There are a couple people who have been following this blog that don’t do or know anything about Bikram yoga and the whole process here. So I am going to do my best to better explain some the things I have been talking about for the last two weeks.
Bikram Yoga College- Every single Bikram class you go to, anywhere in the world, you will get the same twenty six postures and two breathing exercises, and the same dialogue. In order to be a Bikram certified instructor, you have to come to Bikrams yoga school of India, where I am right now. It is held twice a year for nine weeks. It use to be held in California but this year it is in Acapulco, and there is talk that it will be somewhere different next year. There is 750 hours of instruction through out the nine weeks, along with two hot classes a day.
Our schedule-
8-8:25- Morning class sign in
8:30am-10:30- Bikram class
10:30-12:00- Lunch break: the buffet is offered from 10-12 every day. The lunch buffet is included in our hotel fees we paid.
12:00-12:25- Posture clinic sign in
12:30-4:15- Posture clinic
4:30-4:55- Evening class sign in
5:00-7:00- Bikram class
7:00-8:30- Supper
8:30-8:55- Sign in
9:00 to whenever- Lecture
Posture clinic- Half moon is the first posture we do in a Bikram class. When someone comes here they have to perform the half moon dialogue on stage in front of Bikram and the 300 other students here. After you complete the dialogue, Bikram lets you know what he thinks about you and the way you delivered the dialogue. He may give you pointers on what you need to work on in terms of the dialogue while you are here. He is able to tell your personality just by how you perform the dialogue and the posture in the one minute it takes to say it. After you say the dialogue you stay on stage and perform the half moon posture while the next person comes and recites it for Bikram.
Half moon is the only posture we have to say in front of Bikram. After all the students has finished we are broken into posture clinic groups (that starts this week). There are 16 groups this year. We are responsible for memorizing the dialogue in order to present it. Each day there are two groups that get together and go over the dialogue with a senior teacher. Everyone has to say every single posture in front of the group and teacher while others do what you tell them. The senior teacher is there to critique us and help us grow with in our dialogue. Your group moves on when everyone has presented the current posture. Once we get going we could be doing three or four postures a week. Each posture has a different length. Some are one minute some are as short as ten seconds so it varies.
Dialogue- The dialogue is the words Bikram created to be said in every single class. We are responsible for learning the dialogue word for word. It was made to create a consistency with in the classes. Any Bikram student should be able to walk into any Bikram studio in the world and hear the Bikram dialogue. Every posture has a certain way to get in, perform, corrections and get out of the postures, and stays consistent if the dialogue is used.
Lectures- Lectures are presented by senior teachers or Bikram himself. They can talk about anything that is relavent to the yoga and life in general. Bikram does a lot of lectures too which can involve some personal stories about himself and of course in relation to the yoga in general. One of his favorite things to do is watch Bollywood films during his free time. He very much enjoys sharing that with us until the wee hours of the morning some days.
Senior Teachers- Senior teachers are those teachers who are certified Bikram instructors who have been teaching or own their own studio. They have been invited by Bikram personally to attend the training. They help with posture clinics, can teach a class, do lectures, and are in general just there for us if we need anything.
People: Bikram- the man who created these sequence of postures called Bikram yoga. When referring to Bikram it can mean the man himself, or Bikram as in the class its self.
Rajashree- Bikrams wife. She is also a certified medical practicioner in alternative medicine and hatha yoga, and certified Bikram teacher.
Emmy- She is the principle teacher here, and the most senior teacher here. She met Bikram over 35 years ago. It is said that she is well into her 80’s but that doesn’t stop her. She is the teacher of the advanced classes, which can only be preformed if you are a certified Bikram teacher.
I think that covers it, any other things you don’t understand let me know and I will do my best to clarify it for you non-Bikramites.
Today I did some dialogue review, hit up Mega, which is similar to a cleaner superstore in Canada. I also studied for the anatomy test tomorrow and did some blogging.
Bikram Yoga College- Every single Bikram class you go to, anywhere in the world, you will get the same twenty six postures and two breathing exercises, and the same dialogue. In order to be a Bikram certified instructor, you have to come to Bikrams yoga school of India, where I am right now. It is held twice a year for nine weeks. It use to be held in California but this year it is in Acapulco, and there is talk that it will be somewhere different next year. There is 750 hours of instruction through out the nine weeks, along with two hot classes a day.
Our schedule-
8-8:25- Morning class sign in
8:30am-10:30- Bikram class
10:30-12:00- Lunch break: the buffet is offered from 10-12 every day. The lunch buffet is included in our hotel fees we paid.
12:00-12:25- Posture clinic sign in
12:30-4:15- Posture clinic
4:30-4:55- Evening class sign in
5:00-7:00- Bikram class
7:00-8:30- Supper
8:30-8:55- Sign in
9:00 to whenever- Lecture
Posture clinic- Half moon is the first posture we do in a Bikram class. When someone comes here they have to perform the half moon dialogue on stage in front of Bikram and the 300 other students here. After you complete the dialogue, Bikram lets you know what he thinks about you and the way you delivered the dialogue. He may give you pointers on what you need to work on in terms of the dialogue while you are here. He is able to tell your personality just by how you perform the dialogue and the posture in the one minute it takes to say it. After you say the dialogue you stay on stage and perform the half moon posture while the next person comes and recites it for Bikram.
Half moon is the only posture we have to say in front of Bikram. After all the students has finished we are broken into posture clinic groups (that starts this week). There are 16 groups this year. We are responsible for memorizing the dialogue in order to present it. Each day there are two groups that get together and go over the dialogue with a senior teacher. Everyone has to say every single posture in front of the group and teacher while others do what you tell them. The senior teacher is there to critique us and help us grow with in our dialogue. Your group moves on when everyone has presented the current posture. Once we get going we could be doing three or four postures a week. Each posture has a different length. Some are one minute some are as short as ten seconds so it varies.
Dialogue- The dialogue is the words Bikram created to be said in every single class. We are responsible for learning the dialogue word for word. It was made to create a consistency with in the classes. Any Bikram student should be able to walk into any Bikram studio in the world and hear the Bikram dialogue. Every posture has a certain way to get in, perform, corrections and get out of the postures, and stays consistent if the dialogue is used.
Lectures- Lectures are presented by senior teachers or Bikram himself. They can talk about anything that is relavent to the yoga and life in general. Bikram does a lot of lectures too which can involve some personal stories about himself and of course in relation to the yoga in general. One of his favorite things to do is watch Bollywood films during his free time. He very much enjoys sharing that with us until the wee hours of the morning some days.
Senior Teachers- Senior teachers are those teachers who are certified Bikram instructors who have been teaching or own their own studio. They have been invited by Bikram personally to attend the training. They help with posture clinics, can teach a class, do lectures, and are in general just there for us if we need anything.
People: Bikram- the man who created these sequence of postures called Bikram yoga. When referring to Bikram it can mean the man himself, or Bikram as in the class its self.
Rajashree- Bikrams wife. She is also a certified medical practicioner in alternative medicine and hatha yoga, and certified Bikram teacher.
Emmy- She is the principle teacher here, and the most senior teacher here. She met Bikram over 35 years ago. It is said that she is well into her 80’s but that doesn’t stop her. She is the teacher of the advanced classes, which can only be preformed if you are a certified Bikram teacher.
I think that covers it, any other things you don’t understand let me know and I will do my best to clarify it for you non-Bikramites.
Today I did some dialogue review, hit up Mega, which is similar to a cleaner superstore in Canada. I also studied for the anatomy test tomorrow and did some blogging.
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