Tuesday, April 26, 2011
We are all in the same boat!!!!!!
So we tried to think of a title but our brain is fried!!! And... We are trying to stay positive. We are missing our family and friends, hungry, sore, sleepy, grumpy and hot !!!!! I guess we were on the Today show today at 8 am. We just were not great about posting that!! So check it out on the Internet !!! Luv to u all !!!
Friday, April 22, 2011
1 week down 8 to go :)
Everyday we set our alarm a little closer to class time !!! I'm sure by the end of nine weeks we will just sleep in our yoga clothes eliminating any need to get up a minute before class. We are sort of adjusting to a schedule that allows us about 5 minutes of free time a day :). We have never taken zoo many showers in our lives. I'm sure this hotel is loving all those wet towels !!!!
We took class this morning from the current world champion Brandy today. It was an amazing class although are so sore and exhausted. Bikram taught the evening class and then let us off on good behavior so no lecture till 2 in the morning. I think the game plan is to eat and sleep all weekend :).
Zoning more class in the morning and we will have survived our first week which feels like a huge accomplishment !!! So only 8 more weeks???????!!!!!:)
We took class this morning from the current world champion Brandy today. It was an amazing class although are so sore and exhausted. Bikram taught the evening class and then let us off on good behavior so no lecture till 2 in the morning. I think the game plan is to eat and sleep all weekend :).
Zoning more class in the morning and we will have survived our first week which feels like a huge accomplishment !!! So only 8 more weeks???????!!!!!:)
We are back to " it's hot in here "
Sorry we have been off the mat .... I mean map !!!! But we have been on our mat !!! Literally !!!
Day 3 we started with an amazing class taught by a student teacher named Juan !!! He got us reenergized and excited to be here. That was followed up by a very long day of " half moon dialogue which ker and I gave in front of BIKRAM and 430 teachers in training !!!!scary but good !!!! That was followed up with a very longggggg night with Bikram and a Bollywood movie which was 3 hrs long and subtitles. So back to bed at 4 am. And then up for yoga at 7. Needless to say, we are zombies!!!! The highlight of the night was meeting a very funny man from Dublin Ireland who decided to crawl under a skirted table and sleep during the movie :) genius idea !!! Too bad we didnt Think of it !!!!!!
Day 4 began with Emme, an 87 yr old spunky teacher who teaches Bikram at headquarters. She kicked our butts!!!! And then another full day of lectures , another yoga class taught by Bikram himself, and then a long night of a lecture with Bikram !!! So that catches us up !! Now we are going to try to catch up on sleep !!!! Love to u all !! We miss u !!!! We are told over and over again to "trust the process" but we are too tired to even know what that is :).
Day 3 we started with an amazing class taught by a student teacher named Juan !!! He got us reenergized and excited to be here. That was followed up by a very long day of " half moon dialogue which ker and I gave in front of BIKRAM and 430 teachers in training !!!!scary but good !!!! That was followed up with a very longggggg night with Bikram and a Bollywood movie which was 3 hrs long and subtitles. So back to bed at 4 am. And then up for yoga at 7. Needless to say, we are zombies!!!! The highlight of the night was meeting a very funny man from Dublin Ireland who decided to crawl under a skirted table and sleep during the movie :) genius idea !!! Too bad we didnt Think of it !!!!!!
Day 4 began with Emme, an 87 yr old spunky teacher who teaches Bikram at headquarters. She kicked our butts!!!! And then another full day of lectures , another yoga class taught by Bikram himself, and then a long night of a lecture with Bikram !!! So that catches us up !! Now we are going to try to catch up on sleep !!!! Love to u all !! We miss u !!!! We are told over and over again to "trust the process" but we are too tired to even know what that is :).
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Changing the title of our blog!!
Soo we are contemplating changing the tittle of our blog from " it's hot in here " to " we hate it here " !!!!! Well just kidding..... But saying it's hot... And hard is the understatement of the century. Let me just outline our day for you and clear up a few misconceptions. This is no relaxing yoga retreat. Bikram himself calls it Bikram's torture chamber !!!
