Bikram Yoga El Paseo

Bikram Yoga Palm Desert El Paseo is my “Ohm away from Ohm” and after a week long vacation in Cabo San Lucas Mexico I was itching to get back into the hot room.

I did something that I never did in the entire 4 years that I have owned the Bikram Yoga studio. I came to the studio on a Tuesday afternoon to take a class all by myself. I came at a time where I knew I wouldn’t be disturbed. I had no appointments and no private or regularly scheduled classes. This would be a special class that would allow me to hold the poses as long as I wanted and have the heat as hot as I wanted. This would be the perfect transition back into full gear to resume my daily obligations to be the best I could be for my students, my dental patients, my loved ones and myself.

I was needing a little solitude.

The standing series which is roughly 50-55min took me 70 minutes because I held most poses longer than usual. I felt strong, connected and invincible. As I settled into savasana with an amazing tingling throughout my body, the reception room door opened with a loud crash and through the window I could see my cleaning man enter.

With a zen tone I quietly uttered, “ Luke, I.. thought.. you.. cleaned.. Sundays and Thursdaaaaaaays?”

“umm, well it’s kind of like Saturdays and Wednesdays now.”

So much for solitude – (I’m glad I’m well informed regarding my employees schedules…………)

My distraction now complete I awoke out of my Zen state and reacted: “ok, well it’s Tuesday…………….”

“…….. I guess I’m a day early…….. should I continue?”

“yes”

“Can I start with the mirrors, I wont disturb you?”

“Too late,” I mumbled to myself as I settled back into savasana this time with my eyes closed as Luke thoroughly and quietly washed each mirror.  I began Pavanamuktasa with my eyes still closed and have to admit it was easy to fall back into concentration and Luke actually was very quiet.    Back  in my zone I began the spine strengthening series. Upon completion loud noises were now coming from the opposite side of the room.

“Luke…..What… is…. that?”

“I don’t know, someone is messing with your window.”

Lying on my stomach facing the mirror opposite said window,  I could see the silhouette of a man and some tool clanging against the window then vanishing.

“Looks like you have a visitor,” Luke began to chuckle.

“Glad someone is amused,” I thought.

My sign guy also making an unannounced appearance decided to remeasure the window after his initial sign failed to have proper specs.

“HOW WAS CABO?”……he yelled to me as I lied on the floor.   “YOU KNOW…….I ONCE DROVE THE ENTIRE PENINSULA ALL THE WAY DOWN BAJA CALIFORNIA TO CABO.”

At this point I’m up and walking toward the door hearing about all the little towns he past through on his journey. He then looked at my carpet and said, “ You know…..  I’m a carpet cleaner too.   How come I’m not cleaning your carpets?”

“Let’s get the proper sign up then we’ll talk carpets…….

So much for solitude. Yet, I am very grateful that I had it for 70 minutes.

Seventy minutes of pure bliss. Seventy minutes of focus, concentration and breath. I cant really remember the last time that I had even five minutes so SEVENTY is awesome! I took that feeling with me the rest of the day and then returned to the studio to take the 4pm class, energized and ready to enter the world again!!

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Coming soon, our next blog: Spotlight on a very special student that not only excels in her yoga practice but at her work place. Find out who she is and what she does when she is not ‘yoga-ing.’ Hope to see you in the hot room soon, its busy these days with 30 day challengers and visitors and the energy is amazing!  It’s not too late to sign up for our 30 day charity challenge and you will have tremendous support!!

Namaste`