It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humility

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Cleve, the former lead singer of the band Rockets to Ruin, started Bikram in 2002, found yoga through some friends in the music business, due to some tragedy (past in drugs and alcohol) . Bikram Ian addition to my recovery. Cleve became certified to teach hot yoga by Tony Sanchez in 2013. (Bikram right hand guy since 80's ) TT in the 26&2 and the 84. With his partner, Ahoo, he took over ownership of SHY in November, 2017.

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Ahoo has trained and worked under the Kripalu School of Yoga and Ayurveda senior instructors and Shamans in meditation, mindfulness and energy work. Currently, she is obtaining her 1000 hour yoga certification through Kripalu. Ahoo also owns Korsi Yoga in Roswell.

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Mary began her Hot Yoga practice in 2006, while living in Fort Worth Texas. In the beginning, it was the physical challenge that was most attractive. However, as her practice evolved, she began to understand and appreciate the slow, peaceful, meditative quality of yoga. It was the connection she experienced between her mind and body that became the primary reward. She especially enjoyed the release she felt on many different levels.

After many years of practice, and in an effort to deepen her own yoga practice, she participated in a six-month Teacher Training and Apprenticeship Program with Radiance Bikram Yoga. She began teaching in February of 2014 and strongly believes that the best teachers remain life-long students.

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Hannah took her first yoga class in her home state of New Hampshire at Bikram Yoga Portsmouth in 2009 and has been hooked ever since! She continued the practice at Fuel Hot Yoga in Athens, GA and gives credit to the yoga for helping manage stress while completing her doctoral degree. Outside of the hot room, Hannah spends her days in lab as a research microbiologist. Outside the lab, Hannah spends her free time… outside, going on outdoor adventures with her husband, pup, and friends.

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Jackie is a native Atlantan and has always enjoyed and been a part of sports, exercise and anything active. She lives in Decatur with her husband, who owns LexTechs of Atlanta, a Lexus and Toyota service and repair company. She loves everything about living in Decatur-- especially being a part of the community at Still Hot Yoga.

Yoga practice for me started in 2010 at SHY. I was immediately hooked on the Bikram practice and continue to find benefits from it regularly. It is one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself.

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Missy started her career as a professional educator before transitioning to teaching yoga full-time. She attended teacher training in 2008 with Bikram Choudhury and has continued her education in yoga and other fitness modalities throughout her tenure as a yoga teacher. She strives to help students understand the whys and hows of movement to help empower individuals create change. In addition to Bikram method yoga, Missy also holds certifications in vinyasa (500RYT), pilates, barre method training, TRX, and has had extensive training in Ghosh yoga, yin yoga, and yoga anatomy and kinesiology. She conducts yoga teacher trainings as well as teacher trainings in the pyroPILATES hybrid method that she created in 2011.

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As a youth, Ayodele was exposed to many forms of ancient physical, mental, and spiritual practices. On a particular visit from college, her mother took her to a hot yoga class. Less than 20 minutes into the practice, while standing there, hot as all else, something clicked. It was like magic and she never looked backed. Beginning with a Hatha Raja practice, then moving to Bikram yoga, Ayodele has completed multiple trainings, and workshops, most recently including Core26+ and Thef Neteru Sema Paut.

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Anand started his yoga journey at an early age in his elementary and middle school under his teacher late Shri Basant Kumar Pandey. He got trained in Yoga Kriya and Hath Yoga practice as a part of the school curriculum.

Anand considers Swami Vivekananda as his spiritual guru. Swami Vivekananda's work introduced him to Patanjali's Ashtanga yoga principles that he uses as the foundation of his current practice and teaching. Since 2001 Anand is practicing Hot Yoga and other modern forms to complement his traditional knowledge and practice. In 2010 Fall, Anand took his sabbatical to train under Bikram Choudary, who created the original hot yoga.

Anand's mission is to educate as many lives as possible in his lifetime to the beautiful science of yoga.

