Lady Gaga and Bikram Yoga in DC!

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I've read before that Lady Gaga has a tendency to drop in on Bikram classes while on tour, but it's way more exciting when a celebrity drops in at a yoga studio close to home. And not just any yoga studio, but the same Bikram studio where I took my first hot yoga classes, Bikram Yoga Capitol Hill! Unfortunately for me, I had basically a zero-percent chance of seeing her in yoga action. She apparently took the noon-time class, which I have never taken (probably full of mostly other Bikram teachers and non-9-to-5ers). On the plus side, though, I have sat on that same bench (see above) in the entrance to the Capitol Hill Bikram yoga studio, so that's something, right?

And just to set the record straight, just because everyone seems to be dwelling on what she wore to Bikram class, five-inch heels and a blazer are much more unusual yoga wear cover-ups than the bra-and-underwear-style outfit that folks seem to be describing her as wearing for the Bikram session itself. Bikram devotees are notoriously scantily clad in class -- which is completely reasonable and acceptable when you're spending 90 minutes exercising in a 105 degree heated room. (Just look at what Bikram himself is wearing at the top of his website!) I can always tell who the Bikram newbies are when I see them rolling out their yoga mats wearing full-length yoga pants and anything more than a sports bra on top.