Bikram, Baby!

Pregnancy and Bikram Yoga As an obstetrician-gynecologist whose primary mode of exercise and personal well-being has become Bikram yoga, I wondered what was out there in terms of research on Bikram yoga and pregnancy.  There has been so few pregnant women attending...

World Food Day 2011

What’s for dinner? Today, October 16th is World Food Day!  I admit, I hadn’t heard about this until recently but I’m learning. The first World Food Day was celebrated in 1981 and is held in recognition of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture...

Simple Call to Action

Just Think Before You Buy The more I pay attention, listen to news programs, and read articles, the more I feel like I have to, as the famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi reads “be the change you want to see in the world”. I can feel myself getting angrier about injustices...

Bikram Yoga for ALL!!

 Really! “Ninety minutes of hell…sooo worth it”, Troy, my yoga teacher at the Tri-Valley Bikram’s Yoga studio, proclaims during class.  Enthusiastically, I inwardly agree while dripping sweat and struggling with the current posture du’jour.  With an ideal temperature...