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The precision, elegance, and simplicity inherent in the Bikram yoga discipline is what drew Cathy to the practice in 2007, and what still keeps her immersed in it over a decade later -- both as a student and as an instructor. Having made the change from litigation attorney to yoga instructor, she completed teacher training in 2010, obtaining supplemental certification from advanced instructor Tony Sanchez in 2014. To this day, she still sees that high level of determination and excellence from every student in each class she teaches, and within herself for every class she takes. Although this is a type of practice which demands one's full attention and commitment throughout the class, it's also a yoga discipline that is completely accessible to every single person -- irrespective of age, body type, or level of fitness. Whatever you are able to do in any given class, you will always be the better for having done it.

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Meredith has been teaching yoga nearly 20 years and also helps others with nutrition and healthy living.

Meredith studied primarily under Bikram Choudhry in West Hollywood, CA; in the lineage of Paramahamsa Yogananda at the Self Realization Fellowship in Pacific Palisades, CA; was initiated into the Kriya Yoga lineage by Paramahamsa Prajnanananda in Denver, CO; and extensively studied Kundalini Yoga under Deva Kaur in Sunrise, FL. She has practiced and trained under many more beautiful teachers around the world and is passionate about sharing yoga with others of all ages and levels of health.

Meredith holds licenses with Yoga Alliance including Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT500), Registered Continuing Education Provider and Registered Children's Yoga Teacher (RCYT).

Meredith's nutrition studies are focused on enjoying plant-based foods for optimum health; she studied nutrition at Cornell University, the Institute for Integrative Medicine and with Precision Nutrition. Her undergrad degree is from the University of Georgia. She enjoys helping individuals improve their lifestyle with healthy eating, alongside their yoga practice.

Meredith is a mother and enjoys spending her free time with family and friends.

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Sandy strives to teach a calm, focused and compassionate class from beginning to end, providing her students quiet reassurance and space to find their inner yogi. She obtained a B.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in early childhood development in 2004 and has been a professional nanny in the Atlanta area since 2006. Yoga has always been a passion for her and so she decided to take that passion to the next level by attending Bikram Yoga teacher training in Phuket, Thailand in Fall 2014. She hopes all students who come to this yoga will learn and understand not just the how’s but also the why’s of the Bikram series. It is a brilliant sequence accessible to anyone willing to try. She encourages you to show up on your mat and trust the process.

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Born and raised in Westchester County NY, Nancy recently relocated to Atlanta in the summer of 2022. She possesses a considerable background in fitness, whether it be growing up a competitive D1 swimmer, her love for triathlons, or her past career, owning a Stand-Up Paddleboarding (SUP) business, fitness has always been at the forefront of her life and career. Nancy completed her Original Hot 200hr YTT in the spring of 2023 with Yogafreak studio in Rye Brook, NY and has been teaching ever since. Nancy is also Hot Hiit Pilates, Barre and WPA(World Paddle Association) certified.

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Kara brings one of her core life philosophies to each and every class: if you don’t challenge yourself, you can’t change yourself. Kara’s high energy delivery of the dialogue keeps you in the present and focused on the challenge in every posture. Kara’s goal for each of her students is that they feel great about themselves, knowing they’ve accomplished something for their body, mind and spirit.

Kara’s love for the practice of Bikram Yoga began in Vancouver, Canada. While walking her dog on a cold, rainy day in January 2011, she happened by a surreal, almost mystical scene: a Bikram studio where a dozen, half-naked bodies in all forms were radiating steam into the sky. Intrigued, she did some quick research and soon took her first class. Wearing long pants and a tee-shirt, Kara thought she was going to die after the first 30 minutes and left the room near the end of class. But she went back the next day and the next one after that. She learned a lesson that she repeats often to her students – the battle is nearly won just by showing up.

