Christopher Totaro
1) Why do you like it hot?
Because it makes the cold so much better.
2) What are your personal tips to Bikram Yoga Lower East Side students?
CHRIS : Come every single day and I challenge you to tell me that you don’t love it. And don’t be greedy; share it with friends.
3) As a child, what did you want to be “when you grew up?”
I guess, a grown-up. I still do sometimes.
4) Tell us about your first kiss: who, when, where?
The prettiest girl I know…my life-long crush…my next-door neighbor. Between two parked cars. It lasted less than a moment.
5) What’s your most prized possession?
The ability to share time with my friends and family.
6) What’s your guilty pleasure?
Hint of Lime Tostitos and brunch at Clinton St. Baking Company. People-watching. Denim.
7) What is your most embarrassing moment on the teacher’s box?
It has yet to happen but I know what it will be.
8) What were you doing the day you decided you were going to be a Bikram Yoga Teacher?
Selling my soul behind the keyboard of a computer at my office in Union Square. Walking into the LES and seeing Trish for the first time in two years.
9) What’s the best/worst thing about being a Bikram Yoga teacher?
Worst: Waking up before 5am and pruned fingertips. Best: Witnessing others experience breakthroughs. Oh, and an excuse to wear short shorts. And come on…what’s better than free yoga?
1O) Who was your childhood celebrity crush?
CHRIS:Kirk Cameron
11) Describe your perfect yoga shorts.
So short. Oh, so short. (Preferably with a butt in there somewhere to fill them out.)
12) What’s the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?
Am I late?
13) What’s your sign and birthday?
CHRIS:Taurus…April 27th
14) Have you ever been in love?
What day is it? Ummm, yeah.
15) Say one nice thing about the person who first told you about Bikram Yoga.
I will love you forever and will never forget.
16) What song(s) best describe you?
The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side (Magnetic Fields)
17) Do you have a “most memorable Bikram moment”?
When a student told me that she wouldn’t look up toward the ceiling during spine-strengthening series. She told me that she did not want to get wrinkles on her forehead.
18) If you could have any job, what would it be?
I think I might have hit the nail right on the head this time.
19) What’s your favorite place to hang out in the Lower East Side (besides Bikram of course)?
Tiny’s Giant Sandwich Shop
