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Bikram Yoga
Hot Yoga, or Bikram Yoga is a style of yoga which involves 26 poses and two types of breathing. Ideal conditions for this type of yoga include a room heated to 105º F with 40% humidity. Classes are guided by a precise dialogue and last about 90 minutes. They are beginner classes, but are effective for all skill levels.
Bikram Yoga was developed by Bikram Choudhury, founder of the Yoga College of India. Choudhury was born in Calcutta in 1946 and began yoga at the age of four. He studied yoga under Bishnu Ghosh, a well-known Indian physical culturist. Bikram practiced yoga four to six hours a day at Ghosh’s College of Physical Education. He won the National India Yoga Championship at age thirteen.
While lifting weights at age seventeen, Choudhury injured his knee so severely that doctors did not think he would ever walk again. Unwilling to accept such predictions, Bikram returned to Ghosh’s school for treatment. Within seven months he made a full recovery. Ghosh inspired Chudhury to set up yoga schools throughout India and two in Japan. Today, Bikram Yoga is a worldwide phenomenon.
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