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Practicing 14 years and

Went to TT with Ida Ripley & Aaron Thomas at the original Hot Yoga Academytion

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New to Atlanta she went to Bikram yoga TT 2011 also trained in vinyasa

She owned Hot Yoga Richmand in Virgina 2017-2024

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started her Bikram Yoga journey on January 2, 2012 (over 12 years ago). She was introduced by her sister to this beautiful yet challenging practice. She has been practicing at least 3 times a week ever since and never looked back.  This practice has helped her with calming her mind in this fast paced world. ‘I truly enjoy the 90-minute moment when I am able to focus on myself and just breathe’. In May 2022, Yani graduated from 500-hour hot yoga teacher training from Original Hot Yoga Association (OHYA), and has been teaching ever since. ‘I enjoy leading the class as much as taking it’. Outside the hot room, Yani holds an accounting position at Global Payments, a wife and a mother of two boys, Evan and Jayden, and lives in Marietta, GA. She is also an active Toastmaster. ‘My Toastmasters skills have helped me with the stage fright when on the podium’.

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Becky Taylor started practicing Bikram yoga in 2003, when her friend opened a studio in westside Atlanta (gone now). What began as 'support for her friend' ended up being a life-long practice. The yoga was a great mental escape from her day job, and helped tremendously with her lower back pain. She also enjoyed the challenge. 

She attended Bikram Yoga training in LA, 2012, and started subbing at Still Hot Yoga and Bikram Yoga Marietta, shortly thereafter, while continuing her career. She worked in broadcasting, directing newscasts, sports, and special programming for 30 years in both NY and Atlanta. She discovered that her directing skills transferred nicely to leading classes, and she loved watching students process the practice, eventually transforming themselves mentally and physically.

Outside of hot yoga, Becky loves travel, hiking and biking. But she probably most loves cheering on her native Kansas teams, often travelling to attend games. 

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Has been a practitioner since 1996 started Bikram 2000

Went to TT in 2013 under Jason & Christina the first 26&2 TT in Atl by Long time traditional Bikram studio owners, she also did a vinyasa  training in 2019 at Highland Yoga

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Originaly from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Adriana's life was surrounded by yoga ever since she was child since her mom was practitioner of Hatha Yoga and shared her practice with her kids. During the pandemic, Adriana got to know the tradition of Hot Yoga and became absolutely addicted. As she moved to the US in 2022 she decided to leave her carreer in navigation and dedicate herself entirely to yoga studies. She got certified with Evolation in 2023. 26&2

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began practicing yoga in college in 2001. Throughout the years, and the loss of her husband in 2016, yoga has remained a grounding force and a place to build community. 

 Jenni has studied with Shakta Kaur Khalsa, Cheryl Crawford, and Amy Haysman. She has a certification in Radiant Child Yoga Level 1-3, received her YogaKids® Certified Facilitator and Trainer certification in 2008, and became a teacher of Grounded Yoga in 2009. She completed a 200-hour RYT MBYoga Teacher Training with Mitchel Bleier, David Aukamp, and Ruth Ann Martin in April 2010. 

Jenni taught Grounded Kids Yoga, Hot Vinyasa, Hot Core Power, and Hot 26 at Decatur Yoga from April 2008 until it closed to the public in 2020. 

Decatur Hot Yoga & Pilates she started the 26&2

 She continues to study and be drawn to ritual and heart-centered, alignment-based yoga with a side of southern sass. 

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Clinical social worker since 1980 went to TT 2002 Bikram started practicing 2001 a staple in the ATL bikram yoga community

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TT 2022 at Kata Hot yoga, after being at Fuel Hot Yoga for 4 years UGA

She grew up in around Bikram yoga her whole life her family owned Bikram Yoga West Palm , currently at Emory studying for her law degree

Nandra trained for the best job ever in 2006 with Bikram in LA, and has been teaching ever since (except for that little world plague) in fun places like Dublin, Beijing, Nairobi, and most notably, Still Hot Yoga in Atlanta.