THE HEAT IS ON. Bikram Yoga Durham opened its doors on August 27, 2010!
Recent Testimonials about BYD:
"You have a wonderful place. Today's class was terrific. the teacher was excellent. A full house! Keep the heat on - I'll be back. Your place is one to be proud of. So glad you're so close. Wishing you all great success."
"The studio is literally a turn key operation."
"I just enjoyed a fantastic first class with you guys. Thanks for the sweat, the stretch, and the Incredible Hulk Popsicle!"
"Love, love, love! The studio is amazing. Thank you Ralph and Mani for sharing your vision. And thank you Carmen for a fabulous class this morning."
"Absolutely awesome studio! Great Students and Teachers! I have been doing Bikram for 7+ years and have been to 20-30 different studios from Montana to Mexico and this is the best one I've attended. Terriffic job getting it all together!"
More about the studio:
This brand new hot yoga studio housed in urban, green, architecturally-rich space will give people something distinctly Durham to enjoy while they release stress and practice balancing mind, body and spirit.
Bikram Yoga is a sequence of 26 beginning yoga postures and two breathing exercises practiced in a heated room to stretch and strengthen every muscle, tendon, ligament, gland, joint, organ, and major system in the body. Owner, Dr. Ralph Newman and director,
Mani Tyler are certified Bikram teachers, who spent nine weeks and over 500 hundred hours in training with founder Bikram Choudhury.
“Durham is overdue for a Bikram yoga studio” says Newman. “When I saw the space at Golden Belt, I had a vision of a yoga studio where the Chapel Hill-Durham community will come to receive the countless physical and mental benefits that come with a regular Bikram hatha yoga practice.”
Tyler adds, “This yoga came into my life serendipitously. It changed and healed my mind and body. Before Ralph and I started this project, I traveled for nearly 14 months practicing, teaching, and researching Bikram yoga all over the country, and I am honored to bring it to Durham.”
In keeping with Golden Belt’s green live/work vision, their goal is to create a plastics-free studio with bacteria-eliminating UV lighting, CO2 monitors to ensure fresh, clean air, and PVC-free yoga mats. The studio also advances Scientific Properties’ mission to foster a sustainable community in and around Golden Belt. “The success of Golden Belt relies on building an active, involved base of people who practice a balanced way of living, working, and investing in the community at large. We feel that Bikram Yoga Durham is a natural fit to this goal and greatly complements the existing amenities at Golden Belt,” explains Tucker Bartlett, chief operating officer at Scientific Properties.
The new studio will occupy nearly 4,000 square feet on the garden level of Building 6 with a dedicated 1,500 square-foot yoga practice room, reception area, locker rooms, and a yoga-lifestyle retail boutique. Bikram Yoga Durham will be a great asset for campus tenants, visitors and residents from all over the Triangle.
Read what the The Herald-Sun and Bull City Rising are saying
about Bikram Yoga Durham.
