Hi everybody!
I feel so frustrated that there is NO Bikram Yoga in this shit country – Brasil!
Jesus! This is proved to be the MOST AMAZING TYPE OF YOGA available now a days and for some reason absolutely nobody has any interest in opening a Bikram Yoga Studio whatsoever in this country!!!! I can´t believe it!
Millions of people all over the planet are practising Bikram and loving it. Getting in their best shape inside and outside. Tons of people are making big money opening Bikram studios and here, in Brasil, in Rio de Janeiro, people never heard about it! Feels like living in the Jurassic Era…
If I had the money, I would open a Bikram Yoga studio here in Rio (one branch in Leblon, another in Gavea and one more in Ipanema). I´d become a millionaire!
After doing loads of research online, I found one Bikram instructor here in Rio. But she only teaches Core Yoga because she has no available place for Bikram. I called the lady and bagged her to give me a buzz as soon as she can teach Bikram here.
In the meantime, I will have to do the only thing possible: practice Bikram Yoga by myself! 
I ordered Bikram´s books at Amazon.com as well as The Barkan Method DVD. I also downloaded the Asanas poses online and bought a little heater.
What I will do is start a jornal about my progress. If you´ve ever came to Rio, you know this city is terribly hot and humid so I will probably use my little heater only from June to September.
I am used to workout at home as I do Leslie Sansone´s “Walk Away the Pounds” for quite a while and LOVE IT!
So… Every evening, when I arrive home from work, I will first do my Leslie Sansone (my cardio), warm my muscles and sweat a lot. Than I will do my Bikram.
By the way, let me recommend you a couple of good books:
I purchased this book above because I related to the cover: losing weight, yoga and pineaple
Well, the book is much more than this. Jessica is very honest and tells her life story and how she came to enlighten her life, facing her personal / family issues. The book also talks about discipline somehow but mainly about living our true selves. And thats what yoga is all about, living your true self because YOU are the most important person under the sun. I really like when she describes the time she spent in Nepal and all the freedom she felt which led up to weight loss and emotional balance.
This is a very significant book and, as you go through the pages, you cant help but look back upon your own life.
I feel lucky I found the book, completely out of the blue – I was just browsing Amazon.com products.
This is a great book!
I will let you know how it goes.
ANYBODY OUT THERE!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE OPEN A BIKRAM YOGA STUDIO IN RIO DE JANEIRO!!!!!!!! YOU WILL GET RICH!!!!!!!
PS: Finally they will be opening a Brikam Yoga studio in Rio YES!!! Its quite far away from where I live, but its a beggining. I am sure there will be more soon Check it out:
http://www.bikram.com.br/