Posts Tagged ‘Bikram Yoga Maroochydore’

 

1st “Yogi Yak” Video with Roxanne Giles

January 30, 2009 at 1:45 pm in Endlessbender Video Channel, Video, yogi yaks | Please subscribe!

Here it is, the long awaited first video!
“Endless Bender yaks with Roxanne Giles in Australia” is a short take on Roxanne Giles, owner/director of Bikram Yoga Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast Australia.

“Yogi Yaks” is an album I’ve created on my new Endless Bender video channel on Vimeo and will showcase a series of interviews, chats or yaks with Yogis around the globe. Stay tuned for more videos, in the meantime enjoy the yak…


EndlessBender yaks with Roxanne Giles in Australia from Matt Jermyn on Vimeo.

Roxanne was the first to sponsor me with a 30-Day unlimited pass at Bikram Yoga Maroochydore. Many thanks to you Roxanne for your endless encouragement and support during my first challenge!

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Posing from Day 1

January 13, 2009 at 11:28 am in Everyday | Please subscribe!

OMG! I’ve just realised that most of my posts include pictures of me… and usually with my shirt off!

I should be getting out and about showcasing the Sunshine Coast like I’d planned to. Don’t worry I’ll get in the groove soon and some exciting stuff will follow… and yes I’ll make sure I’m wearing a T-shirt and not nuding it up so much!

Until then get your last fix in, of me, naked again. Each month I’ll be posting a full set of pics on Flickr of postures to document my progress. Here’s the first collection from Day1 of the 1st challenge at Bikram Yoga Maroochydore. As you can see I’m not naturally bendy and have a long way to go…

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Day One – in the bag

January 3, 2009 at 12:06 am in Everyday | Please subscribe!

Day One 2nd Jan 2009 :: First 30-Day Challenge :: Bikram Yoga Maroochydore. Teacher: Priscilla

‘One down, only 364 to go’ was my first thought as my body relaxed into the last savasana. I allowed myself a quick smile before sinking into my warm, sweaty towel and reflecting on my first class and the many more to come.

With Priscilla at the helm, teaching a packed room, I had a surprisingly strong class considering I spent the past few days nursing some exotic virus my Irish brother in law, Gary smuggled back into Australia. It did coincide with a considerable dent we made in my dads home brew stash over the last two weeks but that’s a mere coincidence I assure you!

With the humidity at an all time high, I’m glad I shaved the pseudo mullet hairdo about an hour before class; a clean slate for the road ahead. Could I possibly let my hair grow for the next 12 months without a cut? Hmm interesting thought…

Right I’m off to edit my first video.

For more Day1 photos check out my flikr collection here

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Countdown… Endless Bender begins!

January 1, 2009 at 9:52 pm in Everyday | Please subscribe!

Happy New Year everyone!

The big countdown was last night but for me it feels like the big one’s tonight. With the Bikram Yoga Maroochydore studio closed on new years day, my first challenge starts tomorrow, Fri 2nd Jan 2009… Oh shit!

I’ve embraced the Christmas cheer, beer and what seems like an continuous stream of relatives dropping in. Did I mention the endless supply of Christmas cake, chocolate and line up of clinking bottles ready to squeeze their way into my thirsty stubbie holder?

Today feels like any other day in the year, and probably so will tomorrow but I’m guessing I’ll be feeling a whole lot different once a steady practice starts to slap me around.

I wish you all the best for 2009 and I look forward to meeting a few eager souls ready to join me in a 30 day challenge here, there or everywhere…

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First month locked in!

November 6, 2008 at 1:31 am in Sponsorship | Please subscribe!

A big thank you goes out to Roxanne Giles, director of Bikram Yoga Maroochydore who has sponsored my first 30 day challenge!

As I begin contacting studios around the world to lock in my destinations, it’s a great feeling knowing my home studio on the Sunshine Coast is supporting me from the word go by providing my first month of yoga on the house!

When I started planning my 12 destinations about 2 years ago, hunching over a world map, excitedly attaching little post-it notes representing each studio, I realised what a tortuous process this was going to be.

There are so many studios around the world to choose from – some countries have studios with just a few blocks separating them, others have only one! And yet there are loads of countries still without any.

Whittling down the long list of countries to a diverse cross section, I realised I had to include Australia. Not just to showcase my country but also my home studio, as a way of saying thank you to Roxanne and all the instructors at Maroochydore, since that’s where the inspiration for this journey began.

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