Studio owners of Bikram Yoga Tracy
(their students call them Tomalyn) 

Started practicing Bikram Yoga:

Jonalyn: June 30, 2008
Tom: July 9th, 2008

Favorite Posture:

Jonalyn’s: Standing Bow Pulling Pose.
I love the opening I get in my chest and shoulders and the huge back bend at the end of the spine strengthening series.

Tom’s: Backward Bending.
Not because it looks good but because it feels good. I wish it was held twice as long!

Why practice Bikram Yoga:

I (Jonalyn) started Bikram Yoga because my yoga teacher at that time went on vacation for a month. I had no idea how to do yoga on my own and remembered a studio opened about 30 miles from my home. When I started Bikram Yoga I thought it would be a great way to lose some weight and really only intended to do it until my other yoga teacher returned.
However, something magical occurred in that first class..I experienced 90 minutes of complete silence from my inner critic. At the time I was just barely 2 years sober and dealing with all the feelings of guilt and shame that comes with being a newly recovering alcoholic. 90 minutes of mental peace was what I needed!

After that first class I called my best friend on the phone and said ” You know that thing you spend your entire life looking for? I just found it and I’m going to become a Bikram Yoga teacher.”

One year and one day later I stood on the podium and taught my very first Bikram Yoga class.

I went to training because I knew I wanted to teach THIS yoga. I graduated Spring 2009 in Palm Desert, CA.

Tom started 9 days after Jonalyn because she wouldn’t shut up about it!

He remembers it being harder than any sport or activity he ever participated in. During class there was a woman in her late 60’s doing all the postures really well and he decided he couldn’t quit because it was hard.
He really only planned to practice until he got “good”. 9 years later he is still practicing because he enjoys the community, the health benefits, and a mostly pain free back.

Tom went to training because he wanted to open a studio. He went to training in Fall 2011 at the LA Radisson. Many people don’t know this but Tom actually put the Rad in Radisson.

Tom and Jonalyn both own Bikram Yoga Tracy in the Central Valley of California. Tom is also a contractor, he designed and built their studio in 2013.