JoyceH

Yup, Bikram likes McDonalds. If you go on his website under “In the news”, you’ll find the 60 Minutes interview. He’s quite a character and seems rather controversial. I’ve heard from a few certified instructors who went to LA for his boot camp teacher training said he also drinks coke. If you read his book for beginners, he also states how he loves chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies. From what I gather he claims his yoga turns the body into a perfectly healthy vessel that can process and digest anything while taking the good and eliminating the bad (my super simple laymen terms).

Does this work for Bikram and his devout students and teachers? It seems to work, but I’m no expert. He’s 70 or close to it and has the body of a young greek god so he must be doing somehting right. His wife Rajashree is simply beautiful and everyone talks about how wonderful she is as a person. She looks radiant from her photos. I highly doubt she eats cheeseburgers. Every Bikram yoga instructor I’ve met in Vermont radiates health, happiness and a good balance in life. (I did this yoga 7 yrs ago as well) I love all the teachers in at the Burlington studio. They are so incredibly fit and they glow with an aura of amazing health and vitality. And they are so upbeat, cheerful, friendly and encouraging. I have asked many what they eat and most eat some meat and the occasional junkfood here and there. None seem to obsess over their diets or go to extreme measures to eat healthy although they probably eat better than most SAD people. But for the most part, the teachers I know don’t go to McDonalds :-) (In fact, most Vermonters, especially Vermont transplants wouldn’t dream of it.)

I personally will never eat meat or walk into a McDonalds. But I’m hoping my Bikram practice will keep me happy, healthy, fit, slim and able to digest the occasional cooked veggie foods and treats that are such a big part of living in this wonderful uptopia nestled in the Green Mountains. I’m raw for a good 6 days a week. At this point in time it seems to be working well with the yoga 5-6 days a week. If cooked food really is ‘poison’ then my body and digestive system will be strong enough to take what it needs and elminate any toxins. Bikram heals and makes the the entire body and body systems strong and healthy….We are all different and that’s just my story for now :-)

http://www.bikramyoga.com/

Supposedly there are clinical trials going on with Bikram’s yoga since he has cured so many people of chronic diseases, physical injuries, etc…I’d love to read more about some of that stuff.