bikram yoga

oh boy, as part of my relaxing "vacation", i decided to try out yoga. my mom told me about this "10 for $10 challenge" at this local bikram yoga studio (10 consecutive days for $10), so i decided to give it a shot. let me tell you, bikram yoga takes place in a 104 degree heated room (yup, you read that right) where we go through 26 poses or so twice around for a 90 minute session. let me say by the first 15 min (where all we did was breathing exercises), I felt sweat drip down my arms! needless to say, by the 30 min mark, i was pouring sweat out of pores i didn't even know existed on my body!! fortunately, i looked around to see everyone else pouring sweat just like me. literally POURING...drops of water falling on my mat continuously each time i bent over. and they only allow 3 small water/sweat-wiping breaks. the session is 90 minutes long, but after 30 min, i no longer cared how horribly sweaty i looked. the problem was that i was so sweaty that it was difficult to hold the postures without sliding around and losing my grip on my feet/legs, etc. at the end of the 90 min, my shirt was more drenched than my usual 2-3h of badminton!!! so if any of you are interested (my mom says it really detoxifies the skin, and the people who do it regularly look sooo slim and tone, wow!), come join me!! i have 9 days left! the website is: www.bikramyogasanjose.com, located at westgate west on prospect. they have 36 classes every week, you pick and choose which ones you want to go to. call me if you want to go together!