| Depending on the time of year and where you | | | | other types of yoga. |
| live, your vicinity may experience extreme | | | | |
| temperature in the summer months. If so, this | | | | Bright lights, intense temperature, an |
| style of yoga may be just for you. If you are | | | | instructor who could pass for a drill |
| more used to a cooler environment, read on to | | | | sergeant and a cheerleader, lots of sweat, no |
| see how yoga can really warm you up. | | | | warm and fuzzy meditation music. That's |
| | | | Bikram in a nutshell. While some of the 26 |
| Bikram yoga is hot. Specifically, Bikram yoga | | | | poses students strike are similar to those |
| is a standardized procedure which teaches 26 | | | | taught in other forms, Bikram teaches them |
| poses which are performed in a place which is | | | | with a totally no nonsense approach. Those 26 |
| heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit (about 40 | | | | poses are totally standardized: no matter |
| Celsius) year around. Hot enough for you? | | | | where you go. Visit a Bikram studio in |
| That should take the chill off on a cold, | | | | another city and you will strike the same |
| snowy day! | | | | poses. |
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| Bikram yoga is becoming a more desirable and | | | | One instructor of Bikram yoga explained that |
| increasingly popular yoga type. Like all | | | | there are three types of students |
| other forms of yoga, Bikram emphasizes | | | | encountered: |
| balance combined with a mind-body connection. | | | | |
| It is very intense and regimented and | | | | First, the one who says that this form of |
| involves constant instruction. Participants | | | | yoga is cool (hot, actually). It's a |
| should be aware, though, that this is not for | | | | challenge and they want to master the |
| the weak at heart. You will work to your | | | | techniques. |
| maximum ability and it can put a strain on | | | | |
| the uninitiated. | | | | Second, the learner who says they are not |
| | | | sure about this. They become more stressed |
| Some yoga aficionados feel that Bikram is too | | | | than when they started and may actually feel |
| intense and difficult. In fact, some have | | | | ill. |
| said that "it's just too much of a good | | | | |
| thing". Bikram has gained the nickname "boot | | | | Finally, there is the student that hates the |
| camp" yoga. And some call it "militant". They | | | | experience and is usually never seen again. |
| feel that Bikram can defeat the basic concept | | | | |
| of yoga which is to relax and do what you | | | | By the way, to get in on a special offer for |
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| Like many other types of yoga, Bikram has | | | | Which one will you be? It really doesn't |
| been credited with helping folks get relief | | | | matter since there is a yoga discipline for |
| from symptoms of arthritis, fibromyalgia, and | | | | everyone. But you owe it to yourself to |
| other conditions. But those who savor Bikram | | | | investigate Bikram yoga to see if it's right |
| yoga swear that the intense temperature adds | | | | for you. |
| to the relief folks feel when the practice | | | | |