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To all of my yoga friends,

This is a letter that I have owed Chris, Rebekah and all my other wonderful yoga instructors for a long time. I started yoga three years ago this month. It was the first yoga class that I ever attended. I was 59 years old and headed down hill health-wise. I have done a lot of physical work in my younger days and had my share of injuries including back and knee surgeries. Everything was fine until I started losing my muscle tone. At 59 I would get of the bed in the morning by rolling to the side and get my feet on the floor, sit up and then walk my hands up my legs to get upright. But that wasn't enough to make me try Yoga. What made me start to try yoga was when the doctors told me I have severe sleep apnea and that I need to use a machine to breathe at night. That was more than this old red neck country boy could take. It was time for a life changing experience. When I started yoga the hardest posture for me was Savasana (That's when you lay on your back on the floor). My lower back hurt so bad that I couldn't do the sit-up at the end of the rest period (20 seconds). So I would roll over on my side to get up for the next posture. Well that gives you an idea of where I started. Today I lead a normal life with a better back, neck, knees, and no @#$%$% machine. I have come a long way since those first days of lying on the floor and trying to get my breath, knowing all too well that the person next to me must have got the last available oxygen. I use to say "the shower was the best part and the rest of it just sucked". Now I just smile and say "that was challenging". I feel yoga is a great path to follow and can help a lot of people both physically and mentally.

Now let's talk about you. First, if you are reading this you are ready for a real change in your life. Second, face the facts, we all have physical limitations. You go and you do what you can. There are no losers. Third, there is no free lunch. If you want to feel good about your body and get control of your mind, you have to work at it. Fourth, I'm sure you can come up with many reasons why you shouldn't do this. Just remember that's all in your head.

Well if you come to a Bikram's yoga class and you hear the instructor say "Bob suck in your stomach" you will know that I'm there. I hope you have a great day!

Bob Able (January 2010)

Dear Chris and Rebekah,

It would appear that I have a few comments to make, ones that don’t seem to fit into the pre- and post-class banter that happens.  I have written this letter in my mind many times so I hope those words stay with me now that I have finally agreed to put fingers to keyboard.  It is nothing new or revolutionary that I have to say, things I am sure that you know for yourselves, but I still feel the need to share with you this bit of my brain space.  In no uncertain terms, this is my testimony.

Michael recently observed to me that I attended my first Bikram class in 2002.  That doesn’t really count, I thought to myself.  After that first experience in the studio, I remember walking out of there thinking that Bikram yoga is possibly the dumbest thing in the world.  Who does that?  Sweaty room, teachers that yell at you and the same postures every time?  Painful and boring, I smugly told myself as I ran out the door.  I’ll never do that again. read more
A couple jars of antacids per month was all it took to keep my indigestion at bay. Part stress and part genetics all spicey foods a even bland foods made my system uncomfortable, the problem...I like spicey foods.

I began a regular yoga practice shortly after the Bozeman Bikram studio opened. Within six months I noticed a decrease in the need for antacids and after a year I had stopped using them! It has been five years now and the only slight indigestion I have had is when I have not been to yoga for two or more weeks. Sometimes I find the 90 minute class to be pure hell, but, I always feel better afterwards and I can eat whatever I damn well please!

Bruce