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  • Like a lot of people, I first tried Bikram yoga because of Groupon. I've been to the Bikram Yoga Institute in Scottsdale, Bikram Yoga Tempe, and now Bikram Yoga Phoenix. Before going to any Bikram studio, it helps to learn a bit about this particular style of yoga. The first thing I would say is that it's highly-standardized: each yoga class is the same, with the same 26 poses being done in the same order over the 90 minute class. In a typical class there is no music, and you will hear the same instructions called out (or almost yelled out) in each class, even down to the strange analogies they say, such as "you are a Japanese ham sandwich, NO GAP!" The instructors don't typically demonstrate poses. And of course, it's in a very hot (and humid, for AZ peeps) room. It's not your typical yoga class, with downward dogs and plank poses, and part of that is due to the "founder", Bikram Choudhury, who is, in a few words, bats#$t crazy. (See article: "The Money Pose" on Mother Jones.) That said--(ahem, now that you know full well that Bikram yoga is crazy, but similarly crazy no matter where you go)--there are a few reasons I like Bikram Yoga Phoenix. The changing rooms and waiting areas are more spacious at this studio, whereas they're pretty small and cramped at the other two studios. When you walk in to the Phoenix studio, there's a nice incense smell--not overpowering, but definitely preferable to smelling, well, ... the smell of people after a Bikram class. But the best feature of Bikram Yoga Phoenix is hands-down the Silent Bikram yoga classes they offer a couple of times a week. They aren't entirely "silent": soft yoga-appropriate music plays, and the instructor announces the name of each poses and performs the poses along with the class. I wouldn't recommend the Silent classes for a newbie, since some poses will have you not looking forward at the instructor, but for those who have been burnt out on the typical Bikram class, this is wonderful. My only problem is that they only offer two of these classes per week; there were three per week when I started, so I really hope they don't drop them further.
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