Day 1. Started with a great lecture by Bikram who told us "you're never too old, you're never too sick, it's never too late to start from scratch".
After lecture we had our fist official class in an amazing 16000 sq ft room converted into a hot room...... Well very hot !!!!!!
So we will leave out some of the grim details but things did not go well.....but lucky for us hunky guys showed up to carry Ker out of the room. So the rest of the evening we spent recovering from the hardest class we have ever taken.
Day two
REFER to day one ...... Pretty much the same story except 2 hot classes and 8 hours of lecture.
However we have met some very kind people and the staff has been amazing. Including Bikrams secretary who invited to dinner next weekend. So we are excited about that :).
Our favorite feature of the hotel is the ice maker ..... Which normally is out of ice and we are on the 9th floor, so conveniently the third floor ice maker generally works. Zoo after a long hard day of yoga , we hike down several flights of stairs for ice .
Anyone want to join us??? We know it sounds tempting :) the mantra here is " trust the process" to be continued..........
Much love to all our friends and family for your continued support and luv.
Day 1. Started with a great lecture by Bikram who told us "you're never too old, you're never too sick, it's never too late to start from scratch".
After lecture we had our fist official class in an amazing 16000 sq ft room converted into a hot room...... Well very hot !!!!!!
So we will leave out some of the grim details but things did not go well.....but lucky for us hunky guys showed up to carry Ker out of the room. So the rest of the evening we spent recovering from the hardest class we have ever taken.
Day two
REFER to day one ...... Pretty much the same story except 2 hot classes and 8 hours of lecture.
However we have met some very kind people and the staff has been amazing. Including Bikrams secretary who invited to dinner next weekend. So we are excited about that :).
Our favorite feature of the hotel is the ice maker ..... Which normally is out of ice and we are on the 9th floor, so conveniently the third floor ice maker generally works. Zoo after a long hard day of yoga , we hike down several flights of stairs for ice .
Anyone want to join us??? We know it sounds tempting :) the mantra here is " trust the process" to be continued..........
Much love to all our friends and family for your continued support and luv.
Monday, April 18, 2011
First DAY !!!!!!!
Well we are anxiously awaiting Bikrams arrival !!!! He is interviewing right now for the Today show :). So NBC is here !!!! we are ready!!!!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
We're here......!!!!!!!
Well we have already won the prize for the most stuff according to our bell captain last night !!! We asked him how to work the air conditioning and it had had an automatic fan and he said no ..... Never fear, ker whipped out her portable fan !!!we also spent an hour trying to figure the sleep number bed out and at 1 am finally called the hotel engineer who came and showed us how to hold the button down to turn it on !!! ( btw .... I don't think we got the sleep number right !!! We have a few details to iron out
Sooo.... We are off to a great start .... So excited to be here and meet our new yoga friends at orientation !!!! Thank you to all for the great emails, texts, fb messages etc full of love and support... And the many wonderful going away gifts !!! Soo sweet !!!
For whatever it is worth.... David Blane sat next to us at pf changes last night .... Gotta luv L.A.
We are excited for the weeks to come. Our journey has begun!!! Keris husband Ron was kind enough to drive us out here... And just asked ker if there was anything else he could take home with him and Ker said.... Me :). We are excited and nervous and anticipate a hard and challenging road ahead!!!! Let the memories begin :). PEACE and LUV to all.
Sooo.... We are off to a great start .... So excited to be here and meet our new yoga friends at orientation !!!! Thank you to all for the great emails, texts, fb messages etc full of love and support... And the many wonderful going away gifts !!! Soo sweet !!!
For whatever it is worth.... David Blane sat next to us at pf changes last night .... Gotta luv L.A.
We are excited for the weeks to come. Our journey has begun!!! Keris husband Ron was kind enough to drive us out here... And just asked ker if there was anything else he could take home with him and Ker said.... Me :). We are excited and nervous and anticipate a hard and challenging road ahead!!!! Let the memories begin :). PEACE and LUV to all.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Shout Out!!!!!
