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Krissy Oakes
1)Why do you like it hot?
Because New York gets cold and I’m from California. It’s in my DNA to stay hot.
2)What are your personal tips to Bikram Yoga Lower East Side students?
Don’t take yourself too seriously. Laugh. Life is short. Do yoga because you love the way it makes you feel, not to fix yourself. You are perfect, just the way you are!
3)As a child, what did you want to be “when you grew up?”
A veterinarian
4)Tell us about your first kiss: who, when, where?
Darren Reed, 10th grade, in my friends parents bed.
5)What is your most embarrassing moment on the teacher’s box?
When I first started teaching I taught at the bikram yoga headquarters in LA. On my second day of teaching, one of the senior instructors came to the class. I remember being really nervous and trying to make jokes… which were not very funny.
6) What’s your most prized possession?
What do I really possess?
7)What were you doing the day you decided you were going to be a Bikram Yoga Teacher?
Driving in my car.
8)What’s the best/worst thing about being a Bikram Yoga teacher?
Best thing- loving what I do, worst thing- wet dirty yoga clothes to wash
9)Who was your childhood celebrity crush?
Didn’t really have one… Harrison Ford?
10)What was the first concert you went to?
Phish.
11)What’s your sign and birthday?
Sagittarius, December 9th
12)Describe your perfect yoga shorts.
Short, cute and colorful.
13)What’s the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?
What time is it?
14)Have you ever been in love?
YES!
15)Say one nice thing about the person who first told you about Bikram Yoga
Morgan William is one of the best friends I have and she (via her mom) brought me this gift of hot sweaty yoga! You are a goddess!
16)Words or phrases you overuse:
“guys”, “deep breath in, deep breath out”