoga lifestyle they preach. I don't go there anymore because its bad vibes. I live too far away from the John's Landing or Sellwood studio to get in very often. So now I go to regular yoga classes at a gym nearby and I must say I miss Bikram yoga a lot. Once you try it, you love it. By the way, getting a headache or feeling sick in your first few classes is a good sign because it means you have a lot to detox. You have to stick it out and know you're body can handle. Must learn discipline. If you have to use the restroom, leave but know they'll call you on it. We lack discipline in our culture and you gotta get the ego out of the way to receive the beneftis. It's really just about the ownership and the quality of it's operation.…