Akram Hot Yoga Studio

We know that yoga, away from the poses, means union. The yogi (the seeker) tries through breathing and concentration to go beyond the mind. And once the seeker is beyond the mind, there are theories that you join or yoke with the universe, or become part of it (union) ✨. A kind of eternal bliss, beyond anything you could feel or picture. A place we can’t really imagine (as that ...

A good quote does more than we think. A good quote does more than decorate a page or pander to what we already believe. Applied in the right context, a good quote can make you close the book and just sit there in wonder . As I did the day Laura schooled me on life, changed the trajectory of my education, my foresight, and maybe even rewired my entire brain . I asked her a questi...

Every one of us has a story to tell. We just have to be brave enough to keep writing it, knowing that everything we do will leave an impression on someone. Life is about living for sure, but the philosophy of the Indian subcontinent says life is more about what you leave behind. Even if you leave one lesson for one person, something that helps them do better, be better, or think...

When I was little, I was terribly shy and embarrassingly sensitive . Most often when life was overwhleming I would retreat into my room and daydream of playing cricket at Lord's with the crowd noise ringing in my ears. I didn't really fit in, and like most young boys, I hid that under brash bravado (what do you mean I still do that now? ). But one of my happiest memories as a ch...

We all know the feeling of starting something new (like yoga), wanting to change, setting our minds on a new path, and then hitting a wall where nothing seems to happen and nothing has changed. Thinking to yourself, I’m the same jabroni I was a month ago . And in modern Western culture, we’re heavily trained to look far ahead, fixate on distant goals (and dreams), and demand imm...