Bikram Yoga Eastern Shore To Open In Easton

On April 9, 2013, Bikram Yoga 
Eastern 
Shore, the 
first 
and
 only
 certified 
Bikram
Yoga®
 studio 
on 
Maryland’s 
Eastern 
Shore, will open on 8626 Brooks Drive in Easton, MD.

This
 brand 
new
 studio invites 
students 
of 
all 
ages 
and 
range 
of 
ability 
to 
experience 
the
 life 
changing 
health 
benefits 
of 
the 
original “hot 
yoga.”

As  “hot yoga,” each
90-minute 
class 
is
 practiced 
in
a 105-degree heated  room with 40 percent humidity
 under 
the 
direction 
of 
highly-trained 
and 
experienced
 instructors,
 selected
 and
 certified
 by
 Bikram Choudhury, a three-time
 national
 yoga champion
 from
 India and internationally recognized
 as 
“The 
World’s
 Most
Knowledgeable 
Yoga
 Teacher.

Elizabeth 
Gonzalez, B.S., M.S.Ed, owner 
and 
director 
of 
Bikram
Yoga 
Eastern 
Shore, has 
devoted 
the
 past 
three 
years 
of 
her 
life 
working 
to 
bring 
Bikram
 Yoga 
to 
the
Eastern
 Shore 
of 
Maryland.
 
Gonzales’ background in ballet and most recently her career as a Research 
Associate 
for 
an 
NIH 
funded 
grant 
studying 
disease 
progression led her to  start Bikram Yoga® classes 
in 
South 
Beach, FL,
 originally 
to 
relieve 
stress and lose 
weight. 
She then decided to become a Bikram Yoga® instructor.

Bikram
Yoga® 
is 
a 
form 
of 
Hatha
Yoga, which 
has 
been 
around 
for 
over
 5000
 years.

 Working 
with 
Western 
doctors 
at 
the 
University 
of 
 Tokyo, 
Bikram
 precisely
 and
scientifically 
designed his
 sequence 
of 
postures, 
carefully considering common 
health 
problems, 
specifically 
those 
experienced
 by 
Americans 
and 
Western 
society.
 
Bikram’s 
Beginning 
Yoga 
Series 
offers 
26
 postures 
and 
two 
breathing 
exercises.  Practicing yoga in a heated environment empowers 
practitioners 
to 
take 
control
 of
their
 body
 and 
mind, by working 
deep into every 
muscle, tendon, ligament, 
joint, 
and
 internal 
organ, 
so 
fresh 
oxygenated 
blood 
can 
be 
moved 
to every 
cell in 
the
body.
 In addition to allowing for deeper stretching, it is a catalyst for detoxification as the body sweats and it produces temporary anesthetic (relief) effect, so that people in pain can exercise.  There are a wide variety 
of  health 
improvements
 experienced 
through 
regular 
Bikram
 Yoga® 
practice, from weight
 loss to enhanced physical performance to arthritis relief.

She comments, “Whether you are a beginner in yoga or a yoga instructor, young or old, you can benefit from this class as it provides participants with the opportunity to move themselves forward with each exercise they do.”

Bikram Yoga Eastern Shore’s 
1250 square-foot studio 
has 
men 
and 
women’s showers and changing 
rooms,  P.E.M. slip resistant and antibacterial flooring, and  state-of-the-art
 Enerjoy® 
Radiant 
Heat,
 an 
environmentally
 engineered 
heat 
system
 that 
is 
identified 
by 
the 
U.S. 
Department
 of 
Energy 
for 
documented
 energy 
and
occupant 
thermal 
performance.
 
This 
heating
 system 
is 
safe,
 clean, 
and 
efficient.

An open house and ribbon cutting will be held on April 9, 2013 beginning at 5 p.m.  Refreshments will be served and attendees can actually take a class at 6 p.m. for free with a membership purchase or at 50% off if they purchase a single class. Bikram Yoga Eastern Shore, located at 8626 
Brooks 
Drive, Ste.
302
 and 
303, in Easton, MD, offers drop‐in classes, as well as 10
 and 30 class
 cards, monthly memberships, and annual memberships.
 For further information, call 443-258-0100 or visit www.shorehotyoga.com.

Pictured is Elizabeth
 Gonzalez, B.S., M.S.Ed, owner
 and
 director 
of
 Bikram Yoga
Eastern Shore doing a yoga pose.

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