Do You Have a Place Where You Can Go?

Do you have a place where you can go?

A place within yourself
Or a place with humans
A place with a loved one
A place with friends

A place where you can just fall apart

A place where you can feel every feeling

A place where each and every one
Can just be
Can unfold
Can flow through the body
So the mind can catch up

Without reaction
Without explosion
Without the pressure to
Shut it down, or
Dismiss its importance

This place is not only a place
It requires a being

A loving witness

A friend who sees you

A love who can hold you
Through it

A parent who is
Strong enough
To let it unfold

Or an inner being, mine or your own

Strong enough
To trust

The wisdom of the body, mine and yours
The intelligence of our emotions

Rooted in place
Witnessed
Loved
Within

New Vision: WE Will Be the Ones to Save Bikram Yoga | Becoming a Community-Supported Yoga Collective |

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–by Ann Chrapkiewicz

21 months into the pandemic, it is time for me to speak up.  Well over 50% of Bikram Yoga studios in the U.S. have closed since spring 2020, and that wave of closures is not over.  I have been doing everything I can to not be one of those who close, and I will continue to do everything I can.  But at this point a broader base of support is required, and I am asking YOU to be a part of this.

Herding Cats, Billy Ocean, and Rollercoasters: Why I keep coming back to Bikram Yoga

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Meet Melissa, 40, of Williamston, Michigan!  Melissa started practicing with us at Bikram Yoga Capital Area in March of 2014 and to date has practiced over 725 classes!  Melissa wrote this super thoughtful blog as part of 2017’s Spring Yoga Buddy Challenge.  I am so grateful for Melissa’s insights, her quiet strength and presence at the yoga school, her patience with my backlog of stories needing to be shared (!), and her wonderful writing.