We just wanted to say thank you soooooo much to all of our yoga friends and teachers!!!!! Your words of encouragement and energy and excitement for us is so appreciated!!!!
Charles- we are sad that you are not joining us and will miss walking in and seeing your smile!!!!!
To all the teachers.... you have been an example and an inspiration to us and hopefully we will make you proud..... or embarrassed, one or the other :)
Elaina and Ben, thank you so much for supporting us and for cultivating a wonderful environment at BYT.
Andrea...... Thank you for all of your love and support and advice!!!!
And most of all ... thank you to all of our fellow yogis that sweat it out with us everyday!!! We will truly miss you and look forward to joining you again in 9 weeks.
Thanks to our family and friends who have supported us and most likely think we have lost our minds !!!!! we will convert you all to BIKRAM yoga HA HA!!! We are 24 hours away from beginning our journey!!!!! WOO HOO...... HERE WE COME!!!!!
Charles- we are sad that you are not joining us and will miss walking in and seeing your smile!!!!!
To all the teachers.... you have been an example and an inspiration to us and hopefully we will make you proud..... or embarrassed, one or the other :)
Elaina and Ben, thank you so much for supporting us and for cultivating a wonderful environment at BYT.
Andrea...... Thank you for all of your love and support and advice!!!!
And most of all ... thank you to all of our fellow yogis that sweat it out with us everyday!!! We will truly miss you and look forward to joining you again in 9 weeks.
Thanks to our family and friends who have supported us and most likely think we have lost our minds !!!!! we will convert you all to BIKRAM yoga HA HA!!! We are 24 hours away from beginning our journey!!!!! WOO HOO...... HERE WE COME!!!!!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Top 10 things we can do with our mixing bowl
1. Mix our peanut m&ms with the plain ones!!!
2. We can soak our feet after a long day at training
3. Throw up bowl after we get dehydrated
4. A dog dish for Mandy our yoga teacher who will be visiting
5. We can use it for back support during posture clinics
6. We can put ice in it and cool down water bottles.... or body parts!!!
7. We can pan handle to try to reimburse ourselves for the training.
8. We can fill with candy for any random trick-or-treaters...... you never know:)
9. Keri and I can draw names for who gets to take the shower first after our hot yoga sessions
10. We can take it to class for all those that are wearing green and need to discard.... (BIKRAM hates the color green!!!)
2. We can soak our feet after a long day at training
3. Throw up bowl after we get dehydrated
4. A dog dish for Mandy our yoga teacher who will be visiting
5. We can use it for back support during posture clinics
6. We can put ice in it and cool down water bottles.... or body parts!!!
7. We can pan handle to try to reimburse ourselves for the training.
8. We can fill with candy for any random trick-or-treaters...... you never know:)
9. Keri and I can draw names for who gets to take the shower first after our hot yoga sessions
10. We can take it to class for all those that are wearing green and need to discard.... (BIKRAM hates the color green!!!)
mixing bowl
Sooo, we called to find out what we should bring since there seems to be no universal packing list and we were told to bring a mixing bowl???? What are we mixing???? We will take suggestions:)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Countdown!!!!
It's finally here!!!! We are about to embark on our newest journey...... BIKRAM yoga teacher training SPRING 2011.... Los Angeles Raddison Hotel!!!! We will roll out of AZ Saturday, April 16th and make our way to Los Angeles!!!! We are running around figuring out how to get organized enough to leave 11 children behind with one Dad and one Uncle.... now that's a pair!!!!! And the kids???? they just want to know when we are leaving so the partayyyyy can begin!!!!!! Meanwhile..... trying to figure out the logistics of living in a hotel room for nine weeks with no microwave, no balcony to hang wet yoga clothes and mats, etc etc.!!!!! But I guarantee our room will win for " best decorated" thx to Keri!!!!:) Can't Wait!!!!!
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