Thank you so much for participating in our Share the Love month!  We reached our goal with 161 new students in the door in the month of April!  Congratulations to Joanne Cook for brining in 30 people and winning $1000 cash.  We have the best students and it was so much fun to meet so many of your family and friends.  Keep sharing the yoga love!!  

We hope you are getting excited for this Friday's yoga in the park event!  6:30pm at Indian School park we will be doing an hour class followed by volleyball and fun!  It is always wonderful to gather outside of the yoga studio.  We have some April and May staff birthdays to celebrate and we would love to party with you!

This May we are focusing on Spring Cleaning.  Cleaning the body and the mind and the clutter around the house! Our society tells us that the more we have the happier we will be... and I don't know if anything could be further from the truth.  Our "stuff" mental and physical can weigh us down and hold us back.  That is why yoga is so great... it helps us clear our bodies and minds from physical and mental toxins.  Yoga and meditation are wonderful ways to start calming and clearing the mind.  We are collecting donations for the Soujourner center this week and if you complete the challenge you will be able to attend our special mediation workshop for free!!   Sign up today! (Tuesday May 24th 7pm-8pm $20 at PV location)

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!  A special shout out to my mom.  She just turned 71 and completed the 60 day challenge in February!   "You're never to old, too sick, it is never to late to start from scratch once agin."  We now offer strength, hot pilates, and 60 minute classes!  If you haven't been in to the studio in a while... come check out the new offerings! 

See you on the Mat,

It's that time again... Join us 

Friday, May 6th  at Indian School Park (NE corner of Indian School and Hayden Rd) at  6:30 pm  for a 60 minute yoga class done to music as the sun sets!

There will be prizes being given away, music, yoga, volleyball, and fun! 

We will be accepting donations to help the competitors from BYAZ who are headed to the National Yoga Championship in Jackson Hole Wyoming in May, 2016! 

   
SIGN UP HERE! 

Classes cancelled due to Yoga in the Park: 

Paradise Valley -  5:30 PM Cancelled

 

Free yoga all day at both locations, for ALL ladies! 

Retail Special: donate a bag of gently used clothing between May 2-8, and get 30% off any new yoga clothing in our boutique! All clothing donations benefit  Sojourner Center  for women. 

Sign up for this fun and light challenge, designed to help you clean up your life in little ways that add up to big change! 

How it works: pick up a sign up sheet at the front desk; choose one week in May to complete your challenge; complete 5 classes in the 7 days of your challenge; complete 5 of the 7 "spring cleaning" challenge tasks during the 7 days of your challenge. One of the tasks is to leave your devices off for an entire day, another is do a juice cleanse... Complete your classes and tasks and get a fun prize! 

*Please turn in completed challenge cards to the front desk.   

For a limited time we're offering great discounts on a 1-day or 3-day Karma Juice cleanse! It's local, organic, fresh-pressed juice! Get yours now 

and start feeling amazing from the inside out. 

Prices: 1-Day Cleanse includes 3 juices & 3 Shakes - $50; 

3-Day Cleanse includes 9 juices and 9 shakes - $150.  

Pre-order 24 hours in advance. Deliveries made weekly to BYPV on Tuesdays & Fridays.

Please take note that a couple of class times and formats have changed starting  May 1st , due to popular demand! You can view our full schedule  HERE.

I began practicing Bikram yoga almost 5 years ago.  I began at another studio in Phoenix, but after a year, and moving to north Phoenix, I joined Bikram Yoga Paradise Valley.  On the first day of practice at PV (with Terri as the instructor!) I knew I had found my "home"!  I have been practicing there regularly ever since.

I was an avid runner prior to BY.  I never had any serious injuries running, but it was definitely taking a toll on my body.  I decided it was time to "mix it up" and find a better way to exercise mind and body, while gaining better overall strength

BY was recommended to me by a physician who I work with, who also is a runner.  He said that he had found the combination of running and yoga was a great way to heal the body while also building core strength and gaining better mental balance.    I had some lower back pain as well as "lower butt pain"  from running - a ll better now, and I can run again!  I was also experiencing a difficult time in my life, and practicing BY helped me to deal with that stress and move forward.  It worked!!!  I've met new friends who know how important this yoga is.    I also have achieved    more balance in my life, and have learned to keep things in perspective. 

It is the best mind/body/spiritual "exercise" I have ever experienced!

My favorite posture is Rabbit. I love the way it stretches the entire spine from the neck to the coccyx.  I also really like camel, for the same spine stretching. Plus, I'm pretty good at those 2!

Susan's advice to new students: Keep going!!  The first several classes are very challenging, and it would be easy to give up after 1 or  2 times of going.  Soon, as the practice becomes incorporated into one's life, it would be almost impossible to give it up.

"You can have anything you want, but you can't have everything.  Be happy with the choices you have made and  live life to the fullest."

   Top 5 Things I Love About BY

1. The hot, sweaty classes where everybody looks like the same "drowned rat" by the end
    
2. The amazing instructors, and their humor, wisdom, and  encouragement
    
3. The  events such as Yoga in the Park andThe Holiday Party
    
4. The way the classes are all the same, yet each one is different
    
5. The way I feel during and after every class!