YOGA CONCEPTS @ BIKRAM'S YOGA COLLEGE OF INDIA
featuring BIKRAM YOGA
911 Pontiac Avenue, 2nd Floor, Cranston, Rhode Island 02920-7900
401-461-8484
E-mail: info@bikramyogari.com
FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL LOCATION: www.bikramyoga.com
Mary Ann Nassa, Director
Donna E. Nassa, Senior Teacher
Yoga Concepts / Bikram's Yoga College of India was established in Cranston, Rhode Island in 1985 and offers "Bikram's Hatha Yoga System." Yoga Concepts was the first Bikram Method School established in the Northeast. Bikram's Yoga is a physical fitness approach and a condensed form of the original classical Hatha Yoga series offering some 5,000 years of knowledge and intelligence. The Bikram Method of Hatha Yoga is a 90-minute, comprehensive program. Bikram's technique is specifically tailored for modern lifestyle conditions of stress, overeating, poor posture and aggressive lifestyle. Bikram scientifically designed and choreographed his 26-posture sequence which goes through the whole body, relieving stress; balancing and strengthening the glands, organs, circulation, digestion, and nervous systems; rejuvenating tissue; reshaping muscles, tendons, and weight; while building willpower, self-control, and patience. This class not only conditions the body and mind; it helps to rehabilitate all kinds of injuries.
The classes are conducted safely in a room heated to body temperature in order to increase blood flow, prevent injury and eliminate toxins.
Start achieving your fitness goals today by investigating Bikram's Yoga Method.
ABOUT BIKRAM CHOUDHURY
The founder of Bikram Yoga, Bikram Choudhury, has been practicing Yoga since he was five years old. Born in Calcutta, India, he began studying with Bishnu Ghosh, one of the greatest physical culturists of our time and founder of the Ghosh's College of Physical Culture in India, which gained him international recognition. He was the brother of Paramahansa Yogananda, founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles.
At the age of twelve, Bikram became the youngest contestant ever to win the National India Yoga Competition. Winner of the competition three years consecutively, in his fourth year he was asked to withdraw from the competition and give a demonstration instead to allow others to compete. In less than 30 minutes, Bikram executed over 500 postures to physical perfection, Swami Shivananda declared him, "Yogi Raj" (King of the Yogis) and "the best Yogi of the twentieth century." Bikram is Ghosh's primary U.S. disciple.
ABOUT MARY ANN NASSA
Mary Ann brings over 23 years of practical and teaching experience in the Bikram Method to her role as Director and owner of Yoga Concepts @ Bikram's Yoga College of India of Rhode Island. Subsequent to heart surgery in 1973, Mary Ann was introduced to the Bikram Method that enabled her to recover from the physical disabilities caused by her heart defect and corrective surgery, as well as maintain wellness. Through her own experience, she has devoted her life to the practice and teaching of this extraordinary system of Yoga.
Mary Ann has taught several professional athletes, has been featured in the Providence Journal Health Section and on several occasions has appeared on the news over Channel 6 and Channel 36 (Healthcare Directions) in Providence, Rhode Island.
It has been an honor for Mary Ann to assist Bikram and Rajashree Choudhury and other Senior Bikram Yoga Teachers with workshops and seminars since 1992 at the Kripalu Center, Omega Institute, the Los Angeles Headquarters and throughout the United States and Canada.
ABOUT DONNA NASSA
Donna has been teaching and practicing the Bikram Method of Hatha Yoga for over 23 years. She presently teaches the Bikram Method at Yoga Concepts in Cranston and at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence which services both RISD and Brown University students. Classes have been ongoing since 1996, and students from both RISD and Brown flock to her classes.
Together, Mary Ann and Donna continue to lead the way in the Strict Method of Bikram Yoga in the Northeast.
