It's been so hard for me to keep this under wraps the past few weeks. Just in case it didn't happen but now it is!!! The posters have been finalized & printed, I'm gonna announce it in my class tonight at BYSB so it's a goer. I am so happy to announce here that Craig Villani will be returning to the sunny West Coast to conduct FOUR master classes.
Craig will be running an in depth two hour master class at each of the four Perth Studios. Dates are as follows:
- Bikram Yoga Joondalup - Saturday 14th April - 9am
- Bikram Yoga Scarborough Beach - Saturday 14th April - 3:30pm
- Bikram Yoga North Perth - Sunday 15th April - Time TBA
- Bikram Yoga North South Perth - Sunday 15th April - Time TBA
Sign up QUICK at your studio reception as places are very strictly limited this year as they will be taking place in the actual heated yoga rooms this time. Only a full payment of $40 will secure your spot, no money = no place. First come, best dressed.
It's such a huge deal for us to get Bikram royalty here in WA as we are so far away from the States where all the senior/top teachers are based. We are very privileged that Craig has decided to come back a second time. I learned HEAPS from him last year so I'm very excited to be taking his class again which will be a lot more personal than last years sprawling event. Not to be missed!
Team Perth aka as me, Kana & Jas who all attended BYTT this past fall had a mini reunion yesterday...yoga style. Jas & I headed to the North Perth studio to take Kana's class. I've not been to that studio so it was nice to get out my comfort zone and take my friends class. The studio is in an old church hall style building, loads of features and a cute wooden veranda we all waited patiently on till the doors open. They are keen in NP, I got there stupid early at 8:45am and people were already there. By the time the doors opened at 9am there was quite the line up. I had a lovely welcome from the studio director and made my way through the masses to find a spot in the room. Having no attachment issues at this studio it was great to just plonk my mat down in the first available spot I came across. Jas came in later and went in front of me. So nice to share my practice with the girls.
I had a great class and really pushed myself hard. My hydration has been horrible this past week. Christmas merriment got the better of me. It's been super hot here in Perth so I should have drunk a lot more hydrating liquids. Hence I was feeling a little dead by the end of class and had major beetroot red face. It was a steamy 39 degrees outside on the street so took a pew under the air con in reception to cool off before hitting the road.
We are so blessed to have such a strong Bikram community in Perth. I'm so happy I got to share my training experience with Jas & Kana. Even better our friendship has carried on growing now we are back home. We are all so supportive & encouraging of each other, it's awesome to be a part of. It's great to hear other fellow Fall 11 graduates, especially Team New York and Team Vancouver are all supporting each other by taking each others classes and practicing together when they can. Yoga love!
I was talking with a fellow regular student the other day about how pregnancy and Bikram yoga. She'd talked with Jo about being able to carry on her practice when the time comes that she'll be pregnant. Last year one of the Scarborough students successfully carried on her practice through her pregnancy. I witnessed first hand BY Leicester's director, Libby, practicing in her 8th month. She even went a week over due in which she still carried on her practice. Bikram's wife Rajashree developed the Bikram pregnancy series available on DVD.
There are rules for pregnancy Bikram and mother's to be need to be advised properly by qualified instructors, not me. Jen, Bikram Yoga Perth's director, is expecting her fist child this year and has dedicated her blog to the subject. So who better to advise the expecting but a senior expecting instructor! Take a look here...
