Bikram Yoga - The 26 Pose Yoga in Heat

Working out in a hot room may help your flexibility -right then and there-, but it doesn't mean any real progress has been made outside of the class. You'll sweat -plenty- if you work hard in a cool, well ventilated area, but you may not know it: It evaporates. Keeping the sweat on your skin has no advantage. Hot air may makes you feel as though you've worked harder than you really have: The heat itself is a stressor. If you're about to take a desert safari, and want to train to acclimate sooner, ok, maybe. Otherwise, the temperature should be cool, to enhance your abiity to do more work without overheating. Do you just want to -feel- like you did a lot of work, or do you want to actually -do- the work? Why use half of your energy to deal with a temperature level that you don't plan on encountering your real life?

For a more accurate description of Bikram Yoga, the heat and it's benefits...read this article:http://findbliss.com/Magazine/Detailed/33.shtml

Hello,
Bikram yoga is amazing at healing a bad back among other things... lots of info on Birkam's website... www.bikramyoga.com. There is one excellent article there by a friend of mine named Sara who fixed her years of constant pain due to heriated discs with Bikram yoga... For myself my doctor is amazed on how my scoliosis has almost completely straightend out and I am over an inch taller and I started yoga at 33 with a body ready for the scrap heap. I had knee problems for 19 years and now I am getting close to normal range of motion...
Thanks
Sam :)
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Greetings, all. Just wanted to comment about my experience over the past three weeks with Bikram Yoga. I'm 51. I have never done any style of Yoga before. I've always been fit and relatively athletic, however I have been aggravated by sciatica for over 20 years. In the past 5 years, I was found to have spinal stenosis and mild arthritis, primarily in my neck. Within the past year or so, it had become increasingly difficult to maintain my lifestyle without daily doses (some days morning and night!) of ibuprofen to control my sciatica and back pain. An easy workout at the gym would leave me sidelined for a couple of days and I could not seem to break this cycle. And then I read an article online about Bikram Yoga. The writer pointed out how Bikram Yoga, due to the heat and humidity of the room, has been known to be good for folks suffering from various types of musculoskeletal problems. I decided to try it. In the three weeks that I've been practicing, I've attended a total of 10 Bikram Yoga classes. The day after I took my second class, I realized I was not reaching for my ibuprofen bottle - I had no sciatica pain. But, would this relief continue? Fast forward to today, a little over three weeks and 8 classes later. I still have not once suffered sciatica pain. And no back pain, either. And with each practice in the Bikram studio, I find I'm more flexible and have greater range of motion than I have had in years. I honestly and truly feel that Bikram Yoga has revitalized my entire body. And I could go on and on about how much I feel it has positively affected my mind and all other facets of my being as well. So if you're like I was, hesitating because you "just don't know" - give it a try! I'm so glad I did!

As Pabllo is right in saying that the Heat generated by doing the various posse of Hot Bikram yoga, tenders the body flexibily and hence enhancing the power of yoga more.

Bikram Yoga is the best decision I have made in my life. I started the practice about a month ago & I am addicted! I have slept better in the past month then ever in my life. Please check out my blog posts on Bikram yoga :) Thanks!

BEWARE CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA! in this overheated environment. I know someone whose defibrillator saved her life when it zapped her during this class. Sweating profusely can lead to electrolyte depletion and sudden cardiac arrhythmic death.
Besides the best way to truly warm muscles to their core is to do warmups, - NOT stretching or external heating. As for flexibility, more people are probably treated for the consequences of HYPER
mobility than stiffness. That''s why CORE STRENGTHENING is so critical. The fact that so many people mention their ADDICTION to this form of yoga shouls raise red warning flags.

I find it interesting that not one comment correcting the article mentions that in addition to the heat, humidity is added to the room at around 70%. To Viv, using the word "addiction" is just many people''s way of expressing how devoted they are to the practice as it has made them feel good. Don''t get hung up on a word. Finally, there is a warm-up period in bikram; it''s part of the practice and lasts 25". I''ve been practicing regularly for over two years now and my daughter says I have the body of a 20 year old. I feel better and look better than I''ve ever looked in my life. I''m 51. Don''t knock it till you''ve tried it.

I don''t understand why Bikram Yoga gets so constantly slanted, and are usually by people who had never tried it.
Granted, Bikram is not for everybody, but do go and try with an open mind.
I have done 2 yrs of Kundalini and now 1 and half yr with Bikram and my body responds so much better with Bikram. before Bikram I didn''t even know I had such bad back, bad posture and round shoulders. now my back sings, my hip sings, cellulites reduced, I have better posture, toned body shape, lost weight and the most important thing - a better understanding of my body. my knees (which is the reason why I tried yoga in the first place) are greatly healed. and I feel generally more youthful.
what''s not to like about Bikram?