Bikram Yoga El Paseo

Bikram Yoga Palm Desert- El Paseo challenges you!

Yes, we challenge you to 30 days of consistent Bikram Yoga.  We challenge beginners to STAY IN THE ROOM.  We challenge even the toughest of the toughest to focus their minds, ignore the miscellaneous distractions,  and to experience  THE MOST HIGHLY  THERAPEUTIC YOGA…….. BAR NONE!!!

BIKRAM YOGA  is the baseline.  It keeps the body in PERFECT WORKING ORDER (FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH) so one can go out and cross train with other yogas, pilates, swimming, running, hiking, cross fit etc……..and not get injured.

Many  have   MANY  excuses!!  It’s not easy.  We are not selling cheese cake here (or Tiramisu), we are selling  happy, healthy lives!! Those that don’t stick with it have a list of excuses.  And that’s all it is……..EXCUSES!!

 

 

Hospital emergency rooms are filled with cross fitters, weight lifters, advanced yoga practitioners and the like,  but you will NEVER  see a  consistent Bikram Yoga practitioner in the emergency room.

OK,  I’m off of my soap box 😉

AND  THESE ARE NOT EVEN  THE CHALLENGES I’M TALKING ABOUT!!

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SWIMMING UPSTREAM WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION??   IS CONFORMITY IMPORTANT TO YOU?????………….. OR…… DO YOU HAVE THE  INTESTINAL  FORTITUDE TO FOLLOW YOUR OWN PATH??

Last  weekend  I ate at an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G  restaurant  called Tiramisu.  If you live in the Palm Springs area of  California,  you may have heard of it, if you don’t you probably haven’t.  It’s not World famous,  it just is well,  A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

 

It doesn’t really matter if you know this restaurant or not,   because while the Pappardelle with Lamb Ragu is to die for  and the Branzino outstanding,     I’m not writing  a Bikram  blog to discuss  food.  Although…….

 

 

 

WHEN YOU ARE ITALIAN YOU LOVE TO EAT!!  I’m not making any excuses for that. AND NEVER WILL!!!      While I’d   LOVE to look like my student Rhonda Ramirez …………wouldn’t we all!!???  Truthfully,  I could not or  would not live on her diet!!

To Italians food is  LOVE.  It is LIFE . It is FAMILY .  It is  about sharing and experiencing.

So,  I’ll take my imperfections  and  LIVE!!!!

And EAT!!  MANGA   😉

OK,  I’M taking the looooooong road here to get to my subject (sorry, just thinking about that bottle of  Montepulciano   and Tiramisu are spiking my blood sugar.  THAT,  coupled with the hot flashes……..well,  where was I ??? ) Oh, yeah :

Tiramisu vs. Il Corso…………………

Sister restaurants,  SAME  OWNER,  similar menus…………………

TOTALLY DIFFERENT  VIBE, ENERGY,   AND WELL,  as we like to say in YOGA,  totally different FENG  SHUI  ………..  OPPOSITE  FORCES.

YIN/YANG ,   SUN / MOON,  MALE / FEMALE (Hmmmm Male / Female…..talk about opposite forces………….)

ANYWAY,       TIRAMISU IS THE ORIGINAL MARIO restaurant.  It’s quaint, it’s simple,  it’s  romantic,  it’s  special,…….. and       A-M-A-Z-I-N-G……(as my student /fellow piasano  /  Sicilian born ) Giada  would say.

The food is to die for and the ambiance amazing…………………………………..

Just a few tables in tow,  it’s not for the masses.  It’s not corporate, ostentatious or pretentious…………  when you are there you feel special.  The staff is warm and friendly and the atmosphere inviting…………..

Il Corso…………….Sister property.  Beautiful, Spectacular facility.   I like it very much.  I have had dinner there on several occasions.   I  have met  with friends at the bar on several occasions and  will most likely go  back there again sometime.

I will go there when I want to blend into the masses   and  mix with the hustle and the bustle of the who’s  who of the desert……………   or the ones that think they are…..

BUT,  when I  want to feel special;  when  I want to engage and be engaged in a welcoming “feng  shui” family environment,  I will go to Tiramisu.

I will eat, I will experience,  I will love……………  then I’ll go back to the hot room to sweat it all out!!!!

GOOD LUCK 30 DAY CHALLENGERS!!!!

CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO LIVE AND LOVE TO THE FULLEST,    WHILE YOU  CHALLENGE YOUR BODY, CHALLENGE YOUR MIND AND  CHANGE YOUR LIFE …………

…………IN THE HOT ROOM!!!

SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!