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1. What is the truth about yoga for you?

I don’t worry too much about the truth in my practice from a spiritual or ominous perspective. The truth is in that the yoga practice feels good to my body. It makes me feel younger and healthier. My body looks better and I feel better, and that’s enough for me. Sometimes I wonder if I should approach yoga from a more spiritual, religious perspective, but I usually talk myself out of this because I don’t feel that I need to have that connection with it at this point to get out of it what I do.

2. Do you believe there to be contradictions in the practice of yoga? If so, what are these contradictions?

I believe that there are things that we have assumed about the world that appear to be contradicted in yoga. We assume that it is harder to move then it is to stay still. We assume that when we are working hard and our body needs more air we should breath faster, but we end up taking short, fast breaths, and what we really need to do it to breath slower so that we can get more air deeper into our lungs. Although these things appear to be contradictions, yoga just offers a different frame of reference.

3. List three hopes you have for your practice.

one - Longevity two - Deeper range of movement three - Develop more strength

4. What has the practice of Bikram Yoga given to you?

It has helped me become more physically in shape and aware of my body. It has helped me realize my strengths and weaknesses both physically and mentally. Anonymous, Encinitas, CA U.S.A