Michael Olear
Bikram Yoga Student
Many wonderful healings have happened since I established a regular Bikram yoga practice in November 2004. Sinus infections lasting a couple of months every winter are now a thing of the past. Painful elbow and knee ailments that developed as the result of years of extreme pounding in different sports have cleared up completely. Maintaining a sense of calm and perspective when under duress is generally the normal with only occasional lapses. This is what comes with the life style of a yogi: increased immunity to ailment, compassion for yourself and for others and strong general health and vitality.
I have realized lately how different I actually look. Most people say I have taken five to ten years off my appearance. When asked how he created his statue of David, Michelangelo replied that he just ‘chipped away the marble that wasn’t David’. In a much smaller way, this is what happens when you maintain a yoga practice, the parts and pieces that are not your true self gradually fall away.