After years in corporate America and as an independent small business advisor, Nora Jeanne began studying meditation and the flow of energy in the body at the age of 34. She took her first Bikram Yoga class in early 2001, attended the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training that started later that…
I took my first Bikram Yoga class in 2001. I had taken a few yoga and Pilates classes before, but I felt like I still had to “work out”. Where was the sweat and increased heart rate? Well, I found that in Bikram Yoga. I also found a complete release…
I’ve been teaching yoga since 2003 in many cities throughout the U.S. and in other countries. I started with Bikram Yoga (certified to teach by Bikram Choudhury in 2003) and the study of the 84 posture sequence of his guru Bishnu Ghosh. These practices were my entry into the yoga…
For most of my adult life, running was the way I stayed in shape. In 2000, when I returned from a 5 year assignment in Singapore, a friend took me to my first Bikram Yoga class and I knew instantly there was something special about this practice. My feet, hips…
Katie grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, practicing various forms of dance throughout her childhood. She’s lived in Europe with her family, taught preschool there and in here Austin, and enjoys learning languages. Her first experience with yoga was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in an old, wood…
Born and raised in New Orleans, Tara moved to Houston in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. She started taking yoga classes there to decompress and to meet like minded people with whom she might share a common vision and purpose. Little did she know that those classes were the beginning of…
Belkis was born and raised in Venezuela. She moved with her husband and daughter from Chicago about 5 years ago to Austin and see it as one of the best decisions they’ve made as a family. They love Texas and feel grateful to be living in Bee Caves…
Gigi Byrd Certified BeneFIT & OHYA Yoga Teacher I fell in love with Bikram Yoga in the fall of 2014. I was bemoaning the cooler weather to a coworker because I delight in running outside when it’s really hot. She said, “you have to try Bikram Yoga.” One class was…
Olly Bradford 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified Life is meant to be lived in playful happiness and for Olly it was yoga that opened this door to eternal bliss. Olly is a student of the universe and seeker of growth and all things yoga. A steady practice of yoga came…
I am the daughter of a fighter pilot father and a homemaker/dental assistant mother, so it’s easy to see where I get my love of adventure and my love for nurturing others, both of which play an important role in my yoga practice…