Douglas : Studio Owner and Certified Bikram Instructor Fall 2000

Douglas is the Owner and Director of Bikram's Yoga College of  India - southeast and has lived in Portland most of his life. Douglas started teaching Bikram's Yoga after completing the Bikram's Methods of Yoga training in 1999.  Douglas is a very skilled instructor and provides supportive clear instruction that reflects the discipline of Bikram's Yoga.

Marina : Certified Bikram Instructor Fall 2001

Marina graduated from Bikram’s teacher training in Fall of 2001. Earlier that winter she suffered through her first Bikram’s Beginning Yoga class (not knowing it was going to be hot!) and was immediately hooked. That first class had been so challenging but after it was over she felt extraordinarily fine. The heat was sheer misery for her at first but she was amazed at how strong see soon felt with regular visits to the 105 degree room. A long time runner, she thought she knew what it was to sweat! She experienced so many positive changes so quickly that she decided she would jettison her fun but unfulfilling fashion styling career and train to teach this beloved series.

She finds helping people to heal themselves one posture at a time to be the best gig ever. Marina loves how this yoga makes her feel physically but is more impressed with the spiritual, emotional and perceptive growth that it offers.

Lisa : Certified Bikram Instructor Spring 2001

Lisa is a native of Jacksonville, Florida. After working in the corporate world as a technical writer, she dropped out to go to Bikram training and then opened two Bikram schools in Jacksonville. As a third-time transplant to Portland, Lisa feels she is here to stay: for a while at least.

Lisa started practicing yoga as a rehabilitative therapy after her battle with cancer. It has greatly helped her chronic back pain, lymphedema and post-traumatic stress, as well as helped eliminate the toxins from her cancer treatment. As someone who is herself continuing to heal, Lisa brings a compassion to her teaching that is both comforting and inspiring.

In addition to teaching and practicing yoga, she works as a Web and graphic designer under her design company, blue b o x designs.

Vince : Certified Bikram Instructor Fall 2005

Vincent Eggleston, 27, has been practicing Bikram yoga for nearly two years. Introduced to Bikram’s yoga while training for the Portland Marathon, Vincent instantly connected with the yoga.

“I remember being in Akward Pose my first class and feeling completely connected. My mind, my body, they were both working together, rather than against as I was experiencing while running.”

Having been so taken with the yoga, Vincent decided to become a Bikram teacher. Certified in the Fall of 2005, he has been teaching for over seven months and looks forward to growing not only as a teacher, but as a student.

“This practice is such an empowering journey that once you give yourself to the yoga, every aspect of your life becomes enriched by its energy.”
Vincent’s hobbies include culinary arts, listening to all types of music, hiking, writing, and in the future, world traveling.

Bert : Certified Bikram Instructor Spring 2000

Bert took his first yoga class in 1997 after a lifelong involvement in athletics. He quickly discovered the muscle imbalances and inherent tightness resulting from years of repetitive motion in endurance sports. He feels the heat and the sequence of the Bikram yoga postures provides a safe environment for developing and maintaining strength, flexibility, and health for the athlete (or non-athlete), regardless of age.

Michael : Certified Bikram Instructor Spring 2005

Michael first stepped into Bikram's torture chamber in Spring 2003 and he's never looked back. Certifired to teach in 2005, Michael returns regularly to Los Angeles to "refuel at the MotherShip, study with Boss, and practice in the big room." A practitioner first and foremost, Michael won first place in the 2005 Oregon State Yoga Asana Championship and he's currently training for 2006...

Debbie : Certified Bikram Instructor Spring 2005

I took my first Bikram Yoga class on my 45th birthday. My joints felt 85 years old.  I tried Bikram Yoga after reading a magazine article that said it could help with arthritis.  After attending class 4-5 times a week for a year, I was free from pain.  A year later I decided to go to teacher training, not so much in order to teach but more to explore this yoga further.  There are so many benefits from a regular Bikram practice.  It has done wonders for me.  I feel lucky to be teaching because it gives me a chance to convince others that it can work for them too.

Nicole : Certified Bikram Instructor Fall 2001

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