Dear students of BYV,

On January 1, 2012, I will embark on the trip of a lifetime: setting up a clinic in a village just outside of Mombasa, Kenya, and teaching 80 orphan children about health care. I can barely begin to imagine the things that I will encounter in Africa; I greatly look forward to what is certain to be an incredible adventure.

As we enter the final weeks of the Bikram Yoga Experiment (BYE), find out how each of our five participants is doing (and what changes they’ve experienced) in their individual progress reports.

This week we catch up with Isabel, who’s worked really hard to improve her postures (she can now pull her elbows down in Standing Head to Knee Pose!) …

As part of the unit responsible for patrolling the Downtown Eastside (DTES), members of the Vancouver Police Department’s Beat Enforcement Team (BET) are trained to deal with tough situations. But can they handle 26 yoga postures and two breathing exercises in a room heated to 40 C?

Hannah, a regular at Kits, is working on obtaining her PhD from UBC’s Faculty of Education. She’s also an avid hiker (some of her favourite hiking spots include Cypress Mountain, the Chief, Deep Cove and Lynn Canyon). Find out how Bikram Yoga helped this former Florida girl deal with several significant losses – and jump some of Vancouver’s biggest rain puddles.

We’re taking questions from students! If you have a question about Bikram Yoga that you’d like us to answer, just leave a comment below this post or on our Facebook Page. You can even email us or ask your question on Twitter!

Katie, who’s represented Western Canada at the International Yoga Asana Championship, is working to bring yoga to school kids in the Lower Mainland. Find out more and see how you can help in her Teacher Profile!

The Bikram Yoga Blog is taking questions from students! If you have a question about Bikram Yoga that you’d like us to answer, just leave a comment below this post or on our Facebook Page. You can even email us or ask your question on Twitter @BikramVancouver!

We held our first Karma Yoga Class on December 3 at the Cambie Studio. Thanks to everyone who came out, $1,000 was raised to help Laurie M. and Keith P. establish a health clinic in Kenya in the New Year!

As we enter the final weeks of the Bikram Yoga Experiment, find out how each of our five participants is doing (and what changes they’ve experienced) in their individual progress reports.

This week we catch up with Andre, who joined (and kept up with) the experiment thanks to inspiration and encouragement from his yogi friends …