Bikram Yoga Guide
Bikram Yoga: Beginning Class by Bikram Choudhury
The
book gives you nearly 200 photographs illustrating each pose. Every Bikram
yoga posture / asana is accompanied by very explicit directions on how
to do it the right way.
Bikram yoga has a mission to heal America through yogic exercises. Bikram claims that faithfully doing his yoga routine, which consists of 26 hatha yoga asanas (postures) set down by Patanjali over 4,000 years ago, can fix everything from chronic diseases (like heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis) to obesity and depression.
If you find you can't
quite twist your leg around your head or touch your nose to your knee,
the Bikram yoga class will show you how to modify poses so can resemble
a pretzel.
Even intermediate students will find the Bikram yoga routine, which requires
about an hour to complete, challenging. Need encouragement? Bikram yoga
contains suggestions for maintaining proper yogi practices, a section
on the medical benefits of yogic exercise, notes from Bikram yoga students,
and a good dose of humor and philosophy.
If you can't get to one of the 100 Bikram yoga centers and want to give his style of "hot yoga" a try, open up this book and let the expert work his magic on your body, mind, and spirit.