Bikram Yoga Meath

Wool

Anyone know of where I can do Bikram Yoga classes in Meath, ideally Navan, Trim, Dunshaughlin area?

Diddler1977

Sorry only know of Dublin Studios (tho I beleve there is one opening in Maynooth)

Dublin ones are in Harolds Cross, Fairview & Ringsend.

Would you consider travelling to the Blanchardstown one? www.bikramdublin.ie

birdybird

I wouldn't recomment the Blanchardstown one www.bikramdublin.ie as it has carpeted floors instead of wooden ones. The place smells really bad as people sweat alot and soak the carpet with their perspiration. It makes doing yoga there quite unpleasant. The yoga teacher was good and I would have enjoyed the class only for the stink.

Hermione*

birdybird wrote: »

I wouldn't recomment the Blanchardstown one www.bikramdublin.ie as it has carpeted floors instead of wooden ones. The place smells really bad as people sweat alot and soak the carpet with their perspiration. It makes doing yoga there quite unpleasant. The yoga teacher was good and I would have enjoyed the class only for the stink.

ICK, carpets in a yoga studio is just wrong! That must be so unpleasant! Carpet would put me off a yoga studio straightaway, but even more so for a bilkram class. Nothing at all relaxing about sweaty smells in a yoga class! :rolleyes:

Diddler1977

birdybird wrote: »

I wouldn't recomment the Blanchardstown one www.bikramdublin.ie as it has carpeted floors instead of wooden ones. The place smells really bad as people sweat alot and soak the carpet with their perspiration. It makes doing yoga there quite unpleasant. The yoga teacher was good and I would have enjoyed the class only for the stink.

The Blanchardstown studio is spotless.......and it doesn't smell at all.

ac100

birdybird wrote: »

I wouldn't recomment the Blanchardstown one www.bikramdublin.ie as it has carpeted floors instead of wooden ones. The place smells really bad as people sweat alot and soak the carpet with their perspiration. It makes doing yoga there quite unpleasant. The yoga teacher was good and I would have enjoyed the class only for the stink.

It's actually regulation for bikram yoga studios to have carpet, studio owners need to stick to the rules.

Have not been in Dublin 15 but have been to a few around the city, in my experience it is usually the people who smell, not the studio!

rainbow kirby

ac100 wrote: »

It's actually regulation for bikram yoga studios to have carpet, studio owners need to stick to the rules.

Yet another reason to avoid it, that's pretty horrible having sweaty carpet as a regulation.

Hippo

ac100 wrote: »

It's actually regulation for bikram yoga studios to have carpet, studio owners need to stick to the rules.

They don't in Ringsend and it's spotless and free of odour. I can't imagine how bad it must be with a carpet!

innad

Bikram studios are supposed to have carpet. It's insulating, and provides extra padding for the knees during some postures. Also, wooden floors can be really slippery and dangerous when wet.
You are supposed to use a mat and a large towel (2 of each if necessary!), so there really shouldn't be that much sweat soaking into the carpet.

Hippo

I guess the problem here is the definition of 'carpet'. Ringsend has a type of padded floor rather than a carpet per se.

club goldgrain

so is this tread about Bikram or carpet??
anyone know if there are any classes in dublin 12(ish) area that might be good. i'd like to try it out.

innad

Harold's Cross is probably your best bet? It's in the Greenmount Industrial Estate so it's technically Dublin 12 http://bikramyoga.ie/Welcome.html

Man I miss Bikram something fierce. As soon as this bloody dissertation is done and I have a bit of spare time and cash..

club goldgrain

innad wrote: »

Harold's Cross is probably your best bet? It's in the Greenmount Industrial Estate so it's technically Dublin 12 http://bikramyoga.ie/Welcome.html

Man I miss Bikram something fierce. As soon as this bloody dissertation is done and I have a bit of spare time and cash..

is it that good? i was told this was a good spot alright have you been?

innad

I haven't in nearly two years, but I was going back when it was the only studio in Ireland, and in Portobello. Before it moved we used to be packed in there so tight our mats would be overlapping. Good times
(the 'new' studio is much, much bigger, and there's loads more of them around now, so you needn't worry about that happening! But I loved it )

It's very much like marmite, people either love it or hate it, there's very little in between. I always think it's worth trying, as it can have so many benefits.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask

club goldgrain

innad wrote: »

I haven't in nearly two years, but I was going back when it was the only studio in Ireland, and in Portobello. Before it moved we used to be packed in there so tight our mats would be overlapping. Good times
(the 'new' studio is much, much bigger, and there's loads more of them around now, so you needn't worry about that happening! But I loved it )

It's very much like marmite, people either love it or hate it, there's very little in between. I always think it's worth trying, as it can have so many benefits.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask

great, i think i'll go for it, how fit does one need to be ?

innad

club goldgrain wrote: »

great, i think i'll go for it, how fit does one need to be ?

No fitness required at all - it is a beginners series, no advanced postures.
Just a little determination and an open mind

Good luck, and most of all, enjoy it!

club goldgrain

innad wrote: »

No fitness required at all - it is a beginners series, no advanced postures.
Just a little determination and an open mind

Good luck, and most of all, enjoy it!

last one; sorry to be a pest.
is it mainly a male thing or female or is it well split 50/50

innad

Obviously I haven't practiced in a while, but it tends to be less female-dominated than other forms of yoga.

When I was practicing regularly some classes would be very near 50/50, others maybe 70-80% female. Don't think in six years that I ever did a class that had no men.

Hippo

club goldgrain wrote: »

so is this tread about Bikram or carpet??

Both, by the looks of it!

yogasync

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