Our '30/60-Day Challenge' is an amazing way to quickly improve your practice and jump-start your health! Even students who have been practicing regularly for months or years find they can achieve new levels of health and greatly improve their practice by taking on the Bikram Challenge.

It's easy to sign-up. You can use any combination of our class cards and memberships to cover the 60-days. Do Bikram's Yoga every day for 30 and then 60 days and change your body, change your life!

Recent Challenge Graduates in 2008-2009

Mary Niccum
Rose Furlong
Rebecca Hillard
Jeanette Lewis
Cathy Mondloch
Zia Telfair
Robyn Leland
Ted Balph
Filbert Montes
Wes Smythe
Judy C de Baca
Becky Freedman
Maria Mondloch
Elsie Hoeg
James Cookes
Brent Shipp
Greg Feucht

Past Challenge Graduates

Filbert Montes
Kimberly Lalley
Gwen Walker
Lori Christ
Shea Rollins
Norbert Montoya
Brian Claytor
Steve Bachman
Lea Anderson
Jeff Cohen
Anita Parmar
Patricia Knighten
Zia Telfair
Meg Cox
Gwen Walker
Becky Campbell
Heather Bradley
Anna Barnett, M.D.

"Everyone who walks through the door to take their 1st Bikram's class has some doubts as to whether this might be a good fit into their exercise program. For me, I was very concerned about my knees. Having had 4 sugeries involving both knees, I am left with advanced arthritis and a displaced kneecap on the right and surgical removal of my left kneecap. In addition to doubt, I had fear that doing this series of poses would result in another surgery. Thanks to the personal interest and tremendous encouragement from the staff, consistent practice of Bikram's yoga has healed my knees to a degree I never thought possible.

"I have had to learn patience, as healing 54 yr old arthritic knees doesn't happen overnight. One of the most challenging "knee" poses has taken me a year to see significant progress. I find it amusing now that my knees begin to ache when I miss more than 2-3 days between classes.

"Another wonderful benefit of Bikram's yoga that I wasn't even looking for is learning how to completely clear my mind. Like most people, my professional and home life are full of "multi-tasking" taking care of my needs and others' needs. For 90 minutes, I have the opportunity to empty my brain of everything and focus only on listening to the instructor and doing what is said. It is extremely difficult to keep the mental clutter from seeping in. When I get through a class with close to 100% focus, I feel overwhelmed with the accomplishment. It adds another level of discipline to my life that I can practice at any time. I look forward to ongoing benefits of this tremendous and consistently challenging class as I live my life."

 ~ Anna Barnett, M.D., Albuquerque
"Although I exercise every day, I’d never tried anything like 2 months of straight yoga, so the 60-day challenge was truly a challenge for me.

"The challenge was also a series of steps — some steps were higher than others, but steps forward nonetheless. In addition to the welcome physical changes I discovered mental changes as well. Stress was easier to handle, and I found myself eating better, too.

"The biggest change was focus, and I learned not to beat myself up if a pose was harder than it had been the day before — I just went in the next day and concentrated more on doing the right things, listening to the instructors, and learning from the previous day’s session."

 ~ Becky Campbell, Albuquerque

"I finished the 60 day Bikram challenge on my 30th birthday. On that day I felt like I was walking on air.

"Throughout the 60 days I experienced a multitude of emotions ranging from fear to exhilaration. Everyday I came to the studio, everyday I was greeted by welcoming faces, insightful advice, and an environment that made me feel supported.

"Having recently moved to Albuquerque, the yoga studio gave me a social outlet and a sense of belonging. Physically, I am happier with my body than I have ever been. I have never found another form of exercise that works my entire body from head to toe. Mentally, this yoga is challenging! My mind and body are learning to work together in a new way. Spiritually, this yoga is helping me to find a quiet place inside myself. I feel more at home inside my body than ever before.

"I have always believed that in order to truly take care of someone else, you have to take good care of yourself first. Bikram yoga has driven that truth home for me.

"Overall, I feel that doing the 60 day challenge is one of the best gifts I have ever given myself. I am so thankful to the instructors and students there for creating such a peaceful place where I always feel respected and challenged."

 ~ Heather Bradley, Albuquerque

"One day David asked if I ever thought about participating in the 60 Day Challenge. I responded negatively because I felt I was doing enough yoga by participating 5-6 days/week and that served as my challenge. David was persistent and felt I should consider doing the Challenge. I pondered David’s suggestion for many days and within that time I realized I was facing a couple of my fears; that the postures would be too challenging, and/or my MS symptoms would surface and halt my practice.

"October 2, 2004 I went to yoga and committed to practicing the 60 Day Bikram’s Yoga Challenge. I had faith in myself and knew I could complete the Challenge, but as I began the Challenge something felt different. While I was cruising along, practicing yoga 5-6 days per week I realized that I was becoming complacent, simply satisfied with daily accomplishments. I began the 60 Day Challenge and noted that I had relaxed my yoga focus. I gained a new focus, used the yoga postures to achieve balance between my mind, body, spirit, and found that I could go deeper into some of the postures. I am a very proud, 60 year old yogini! Thanks David for your gentle suggestion!

"Many thanks to David, Shea and Letitia for their knowledge, professionalism, and compassion. They provided a unique experience for my first yoga practice, and more specifically, continue to guide my journey into Bikram’s Yoga."

 ~ Gwen Walker, 60, Old Town, Albuquerque

"I started at Bikrams's Yoga a year ago at the age of 61. For all those years I have been pushing myself to get stronger - mostly physically, but also emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. The need to be stronger and stronger has driven me all my life. But after 1 year at the studio and completing the 60-day challenge I feel the need to replace my need for strength with something which will last me the next 30-40 years.

"Doing the challenge, coming to the studio consistently, finding new friends, learning to be more open to differences, is teaching me that strength alone will kill me. I need to add flexibility and balance to my life - physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. Each day as I begin my practice I question why I am doing this, when will this torture be over - yet each day I come back. If these questionings do not disappear after a few postures I remind myself why I made the Bikram commitment in the first place. The commitment came during one practice when I was so unhappy with myself that I was thinking I should just leave. But I did not because I decided that I only need one reason to show up and to do my best - and that one reason is my family. The only gift I have control over is how healthy I can become. My commitment is to do all I can to be healthy (no strokes) so that I can be present for Jane, my children, their partners, and my grandchildren - to not be a burden - to be energetic - to be caring - to be the person I want to be."

 ~ Meg Cox, 62, Bernalillo

Based on your current health and level of practice consult with your instructor to develop a goal that is challenging but achievable! Once you and your instructor have agreed on the challenge you will write it down, both of you will sign it, and the rest is up to you! When you have achieved your goal you will get a free BYA challenge t-shirt and the rewards of improved mind, body and spirit!

Find your challenge! Email Us to talk about it.