Philip Robert

This morning marked the end of my second month of practicing Bikram Yoga in Ashland, Oregon. I’ve been going consistently three and sometimes four times each week with amazing results. Today was the first time that I didn’t have to drop down to the mat during the entire class. Although I came out of some of the postures a little early, I went into each posture for each set. A little bit of progress is still progress.

Now for the hard part. Two months into this I’m just beginning to get into shape. My muscles are getting stretchy and strong, my breath is coming under control, and the spare tire around my stomach is beginning to deflate. I know from past experience that if I can continue doing this my weight will drop to 190 lbs and my waistline will drop to 32 inches by September, maybe sooner.

It’d be easy to continue like this if I was staying in Ashland, but life happens. Circumstances have me traveling to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and I’m leaving tomorrow. There are Bikram studios on the way that I’ll be visiting. For days when I don’t have a Bikram Studio to go visit, I have a plan.

Bikram has a great cd of the workout which I’m going to put on my iPod . Then using a set of small speakers I’m going to use this to continue doing my practice at least three times each week. That’s my plan, and I’m sticking to it.

The yoga road trip plan brought to you by Philip Robert.