Garden City : Roosevelt Field

Anne Hayes

Bikram Rockville Center, Bikram Yoga Locust Valley

Anne used to say, “I will ‘try’ yoga when I am 90 years old, when there is nothing else I can do!” Then, five years ago, at age 43, she walked into a Bikram Yoga studio after reading a New York Times article about Bikram. While fulfilling her active lifestyle of playing basketball, running, stairclimbing, beach volleyball - along with moving from her home country of France to New York, raising three amazing and beautiful children and working full-time for an international lawyer - often left her mind, spirit and body ‘exhausted’ and in pain. Well, it was "love at first sight" and Anne’s still in love! Anne became a Certified Bikram Teacher to share with others the life-changing and multi-faceted benefits of this practice. Little did she know that her students would be the ones rewarding her with their incredible energy, determination, patience, focus, faith and spirit! Anne feels positive, complete and healthy right now, and she attributes these feelings of physical, mental and emotional balance and well-being to her dedication to Bikram Yoga. Anne encourages those around her to empower yourself by constantly stretching your mind, body and soul beyond new limits. Grow. Love. Laugh. And to quote Gandhi, “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. Namaste!