text: After a week of attending this yoga studio I was no longer able to ignore my loudlyclanging bullshit detector and had to quit Nothing personal against this particular franchisemy beef is with Bikram yoga in general Doing a Bikram class feels like working out at the Jonestown Athletic ClubnnBikram devotees strike me as slightly brainwashed in their adherence to the cult of Bikram This is reinforced at the end of every class when everyone utters a monotone Namaste in unison while laying flat on the floor with heels touching and palms out Heavens Gate anyone n nAnother thing I found creepy is that the instructors are required to recite pretty much wordforword from a script Funny quips and jokes are more robotic less funny when you have heard them over and over Japanese ham sandwich They also have to repeat Bikrams mangled English Put your exactly forehead to your knee Exactly forehead WTF is thatn nIm not blaming the instructors it is Bikram himself Bikram Choudhury who devised this regimen in the early s who insists that all his franchisees follow his shtick TO THE LETTER if they want to keep teaching Yes that is right FRANCHISEES it is a freakin FRANCHISE that will set you back and then a month That is in addition to the fee for taking the required instructors course Think of all the Bikram studios across the YOUS The humble yogi is raking it inn nWell at least he is honest about it Direct quote from Bikram Bikram yoga is so big This is a bathroom slipper you buy for in Kmart But you put Bikram on it it will sell for in a second I will give him props for his balls Oh speaking of his balls here is another direct quote I am beyond Superman I have balls like atom bombs two of them megatons each Nobody fucks with men nIndeed back in he sued a couple of yoga techers in CA for teaching a modified version of Bikram they had the audacity to add music and lower the thermostat in the room from the sacrosanct degrees humidity The case was settled out of courtn nIn addition to these ethical quibbles I am not so sure about the health benefits of doing a strenuous workout in a degree room They say I will sweat out all the toxins in my system As far as I know sweat is just salt and water I did not see any booze shrooms or trans fats rolling down my facen nI was going to finish my day trial membership at Bikram Yoga Summerlin just to give it a fair shake Maybe I would end up getting over my reservations lose pounds become more grounded and be able to sleep well again n nThen I came to my senses and went back to Las Vegas Athletic Club which costs me month and offers a variety of uncopyrighted unpretentious yoga classes Holla