Bikram Hot Yoga Houston Blog

two weeks into the bikram challenge, i thought you all would enjoy this comment i received from naeem, one of our long time students.... bikram always says that by regularly practicing his yoga, we become bullet proof, fire proof, water proof etc. apparently we also become snow proof!!

"I think I became a 'real' runner when I started to run barefoot in 2004, first in San Francisco then Miami, Houston, and Johannesburg. In the northern cities it was a little irritating when barefoot running was made rather difficult and painful in snow.

Although I've been been doing marathons and ultras since 1999 mostly racewalking in the steps of Dave McGovern, I have never really enjoyed them so much as running barefoot. Especially since barefoot I can run faster and enjoy it more than when shod.

What is good about piles of snow and minus plenty below 0' temp?  Well, it compeled me to enter the spectacular universe of something even more arduous, frustrating and torturous than a marathon.... That is, Bikram Yoga classes! Bikram Yoga really does condition your feet for extreme heat and extreme cold. Isn't it interesting that right after a January Bikram Yoga class in Pittsburgh, DC or Chicago I can now enjoy walking outside barefoot on gravely trails or icy snow?

auf Wiedersehen, Cheers y Namaste