Welcome to Bikram Yoga Claremont! I first studied with Bikram in 1975 shortly after Bikram came to the United States. I intensified my practice when I joined Val Sklar’s Pasadena studio in 1999. After 2 years I enrolled in Bikram’s Teacher Training Course, earning my certification in June 2002. I taught at the Pasadena, South Pasadena and La Canada studios over the next year before beginning renovation in Claremont in May 2003.

I retired from my career position as Director of the Brand Library and Art Galleries in Glendale, California in order to enroll in the Bikram Teacher Program. I had worked there for 20 years. I had worked previously as a library manager in Pasadena and at Occidental College before going to Glendale. I received a BA in English Literature from Yale University as well as a Master of Music degree from Yale and a Master of Library Science degree from UCLA. I have taught voice and concertized in California and on the East Coast. For 6 years I held the position of soloist and assistant director of the Caltech Men’s Glee Club.

I’ve been luckier than a lot of people; I’ve never had a serious injury or illness. However, at the time I joined the Pasadena studio in 1999, I was dealing with a toxic work environment and the rewards I received from the yoga practice enabled me to resolve much of the stress I was under. Now, at the age of 55, I feel stronger and more energetic than at any time in my life I can remember. I consider myself blessed to have had Bikram Yoga in my life for the last 28 years and to be able at this time to work in such a nourishing atmosphere with such an incredible team of teachers and students as we have built here at Bikram Yoga Claremont.

Alicia

Alicia lives in Claremont. She began studying Bikram Yoga in 2003 and took Teacher Training in 2004. She has been teaching at the Claremont Studio for four years.

Nancy

Nancy lives in Whittier. She began studying Bikram Yoga in 2004 and took Teacher Training in 2007 Spring Hawaii.
She has been teaching at the Claremont Studio for a little over a year now.

Monica


Monica lives in Sierra Madre. She began studying Bikram Yoga in January 2001 and took Teacher Training in Spring 2002.
She has been teaching at the Claremont Studio since it was opened.

Before taking Bikram, I thought yoga would be just chanting and breathing and maybe a little stretching here and there...
so i was surprised when my friend Heather told me she had lost close to 40lbs doing these Bikram Yoga classe, so I decided
to try them to see if I could loose a little weight. By the 5th class I'd lost some weight, but the weight wasn't even an
issue anymore, I felt stronger, straighter and more energized than ever. And best of all I started to enjoy living in my
body and appreaciating my body like never before. Bikram opened the door to all different sytles of yoga for me, as I explore
practice in different ways. I always come back to my bikram, nothing else compares to the feeling of release I get from the
heat and this amazing series. Most of all I feel very fortunate to get the chance to teach and share such a healing and uplifting practice.

Former Teachers

Rose

Bruce has been practicing yoga for 5 years. He began practicing on his own but soon discovered Bikram Yoga in September 1999. Since that time he has found the source of his own healing from within himself through a regular Bikram Yoga practice. Suffering all his life with chronic knee and back pain, sinus infections, and depression, he noticed a huge difference after only 2 months of steady practice. In 2001 he was also diagnosed with a disease of the immune system, but has remained free of toxic medicines thanks to the great preventative effects of Bikram Yoga. He has been teaching since November of 2002, using his experience to help others realize the power of their own healing powers within themselves.