One of the most popular kinds of yoga is called the "Bikram Yoga" or "hot yoga". This hot yoga technique was the brainstorm of Bikram Choudhury; with a direct lineage from his own Yoga master Bishnu Gosh, leading to the name Bikram Yoga. Bikram who had been a student at the Gosh College of Physical Education in Calcutta, from the young age of 5 and who had won several yoga competitions in his childhood, later suffered from an accident which shattered his knee resulting in him not being able to walk.
At that time, Bishnu Gosh, the founder of the Gosh Institute, took Bikram under his care and Bikram recovered completely from his injury after being treated for 6 months of yoga therapy for his knee. The technique that Gosh used to heal Bikram was mostly successful because Bikram had to sit in a room heated up to 105F with a humidity level of 40% while performing a series of knee exercises. The high heat helped to heal the injury along with strengthening the muscles.
Once he completely recovered from his injury, Bikram started opening schools, primarily in India and later all around the world, to implement the yoga style that had been used to heal him. He worked with doctors worldwide to demonstrate the benefits of hot yoga for various health issues, particularly pain management.
Bikram Choudhury holds the US copyrights to the Bikram Yoga technique and has over 500 studios throughout the world teaching people a better lifestyle with the help of hot yoga. In order to teach hot yoga, instructors need to enroll in a 2 month training program and then receive certification before they are allowed to instruct others.
How it works:
The Bikram Yoga usually consists of a 90 minute session in a very hot room. During this session, people are instructed to go through a series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises. The high temperature induces prolific sweating, which facilitates the body to get rid of all toxins. Heat also keeps the body warm, making it more flexible and in turn allowing added stretching exercises to be easily achieved and preventing injury at the same time.
The postures are listed below:
1.Standing Deep Breathing
2.Half Moon Pose with Hands To Feet Pose
3.Awkward Pose
4.Eagle Pose
5.Standing Head To Knee Pose
6.Standing Bow Pulling Pose
7.Balancing Stick Pose
8.Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose
9.Triangle Pose
10.Standing Separate Leg Head To Knee Pose
11.Tree Pose
12.Toe Stand Pose
13.Dead Body Pose
14.Wind Removing Pose
15.Sit Up
16.Cobra Pose
17.Locust Pose
18.Full Locust Pose
19.Bow Pose
20.Fixed Firm Pose
21.Half Tortoise Pose
22.Camel Pose
23.Rabbit Pose
24.Head To Knee Pose with Stretching Pose
25.Spine Twisting Pose
26.Blowing in Firm
Bikram Yoga and its uses:
Bikram yoga promotes the concepts of wellness and rejuvenation. It was specifically intended to thoroughly stimulate every muscle, joint and organ of the body. This stimulation results in restoring health to the body as a whole.
A large number of yoga followers have conquered weight loss, normal blood pressure and blood sugar levels, increased flexibility, toned bodies and no body pains after just a few months of starting hot yoga. These improved conditions lead people to have a happier and healthier outlook on life.
Bikram Choudhury currently resides in Beverly Hills California at the Bikram's Yoga College of India in Los Angeles. For Bikram, this yoga regime provided an improved way of life. He is still very involved in promoting this technique for various health conditions. He works closely with a number of doctors to implement yoga as a wellness therapy.
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